Royals vs. Reds Game Highlights (8/16/24) | MLB Highlights

The Reds, a man who has been mold them down. Nick Martinez. Nick Martinez has really pitched well and we really saw him pitch well out of the pen. But his last time out, his start in Milwaukee, he pitched seven shutout innings. He's done a nice job of just figuring out how to disrupt the timing of the hitters and just pitch competitively to right center hangs for TJ Fried. He makes the gliding play one away and Bobby Junior stepping up to the plate. Now his bat has Pablo Sanchez on the barrel has basically been the Pablo Sanchez in real life this season at 349 average is best in baseball. 168 hits the most in baseball. He swings and rips a line drive to left spencer steer is over to make the catch and there are two men out swing and a miss, he struck him out filthy changeup in the dirt past Guo down to a knee going after it and he comes up empty and here's Michael Lorenzen, very familiar with this mound. He has never delivered a pitch in any uniform. Cincinnati Reds uniform. That's a drive to the extra pass. India shoots up to second kyle from center launches in a standing double for here's Eli de La Cruz and he's going to hit it up the middle to move the runner junior throws him out and India goes to third with one away, struck him out with a fastball riding in on him that is grounded sharply, but Massey is there and Lorenzen gets around the leadoff double and the red strand at third base. I don't know that Salvador Perez gets enough national notoriety for what he has done in his career. Nice pick Noel Marte sets his feet, makes the play. Martinez working quickly and Melendez whacks this one high into the air right center field over from right. It's Benson to make the catch and now two men are quick here in the second inning. Martinez strikes him out. That changeup looks all sorts of filthy. Couple of K's for the Reds starter. Nick Martinez has been awfully good. He's retired six in a row. Adam Frazier steps to the plate and a miss strength three to Frazier on the changeup in and there's one down ground ball up the middle. Baylor Cruz has it. He will throw in time to first France has it. He'll underhand to a covering Martinez folks that is nine up and nine down for the red starter to begin this one it away and India walks so Lorenzen has yet to retire India line right to Vinny who goes right to the bag in the blink of an eye. A one out walk becomes a scoreless third for Michael Lorenzen de La Cruz stung it at 107 miles an hour and Passino was in the right place at the right time. Top of the order now for Kansas City, Michael Massey against nick Martinez back to first. Great stop by France Martinez covers one down Tyran hugging that line, but this ball is pulled and it definitely extra bases if he doesn't get to it, no panic whatsoever. And the enthusiasm of nick Martinez, look at him. He's pumped before he even gets the first base. Second time up. Now for Bobby Wood junior zero for one with a line out to left field fastball drilled deep to left field, steer turns around. It's way out of here. Second deck, Bobby Junior, a not so secret secret weapon with the Pablo Sanchez bet it's his 25th home run of the season and the Royals have a one to nothing lead in the top of the fourth and to go along with his 25 steals. That's a 2525 season on August 16th for Bobby Jr and now Salvi on a breaking ball into deep left center and that will be off the wall and knew it. He was running hard out of the box one high into the air, left center field under it is TJ Friedel. He's got it, the inning is over but Bobby Witt Jr goes deep his 25th home run of the year and the Royals have a 1 to 0 lead hit hard and deflected off of India's glove and India is in pain as he gets back to his feet. Decent one to third. Marte gathers flip to first in time left side and that's going to get past Marte Young had to make sure it was going to get through. And the Royals have runners at 1st and 3rd with one out square bunt dropped down backhand Martinez trying to recover. Flick to first just there, popped him up on the infield right on top of the mound. De La Cruz is there and he's got it for the final out Martinez I would think is going to pitch him away this time or pitch him in even more so he can't get his hands extended. You would think the pitchers make stakes. That's what is looking for away and there it is up the right line down into the corner. Bobby's at second base with nobody out and a moment between two of the young phenom shortstops and de La Cruz and breaking ball flicked into right field. Benson Dart has to play it on a bounce. It's a base hit wit got a late jump at second. He only gets to third. It's a single for Vinny Paso runners on the corners with nobody out for Salvador Perez. On the ground left side de La Cruz back and that's going to be out of India's glove. The Royals get a run and the Reds do not record an out rolled right side. India Scoops Cruz one over to third goes past Pitino upstairs finish. So it's up to Adam Frazier to give the Royals a crooked number in the top of the sixth base hit right field. Frazier comes up big with two outs and the Royals lead 30. Nice job by Adam Frazier this down away from him and just really didn't try to do too much. Got enough of it to lock that over second base for an RBI single. Got a chance for more and pops it up. First base side, Tyran is in and in foul territory he'll make the catch. The inning comes to a close first baserunner. The Reds have had since Jonathan walked with one out in the third inning. Steve celebrating his 28th birthday today, Stevenson Homer in his last contest on Wednesday in the left center base hit India rips through second just now scooped by Melendez. Furious wave is on at third Stevenson into second. So Stevenson Tyler Stevenson continue to swing a nice bat and really nice job by and you can see him kind of go away with his body and come back and touch the plate with his right hand. Bobby Wood Jr. He was all over red starter, nick Martinez. He lined to left in his first at bat. He had a second deck home run to left center field in his second at bat. And Martinez tried something different and away and Bobby took a pitch up the right field line for a double and that is going to be a diving play by Marte at third, but that's all he can do is keep the ball out of the outfield. Bobby has another three hit game kicking the throw to first and it gets past France all the way to the tarp up against the side wall. Wit takes off for second. He around the bag, he's going for third, France los it across the diamond. Not a chance. And Bobby Witt Jr what would be one base for a mere mortal into two swing and a miss, he struck him out with a high fastball for the final out of the inning strikeout for Cruz. Now MJ Melendez, this ball is hit down the right field line. It is going to drop right on the line and go into the corner. Extra bases for Melendez over to dig it out. Is Fraley Melendez on his way to third relay throw to third. They got him from the red shortstop and he cuts down Melendez at third base ball gets caught up in the corner, hit the cut off man. Double cut off, man. Oh man. Let the ball eat with a dime from de la Cruz. Fernando Cruz faces adam Frazier. Frazier gets his second base hit of the night and his fifth hit in the last two games. And so now, not only does fernando Cruz have to tangle with Freddie Fermin at the plate , but he's got to tangle with Tyrone Blanco on the base paths. Man. There's a lot of room on the right side. Blanco wanted to run and stopped and that's a fair ball down into the corner. Here comes Blanco around third, Freddie Fermin has an RB I double and the Royals lead 4 to 1 with nobody out in the ninth inning. Bobby Wood Jr is a triple shy of the cycle. There is a lot of grumbling in the crowd right now and I don't think it's just Royals fans. I think even Reds fans have been marveling at what Bobby has done tonight and they're just going to put him on with an open base and pitch to Vinny Passino, Quentin trails it down the right field line passino with a three run homer, two pitches after Bobby Witt junior was intentionally walked. It's a 399 ft blast that breaks this game open in the ninth. Carlos Hernandez. Lucas Sig was warming up for a save situation but now the lead by six Stevenson ride to center is going way back and that is off the fence on his birthday. Tyler Stevenson has two doubles. Candelario strikes out and carlos Hernandez after giving up a leadoff double strikes out the next three. And now the Royals have won eight of their last 11.