Scooter is most impressed by. . .Yadier Molina????
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — For Cincinnati Reds fans who despise and detest the St. Louis Cardinals, something Scooter Gennett said Friday afternoon at his locker might be considered heresy. Gennett, though, has more than earned the admiration and respect of Reds fans for what he is doing on the field, so they’ll probably issue […]
Gennett, Votto hit homers, but Votto’s error leads to 8-6 NL defeat
By HAL McCOY Baseball’s 89th July Jewel, the All-Star festivities, turned into a two-day Home Run Derby. Fans who thought the Home Run Derby ended Monday night with Hometown Hero Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals winning it, were in for more long ball action during the All-Star game Tuesday night in Washington’s Nationals Park. […]
Cards stop Reds, 6-4, under new management
By HAL McCOY The St. Louis Cardinals, under new management, didn’t play much better Sunday afternoon than they had the previous two games — just good enough to pin a 6-4 defeat on the Cincinnati Reds. After displaying gruesome fundamentals and an abysmal bullpen during two straight losses to the Reds, 9-1 and 8-2, the […]
Even Mother Nature is on Reds’ side
By HAL McCOY Even Mother Nature is smiling approvingly at the Cincinnati Reds these days. A well-placed thunderstorm Saturday afternoon contributed to the Reds applying another crusher on the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-2. For five innings St. Louis starter Jack Flaherty held the Reds to no runs and two hits. Then came a two-hour downpour […]
Reds make huge statement to the Cardinals
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds made a definitive statement to the St. Louis Cardinals Friday night in Busch Stadium III: “This is not the same team you used as punching bags earlier this season.” Coming into Busch Friday, the Reds had lost nine of the first 10 games this year to the Cardinals. But […]
Tribe’s Revenge: 19-4 over the Reds
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds obviously stuck their fingers into a piranha tank when they scored seven runs in the ninth inning Tuesday night to embarrass the Cleveland Indians. The Tribe made certain Wednesday night in Progressive Field that even if the Reds scored 14 in the ninth inning they weren’t going to win. […]
INCREDIBLE: Reds score seven in ninth to beat Tribe, 7-4
By HAL McCOY Incredible. Incredulous. Improbable. Impossible — and any other adjectives beginning with ‘I.’ For eight innings against Cleveland Indians All-Star pitcher Trevor Bauer, the Cincinnati Reds were hapless and helpless. They had no runs, three hits — one a bloop and one an infield hit — and struck out 12 times. There were […]
Reds hold off Tribe in ninth, 7-5
By HAL McCOY Just call them The Resilient Reds and be done with it. After two late-inning confidence-crushing losses over the weekend to the Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati Reds kept their recent swagger, but barely. On Monday night they walked into Progressive Field, where they had lost 16 of their last 18 appearances, to face […]
Reds give another one away to Cubs, 6-5
By HAL McCOY It was inevitable that Sunday afternoon’s baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds would end in a bizarre way. And it did. Reds relief pitcher Jackson Stephens walked David Brote on a full count with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, a walk-off walk that gave the Cubs […]