Stewart homers twice, Reds go deep 5 times in 11-5 victory over Phillies
Sal Stewart hit two homers, including one when Cincinnati went deep four times in the fourth inning, Noelvi Marte drove in four runs and the Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 11-5
CINCINNATI -- Sal Stewart hit two homers — including one when Cincinnati went deep four times in the fourth inning — Noelvi Marte drove in four runs and the Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 11-5 on Wednesday night.
Chase Burns (11-1) picked up his 10th straight winning decision for the Reds, who are 3-7 in their last 10 games.
Kyle Schwarber hit his major league-leading 32nd homer for the Phillies, which surpassed Mike Schmidt's 31 in 1979 for the most in franchise history before the All-Star break. J.T. Realmuto also went deep.
Stewart tied it with a two-run homer to right off starter Alan Rangel (0-2) in the third before Cincinnati became the first team in the majors to go deep four times in an inning this season.
Marte led off the fourth with a solo shot to put the Reds on top 3-2. With two outs, Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run drive to right-center off Tanner Banks and Stewart and JJ Bleday followed with solo homers.
It was the 15th time since 1961 — and first since 2023 — Cincinnati has had back-to-back-to-back homers.
It is the second two-homer game this season for Stewart, who was selected for the All-Star Game last week.
Marte also had a three-run double down the left-field line with the bases loaded in the sixth to extend the Reds' lead to 11-4.
Reds center fielder TJ Friedl made the defensive play of the night in the third when he made sprinted and made a running leap at the wall in right-center to deny Bryson Stott an extra-base hit.
Burns went five innings and allowed at least three runs for only the third time in 18 starts. The left-hander had a season-high six walks and tied a season low with two strikeouts in five innings.
Rangel, making his second big-league start, gave up three runs in 3 1/3 innings.
LHP Jesús Luzardo (7-4, 3.75 ERA), who was added to the NL All-Star roster on Tuesday, goes for Philadelphia while RHP Brady Singer (3-8, 5.03 ERA) takes the mound for Cincinnati.
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