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04/20 20:36 CDT Rookie Sal Stewart hits his 8th homer as Reds top Rays 6-1 for
4th straight win
Rookie Sal Stewart hits his 8th homer as Reds top Rays 6-1 for 4th straight win
By KRISTIE ACKERT
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Rookie Sal Stewart homered, doubled, stole a base
and scored twice as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Monday
night for their fourth straight win.
Stewart put Cincinnati on the board with a two-run homer in the first inning,
ending Jesse Scholtens' scoreless streak to start the season at 9 2/3 innings.
With his eighth homer, Stewart matched Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White
Sox for the lead among major league rookies and St. Louis' Jordan Walker for
the National League lead. Stewart has the rookie lead in RBIs (21) and
extra-base hits (13).
The 23-year-old first baseman also snagged a line drive with the bases loaded
for the final out.
Rhett Lowder (3-1) needed 33 pitches to get through the first inning, issuing a
bases-loaded walk to Yandy Daz. He settled in from there, allowing five hits
and two walks in six innings.
Three relievers worked an inning apiece for Cincinnati. The Reds entered the
game with a bullpen ERA of 2.31, the best in the majors.
Scholtens (1-1) allowed five runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
TJ Friedl doubled in the third and scored on Elly De La Cruz's single. Eugenio
Surez added a two-run double in the sixth for Cincinnati.
In the seventh, Stewart hit a two-out double, stole third and scored on a wild
pitch by Trevor Martin.
Cincinnati's Ke'Bryan Hayes ended a career-worst 0-for-33 slump with a single
in the sixth, ending the longest active streak in the majors. He went 1 for 4
and is batting .071.
Up next
Right-hander Chase Burns (1-1, 2.42 ERA) starts for Cincinnati on Tuesday
against Tampa Bay lefty Steven Matz (3-0, 3.80).
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