Kansas City Royals vs Cincinnati Reds
Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Lane Thomas | Lane Thomas hits a grand slam (2) to left center field. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Jac Caglianone scores. | KC 4, CIN 0 |
| B1 | JJ Bleday | JJ Bleday homers (10) on a fly ball to right center field. | KC 4, CIN 1 |
| T5 | Jac Caglianone | Jac Caglianone homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. | KC 6, CIN 1 |
| T6 | Vinnie Pasquantino | Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a line drive to right fielder Spencer Steer. Nick Loftin scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. | KC 7, CIN 1 |
| T7 | Michael Massey | Michael Massey homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. | KC 8, CIN 1 |
| T9 | Nick Loftin | Nick Loftin out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Will Benson. Lane Thomas scores. | KC 9, CIN 1 |
| B9 | Matt McLain | Matt McLain doubles (10) on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Edwin Arroyo scores. | KC 9, CIN 2 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Luinder Avila started for Royals, leaving with a 6–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Eli Morgan took the roughest line.
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Luinder Avila
Starter
5.0
86
1
5
W
Pitch-by-pitch: what Luinder Avila threw
CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 48% 4.1 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 26 30% 1 6 5 9 5 Slider 23 27% 2 4 4 9 4 Sinker 20 23% 2 1 3 11 3 Curveball 11 13% 1 3 1 6 0 Changeup 6 7% 0 0 0 6 0 - John Schreiber Middle 1.0 11 0 1
- Alex Lange Middle 1.0 9 0 2
- Mason Black Middle 1.0 15 0 1
- Eli Morgan Reliever 1.0 25 1 3
Reds opened with Lyon Richardson, then turned the bulk of the game over to Caleb Ferguson. Out of the bullpen, Brandon Leibrandt took the roughest line.
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Lyon Richardson
Opener
1.0
30
4
2
L
Pitch-by-pitch: what Lyon Richardson threw
CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 43% 4.3 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Changeup 13 43% 4 1 1 6 1 Sinker 7 23% 0 2 1 4 0 Four-Seam Fastball 6 20% 0 0 1 4 1 Slider 4 13% 0 1 0 3 0 - Caleb Ferguson Bulk 2.0 34 0 2
- Brandon Leibrandt Reliever 6.0 99 5 3
Where the game turned
- Thomas HR (4)
Batting lines
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Jensen C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .223 | .305 | .389 | .694 | |
| Bobby Witt Jr. SS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 | .355 | .477 | .832 | 2B |
| Vinnie Pasquantino 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .213 | .303 | .336 | .639 | |
| Jac Caglianone DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .242 | .310 | .401 | .711 | HR (6) |
| Isaac Collins LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .216 | .332 | .315 | .647 | |
| Lane Thomas RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .354 | .321 | .675 | HR (2), 2B |
| Michael Massey 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .274 | .457 | .731 | HR (5) |
| Nick Loftin 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .326 | .314 | .640 | |
| Kyle Isbel CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .243 | .294 | .365 | .659 |
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Benson CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .317 | .310 | .627 | |
| JJ Bleday LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .301 | .398 | .655 | 1.053 | HR (10) |
| Sal Stewart 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .354 | .473 | .827 | |
| Eugenio Suárez DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .227 | .306 | .370 | .676 | |
| Nathaniel Lowe 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .258 | .340 | .539 | .879 | |
| Spencer Steer RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .272 | .348 | .431 | .779 | |
| Tyler Stephenson C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .193 | .292 | .317 | .609 | |
| Edwin Arroyo 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | |
| Matt McLain SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .198 | .298 | .325 | .623 | 2B |
| Blake Dunn CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 | .329 | .388 | .717 |
Pitching lines
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luinder Avila | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 86 | 4.44 | W |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2.74 | |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | |
| Mason Black | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2.08 | |
| Eli Morgan | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5.51 |
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Richardson | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 27.00 | L |
| Caleb Ferguson | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0.00 | |
| Brandon Leibrandt | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 99 | 7.50 |
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Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.