CINCINNATI (Interstat) — The Cincinnati Reds rallied from a three-run deficit, tying the game on a solo homer in the ninth inning and winning 4-3 on Blake Dunn’s run-scoring single in the 10th inning Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park.

The Reds, who had managed only three hits through eight innings, used three solo homers to erase the Royals’ lead and then pushed across the winning run in the 10th. Cincinnati improved to 31-29, while Kansas City fell to 23-38.

Cincinnati starter Andrew Abbott worked the first 4 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits. The Royals’ Noah Cameron matched him with 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball, but the Kansas City bullpen could not hold the lead.

Kansas City broke through in the fourth inning. Salvador Perez led off with a single, and Starling Marte followed with a bunt single. After Vinnie Pasquantino popped out, Nick Loftin singled to load the bases. Jac Caglianone grounded into a forceout that scored Perez, and Tyler Tolbert walked to reload the bases. Michael Massey then singled to center, driving in Marte and Loftin to give the Royals a 3-0 lead. The rally ended when Lane Thomas walked to load the bases again, but Bobby Witt Jr. popped out.

Cincinnati got on the board in the fifth when Spencer Steer hit his eighth homer of the season, a solo shot to left-center. The Reds remained down 3-1 until the eighth, when Steer hit his second homer of the game and ninth of the year, a solo blast to right-center, cutting the deficit to 3-2.

The Reds then tied it in the ninth against Kansas City reliever Matt Strahm. Will Benson led off with his third homer of the season, a solo shot to right field. Strahm then struck out Nathaniel Lowe on a foul tip and got JJ Bleday to line out. After walking Sal Stewart and Eugenio Suárez, strahm struck out Steer to send the game to extra innings.

In the 10th, the Reds completed the comeback. With the automatic runner at second base for the start of the inning, TJ Friedl struck out. Dunn then lined a single to right field off Kansas City reliever John Schreiber, scoring pinch-runner Spencer Steer from second to end the game.

Schreiber, who took the loss, fell to 0-3. Brock Burke, who pitched a perfect 10th inning, improved to 2-1.

The Royals had five hits in the game. Massey drove in two runs with his fourth-inning single. Tolbert was 1 for 2 with a walk. Perez, Loftin and Marte each had a hit. Kansas City left 10 runners on base.

Cincinnati managed only four hits, but three of them were solo homers. Steer went 2 for 4 with two homers and two RBIs. Dunn had the walk-off single. The Reds struck out 14 times but drew five walks.

The game lasted 2 hours, 48 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 25,824.

Both teams had split the first game of the three-game series, with Kansas City winning 9-2 on Monday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Cincinnati 5, Kansas City 2. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Reds a 55.70 percent probability to win. Cincinnati was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 7 went over the over-under line of 8.5.