Another One-Run Reds Win
By Hal McCoy Brandon Williamson grew up 154 miles from Target Field in Fairmont, Minn., and spent his youth attending games and rooting for the Minnesota Twins. And with close to 500 of his closest friends from close to his hometown, Williamson made the Twins wonder what kind of fan he was of their team. […]
Rough Road For Reds Rotation
By Hal McCoy Suddenly the Cincinnati Reds starting rotation is on a back road to nowhere. With a much-deceiving 9-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels Sunday afternoon, the five-man rotation went through its last turn with a 10.32 earned run average. And it’s the major reason the Reds have lost four of their last […]
Burns, Reds Routed, 10-2
By Hal McCoy Chase Burns and his 0.81 earned run average figured to have a walk in the park Friday night in Great American Ball Park. Why? The batting averages of the Los Angeles Angels batting lineup was: .083, .090, 091, .219, .222, .222, .231, .273, .321. The Angels arrived in Cincinnati with a .200 […]
Reds Record One For The Books
By Hal McCoy If there was any proof that the baseball gods are smiling ear-to-ear on the Cincinnati Reds these days, Exhibits A to Z surfaced Tuesday night. Bottom line: The Reds beat the Miami Marlins, 6-3, in 10 innings, scoring two runs in the ninth to tie it and four runs in the 10th […]
Another Goose Egg For Reds
By Hal McCoy How can a team win seven of its first games in the season when it is dead last in MLB in hitting with runners in scoring position, .165? How can a team start the season 7-3 when it is dead last in scoring runs, 2.8 runs per game? Say hello to the […]
Reds’ Burns Is On Fire
By Hal McCoy No Hunter Greene? No Nick Lodolo? No problem. With young but far beyond their years pitchers Rhett Lowder and Chase Burns in the rotation, the Cincinnati Reds are well-equipped to withstand the time Greene and Lodolo spend on the injured list. After 24-year-old Lowder provided six innings of no-run, three-hit pitching Saturday […]
Some Easter Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave hoping none of your Easter eggs turn out to be goose eggs. —TRY IT AT 15: A big deal is being made that the Pittsburgh Pirates called up 19-year-old teen-ager Konnor Griffin. And they mentioned players like Juan Soto, Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Ken Griffey […]
Lowder ‘Grinds’ Out 2-0 Win
By Hal McCoy Rhett Lowder painted a Picasso on the pitching mound Saturday night, but after the game he acted as if it was more like a kindergarten finger painting. Over six innings, he held the Texas Rangers to no runs and three hits as the Reds clung on to a first-inning two-run lead for […]
Steer, Stephenson Awaken
By Hal McCoy The Texas Rangers must have felt safe facing the bottom of the Cincinnati Reds batting order when they scanned the statistical sheets and saw: Spencer Steer, 1 for 17. Tyler Stephenson, 1 for 14. But after Friday afternoon’s 5-3 loss to the Reds, they probably were rechecking those sheets. Steer unloaded a […]