VanMeter’s first career home run wins for Reds, 3-2
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — In a game played with the heat of the inside a lit pizza oven, the two starting pitchers gave the opposition the cold shoulder for more than half of a baseball game Saturday night. It was 94 degrees when the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals began play, but it […]
Lavarnway: Reds’ catcher/philosopher an instant celebrity
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Ryan Lavarnway made a name for himself in Great American Ball Park Friday night, but he doesn’t yet have a name plate over his locker in the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse. Everybody else does, but not Ryan Cole Lavarnway of Woodland Hills, Calif., After what he did Friday night he should […]
Reds blow 7-0 lead, lose to Cardinals, 12-11
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds plunged to the depths of demoralization, depression and embarrassment Friday night in Great American Ball Park. They led the St. Louis Cardinals by seven runs after five innings, SEVEN RUNS, and they couldn’t put a wrap on it, couldn’t hold the lead. Incredibly, the Cardinals scored 10 […]
Decision-time lurking for Reds: Buy, sell or stand pat?
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — This question is asked so much by fans these days Alex Trebek should use it as his Final Jeopardy answer, The answer: “With the July 31 trade deadline approaching, this team was in a quandary over to be Buyers, Sellers or Stand-patters?” The answer is: Who are the Cincinnati Reds? […]
Grand slam off Stephenson lifts Cardinals past Reds, 7-4
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds wobbled into Thursday night’s game on crutches and wrapped in gauze. They were missing three catchers, outfielder Nick Senzel and infielder/outfielder Derek Dietrich. And closer Raisel Iglesias is on paternity leave. The St. Louis Cardinals, though, shed no tears for the Reds because the Cardinals were in […]
Just call the Reds a baseball M.A.S.H. unit
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It would have been apropos for David Bell to show up at Thursday’s pre-game media scrum wearing a doctor’s smock and a stethoscope. For 25 minutes, all the Cincinnati Reds manager talked about was medical issues. The Reds made a blizzard of transactions before the game to cover aches, pains, […]
Darvish muzzles Reds, Cubs take series, 5-2
By HAL McCOY When a pitcher is in a blind funk, the best sight he can see is a bunch of guys in Cincinnati Reds uniforms. Case in point: Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish. In his two years wearing a Cubs uniform Darvish had never won a game in Wrigley Field. He was 0-and-3 with […]
Schwarber’s 10th-inning home run ends frustrating night for Reds
By HAL McCOY As they have done so often this season, the Cincinnati Reds put all their eggs in a first-inning basket and they got fried. They scored three runs in the first inning Tuesday night in Wrigley Field, then put their bats on dry ice and didn’t score again. That enabled Middletown native Kyle […]
Reds win round one in showdown with Cubs, 6-3
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds were so lucky Monday night in Wrigley Field that they should look for loose change on the Lake Michigan beach. They might find a fortune. Everything that could go their way Monday night against the Chicago Cubs went their way, leading to an important 6-3 victory. They were down […]