Bailey’s near gem turned into disaster
By HAL McCOY For five innings it looked as if Homer Bailey was cruising toward his third no-hitter. The cruise, though, ended in a train wreck for the Cincinnati Reds, who eventually lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-1, Tuesday night in Citizens Bank Park. For five innings, the Phillies didn’t have a hit against Bailey […]
Greene’s Dayton debut a frozen success
By HAL McCOY His first pitch was 100 miles an hour, as was his second pitch and his third pitch. Hunter Greene gave the fans who risked frostbite and icicle breath exactly what they wanted — triple digit fastballs and strikeouts. In addition, Greene mixed in some surprisingly effective slider and change-ups. Greene, the No. […]
Reds lose game on one-hitter and lose Suarez, too
By HAL McCOY Tyler Mahle was good during spring training and he was excellent in his first start this season, but on Sunday afternoon the Pittsburgh Pirates welcomed him to the School of Hard Knocks. The Pirates ripped into Mahle for five straight one-out hits in the fifth inning, including two home runs during a […]
Suarez has swell night, five RBI in 7-4 win
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds finally discovered a way to come from behind and win a baseball game — put a bat in the hands of Eugenio Suarez with two outs and runners on base. The Reds were down four runs in the first two innings Saturday night in PNC Park, but behind Suarez’s […]
Pirates pound Reds into oblivion, 14-3
By HAL McCOY On a rainy night in Pittsburgh, it rained runs and hits on the heads of the Cincinnati Reds. The Pittsburgh Pirates scored six runs in the sixth inning and four runs in the seventh inning en route to drowning the Reds, 14-3, Friday night in PNC Park. Thus the moribund Reds have […]
Reds’ bats as cold as the Pittsburgh weather
By HAL McCOY It was a night on which the wind chill factor was in the mid-20s that made hitting a baseball feel like hitting a 16-pound bowling ball. But it only seemed to affect the Cincinnati Reds and not the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday night in PNC Park. The Reds mustered only five hits en […]
Hunter Greene: Just wants to fit in
By HAL McCOY With snow flakes swirling around the home team dugout at Fifth Third Field, the first thing the Sports Illustrated cover boy did was cover his head with his Dayton Dragons hoodie sweat shirt. It isn’t often, if ever, that a kid from southern California is outside in 32 degrees with snow flakes […]
Reds make fans wait in rain for postponement
CINCINNATI — They always say the wait is worth it, but the wait Tuesday night for the start of the Chicago Cubs-Cincinnati Reds baseball was hardly worth it. The wait yielded nothing but disappointment. The game was scheduled to begin at 6:40, but heavy rains and the threat of heavier rains put the start on […]
Mahle: A throwback to 1980s stoicism on the mound
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It was neither shocking nor even surprising to see 23-year-old Tyler Mahle wearing old school black Converse All-Star sneakers late Monday afternoon as he stood in a tee-shirt answering questions from the media. What he did and how he did it a few minutes before the interview was old-school through-and-through. […]