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 […]
Fun against the Cubs comes to crashing conclusion
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds dance party against the Chicago Cubs ended Saturday afternoon with a late game fizzle, like a firecracker with its wick dipped in water. After building leads of 5-0, 7-2 and 7-4, the Reds gave up four runs in the eighth inning and lost, 8-7. Thus endeth their fun against […]
Reds’ mastery over the Cubs continues, 3-2
By HAL McCOY What the Cincinnati Reds are doing recently to the Chicago Cubs is mindful of a line from the movie ‘Network’ — “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.” For the past several seasons, the Cubs have treated the Reds like the early version of the Bad News […]
What will the Reds Do at the Trade Deadline?
By HAL McCOY As the Cincinnati Reds continue to win more games than they lose and with the non-waivers trade deadline 27 days away, member of the front office have to be scratching their scalps and asking, “What to do, what to do?” By beating the Chicago White Sox, 7-4, on the Fourth of July […]