Duvall: Low batting average, high production
By HAL McCOY CINCINNTATI — Eugenio Suarez was standing in front of Adam Duvall’s locker when Duvall looked up and asked, “How about his fastball?” Duvall was quizzing Suarez on the velocity and movement of Milwaukee’s starting pitcher Friday night, Chase Anderson. “Don’t worry about it, man,” said Suarez. “You can hit anybody’s fastball.” Yes, […]
Brewers again use Thames Theme to beat the Reds, 6-4.
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — When it comes to facing Milwaukee’s Eric Thames, the Cincinnati Reds should roll the ball to home plate. Do not throw any pitch that he can reach with his baseball bat. Reds relief pitcher Amir Garrett tried to sneak one past Thames in the seventh inning with two runners on […]
Is Suarez as good as Arenado (Riggleman says yes)?
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It is considered heresy, especially around Larimer Square in Denver, to compare any third baseman to the golden hands and platinum arm of Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies. Even though he is inexplicably more than 1.4 million votes behind Arenado in the All-Star balloting, Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugenio […]
Reds magic moments continue in Atlanta, 6-5
By HAL McCOY The magic carpet ride for the Cincinnati Reds continues skimming along atop the clouds, oblivious to anything negative tossed their way. On Wednesday afternoon in Sun Trust Park, the Reds beat the Atlanta Braves, 6-5, to take the series two games to one. —They did it despite losing Joey Votto in the […]
The Dark Knight makes it a dark night for Atlanta
By HAL McCOY Matt Harvey is back to living up to his nickname when he was a star pitcher for the New York Mets — The Dark Knight. Wearing his Cincinnati Reds uniform top unbuttoned to his belly button with the wishbone ‘C’ showing on his red undershirt, Harvey made it a dark night for […]
Reds’ winning streak ‘walks’ away on Albies home run
By HAL McCOY It appeared the Cincinnati Reds had the Atlanta Braves right where they wanted them Monday night when the game went into extra innings. Although the Braves are the surprise first-place team in the National League East, they were 1-and-7 in extra-inning games. Alas, it was not to be. With one swing of […]
The pratfalls and pitfalls of a trip to Italy
By HAL McCOY A text message from somebody in the Cincinnati Reds front office popped up in my cell phone while I was standing in front of the magnificent cathedral, the Duomo di Milano, and it said: “Please stay in Italy. We’ll pay your expenses.” That’s understandable. While Nadine and I were on a glorious […]
Mahle follows Romano with a pitching gem
By HAL McCOY Tyler Mahle performed a nifty piece of one-upmanship Wednesday night in Kaufmann Stadium. After watching teammate Sal Romano hold the moribund Kansas City Royals to one run over eight innings Tuesday night, Mahle followed it with no runs over 6 2/3 innings as the Cincinnati Reds completed a two-game sweep, 7-0. It […]
Reds score improbable win in Kansas City
By HAL McCOY The stars were all aligned Tuesday night for the Cincinnati Reds in Kauffman Stadium. And when it looked as if all was lost, Joey Votto was, as usual, the brightest star of all. The Reds were down, 1-0, in the ninth inning to the Kansas City Royals when Tucker Barnhart homered to […]