Double displeasure for Reds — Two losses in one day
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds doubled their displeasure Saturday afternoon. They lost two games in different venues, both with some inefficient pitching. They split the squad and sent one to Scottsdale to play a split-squad San Francisco Giants team. And lost, 9-7. They sent the other half to Peoria to play the Seattle Mariners […]
Reed shows up, Reds hitter don’t
By HAL McCOY It was a rare night game in the desert for the Cincinnati Reds and while starting pitcher Cody Reed wasn’t exactly lights out, he rocked the Colorado Rockies in the second and third innings at Goodyear Ballpark. Reed, one of the three lefthanded pitchers the Reds obtained from Kansas City in exchange […]
Reds pitchers take walk on the wild side (10 walks)
By HAL McCOY While college basketball teams are punching their tickets into the NCAA big dance, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tim Adleman probably tore up his ticket into the team’s starting rotation and is watching everybody else dance. Adleman, who had pitched well this spring, suffered a nightmarish meltdown Thursday afternoon in Scottsdale, Ariz.’s HoHoKam Park. […]
Reds pitching takes big hits in 9-0 loss
By HAL McCOY It was not a Day to Remember for Cincinnati Reds pitching prospect Amir Garrett Wednesday afternoon in Goodyear, Ariz. His earned run average did not take a hit because he didn’t give up an earned run in his 2 2/3 innings against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. But it was his […]
Reds win 5th straight behind glossy pitching
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after spending a weekend in Cary, N.C. with the University of Dayton baseball team — and it was colder in Carolina than it was in Dayton. What did I miss? Oh, four straight spring exhibition victories by the Cincinnati Reds, including two over the world champion […]
Another day, another loss for the Reds
By HAL McCOY Despite some awesome and outstanding scoreless pitching from the second through the eighth innings, the Cincinnati Reds’ losing streak now stands at a half dozen. Their sixth straight spring exhibition loss came Wednesday, 3-2, when the Milwaukee Brewers scored a run in the bottom of the ninth. After starter Livsalverto Bonilla gave […]
Rally comes too late — Reds drop fifth straight
By HAL McCOY What does a beleaguered team have to do to shed a losing cocoon? A four-run first inning and a 5-1 lead after two innings was not enough for the Cincinnati Reds to win their first spring exhibition game of 2017. The Chicago White Sox, playing split squad games, kept their best players […]
Reds kick ball to fourth straight loss
By HAL McCOY Good baseball teams find ways to win. Bad baseball teams find ways to lose. On Monday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, a spring training baseball palace in North Scottsdale, Ariz., the Cincinnati Reds found ways to lose their fourth straight spring exhibition game. They kicked the ball around like a […]
Reds lose again as Stephenson, Addleman struggle
By HAL McCOY Winning spring exhibition games is not Priority A for any major league baseball team, especially one like the Cincinnati Reds, a team on a search mission for a 25-man roster. But at some point it is important to establish a winning environment. Fortunately for the Reds, there are many games remaining to […]