The Cincinnati Reds (70-59) enter play on Friday with a 2.0 game lead for the second NL wild card spot with 33 games left to play. The Reds will travel down to south Florida to play three games against the Miami Marlins (53-75) starting tonight at 7:10 PM. The Reds swept the Marlins in a four game series in Cincinnati last weekend. The Marlins did win their last two games against the Nationals, but prior to that had lost 8 straight games. The Marlins are 9-15 in August.
The Cincinnati Reds are now 2-12 to start the second half of the season.
Yikes.
Robert Stephenson showed that his first start back from Louisville a week ago where he showed control was a facade. Stephens... Read More...
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Robert Stephenson was sent down to AAA-Louisville to throw strikes. He did that mostly tonight, walking just two batters in 5.1 innings. Stephenson however made two mistake pitches, bot... Read More...
Jose Fernandez entered play today as one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball, and one of the toughest to hit a home run against. Fernandez 0.65 HR/9 is good for the 7th best in the majors.
Ramon Cabr... Read More...
The Reds got another solid effort from Homer Bailey. He allowed just one earned run over five innings, and the Reds bullpen took care of business the rest of the way. Brandon Phillips delivered a big two RBI si... Read More...
The Reds got off to a big start on Tuesday evening, in route to a 6-3 win over the Marlins. Ivan De Jesus Jr. walked with the bases loaded in the first inning to get the Reds on the board. Tucker Barnhart follo... Read More...
The first half is mercifully over. The Reds finished the first half with a record of 32-57. The 57 first half losses are the most in Reds history. The Reds .360 first half win percentage is the third worst in R... Read More...
Michael Raymond Leake absolutely dominated the Miami Marlins this evening. Leake pitched eight shutout innings, allowing just three hits, while striking out ten. Leake retired the first ten batters he faced, an... Read More...