{"id":2444565,"date":"2026-06-04T11:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2444565"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:05:12","slug":"cincinnati-reds-beat-kansas-city-royals-4-3-despite-recording-just-four-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cincinnati-reds-beat-kansas-city-royals-4-3-despite-recording-just-four-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Reds Beat Kansas City Royals 4-3 Despite Recording Just Four Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s not every game you can score three runs on three hits in nine innings, but that\u2019s what the Cincinnati Reds<\/a> did on Tuesday night, stealing a rather weird game from the Kansas City Royals<\/a> despite being largely shut down offensively.<\/p>\n

Royals starter Noah Cameron<\/a> was dominant despite not picking up the win. He retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced, with the one exception being a Spencer Steer<\/a> home run in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n

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The Reds were unable to get anything going against Cameron, striking out eight times. They reached base only three times in nine innings, all on home runs.<\/p>\n

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Starter Andrew Abbott<\/a> was solid, even while allowing three runs against Cameron, who looked like a second fiddle. He struggled with walks, allowing four free passes in his 5 2\/3 innings of work, but he allowed only three runs, keeping Cincinnati within striking distance.<\/p>\n

It looked like it was going to be another quiet offensive game for the Reds, as players like Sal Stewart<\/a> and Eugenio Suarez<\/a> were retired over and over. When Spencer Steer stepped to the plate in the seventh inning to face Matt Strahm<\/a>, it felt like he was the Reds\u2019 only chance not just to score, but to get on base, and he did just that, lining an opposite-field home run over the right-field fence to make it a one-run game.<\/p>\n

In the ninth inning, Royals closer Lucas Erceg<\/a> came in to try to earn a save, which has at times been a big struggle. He entered the game with the most blown saves in the major leagues with five, and he was forced to tack on another after Will Benson<\/a>\u2019s pinch-hit home run in the ninth tied the game at 3. Benson is hitting just .179 with two home runs on the season after his clutch blast.<\/p>\n

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However, the Reds still had to keep the Royals off the board in the 10th with a runner in scoring position. Cincinnati\u2019s bullpen struggles have been apparent over the last week, but Terry Francona gave the ball to left-handed reliever Brock Burke<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Burke yielded a ground ball to first base, moving Carter Jensen<\/a> to third. With one out, Burke walked Nick Loftin<\/a>, setting up the double play opportunity. Caglianone popped up to shortstop, and then Burke recorded a massive strikeout of Kyle Isbel<\/a> to end the inning, giving the Reds a great chance to win it in the 10th.<\/p>\n

With one out in the 10th inning, Reds outfielder Blake Dunn<\/a> stayed on an offspeed pitch, lining it over the second baseman\u2019s head. Royals outfielder Jac Caglianone<\/a>\u2019s throw beat Dunn to the plate but was up the line, allowing Spencer Steer to score and giving Cincinnati a 4-3 win.<\/p>\n

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Dunn\u2019s walk-off single was the fourth hit of the game for Cincinnati. The Reds are now 31-29 and seven games back of first place in the NL Central. They are just 1.5 games behind the second-place Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s not every game you can score three runs on three hits in nine innings, but that\u2019s what the Cincinnati Reds did on Tuesday night, stealing a rather weird game from the Kansas City Royals despite being largely shut down offensively. Royals starter Noah Cameron was dominant despite not picking up the win. He retired […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2444566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[377392,479187,479893,360072,313131,374443,279830,43627,314436,311283,349016,347149,314825,346980,448993,428547,479795],"class_list":["post-2444565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-andrew-abbott","tag-blake-dunn","tag-brock-burke","tag-carter-jensen","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-jac-caglianone","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kyle-isbel","tag-lucas-erceg","tag-matt-strahm","tag-nick-loftin","tag-noah-cameron","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-sal-stewart","tag-spencer-steer","tag-will-benson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cincinnati-Reds-Beat-Kansas-City-Royals-4-3-Despite-Recording-Just.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444567,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444565\/revisions\/2444567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2444566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}