Reds’ boxscore
TUESDAY’S GAME
Royals 4, Reds 3
Cincinnati Miami
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Mrrfeld 2b 3 0 1 0 Schebler lf 4 0 0 0
Mondesi ss 4 0 0 0 Peraza ss 5 0 2 0
A.Gordon lf 4 0 0 0 Votto 1b 5 0 2 0
S.Perez c 4 2 2 0 Suarez 3b 4 0 0 0
O’Hearn 1b 4 1 2 2 Gennett 2b 4 1 1 0
H.Dozier 3b 4 1 1 1 Ervin rf 4 1 2 1
Goodwin cf 4 0 1 1 Iglesias p 0 0 0 0
Bre.Phl rf 4 0 0 0 Barnhart c 4 0 0 0
Skglund p 1 0 0 0 M.Harvey p 1 0 0 0
Flynn p 1 0 0 0 D.Hererra ph 1 1 1 2
T.Hill p 0 0 0 0 Garrett p 0 0 0 0
Bnfacio ph 1 0 0 0 M.Wllams ph 0 0 0 0
Maurer p 0 0 0 0 D.Hrnandz p 0 0 0 0
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0 Dixon rf 0 0 0 0
R.Hererra ph 1 0 0 0 B.Hamilton cf 4 0 1 0
Wi.Peralta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4 Totals 36 3 9 3

Kansas City 010 200 001 = 4
Cincinnati 000 020 100 = 3

E—Peraza (21). LOB—Kansas City 5, Cincinnati 9. 2B—O’Hearn (9). 3B—Gennett (3). HR—O’Hearn (12), H.Dozier (11), D.Herrera (4). SB—Merrifield (39), Ervin (6).
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Skoglund 2 1-3 1 0 0 0 1
Flynn 2 2-3 2 2 2 0 1
Hill H,13 1 0 0 0 0 1
Maurer BS,6 1 2 1 1 1 3
McCarthy W,5-4 1 2 0 0 1 1
Peralta S,14-14 1 2 0 0 1 0
Cincinnati
Harvey 5 6 3 3 0 6
Garrett 2 0 0 0 1 2
Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 2
Iglesias L,2-5 1 1 1 1 0 1
Umpires—Home, Tom Hallion; First, Dan Bellino; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Phil Cuzzi.
T—2:40. A—13,172 (42,319).

MLB standings
Major League Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-Atlanta 89 68 .567 —
Washington 80 78 .506 9 1/2
Philadelphia 78 78 .500 10 1/2
New York 73 84 .465 16
Miami 62 95 .395 27
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 88 69 .561 —
Colorado 86 70 .551 1 1/2
Arizona 79 78 .503 9
San Francisco 72 85 .459 16
San Diego 63 94 .401 25
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 88 69 .561 —
Colorado 86 70 .551 1 1/2
Arizona 79 78 .503 9
San Francisco 72 85 .459 16
San Diego 63 94 .401 25
Monday’s Games
Washington 7, Miami 3
Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 1
Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 4
Colorado 10, Philadelphia 1
L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 4
San Diego 5, San Francisco 0
Tuesday’s Games
Kansas City 4, CINCINNATI 3
Washington 9, Miami 4
Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 3
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Miami (Chen 6-11) at Washington (Roark 9-15), 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Fillmyer 3-2) at CINCINNATI (Reed 1-2), 6:40 p.m.
Atlanta (Newcomb 12-9) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 9-9), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Chacin 14-8) at St. Louis (Gant 7-6), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Nova 9-9) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 13-11), 8:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Pivetta 7-13) at Colorado (Marquez 13-10), 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 8-5) at Arizona (Greinke 14-11), 9:40 p.m.
San Diego (Lauer 6-7) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-6), 10:15 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Philadelphia at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.
Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.
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American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-Boston 106 51 .675 —
y-New York 97 60 .618 9
Tampa Bay 87 70 .554 19
Toronto 71 87 .449 35 1/2
Baltimore 45 111 .288 60 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Cleveland 88 68 .564 —
Minnesota 72 84 .462 16
Detroit 64 93 .408 24 1/2
Chicago 61 95 .391 27
Kansas City 55 102 .350 33 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
z-Houston 100 57 .637 —
z-Oakland 95 62 .605 5
Seattle 85 71 .545 14 1/2
Los Angeles 76 81 .484 24
Texas 66 90 .423 33 1/2
z-clinched playoff berth
x-clinched division
y-clinched wild card
Monday’s Games
Houston 5, Toronto 3
Boston 6, Baltimore 2
N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 1
Cleveland 4, Chicago White Sox 0
L.A. Angels 5, Texas 4, 11 innings
Oakland 7, Seattle 3
Tuesday’s Games
Baltimore at Boston, ppd.
Kansas City 4, CINCINNATI 3
Houston 4, Toronto 1
N.Y. Yankees 9, Tampa Bay 2
Detroit 4, Minnesota 2
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.
Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:07 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Houston (TBD) at Toronto (Reid-Foley 2-4), 4:07 p.m.
Kansas City (Fillmyer 3-2) at CINCINNATI (Reed 1-2), 6:40 p.m.
Baltimore (Ramirez 1-7) at Boston (Sale 12-4), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Tampa Bay (TBD), 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Tomlin 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (TBD), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Boyd 9-12) at Minnesota (Odorizzi 7-10), 8:10 p.m.
Texas (Mendez 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 9-10), 10:07 p.m.
Oakland (Jackson 6-3) at Seattle (Hernandez 8-13), 10:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.
Houston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.
Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Wild Card
Major League Baseball
Wild Card Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 90 67 .573 —
St. Louis 87 70 .554 —
Colorado 86 70 .551 1/2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct GB
y-New York 96 60 .615 —
z-Oakland 95 62 .605 —
z-clinched playoff berth
y-clinched wild card

NFL standings
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Miami 3 0 0 1.000 75 52
New England 1 2 0 .333 57 77
Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 50 84
N.Y. Jets 1 2 0 .333 77 58
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 49 50
Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 57 44
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 60 63
Houston 0 3 0 .000 59 74
North
W L T Pct PF PA
CINCINNATI 2 1 0 .667 89 77
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 97 51
CLEVELAND 1 1 1 .500 60 59
Pittsburgh 1 1 1 .500 88 90
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 118 92
Denver 2 1 0 .667 61 70
L.A. Chargers 1 2 0 .333 82 93
Oakland 0 3 0 .000 52 81
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Washington 2 1 0 .667 64 44
Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 59 55
Dallas 1 2 0 .333 41 53
N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 55 62
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 102 91
New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 104 103
Carolina 2 1 0 .667 71 60
Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 80 85
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 2 1 0 .667 63 55
Green Bay 1 1 1 .500 70 83
Minnesota 1 1 1 .500 59 72
Detroit 1 2 0 .333 70 88
West
W L T Pct PF PA
L.A. Rams 3 0 0 1.000 102 36
Seattle 1 2 0 .333 65 64
San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 73 89
Arizona 0 3 0 .000 20 748
Thursday, Sept. 20
CLEVELAND 21, New York Jets 17
Sunday, Sept. 23
Tennessee 9, Jacksonville 6
N.Y. Giants 27, Houston 22
Miami 28, Oakland 20
Buffalo 27, Minnesota 6
Carolina 31, CINCINNATI 21
Philadelphia 20, Indianapolis 16
Baltimore 27, Denver 14
Washington 31, Green Bay 17
Kansas City 38, San Francisco 27
New Orleans 43, Atlanta 37, OT
L.A. Rams 35, L.A. Chargers 23
Seattle 24, Dallas 13
Chicago 16, Arizona 14
Detroit 26, New England 10
Monday, Sept. 24
Pittsburgh 30, Tampa Bay 27
Thursday, Sept. 27
Minnesota at Los Angeles Rams, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN)
Sunday, Sept. 30
CINCINNATI at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Tampa Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Detroit at Dallas, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Buffalo at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New York Jets at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Miami at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Philadelphia at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Seattle at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
CLEVELAND at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
San Francisco at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
New Orleans at New York Giants, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Oct. 1
Kansas City at Denver, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Byes: Carolina, Washington

300 K seasons
300 Strikeouts in a Season
American League
Year, Name, Team SO
1903 Rube Waddell, Philadelphia 302
1904 Rube Waddell, Philadelphia 349
1910 Walter Johnson, Washington 313
1912 Walter Johnson, Washington 303
1946 Bob Feller, Cleveland 348
1965 Sam McDowell, Cleveland 325
1970 Sam McDowell, Cleveland 304
1971 Mickey Lolich, Detroit 308
1971 Vida Blue, Oakland 301
1972 Nolan Ryan, California 329
1973 Nolan Ryan, California 383
1974 Nolan Ryan, California 367
1976 Nolan Ryan, California 327
1977 Nolan Ryan, California 341
1989 Nolan Ryan, Texas 301
1993 Randy Johnson, Seattle 308
1999 Pedro Martinez, Boston 313
2017 Chris Sale, Boston 308
National League
1963 Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles 306
1965 Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles 382
1966 Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles 317
1972 Steve Carlton, Philadelphia 310
1978 J.R. Richard, Houston 303
1979 J.R. Richard, Houston 313
1986 Mike Scott, Houston 306
1997 Curt Schilling, Philadelphia 319
1997 Pedro Martinez, Montreal 305
1998 Curt Schilling, Philadelphia 300
1998 Randy Johnson, Seattle-Houston 329
1999 Randy Johnson, Arizona 364
2000 Randy Johnson, Arizona 347
2001 Randy Johnson, Arizona 372
2002 Curt Schilling, Arizona 316
2002 Randy Johnson, Arizona 334
2015 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles 301
2018 Max Scherzer, Washington 300

NASCAR leaders
NASCAR Monster Energy Cup
Points Leaders Through Sept. 22
1. Martin Truex Jr., 2141
2. Kyle Busch, 2125
3. Kevin Harvick, 2113
4. Brad Keselowski, 2111
5. Joey Logano, 2081
6. Aric Almirola, 2079
7. Kyle Larson, 2073
8. Kurt Busch, 2071
9. Chase Elliott, 2066
10. Austin Dillon, 2066
11. Alex Bowman, 2061
12. Ryan Blaney, 2060

Transactions
Tuesday’s Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
National League
CINCINNATI REDS — Named Shawn Pender vice president of player development and Eric Lee senior director of player development. Signed a player development contract with Chattanooga (SL) through the 2020 season.