The Cincinnati Reds beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Jun 2, 2026 at Great American Ball Park.
Final · Great American Ball Park
Top performers
- Michael Massey went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
- Spencer Steer went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Reds.
- Andrew Abbott pitched 6.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Starling Marte | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Cameron | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Steer | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Bleday | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blake Dunn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Eugenio Suarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sal Stewart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dane Myers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edwin Arroyo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt McLain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TJ Friedl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Abbott | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Moll | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brock Burke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tejay Antone | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 1, 2026: KC 9, CIN 2 · Next Jun 3, 2026: KC 5, CIN 2
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous Jun 1, 2026: KC 9, CIN 2 · Next Jun 3, 2026: KC 5, CIN 2