Bauer battered, bloodied in 10-run inning, Reds crushed, 17-7
By HAL McCOY As advertised, Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Trevor Bauer and Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg put on a chess-like pitching clinic. For four innings. Then it was a day for pitchers to pitch-and-duck, a 17-5 Washington beatdown of the Reds, losers of four straight. It was 1-1 after four innings and Bauer had […]
Another No-Name Pitcher Silences Reds, Nats win, 3-1
By HAL McCOY When the Cincinnati Reds arrived in the nation’s capital, it looked as if the only Washington Nationals pitcher to fear was the man pitching Game 3. That would be 14-game winner Stephen Strasburg. In Game 1 and Game 1 they would face a couple of no-names, Erick Fedde and Joe Ross. Who […]
Aquino homers (again), but Reds rally falls one-run short (again)
By HAL McCOY It was the ol’ Cincinnati Two-Step Monday night and the Washington Nationals did a Disco Dance on Anthony DeSclafani. For the Reds, it seems as if it is always two steps forward and two steps back. And they did another retreat in Nationals Park, a 7-6 defeat. DeSclafani, the man they call […]
Reds back on ‘Square One’ after loss to Cubs, 6-3
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds partied Sunday afternoon like it was 1969 — for six innings. Then it was back to the reality of 2019. While wearing 1969 throwback uniforms, the Reds and Luis Castillo took a two-run lead over the Chicago Cubs into the seventh inning in Great American Ball Park. […]
Votto: Now is the time for Reds to stake their claim
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Prior to the first game the Cincinnati Reds played after the Oregon District tragedy, Joey Votto sat at his locker thinking about Dayton, “A city that has been very good to me,” he said. And he came up with an idea. He grabbed a Sharpie from his locker shelf and […]
Aquino’s three home runs helps bury Cubs, 10-1
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — While ‘The Punisher’ is a very cool nickname, Aristides Aquino has progressed far beyond that in 10 major league games. The Destroyer? Demolition Man? The Executioner? Nothing seems apropos for the 25-year-old Dominican rookie. He seems not of this earth, not of this universe as far as baseball is concerned. […]
Aristides Aquino/Eric Davis: Are they two of a kind?
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — As they like to say, it is a minuscule sampling, but if long-time Cincinnati Reds fans squeeze their eyes just a bit when Aristides Aquino is in the batter’s box, they might imagine they are seeing Eric Davis. And it isn’t just because Aquino wears Reds uniform No. 44 and […]
Cubs pound Reds, 12-5 in Round One of four-game showdown
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The first step for the Cincinnati Reds in the important four-game series against the Chicago Cubs was a stumble over a curb and a fall on their faces. They put up the good fight early, but poor pitching and poor defense did them in during a 12-5 loss to the […]
Lorenzen: ‘Give some credit to the young guys’
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — As the Cincinnati Reds stick their toes into unfamiliar waters this weekend, a more-than-meaningful four-game series against the Chicago Cubs, the talk of ‘The ‘Nati’ seems one-faceted. To most, it is all about the starting rotation, how well-armed the Reds are with Alex Wood, Trevor Bauer, Sonny Gray and Luis […]