The Cincinnati Reds lost to the San Francisco Giants on Friday afternoon 6-3 as Andrew Abbott struggled on the day. Late in the contest outfielder Blake Dunn was injured while in center and had to exit the game with a hyperextended left knee.
The Highlights
Andrew Abbott began his day by hitting the first batter he saw. Jared Oliva then stole both 2nd and 3rd base and came around to score on a sacrifice fly. The next inning didn’t start any better as he gave up a leadoff triple and then an RBI double to put the Giants up 2-0. San Francisco got two more runs in the 3rd after Abbott allowed a double that was followed up by a 2-run home run off the bat of Matt Chapman as the lead grew to 4-0. After striking out the next batter the day came to an end for the lefty and Will Cannon came on to get the final out of the inning.
When the top of the 6th inning the Reds had just two hits in the game to that point. They went out and picked up three hits with two outs, starting with a double by Dane Myers. He would come around to score when both Noelvi Marte and Ke’Bryan Hayes picked up infield hits to shortstop to get Cincinnati on the scoreboard and make it 4-1. San Francisco got that run back on the first pitch of the bottom of the inning when Luis Matos homered off of Yunior Marte.
Lyon Richardson got out to a tough start in the bottom of the 7th inning. He walked the first batter of the inning after getting ahead 0-2. The next batter singled into right field. Then the third hitter hit a bloop single into center that plated a run, but it also led to an injury for Blake Dunn who dove for the ball and couldn’t come up with it. He remained down for a while before being helped up and off of the field. It was later announced he hyperextended his left knee. Richardson buckled down after that and got a double play ball and a strikeout to escape any further damage.
Cincinnati put together a rally in the top of the 8th inning. P.J. Higgins led off with a single before the next two batters were retired. But three straight singles from Carlos Sanchez, Steele Hall, and Yerlin Confidan followed with the latter two bringing in a run as the Giants lead was cut to 6-3. That would be the last time either team would score as San Francisco held on for the win.
You can see the box score for this game here.
News and Notes
Tyler Stephenson went 1-2 with a double and a walk. So did Dane Myers. They were the only two Reds to get on base twice in the game.
Tejay Antone and Sam Moll both threw a shutout inning of relief. Antone (3IP) and Moll (4IP) both have yet to allow a run this spring and have given up one hit each.
Pat Brennan of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that after the game manager Terry Francona noted that Blake Dunn would be examined again tomorrow and that the initial look “nothing really stood out” noting that he may have dodged a bullet.
On Saturday the Reds are making another road trip, this time they will be facing off against the Kansas City Royals. It will be a radio only game. First pitch is scheduled for 3:05pm ET. Scheduled to pitch for the Cincinnati in the game: Nick Lodolo, Pierce Johnson, Hagen Danner, Anthony Misiewicz, Luis Mey, and Caleb Ferguson.
Today’s box score looked all too familiar! 12 LOBs for the Reds! And Abbott was not sharp again!
How about a shout out for my Miami University 31 and O
Class of ’81 here, D. Shout given.
(However, I went to Arizona for grad school. I have considerably more eggs in that basket regarding the tourney.)
They just scored 50 runs in 6 days. They will be fine.
Forgot to mention the 12 SOs by Reds hitters! That explains the 12 LOBs!
To be fair, most of the projected starters did not play.
It’s spring training.
Did I nap and miss Opening Day? I thought it was just about 10 days into spring training.
Hibernation will get ya!
The players who have a chance to end up in Cincinnati struck out only 6 times. That amounts to a 23% K%. Not great but not bad either.
The most significant event during this game was the injury to Blake Dunn. I don’t know if he is going to make the team, but our outfield needs all the depth it can get. Too, you don’t like to see young players possibly set back by lost time. Just hope Tito is right and there is no significant damage and BD can be back soon.
“… the fight for the last couple of spots in the Reds rotation has come down to just four pitchers. Chase Burns, Rhett Lowder, Chase Petty, and Brandon Williamson are still in the mix to break camp with the big-league ball club.”
Who on Earth gets sent down from that mix? I wouldn’t want to be the one to tell them.
Any word on Greene’s MRI results?
I rrad soreness, bone spurs per usual, might miss his first start. Obviously, no surgery needed.
None of this is confirmed at all. It’s all speculation.
I doubt we hear anything until Monday evening at the earliest. That’s when he meets with the second doctor (the one who performed his TJ surgery years ago).
More click bait?
I don’t think that is the right wording. Lying. Misleading. Those words seem more accurate.
Rece Hinds made 2 outs, but neither was by strikeout. Oh, and one of them was a 113.1mph EV grounder that somebody managed to flag down.
If Hinds does not tail off significantly as the pitching level rises over the next two weeks, it will be interesting to see how the team handles his season opening assignment.
I would be surprised if Hinds makes the opening day roster unless there is an injury. If he makes the roster, he will be playing everyday. I just don’t see the Reds taking that leap. I hope he makes it though.
Random Question: Have you ever meet a Reds player outside of the ballpark?
I met Corey Patterson once standing in line at a CVS. The cashier was asking him about playing for Dusty. I asked him about playing for the Cubs and the Orioles. He asked him how I knew so much about his career. I told him I had him on my Strat-o- Matic team for years. He said “How did I do for you?” I told him he was my fourth outfielder, but my first man off the bench. He said “OK, fair enough”. Lol ?
I met Ken Griffey Jr. at the Precinct. He was incredibly nice. I had travelled a long way to see a few Reds games. The next night he saw me sitting behind the Reds dugout while he was on deck and he slipped me a bat. In the middle of the game! One of my prized possessions, although my wife completely doesn’t “get it” 🙂
I ran into Geno in a small grocery store in WA State when he played for the Mariners. He was exactly the same as you seen him at the park. Just Geno.
Met a few Reds at baseball card shows when I was a kid in the 90’s, Tony Perez was my favorite, he was so nice
Met Ken Griffey Jr. at Kremchek’s office after my knee surgery. It was the only time in my life I was completely star struck. I struggled to speak full sentences, it was embarrassing lol. I was 21 at the time.
Met Scooter Gennett, literally outside of the stadium. Though that was for a work gig. I was running the video/audio for a social media thing he was doing with someone else that day.
I’ve run into a bunch of guys out and about, but it was always guys I already knew from my minor league baseball coverage when I saw them out in public. The funniest one was probably Tyler Stephenson, in Daytona, at some like community yard sale kind of thing near the ballpark about six hours before the game that day.
The strangest one, though, was a non-Reds one. A players father that I had gotten to know while on the road for some minor league baseball coverage invited me out to dinner one day when the game got rained out. I showed up and it was him and like six players. Two of those guys went on to become big leaguers and both were top 100 prospects at the time.
Thanks guys. Great stories!
Sam Lecure has come into the butcher shop I work at a few times. We’ve gotten a few Bengals players in as well.
Was doing a card show in Findlay Ohio and Jose Rijo was signing autographs that day.
Well he walked by our table and we said hello and asked him how it felt to pitch in world series. He said it was great. Very cool guy.
I meet Chico Ruiz when I was a little kid at a baseball clinic in Dayton. He told a story about catching the ball with his teeth and I asked why it didn’t knock his teeth out. He said, “Lucky I guess.” End of thrilling story. LOL
Got to meet Bill Gullickson during the strike in 1981. He was fishing and came into this tavern where I was drinking some cola. We got to chatting and I asked him if he wanted to play some slow pitch as we were going to be in a tournament. He said, ‘sure,” all the while knowing he was (a.) a professional and ineligible and (b.) not especially inclined to risk injury. He was with the Expos.
Also got hammered one night in a saloon with Bruce Sutter, who was with the Cubs at the time. That man was insane!
I ran a monthly card show in Middletown at Howard Johnson’s for 18 years. I had Don Gullett and Thomas Howard (and a few others) as guest signing autographs. Both were very classy men. Don Gullett said he was going to go by Franklin after the show to look up some relatives. Thom Howard was playing basketball in the eighth grade when I was coaching the Seventh-Grade team. He was a super star athlete at Valley View. At Valley he was known for his ability to dunk at about 6’1″. I found out that his mom was my wife’s P.E. teacher at Monroe when she was in school. It’s a small world.
@RedLegScott. I too went to Miami and left moved to Arizona to finish my bachelors and graduate studies in forestry. That was at NAU though, so I don’t have any other eggs in the tourney. =)