Blake Dunn's third hit of the 2025 Major League Baseball season and seventh of his big-league career was a big one, a two-run double in the 8th inning of the Cincinnati Reds' series opener Monday night against the Giants in San Francisco.
Dunn's double broke a scoreless tie, giving the Reds and starter Hunter Greene a 2-0 lead.
Dunn collected his first Major League hit during a 3-2 win against the Chicago Cubs at Great American Ball Park last June. Dunn doubled on a sharp line drive to left field in the bottom of the 5th inning. It was his only hit in his first 20 big-league plate appearances.
Dunn, named the team's Minor League Player of the Year for 2023, became the first Red since Vada Pinson in 1958 to score a run in each of his first four career games.
The Reds promoted Dunn from High-A Dayton to Double-A Chattanooga in June 2023. In 357 plate appearances with the Lookouts, Dunn hit .332 with 15 home runs, 52 RBIs, 35 stolen bases and an OPS of .989, earning him the 2023 Southern League batting title.
Adding his stats with the Dragons earlier that season, he was in rare company with 23 HRs and 54 SBs, becoming one of only five players in the past 30 years with 20-50 seasons in the minors. Andruw Jones achieved the feat in 1995 and '96; Anthony Volpe in 2022; and Dunn, Ryan Bliss and Jonatan Clase last season.
What to know about Dunn:
The Reds selected Dunn in the 15th round (450th overall) of the 2021 draft.
Dunn has been a pleasant surprise in a 2021 draft class for the Reds that included
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