The Cincinnati Reds picked up a win in the day game of today’s day/night doubleheader. Elly De La Cruz drove in six runs in the 9-4 win that gave Cincinnati a series win. Tonight they’ll go for the series sweep.
Starting Lineups
Cincinnati Reds
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Los Angeles Angels
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| Noelvi Marte – 3B | Nolan Schanuel – 1B |
| Matt McLain – 2B | Shohei Ohtani – DH |
| Elly De La Cruz – SS | Mike Moustakas – 3B |
| Spencer Steer – DH | Luis Rengifo – 2B |
| Christian Encarnacion-Strand – 1B | Randal Grichuk – LF |
| TJ Friedl – CF | Mickey Moniak – CF |
| Tyler Stephenson – C | Hunter Renfroe – RF |
| TJ Hopkins – LF | Matt Thaiss – C |
| Will Benson – RF | Andrew Velazquez – SS |
| Lyon Richardson – RHP | Reid Detmers – LHP |
Starting Pitchers
| Pitcher | IP | ERA | WHIP | BB | K |
| Lyon Richardson | 3.0 | 12.00 | 2.33 | 3 | 2 |
| Reid Detmers | 115.0 | 4.93 | 1.37 | 48 | 136 |
| Links: Lyon Richardson’s Stats | Reid Detmers’s Stats |
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Lyon Richardson
The Reds are going to give Richardson another spot start tonight. It will be his second start and he’ll be looking to perform a little better this time around after allowing four runs in 3.0 innings in his big league debut earlier this month.
Take the splits for what they are worth – a little, but not a lot given that most of it’s come from the minor leagues – but this season he’s been much better against lefties than he has against righties.
Splits (MiLB & MLB)
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 139 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 53 | .246 | .331 | .385 |
| LHH | 139 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 42 | .167 | .281 | .233 |
Pitch Usage (AAA & MLB)
| 4-Seam | 2-Seam | Curve | Slider | Change | |
| Velo | 96.9 | 95.1 | 79.1 | 85.2 | 88.1 |
| Usage | 41% | 5% | 17% | 5% | 32% |
Reid Detmers
The month of August has been a wild one for the lefty. He allowed seven earned runs in his first two starts of the month, covering just 6.1 innings, and he allowed five homers in those two games. But his last time out he allowed one hit in 7.1 shutout innings against Texas.
When it comes to the splits, Detmers has some reverse ones going on this year. Left-handed hitters haven’t gotten nearly as many opportunities against him as righties have, but they are hitting 50 points higher and slugging 142 points higher. Right-handed hitters walk more, but that’s about it. They don’t hit for average or for much power.
Splits
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 398 | 83 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 40 | 119 | .236 | .322 | .386 |
| LHH | 101 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | .286 | .356 | .528 |
Pitch Usage
| 4-seam | 2-seam | Curve | Slider | Change | |
| Velo | 94.6 | 93.9 | 75.0 | 88.9 | 85.7 |
| Usage | 40% | 2% | 20% | 36% | 2% |
When and Where
- Game time: 9:38pm ET
- Where: Angels Stadium
- Watch: Bally Sports Ohio, MLB.tv (out of market)
- Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
- Forecast: 82°, sunny, 5% chance of rain
News and Notes
The Cubs and Brewers both won earlier today.
Standings
*Standings at the start of the day*
| Team | W | L | GB | Playoff Odds |
| Brewers | 69 | 57 | 0.0 | 91.0% |
| Cubs | 65 | 60 | 3.5 | 52.1% |
| Reds | 65 | 61 | 4.0 | 24.4% |
| Pirates | 57 | 69 | 12.0 | 0.1% |
| Cardinals | 55 | 72 | 14.5 | 0.0% |
| Playoff Odds via Fangraphs | ||||
Spot starter vs. journeyman
Both bullpens burned.
All the makings of a 2-1 game.
Okay…Marte leading off instead of Friedl who is swinging a great bat right now vs a LHP with splits that favor LH? Martini looked good game #1 and Hopkins has looked basically lost, although he did hit one good to CF game 1. At least Votto is sitting. Not loving the line-up…again. I think this is a really, really important game to finally get some momentum going. Need to treat this game like a must-win situation to make the post season… not a game we can just afford to play everybody cuz we already won game #1
“Need to treat this game like a must-win situation to make the post season… ”
I concur
Reds sign Trey Mancini to a minor league deal.
A little puzzling. But he costs us basically nothing.
A must win game – that that most aren’t at this point. Winning puts pressure on the Cubs. Maybe it happens butIm not betting on it.
If they can keep the strikeouts to a minimum the sweep will be fulfilled. Make stuff happen!
Bell needs to realize how big this game is because I’m not sure he does.
That’s honestly my worry. When you been scuffling like we have for 6 weeks I don’t know how you wouldn’t understand the opportunity to grab real momentum if you win this game heading into Arizona. It’s a huge game psychologically for this team, but whether that dawns on our fearless leader…who knows?
Kind of cool we have rookies 1-5 in the lineup.
Hey! Somebody tell Ohtani his arm needs rest. He shouldn’t be batting. 😉
Moose batting 3rd?….Thank you. 🙂
No home runs…. infact no hits… this is an improvement from last time
I wonder if it has ever happened that a 3rd baseman has an unassisted putout a 2 different bases in the same inning before today?
Pretty rare.
Kids got rough edges, but atleast he’s mixing pitches. Up to 99 in the first inning
Since Richardson has pitches count limit about 65-70 , that’s mean 3-4 innings so it will need a reliever eating 2 plus frames to reach the 7th or 8th to give the ball to Sims. I wonder how they are gonna figure it out… Farmer, Cruz and Young pitched significantly in the first game…Gibaut threw a few pitches yesterday and today ….
Hmmmm Strike three looking with two on Stephenson. Hmmmm
Hopkins gets hit? Good job. 🙂
Stephenson is so bad at the plate anymore that I’m actually not that disappointed with a strikeout because he at least he didn’t hit a 2 bouncer right at the shortstop for a double play… it’s truly pathetic to be okay with that result. On a full count he swungs at ball 4 inside, then fouls another off, then takes strike 3 right down the middle. By the way, really don’t understand Benson hitting behind Hopkins and Stephenson…. just really can’t make sense of it.
I think I’ve seen all I need to see of Hopkins… time to send him back down to Triple A
Richardson looks like the bar bouncer that you would listen very carefully to. 🙂
Hopkins. He’s like Senzels little brother. Can we get rid of him please
Hopkins doesn’t even act like he wants to be up here.
Kind of looks like a teenager trying to drive a car for the first time. Something like that. No offense to him but we need ballplayers. We’re in a pennant race. He’s not hitting well anyway. Might as well us Siani. At least he’s a good outfielder.
should have kept Henry Ramos. Bad move
Am I banned from posting?
Did I miss something in registration?
Freidl makes the slightly tougher play look easy, meanwhile Hopkins looks like he doesn’t have a clue where the ball is in relation to himself on a similar play
Most of these young hard throwers won’t come inside which really lessens their stuff. Jam the bottom of the lineup and get some quick outs here and there
Outer half again. Inside corner and it’s a dribbler to CES
Why do I not feel good about facing Ohtani here?
Walk him. Face Moose.
Friedl-legit
😀
Friedl saves the day that time!! Diving catch!!!
You would think these triple A guys would be hungry to make plays like that. Hopkins looked.like he was jogging over again.
Yeah I know. Hopkins had no chance. It’s like he’s in a daze or something. In awe of the moment playing in the majors.
Lack of command keeps Richardson walking on the tightrope
Friedl looks better with a hair cut and shave. 🙂 Maybe it makes him faster even. 🙂
Hopkins should not be in the line up.
They hit rockets that inning, but only 1. Let’s get some offense
Steer is a stud.
One of the few that changes his approach with 2 strikes.
I love McLain but I’d have to give team MVP to Steer this year at least so far simply for the fact he hits so well while playing so many positions. (LF, RF, 3B, 2B, 1B)
Yep. I was thinking the same thing. He is just solid and reliable.
Yep about a month ago I said the two guys the Reds should think about doing early long-term contracts with are McClain and Steer. The other rookies still have way too much to prove, but those two guys are going to be really good Major League ball players for a long time
Good piece of hitting. Wide open mole on the right side.
At some point in this game (hopefully soon) we’ve got to replace Hopkins with Siani before he costs us the game one way or another.
Yeah, seems like he is playing with a fear of failure, making him timid.
Completely agree. He just doesn’t look good out there. But now Friedl is limping around.
Richardson has the stuff to be dang good. Lots of potential there. Hopefully he can stay healthy, get experience, and put it all together in the future.
Freidl- legit
😀
Look at Stephenson.
I’ll take it stephenson
Stepho, wow finally makes something happen.
Friedl drilled that one. #Frieldcanhitleftie
Ty awakens with a huge homer.
That was huge. I was just happy to see the sac fly deep enough to get the run in, so the Home Run was an extra bonus. His next ab was a ball to deep CF…maybe he’s going to start hitting again
Friedl needs to be kept at the top of the order regardless of which hand the pitcher throws with.
Yep he’s over .300 versus lefties. I just can’t understand dropping him down to six and hitting Marte lead off….just makes no sense. It’s the first thing I mentioned before the game started
Hopkins with a hit. Would have been safe if he didn’t overslide.
Stephenson finally does something. We need somebody new to get hot
sliding lessons tomorrow.
zero dark 30
TS been contributing the last 4-5 games, a couple singles, a HR the other day, throwing out a runner the other game, now a HR. He’s been doing better than Benson out of the bottom of line up. When we have Steer or Frield part of bottom of line up, good things happen. But we can’t have Frield there.
Can’t have Steer there. Guy leads the team in everything.
He was playing there and producing when we had India and Fraley 🙂 obviously we need him where he is now without those two bats, but I think the bottom of line up has been bad without him.
Couple inches from the cycle there
Triple HR double single
When the team was going good, It was a different person every game.
It’d be great if they got back to that.
Alright. We’re playing like we want to win. 🙂 4-1 now
Stringing hits together starting from bottom of line up, that’s a he formula for success. May and June, nostalgia.
Yes indeed. Good plate discipline without the strikeouts.
Running and more running more May and June nostalgia.
This young man Richardson has a power arm – if he can harness his stuff he could really help this team down the stretch
Who is this Richardson guy? He has more pitches in his arsenal than Ashcraft and Greene combined. And he has guts, fills up the strike zone. Quite a surprise.
Will they bring him back out for the 5th?
He’s not Luke Weaver. That’s a good start for me.
Where is the Nick Krall didnt get giolito and lorenzo crowd to win the world series?????
Come on now
This will age better if Hunter can return to form very soon.
CES and slider are like water and oil.
Would that fly ball from TS a HR at GBP?
Richardson’s time was obviously up. Pretty good job, though. Now what? Who’s left? Lol
Sims time?
Things have gotten pretty quiet in here. Must have lost most of those in the eastern and central time zones.
Barely hanging on here in NY.
Strand has to learn to lay off the crap.
agree 100%
Time to get your best defense in the outfield Mr. Bell. One run game. hint hint
Yep and that doesn’t mean moving Benson to left.
The next three innings are a direct result of Bell managing the pen poorly the first game. Sims will be stretched to cover the 7th. 8th is a mystery. Will have to be someone making their second appearance today. Diaz for the 9th. Pray we don’t go extras.
Good grief
Okay. You would have done it differently. What would you have done? I think he made good decisions. abbot barely went 5. He HAD to use the pen.
Richardson couldn’t go any more. He HAD to go to the pen.
What would you have done differently?
I would have let Farmer pitch more than 13 pitches. He had retired 5 straight with weak contact. I would have let young pitch more than 8 pitches. That saves you some arms for the second game.
Giving Bell credit: He didn’t like Moll walking a guy and putting a runner in scoring position, so he yanked him, even with a lefty coming up to bat. Sims then got the job done. Good call. (I live in OR. It’s early here! Lol)
Runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out, and CES and Friedl are down in 6 pitches. C’mon guys.
All three pitches to Friedl were strikes whether he swings or not. Not to mention they were 99,99 and 101.
Had Sims walked the last batter, I would be shopping for TV tomorrow.
Hopkins is overmatched and underperforming. Yet Ramos, a switch hitter is DFA, and Barrero is still in Louisville. Will see about Martini, and Siani, and now they sign Trey Mancini. What have they got up their sleeves….
I wonder if Wil Myers is available? JK!
Maile pitching the 8th?
Nope. Bell.
Sakak – “Hopkins has great speed.” If that’s true I sure haven’t seen in it in the outfield.
Hopkins with two hits and has been on 3 times tonight. Not to shabby.
Yeah. Happy about that. 🙂
Sakak – “Another left on left base hit by Benson.” Are you paying attention Mr. Bell? 🙂
Bell looks like genius by playing Benson against a Lefty and starting Hopkins.
Good job by Marte to put the ball in play and get the run in.
Speed by Hopkins as well.
Even better job by McLain!!! Two Run Homer!!!!!
Absolutely. On an 0-2 count, followed by a dinger from McLain. Crucial at-bat.
Young dudes coming thru again !!!!!
That’s pretty much all we got is “young dudes”. 🙂
ALL the young dudes … carry the news!
Mighty Mac
McLain!!!
Well, sure.
Reds have scored 12 runs with Votto out of the lineup today. Just saying .
There was a time a month or two ago that you said Votto was driving the bandwagon to the playoffs. 🙂
Yep I let him drive for Friedl so he could get his farewell tour in. He still driving. He has to contribute somehow. Right into the sunset.
haha He’s not doing well at all at the moment. There’s no denying that. 🙂
All the young dudes, carry the news, boogaloo dudes, carry the news
Yeah I’m a dude, dad
I like the game to go extra innings, I am in San Diego, have the advantage staying up., j/k.
9 hits and 11 hits in back to back games. Encouraging sign. 3 game sweep is sweet. Having another arm in Richardson is sweeter.
Got to finish this game.
I think Richardson goes back down to AAA after today. But he did ok, I guess.
Yeah but shall be interesting to see what Kennedy does. Richardson might be back up if he doesn’t do well. Hope he does because the more depth right now the better.
Come on Cruz, do your job, throw strikes
Throw the ball over the plate !!!!!!!! 4 run lead 8th inning – come on man !!!!!
Using Cruz twice in one day.
Cruz has kind of a rubber arm. He’s not quite Pedro Borbon, but he has actually said he is more effective if he is used more.
I would imagine Diaz will finish the 9th.
Cruz might get their best relief pitchers right now . That splitter or fork ball is nasty
Huge insurance runs. Gutsy performance by Fernando cruz!
Not a fan of that lead off walk, Cruz, but I’ll gladly take the rest. Nice job. Who’s going in the 9th? Dare he bring in Diaz?
Diaz for the top of order in the ninth. Everyone Agrees right? Including Mr. Bell????
Bingo! on JV not playing. He needs to pinch hit, and hit no higher than 7th. They are certainly capable of winning without him in the lineup. He’s no longer the player he once was, and that’s to be expected of player who has played the game clean. There is no need to diminish him by playing him every day.
This is so true and there is no way he is going to say sit me. Bell is going to have to man up and make the decision for him.
This Estevez guy has no clue where his pitches are going.
If anyone is interested Barrero with three hits, two home runs, and six RBI tonight….only struckout twice. lol
Barrero and Senzel won’t be back at GABP as Reds.
Yeah I know. An argument could be made that Barrero would help this team more than Hopkins, Siani, or Martini.
Why Martini there with 2 on?
Hopkins finally has a good game and Bell pinch hits for him. Can’t have any of that “feel good” moments. Smh
hahahahaha!!!!! I was just thinking the same thing. hahahahaha!!!! 😀 Poor Hopkins.
And I read a post on here from someone who said Friedl and Fairchild are basically the same guy
Sign Friedl to an extension
Friedl has been amazing in August
Yep. And they think Friedl is a fourth outfielder. The diarrhea that people post is incredible
Walking the first batter with a four run lead in the ninth is not a good idea Mr. Diaz.
Did someone buy a broom today?
I know if the angels come back its on me. Come on Diaz one more out!
Thank you for that easy out MOOSE. 🙂
Moose Must think he has a Reds uniform on.
He should. He’s getting paid by the Reds. lol Big Bob gritting his teeth about now. 😀
I was never comfortable with the signing of Moustakas for way too much money. He was out of shape with the Reds and I thought mentally he was still with the Brewers.
LAA has the craziest collection of player names.
The Angels have had a lot of good teams over the years with, I believe, one Championship. But overall, they’ve not been the success many expected.
Diaz worrying about the runner on second and walked the batter. Come on. Concentrate.
One of the highlights of this game is the moose the Reds have been paying big money to play on opposing teams went 0 for 5!
its a sweep…. hope this causes positive momentum
You sure like to make things interesting, Diaz. GG, Reds!
Nice bounce back series. 16 runs today isn’t too bad. Good job Pen and Lyon
They better keep a close watch on Diaz, he was laboring. He’s not the same closer, he was earlier in the year. He gutted out!
Yeah. Why he was paying so much attention to Ohtani at 2B with a four run lead and two outs in the 9th I don’t know. He got the job done though. 🙂
Sweepamundo!!! Cool!! Maybe we should just play all our games on the road. Just ask the other team if we can come over and play at their house. 😀
Big series in Arizona, I would hope for at least a sweep D-backs have been hot, time to cool them off.
Well, finally DÃaz closes the door… Reds sweep LAA … I worry about the Bullpen for tomorrow at Arizona… Williamson should go long because the relievers are really burned…Maybe The Reds will call up some guys from Louisville but I think it’s difficult to be at Arizona on time…
If they start driving right now….;)