Oakland’s Fiers fires no-hitter at the Reds, wins 2-0
By HAL McCOY The Oakland Athletics and pitcher MIke Fiers turned the lights out on the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday night in more ways than one. The game’s start was delayed an hour and 34 minutes when a bank of lights in left field wouldn’t illuminate. The lights came back on, but Mike Fiers kept the […]
An un-bee-lievable afternoon for the Reds in 12-4 win
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Somebody wanted to know why they scheduled a ‘B’ game during the regular season, or a ‘bee’ game? The start of Monday afternoon’s Cincinnati Reds-San Francisco Giants game in Great American Ball Park was delayed 18 minutes when bees swarmed the screen behind home plate. There was comedic relief when […]
Bell’s lineups: 32 different batting orders in 35 games
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — When it comes to making out lineups and batting orders, Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell shuffles better than a blackjack dealer at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The Reds played their 35th game of the 2019 season Monday afternoon and Bell handed home plate umpire Chad Whitson his 32nd different […]
Reds, Iglesias blow another lead, fall to Giants, 6-5
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds began Sunday afternoon’s game like an F-16 and finished it like a Sopwith Camel. Or, in short, live by the home run, die by the home run. The offense began the day by hitting three home runs on three successive pitches in the first inning for a […]
Mystery Man: Josh VanMeter (who?) joins the Reds
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — This is a saga about perseverance paying off. It is a story about a young man overcoming overwhelming odds. And it is a tale of that same young man willing to take advice, apply it and make gigantic improvement. Meet Josh VanMeter. He was not on the Cincinnati Reds 40-man […]
Five homers, Roark’s pitching carry Reds to 9-2 win.
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — To avoid the embarrassment of blowing another eight-run lead after three innings, this time the Cincinnati Reds built only a four-run lead after three innings Friday night in Great American Ball Park. And this time there was no embarrassment as the Reds clutched tightly to the lead and made it […]
Reds release Kemp, send Schebler to Louisville
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The Domino Effect attacked the Cincinnati Reds outfield situation with a vengeance Saturday afternoon. Without Nick Senzel the outfield already was overcrowded. With the arrival of Senzel Friday the outfield became more crowded than seven people booked for six seats on an airline flight. To alleviate it, the Reds gave […]
Reds blow 8-0 lead, lose to Giants in 11 innings, 12-11.
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — If you plan to wager on the Kentucky Derby late Saturday afternoon, place a few shekels on the morning line 5-to-1 chestnut colt called Improbable. Why? Because what happened Friday night, 102 miles north of Churchill Downs in Great American Ball Park, is as improbable as improbable gets involving the […]
Senzel ‘The Savior?’ He arrives and Castillo wins NL Pitcher of Month
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — If Nick Senzel can transform some of his confidence that border on cockiness onto the field and batter’s box, the Cincinnati Reds already have a polished emerald. Senzel’s arrival is being greeted with the same fanfare and expectations as other former No. 1 draft picks like Barry Larkin, Jay Bruce […]