The Cincinnati Reds beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Apr 20, 2026 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Sal Stewart went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Reds.
- Rhett Lowder pitched 6.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
- Jesse Scholtens pitched 5.2 innings for the Rays, allowing 5 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TJ Friedl | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt McLain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eugenio Suarez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Elly De La Cruz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rece Hinds | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Steer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 37 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhett Lowder | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Pierce Johnson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Burke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Connor Phillips | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Rays 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Simpson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Caminero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Palacios | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Mullins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Fortes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Walls | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Scholtens | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Cole Sulser | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous Apr 19, 2026: CIN 7, MIN 4 · Next Apr 21, 2026: CIN 12, TB 6
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Apr 19, 2026: TB 3, PIT 6 · Next Apr 21, 2026: CIN 12, TB 6