Bruce, Reds fail to impress a gathering of scouts
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The scouts came in bunches and they came early to Great American Ball Park Thursday night. One scout asked another, “Are you here so early to watch batting practice?” And the other said, “You betcha.” He was disappointed. There was no batting practice because Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price told […]
Hamels, homers sink the Reds, 6-4
By Hal McCoy When Cole Hamels is scheduled to pitch, the Cincinnati Reds would do themselves a favor by staying home and sending cardboad cutouts of themselves to bat. They are virtual hopeless against the Texas Rangers’ left hander. After a 5-4 victory in Globe Life Park Wednesday night Hamels is now 10-and-1 with a […]
Reds whip Rangers ‘Against All Odds’
By HAL McCOY For the Cincinnati Reds, it was Against All Odds Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers. And they beat those odds handily, whipping the Rangers, 8-2. The Rangers, owning a solid grip on first place in the American League West, had won seven straight games and 24 of their last 30. THEY HAD […]
Successful start for Reds to ‘Southhpaw’ weekend
By HAL McCOY The Kansas City Southpaws Weekend began Friday night for the Cincinnati Reds in Houston’s Minute Maid Park and John Lamb led the parade. Lamb didn’t get the win, although he held the Houston Astros to one run and three hits over 5 1/3 innings, but the Reds survived in 11 innings, 4-2. […]
Reds daydream through loss to Braves
By HAL McCOY What started out as a profitable project in Atlanta with two victories against baseball’s worst team ended up in a dull stalemate for the enigmatic Cincinnati Reds. After losing in 13 innings Wednesday night, the Reds followed that up Thursday with a 7-2 defeat in which they appeared to be sleepwalking. So […]
Reds, Braves engage in Futility Bowl
By HAL McCOY Futility, thy double name is the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves. The two teams played deep into the night and early into the next morning Wednesday/Thursday, 13 innings worth over 5 1/2 hours before a delirious decision was rendered. In the end, the Reds lost, 9-8, in what turned out to […]
Reds pull a Houdini to beat the Papooses
By HAL McCOY This is the anatomy of a head-scratching victory. After the first inning Tuesday night in Turner Field, the Cincinnati Reds had one hit. One. At one point 17 straight Reds made outs. Ten Reds struck out 10 times. They had three hits for the entire game. They won, 3-1. How? Well, for […]
Wild pitch, walks, sacrifice flies: Reds win
By Hal McCoy On a scale of ugliness, if Monday night’s Cincinnati Reds-Atlanta Braves baseball game looked in a mirror it would shatter. It was a game one might expect from two teams with the worst records in baseball. The Reds pulled it out in the ninth inning, 9-8. And how did they do it? […]
A bad day for both starting pitchers
By Hal McCoy CINCINNATI — If there was a film production company assigned to Great American Ball Park Sunday afternoon to film good starting pitching, both Cincinnati Reds starter John Lamb and Oakland A’s starter Kendall Graveman ended up on the cutting room floor. Neither pitcher was around long enough to make the second reel. […]