Stewart's 6-RBI Night Powers Reds to 10-2 Demolition of Yankees
Sal Stewart did the heavy lifting with 2 hits and 6 RBI as Cincinnati dismantled New York 10-2 on Saturday. The Reds didn't just beat the Yankees — they outscored them by eight runs and got contributions up and down a lineup that looked impossible to retire.
The story of the night was Stewart, full stop. Six RBI on 2-for-4 hitting is the kind of line that carries a ballgame by itself, and that's exactly what it did here. Spencer Steer added a home run and 3 RBI, and Edwin Arroyo went 4-for-5 with 2 runs scored — a performance that looks, on paper, like one of the better individual nights any Reds hitter has had all season. Blake Dunn crossed the plate three times going 2-for-5, and Nathaniel Lowe chipped in 2 hits. Cincinnati's offense didn't have a weak spot in the order.
On the mound, Andrew Abbott gave Cincinnati exactly what it needed: 5.0 innings, 5 hits, 1 earned run, and 6 strikeouts. He wasn't flawless — 3 walks kept some innings messy — but he held New York to a single run and handed the ball to a bullpen that was ruthless. Tejay Antone threw 2.0 perfect innings, no hits, no walks, 1 strikeout. Chase Petty closed it out with a clean 1.0 inning of his own. The back end of Cincinnati's staff appears to be a genuine weapon right now. For New York, Will Warren struck out 8 in 5.2 innings and allowed only 2 earned runs — a line that would win most games. The problem was the Reds scored 10, and the bulk of that damage came from sources the box score doesn't fully explain. What it does tell you is that Warren's 8 hits allowed were enough to fuel a Cincinnati offense that needed no second invitation.
Paul Goldschmidt provided New York's only real highlight, going 1-for-5 with a solo home run and 1 RBI — a reminder that the veteran can still do damage even in a lopsided loss. But one home run in a 10-2 game is a footnote, not a narrative. The Yankees, who have been dealing with injury concerns in their infield recently, look like a team that ran into a buzzsaw on the wrong night. Cincinnati, meanwhile, appears to be a club that can hurt you in multiple ways — power from Steer, contact and on-base ability from Arroyo, run-scoring from Dunn, and a bullpen that doesn't give innings back. Whether this translates into anything meaningful going forward is an open question, but Saturday's performance was as complete a road win as you'll see.