The Cincinnati Reds beat the Kansas City Royals 7-4 on May 26, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Reds.
- Nick Martinez pitched 7.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 3 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Lorenzen pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 6 earned runs with 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Hampson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Steer | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt McLain | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Hays | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TJ Friedl | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elly De La Cruz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Martinez | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Santillan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rave | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Lorenzen | 5.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Evan Sisk | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2025 season · Previous May 25, 2025: CHC 11, CIN 8 · Next May 27, 2025: CIN 7, KC 2
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous May 25, 2025: KC 2, MIN 1 · Next May 27, 2025: CIN 7, KC 2