Steer went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, three RBI and two runs scored in Wednesday's 9-4 win over Atlanta.
Steer bookended Cincinnati's scoring. He drove in the Reds' first run with a first-inning triple then doubled home the team's eighth and ninth runs in the fourth. The three RBI gave him a team-leading 64 for the season, which ranks 18th in MLB.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Delivers run, steals bag
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Steer went 1-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 5-4 loss to Washington.
Steer delivered a runner in scoring position with a first-inning single to give the Reds an early 1-0 lead. The team's primary cleanup hitter, Steer has a .337/.405/.673 line with RISP and leads the Reds with 61 RBI. After reaching base, he put himself in scoring position with the steal, his 15th in 97 games. That's the same number of steals he had over 156 games in 2023.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Puts team on board early
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Steer went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 10-6 win over the Marlins.
Steer popped a leadoff homer in the bottom of the second inning to put the Reds ahead early. The home run was his 15th of the season and fifth over the last 10 games. Following a slow start, Steer's bat has come alive since June 1, as the third baseman has posted a line of .276/.337/.520 with nine home runs, 10 doubles and 25 RBI over 39 contests.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Moves to leadoff
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Steer batted leadoff and went 1-for-3 with two walks and two RBI in Tuesday's 12-6 win over Colorado.
Normally the Reds' cleanup hitter, Steer was moved to leadoff when Jonathan India was scratched due to a left knee contusion. Steer, who belted a two-run home run in the seventh inning, has four homers and eight RBI over the last six games.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Homers again
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Steer went 1-for-3 with a home run and an additional run in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Tigers.
Steer homered for a third straight game when he launched a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. He's up to 13 home runs and a team-high 57 RBI.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Homers in second straight game
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Steer went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and an additional run in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Tigers.
Steer got the Reds on the board with a fifth-inning solo shot and later singled in a run in the ninth. It was the second straight game with a home run for Steer, who has 12 for the season and leads Cincinnati with 56 RBI.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Belts three-run homer
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Steer went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run, an additional run and a walk against the Yankees in an 8-4 victory Thursday.
Steer gave the Reds a 5-0 lead with his three-run blast to the short porch in right field in the fifth inning. The long ball was his 11th of the campaign, and he's just shy of the halfway point to reaching the 23 homers he hit last season. Steer also has 54 RBI, 41 runs and 13 stolen bases through 355 plate appearances this year.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Stays hot in win
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Steer went 2-for-5 with a double, a two-run homer and two runs scored in Thursday's win over the Cardinals.
Steer hit a leadoff double in the third inning before coming around to score Cincinnati's third run of the contest, adding a two-run shot off Miles Mikolas in the following frame. The 26-year-old has recorded multiple hits in three of his last four games, tallying six RBI over that stretch. Steer's batting .286 in June with four homers, 16 RBI and 11 runs scored.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: May remain at first base
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Steer started at first base and went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 9-5 loss to Pittsburgh.
Steer's been locked in of late, going 11-for-35 with eight RBI over the last nine contests. He began the season as the team's primary left fielder but has played a lot at first base since Christian Encarnacion-Strand (wrist) landed on the injured list in May. With news that Encarnacion-Strand opted for surgery that likely spells the end of his season, Steer is in line to become the club's primary first baseman. That could change when Noelvi Marte (suspension) returns. At that point, with Marte slotted in at third base, Jeimer Candelario could move from third to first.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Drives in three in win
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Steer went 2-for-4 with a double, three RBI and a run scored in Monday's 11-5 win over Pittsburgh.
Steer sparked the Reds' offense with a two-run double in the fourth inning, then singled in a run as part of the team's four-run sixth. Following a 13-game stretch in which he had just three RBI, Steer has knocked in five over the last three games. He leads Cincinnati with 48 RBI, which ranks 20th overall in MLB.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Belts two-run blast
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Steer went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a loss to Boston on Saturday.
Steer gave the Reds an early lead with his two-run shot to left field in the first inning. It was his ninth long ball of the season and his third through 19 contests in June. Steer is slashing .234/.326/.401 with 45 RBI, 33 runs and 12 stolen bases on the campaign.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Homers in loss
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Steer went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Brewers.
Steer gave the Reds a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning when he belted his eighth home run of the season. He's been quiet of late, having entered the contest on a 4-for-31 (.129) run with one RBI over the previous nine games. Despite the drop in production, Steer leads Cincinnati with 42 RBI.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Logs steal in loss
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Steer went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to Cleveland.
Steer recorded his 12th steal in 65 games, putting him on pace to surpass the 15 he had over 156 games in 2023. Speed was not a hallmark to his game in the minors, but the running Reds have changed that. On an unrelated note, the team received news that first baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand is mulling season-ending wrist surgery. That means Steer, who has been the primary fill-in for Encarnacion-Strand in recent weeks, may continue on as Cincinnati's regular at first base.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Provides winning hit
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Steer went 1-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in Wednesday's 12-7 win over the Rockies.
Steer's two-run shot in the top of the ninth plated the tying and go-ahead runs for the Reds, who swept the Rockies in Colorado for the first time since 2012. He's cranked it up to start the new month with hits in five straight games, going 11-for-23 with a home run, two doubles and five RBI.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Settling into groove at plate
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Steer went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored in Monday's 13-3 win over Colorado.
After a rough May in which he posted a .176 average and .629 OPS, Steer has gotten off to a strong start to June. He's delivered multiple hits in all three games on the month, going 8-for-14. Steer's recent form is reminiscent of his body of work early in the season, when he hit .324/.435/.563 with 18 RBI over his first 20 games.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Homers again Saturday
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Steer went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Dodgers.
He touched up Walker Buehler in the first inning to give the Reds an early lead. As Mark Sheldon of MLB.com notes, Steer has now gone deep in back-to-back games after entering the series without a homer since May 1 (17 games). His struggles from the middle of the order this month have led the Reds to the cellar in the NL Central, though it's certainly not all his fault. Steer sits with a .227/.341/.403 line with six homers, 35 RBI, 25 runs scored and 11 steals through 50 games this season.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Knocks fifth home run
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Steer went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, a walk and two runs scored in Friday's win over the Dodgers.
Steer got the Reds' offense started with a three-run blast in the first inning. He snapped a 17-game homerless drought, during which he'd posted an unsightly .527 OPS. Despite a terrific start to 2024 (1.264 OPS through 11 games), Steer now owns a .227/.343/.390 slash line with 17 extra-base hits through 204 plate appearances.
Steer (ankle) will start at first base and bat sixth in Wednesday's game against the Padres.
Steer didn't start in either of the last two games while managing a sore ankle, though he felt well enough to make a pinch-hitting appearance in Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Dodgers. Monday's team off day plus an absence from the lineup in Tuesday's 2-0 win over San Diego appears to have provided sufficient time for Steer to move past the ankle issue. He'll likely continue to see the bulk of his starts at first base rather than in the corner outfield for the duration of Christian Encarnacion-Strand's (wrist) stint on the injured list.
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Reds' Spencer Steer: Out again Tuesday
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Steer (ankle) remains out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Padres.
Steer was held out of Sunday's game with an ankle injury and remains out of action after Monday's off day. The good news is Steer said Tuesday that he's feeling better and expects to be available off the bench, just as he was Sunday when he served in a pinch-hit capacity, per Charlie Goldsmith of The Cincinnati Enquirer.
