McCOY: Reds Win Fourth Straight, Three Straight by One Run
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer For one inning, the Cincinnati Reds did what they are supposed to do against a pitcher with a 0-10 record and against a team that had lost all 13 of his start. The Reds scored five runs in the second inning against Kansas City Royals pitcher Jordan Lyles. And that’s […]
McCoy: Karcher (Who?) Saves One For the Reds
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer It was a night a guy named Ricky Karcher will have etched in his memory bank. Ricky Karcher? He is a Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher who has sat in the bullpen for nearly a week after a call-up from Class AAA Louisville, waiting to make his major league debut. It […]
McCoy: De La Cruz to the Rescue in Reds’ 4-3 Win
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The St. Louis Cardinals made a major, major mistake Sunday afternoon in Busch Stadium III and it led to a 4-3 Cincinnati Reds victory. Cardinals relief pitcher Jordan Hicks walked Elly De La Cruz with the score tied, 3-3, in the eighth inning. That is like giving De La Cruz […]
McCoy: Deja Vu All Over Again for Reds, Elly
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer It was deja vu all over again Wednesday night for the Cincinnati Reds, a same script modus operandi to beat the shell-shocked Los Angeles Dodgers. They Dodgers jumped to an early big lead. The Reds battled back. And they ended it with a two-run walk-off home run by Will Benson […]
McCoy: Elly, Reds Have Big Night in 9-8 Walk-Off Win
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The most highly-anticipated arrival of a prospect to join the Cincinnati Reds since Jay Bruce unfolded Tuesday night in Great American Ball Park. Elly De La Cruz arrived with the pomp and circumstance of a newly-crowned monarch. And manager David Bell not only threw him right into the fire, it […]
McCoy: Abbott Dynamic With One-Hitter in Reds Debut
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer As far as major league debuts go, the man on the mound for the Cincinnati Reds Monday night did not earn a grade of ‘A,’ he earned an ‘AA’ grade, as in Andrew Abbott.. The 24-year-old left-hander was peerless, practically perfect, during his coming out party while pitching the Reds […]
McCoy: Redw Drop Fourth Straight, Fall Six Game Back
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer There was no late thunder from the Cincinnati Reds Sunday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. In fact, there was no thunder at all, just a few sprinkles during a 5-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee starter Adrian Houser, who had zero success in seven previous starts in GABP, […]
McCOY: Reds Suddenly In Reverse
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer What was once recently the Cincinnati Reds speeding toward the top of the National League Central standings has been thrown into reverse. The Milwaukee Brewers reached double digits in runs by the fourth inning Saturday in Great American Ball Park en route to a 10-8 narrow escape Down 9-1 in […]
McCoy: Reds Lose to Brew Crew in 11
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The first of the four-stage Battle For First Place in the National League Central was a long and frustrating afternoon for the Cincinnati Reds. The first-place Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the Reds Friday afternoon/evening, 5-4 in 11 arduous innings in front of 44,307 Great American Ball Par, an all-time record crowd. […]