McCoy: Reds’ Scoreless Streak Reaches 27 Innings With Another Loss
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer America’s Team suddenly is Team Slump. For the third straight game Saturday night, the Cincinnati Reds were shut out by the Milwaukee Brewers, this time by 3-0 on one infield hit after losing the previous two by 1-0 and 1-0. With the defeat, the Reds (50-43) abdicated first place to […]
McCoy: Brewers Score Second Straight 1-0 Win Over Reds
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer That was no video replay, that 1-0 Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds Friday night in Great American Ball Park.. That was live and a repeat, the second straight 1-0 win for the Brewers over the Reds, this one in front of a full house of 41,514. The […]
McCoy: What Will Reds’ Second Half Bring? Need to beat Milwaukee
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Pete Rose might be saying with that impish grin, “So, how am I looking now?” Folks near-and-wide scoffed at him when he was afforded the chance to make the first wager when sports betting was legalized in Ohio. He bet, probably facetiously, that the Cincinnati Reds would win the World […]
McCoy: Elly Goes On a Rampage as Reds top Brewers, 7-5
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer If there was a higher league than MLB, Elly De La Cruz would star in it. Since there isn’t, De La Cruz continues to do unfathomable and uncanny things in the current league. It was The Elly De La Cruz Show, an Emmy winner for sure, Saturday afternoon in American […]
McCoy: Brewers Bash Abbott, Take First Game of Series, 7-3
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Milwaukee Brewers made a high-decibel statement Friday night in American Family Field. They aren’t going away and they won’t let the Cincinnati Reds creep away from them in the National League Central standings. The Brew Crew, wearing their powder blue City Connect uniforms, bludgeoned 14 hits, seven for extra […]
McCoy: Brett Kennedy (Who?) Pitches Reds to 8-4 Win Over Nats
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The magic and the karma possessed by the Cincinnati Reds continued on a steep upward plane Tuesday morning/afternoon in Washington. Strapped for starting pitchers, as they have most of the season, the Reds reached into the independent Atlantic League for help and found Brett Kennedy. And what better name to […]
McCoy: Weaver’s Pitching, Votto’s Homer Carry Reds Past Nats, 3-2
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Luke Weaver discovered Monday night what it takes to put a ‘W’ next to his name during the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals. Weaver’s win, aided and abetted by a two-run home run by Joey Votto, was Cincinnati’s 17th win in its last 21 games. And they […]
McCoy: Hey, Abbott, You’re Good, and Stephenson Ain’t Bad
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The San Diego Padres were hit with baseball’s version of Hurricane Andrew Sunday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. Rookie lefthander Andrew Abbott was a Category 5 while pitching 7 2/3 innings, a career best, and 12 strikeouts, a career-best, as the Reds recorded a another dramatic win, 4-3. Abbott […]
McCoy: Reds Fail to Cash In Early, Fall to Padres, 12-5
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds encountered some lethal RISPy business Saturday afternoon against pitching nemesis Michael Wacha. It enabled the San Diego Padres to hang in there until they could score 11 runs in the sixth, seventh and eigth innings and plant a 12-5 beatdown in front of 30,895 in Great American […]