CINCINNATI (Interstat) — Sal Stewart went 3 for 4 with a home run and five RBIs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday at Great American Ball Park.

Kevin McGonigle homered for Detroit, which took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. The Reds answered with four runs in the bottom half, including Stewart’s three-run homer and a solo shot by Nathaniel Lowe. Elly De La Cruz added a two-run homer in the second to make it 6-2.

Spencer Torkelson homered for Detroit in the fourth, but Cincinnati pulled away. Stewart singled in two runs in the sixth, and TJ Friedl homered in the eighth.

Brady Singer (2-1) allowed two runs on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Jack Flaherty (0-2) took the loss. Drew Anderson struck out five in 2 2/3 innings of relief, and Burch Smith fanned three in two scoreless innings for Detroit. Emilio Pagán, Connor Phillips and Graham Ashcraft combined for 2 2/3 scoreless innings for Cincinnati.

The Reds improved to 18-9, while the Tigers fell to 14-14. Attendance was 35,315. Game time was 2 hours, 57 minutes.