It has not always been the most pleasing to watch offensively this season for the Cincinnati Reds, but Monday’s 6-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays was a balanced effort all around.
The win was also Cincinnati’s ninth in 11 road games to begin the season and its fourth straight win after sweeping the three-game series against the Minnesota Twins over the weekend.
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Rookie Sal Stewart was the star of Cincinnati’s offense once again. He had one home run, two hits, two runs, two RBI, one double and one stolen base, maintaining his early rookie lead in RBI (21) and extra-base hits (13).
Stewart started the scoring in the second with this 424-foot two-run shot to center field off a 93-mph sinker from Rays starter Jesse Scholtens.