The Cincinnati Reds played home run derby Wednesday night in an 11-5 win over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies.
The Reds powered five long balls — including two from Sal Stewart — while All-Star Chase Burns labored through five innings on a humid night to post his National League-leading 11th win.
The five homers accounted for the first seven runs on the night for Cincinnati, which won for just the third time in 10 games and the fifth time in 15. Philadelphia was tagged for double-digit runs for the second time in three games while taking its third loss in four contests.
The highlight of the night for the Reds was a five-run fourth in which they belted four home runs, including three straight from Elly De La Cruz, Stewart and JJ Bleday against reliever Tanner Banks. It was the first time Cincinnati hit back-to-back-to-back homers since July 22, 2023, against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Beginning the decisive frame, Noelvi Marte led off with a homer against Phillies starter Alan Rangel (0-2) to give Cincinnati a 3-2 lead. The other three long balls in the inning came against Tanner Banks.
It was Cincinnati’s first four-homer inning since July 4, 2010, vs. the Chicago Cubs.
Marte added a three-run double in the sixth to blow the game open.
Rangel, making his second major league start after a four-inning scoreless outing against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 2, was staked to a 2-0 lead thanks to an RBI triple from Justin Crawford and a run-scoring wild pitch by Burns in the second.
Burns allowed three runs on three hits, walking a season-high six and striking out two. He needed 106 pitches to get through five innings and qualify for the win.
Stewart tied the game in the third against Rangel with a towering two-run opposite-field homer to right that landed on the netting atop the visitors’ bullpen.
Philadelphia’s J.T. Realmuto homered off reliever Brock Burke to cut the deficit to 7-4 in the sixth. In the bottom of the inning, Cincinnati got an RBI single from Bleday ahead of Marte’s two-run double.
Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber unloaded his major-league-leading 32nd home run in the ninth, a solo shot to the seats in right against Rhett Lowder.
