Reds offense finally wakes up with four-homer night against Giants

In his next at-bat the following inning, Stewart hit another three-run homer off a 95-mph four-seam fastball from Mahle to extend Cincinnati's lead to 7-2.

According to the team's X account, Stewart is the first rookie in franchise history with a pair of three-run homers in a game. The historic play from Stewart does not stop there, though.

The 22-year-old now has seven homers this season and 12 dating back to his 18 starts after being called up last season. Those are the most long shots by a Reds hitter through his first 36 games since Aristides Aquino hit 15 in 2018-19.

Stewart was not the only one who contributed to the explosive bats on Wednesday. Third baseman Eugenio Suarez followed Stewart's three-run shot in the first with a 349-foot solo homer to right field.

That was Suarez's 192nd career homer as a Red, moving past Brandon Phillips for 12th on the all-time list. It was also his first three-hit game since rejoining the franchise after spending the last four seasons with the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks.

With the Reds leading 7-2 in the fourth, shortstop Elly De La Cruz crushed a 442-foot solo home run to center field to make it an 8-2 game.

Starting pitcher Rhett Lowder went 6.2 innings and allowed five hits, three earned runs, one walk and four strikeouts on 90 pitches. His solid outing, in addition to a collective bullpen effort that did not allow a single run, was the latest efficient performance from the pitching staff.

Unlike the majority of the season up to this point, though, the bats came alive and provided some much-needed relief. Stewart once again played a huge role, but he had some help around him as the Reds go into Thursday's game looking for the series sweep of the Giants.