The Cincinnati Reds will look to build on their walk-off win last night as they try to win tonight and take the series from the New York Mets. Cincinnati will turn to Graham Ashcraft with the hopes that he can continue to pitch well at home. The Mets are going to send David Peterson to the mound to try and grab the series for themselves. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40pm.
Starting Lineups
Here are the lineups for tonight’s game:
New York Mets
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Cincinnati Reds
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| Brandon Nimmo – CF | Jonathan India – DH |
| Starling Marte – RF | Brandon Drury – 1B |
| Francisco Lindor – SS | Tommy Pham – LF |
| Pete Alonso – 1B | Kyle Farmer – SS |
| Jeff McNeil – LF | Donovan Solano – 3B |
| Dominic Smith – DH | Matt Reynolds – 2B |
| Eduardo Escobar – 3B | Nick Senzel – CF |
| Luis Guillorme – 2B | Albert Almora Jr. – RF |
| Tomas Nido – C | Michael Papierski – C |
| David Peterson – SP | Graham Ashcraft – SP |
Starting Pitchers
| Pitcher | IP | ERA | WHIP | BB | K |
| Graham Ashcraft | 43.2 | 4.53 | 1.24 | 9 | 28 |
| David Peterson | 58.1 | 3.24 | 1.20 | 22 | 60 |
| Links: Graham Ashcraft’s Stats | David Peterson’s Stats |
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Graham Ashcraft
Not shown below are the home and road splits for Graham Ashcraft. While we are talking about just four starts for each, his four starts at home have been significantly better. He’s held hitters to a .575 OPS and has a 2.59 ERA while pitching in Cincinnati this season. Ashcraft has dominated lefties this season, but right-handed hitters have had plenty of success against him, hitting over .300 and slugging .500.
Splits
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 92 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | .314 | .359 | .500 |
| LHH | 97 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .200 | .247 | .256 |
Pitch Usage
| 2-Seam | Cutter | Slider | Change | |
| Velo | 96.9 | 97.4 | 85.9 | 89.8 |
| Usage | 17.2% | 49.6% | 32.1% | 1.1% |
David Peterson
A road warrior this season, Peterson has dominated away from New York. He’s held hitters to a .592 OPS and has a 2.17 ERA in his 29.0 innings on the road. The lefty doesn’t face many lefties, and he’s not scheduled to tonight, but they don’t pick up many hits against him but when they do get them they go far. Righties haven’t had a ton of success against him, posting just a .652 OPS against him on the year.
Splits
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 185 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 45 | .241 | .319 | .333 |
| LHH | 58 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | .177 | .276 | .431 |
Pitch Usage
| 4-Seam | 2-Seam | Slider | Change | Curve | |
| Velo | 93.3 | 93.1 | 84.1 | 85.7 | 77.6 |
| Usage | 36.2% | 14.9% | 26.8% | 17.1% | 5.1% |
When and Where
- Game time: 6:40pm ET
- Where: Great American Ball Park
- Watch: Bally Sports Ohio, MLB.tv
- Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
- Forecast: 82°, isolated thunderstorms, 33% chance of rain
News and Notes
Tyler Mahle placed on the injured list
The Reds placed Tyler Mahle on the injured list earlier this afternoon with a right shoulder strain. The good news, if there is any here, is that he had an MRI and that things showed no serious issues and that he expects to return before the end of the month according to Mark Sheldon of Reds.com.
MRI showed no serious issue with Mabel’s shoulder, he said. He expects to be back shortly after the All-Star break.
— Mark Sheldon (@m_sheldon) July 6, 2022
Joey Votto’s dealing with back tightness
Votto has back tightness, Bell said. Said it’s something he’s had before and they’re being safe
— C. Trent Rosecrans (@ctrent) July 6, 2022
No Votto, no 3M … interesting
There’s nothing interesting with this team.
+500
I’ll grant you that one 🙂
Looks like I was right about my speculation on Votto. Think he has been injured since the Arizona series.
Not like performance has been worse. That would be impossible.
Huh? He was really good in May and early June after coming off of the DL. He has been poor since that road trip to Arizona and got multiple days off in a row after that. Seems pretty reasonable that something was affecting his performance.
Or it could be left handed pitcher itis
Did you miss where it says that he has back tightness above?
Let’s go Reds make it 2 in a row!!! I feel a winning streak coming on…
Yet another one? Didn’t you call for 20 in row not that long ago? I actually have a feeling you may be right tonight. Then I also have a feeling Farmer leaves the game early. Probably wrong on both counts.
hey hey that was me….twice….lol
My apologies to KevinH, though he, too, is a bit optimistic. Pham has trumped everyone’s optimism, so I’ll go with a surprise win tonight.
No lol….
No worries LDS.. lol
India sans man bun! Now if we can get Joey to ditch “Jolene”.
Are you John Sadek’s clone? He constantly talks about the players hair.
how about Nick Senzel
Head bans for everybody!
Showing some power is huge. Curious if he changed his approach or made any adjustments.
When did they sign that guy, seems to be pretty good.
Bad storms and no power
Was senzel a GABP lucky special or a nice hard hit ball
He jacked it. Left field. No doubter.
India out
Where did get hbp
Ankle. He was wearing a guard.
India can’t catch a break. Hopefully it’s not bad… man….
Is Senzel finally going to become the player we’ve been waiting on?
He was has been. He is finally healthy..
Wow, I meant he has always been that player. Finally healthy…. wow major typo
Same game parlay with both teams to get 3+ and a Farmer hit. Looks like cash $
Like Ashcraft, but 75% fastballs isn’t going to cut it. How do these guys get thru the minors with 1.5 pitches and can’t even show a 3rd?
I cant get power like 90000 others
Not sure what s being said but tornadoes in cincinnati and bad damage
I was out in it today and it was ugly
Some neighborhoods hurting
Be safe and be careful. Lookout for down power lines.
I am sorry Old School, power here is NKY usually goes out when there is a storm. I need to buy a generator. I hate when the AC goes out. I have a couple of battery operated fans that has helped. My fiancée is from the U.K. she can’t imagine why anyone needs central air. She will fine out next July when she is living here.
If there is such a thing as a perfect throw, the pickoff of Senzel was it.
Nick has gotten picked off more than once. Has to clean that up.
Wow. What a throw by their catcher. I challenge Aaron Rodgers or Brady or Burrow to put a ball in a 6 inch window like that. Rodgers could do it in his prime on his back leg, but still some of these catchers are unbelievable with their accuracy.
Does anyone know if Moustakous is a free agent after this year 2022 or is it after next year 2023?
Next year
Rest easy Jeff, We have him all to ourselves for another year and a half. Think we should move him at the trade deadline next month to ensure maximum return? Lol
Another upside-down K for 3M
Backwards
Sandy Leon was in Louisville earlier this year, pitched 2 perfect innings for Cleveland in their blowout loss yesterday.
The Reds obviously have been calling up the wrong guys from AAA
*Catcher
Someone give me an in game synopsis
Hows ashcraft
+ or –
Per Sam Lecure….8 hits…4 off his sinker, but not a lot of hard hit balls. No walks is the key. Alonso just put a dent in the wall at 107….his 3rd hit of the game.
Thanks va
Offense?
Senzel getting his grove back and farmer proving he never lost his
India day to day, negative X-rays.
Nice defense that inning
Thanks for the info on Moustakas. So Reds have Moustakas all this year, and all next year too…..unless they can trade him somewhere along the way.
Be nice if Ashcraft goes the 6th and 7th. Save the bullpen some before tomorrow.
It sure didn’t take Donovan Solano long to get in the .220s with the rest of the team.
1 for 12 this month. After 8 for 25 last month.
It took some time for the coaches to work on his swing and get him hitting like everyone else on the team.
Ashcraft battled tonight. Got it done.
Ashcraft did a nice job tonight working around trouble. However, a huge part of the problem was he was not getting anything from the umpire, high strike or low strike.
Stephenson 2-4 and Fairchild is 2-3, but Barrero 0-3 with 2 Ks again. He’s not ready.
agreed, Farmer looks more confident every day, and Reynolds as the designated backup, Barrero must produce to be brought up, unless we trade farmer. What position is Fairchild again?
Fairchild is an OFer. Has good speed and can play CF. Not sure about his arm?
No way Farmer gets traded now with Barrero struggling.
Nice game by Ashcraft! He must be the hardest thrower with the least amount of strikeouts. Pitching to weak contact plays. There were 3-4 hard hits of the 10 and some hard hit outs, but he went 6 and leaves with the lead. No walks were big.
Not smart baseball Nick? Can’t get thrown out twice on the bases in 1 game? Our outfield is too small and he got to the ball too quickly
It was a bang bang play. Great hustle by Nick and great throw by McNeil. Both throws were literally perfect. Nick making stuff happen no issue with that.
Ball beat him easily….throw was up the line a little. Idk? A guy with wheels should have atleast a 70% steal rate and with the way the ball beat him there…..wasn’t even 50/50 there.
I’m okay with him trying to make it to second on that one, although I’d have preferred that he slide head first to get a hand in around the tag.
Was thinking the same thing.
Not entirely disappointed with Senzel trying to stretch that one
I cant watch the darn game but if senzel was aggressive trying to take an extra base on a worthless 100 loss team…, ok if hes out and its a bang bang play
Not ok if hes out by 3 feet
I must be watching a different video. That’s okay as to me it was a hustle play. Not too long ago people complaining players weren’t hustling or going for extra base. When it happens people complain that he is out by “3ft” according to Some or not close according to some
Can’t please some in RLN
I would bring in Hoffman to close out the 9th inning, I would not bring in Strickland. But….only if it gets to that…
Fairchild 3-4 tonight with his 7th homer.TySteve 2-4 so when do we see both players in the big leagues?Senzel doing his thing.Stay healthy please.
Pham needs to be traded
Hes done all he can and adds nothing in july and unapologetically says hes is it in for his bank account
Yep and soon.Low level prospect and we move on.
I agree, but I don’t think anybody wants Pham
Naquin too if they can get somebody they like. He’s good, but he’s always got leg issues and he’ll be mid 30s by 2024
Showcasing Strickland before the trade deadline hoping he’ll pitch well to increase his trade value.
lol
This ump? My God some of these guys are completely blind? Korean umps are 10x better
Need a quick 3 here
It’s crazy the Reds’ “closer” has only 3 saves, a 1.66 WHIP, and an ERA over 5.00
So close…..and yet so far away
Bell…..I TOLD YOU, it should have been Hoffman to close!
Why was Solano not playing on the line to prevent the double? Single to left puts runners on first and second. Ugh!
Marte been missing sliders down and away all night…Strickland hangs one inner half
Quite evidently, Strickland is not a closer. I get momentarily optimistic and predict a victory, and Bell takes it away from me – again.
Who’s your suggestion? Wasn’t like that double was hammered. Just a bouncer in the right place
I think Hoffman maybe. Strickland hasn’t delivered since being named the closer
And Bullpen blows another one for our starters.
Not even mad at Bell. Who does he have. How many games is that this year. 5 games at least? They can still win of course, but at least 5 games
I’ve seen umps call that bouncer down the line foul 95% of the time…especially when the last bounce lands in foul territory.
agree that the umpiring has been suspect all night
That’s what I was thinking
Listening to the play by play is painful. It’s almost as if they self ordain a loss.
I believe Okey could bat better than 120.
Needed both teams 3+ to win my parlay. Now its time for another Reds walkoff.
Not sure why you burn Naquin here with 2 outs/nobody on? Gabp is a bandbox
Extras it is…..
That should do it. The bullpen difference is rather telling
That’s too good of a pitch to hit by Moreta on an 0-2 count to Smith.
Yeah why use anti-double shifting there? If Drury isn’t so far off the bag thats 3 unassisted? The 4th run shouldn’t be a killer, but the 5th one probably is
well I have confidence we get the one run back……but this is just extending the game. Starting to get real annoyed by the lets go mets chants.
Yeah, Cubs and Mets so obnoxious.
now that is the loss
and now it is really really over
.214 BA bests our 6.94 ERA stiff; who’d a thunk?
How confident are you we’ll get the 5 runs back?
would not bet on it
Did i call it or what? Not a big shocker
When Moreta misses, he misses right down the middle in the heart of the plate.
Just horrible pitching at the end of this one and a bad, bad loss.
Last pitch to Marte was nasty. 88 mph change or split? 97 on the heater. These guys have arms, but just can’t pitch? Wild within the zone
Never seen a kid center cut the plate like Greene. He’d clean people out at darts. Maybe should’ve been a QB
Sanmartin got it done in the 7th. and 8th. innings. Why not let him try to close it out in the 9th.?
Nimmo FA….get out the checkbook and give him a Castellanos deal
Reds were to get him for Jay Bruce. Last second switch to Dilson Herera did not work out for the Reds.
Weren’t we supposed to get Nimmo for Bruce at one time?
First Wheeler and then Nimmo and instead nothing. Typical
Yep.
Ended up getting Dilson Herrera
I’m done. No more arson for me.
Great looking swing Moose.
Brighter note….Stuart Fairchild 3-4 with a tying HR late and a walkoff sac fly too. He was one of the top 5 hitters in NCAA when he came out. Reds 2R pick. Deal Pham and/or Naquin and give him 200 at-bats! Naquin and Pham will both be middle-aged by the next good Reds team….unless Pham is killed in a fantasy football knife fight
Time to play that guy.
Of course, Bell will never do it.
Reds haven’t had an outfield prospect since……
Senzel doesn’t count as he was an IF prospect.
I must say, in the midst of a miserable season (though I would attest the Driessen-Oester 100L Reds were a whole lot DULLER) seeing Senzel’s production over the last couple weeks has been enjoyable.
I hope it continues.
It’s like memories of Riverfront. Everything was great but the stadium itself….okay the plaza was great.
It’s like the city itself….you pick and choose what you are able to enjoy.
And there is plenty there.
This is the pattern: two games every night with the Reds:
Innings 1-6 will be interesting, competitive.
Innings 6-9 will be a horror show.
I see we’re back to the “leave him in until the game’s out of reach strategy”. Pittsburgh, sweep tomorrow?
Senzel not in the line up, I know it’s a doubleheader but I want to see him as much as possible.