The Cincinnati Reds beat the Kansas City Royals 7-4 on Jun 14, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Matt McLain went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Reds.
- Ben Lively pitched 5.2 innings for the Reds, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 3-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 7 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Cincinnati Reds box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Steer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elly De La Cruz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt McLain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Stuart Fairchild | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 23 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lively | 5.2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fernando Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alexis Diaz | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Duarte | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ Melendez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 7.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Nick Wittgren | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2023 season · Previous Jun 13, 2023: CIN 5, KC 4 · Next Jun 16, 2023: CIN 2, HOU 1
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jun 13, 2023: CIN 5, KC 4 · Next Jun 16, 2023: LAA 3, KC 0