Reds take frustrations out on Brewers, 10-4
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds found a team with more walking wounded than they have and took full advantage of it Monday night to end an eight-game losing streak. And they did it with a vengeance, expelling a shipload of frustration on the Milwaukee Brewers, 10-4. While the Reds are without regulars Eugenio Suarez, […]
Reds (2-13) no match for Carlos Martinez
By Hal McCoy CINCINNATI — With the way the Cincinnati Reds are playing back seat baseball these days, it is no wonder they are treated like Rodney Dangerfield. No respect. As rain pounded Great American Ball Park Sunday afternoon, delaying the game’s start, somebody associated with the St. Louis Cardinals said, “We’re hoping this game […]
Depressed Reds join 1931 team from The Great Depression
By HAL McCOY Few people were on this earth when the Cincinnati Reds last started a baseball season 2-and-12. In fact, it was 87 years ago, 1931, and the country was at the start of The Great Depression. And there isn’t a baseball team in a bigger depression right now than the Reds, who were […]
Reds join Class of ’55 at 2-and-11, lose again to Cardinals
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It isn’t what anybody would call a lofty goal, or any goal at all, but the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night matched the snail’s start of the 1955 team, something that happened 63 years ago. With their sixth straight loss, a 5-3 decision to the St. Louis Cardinals in Great […]
The more the Reds play, the uglier it gets
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The question was a simple one and the answer was compound but also simple. Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price was asked before Thursday night’s game in Great American Ball Park against the St. Louis Cardinals: “Coming off a rough road trip (1-and-6) how are you going to turn it around […]
Reds lose another one in bizarre fashion
By HAL McCOY Despite the weather, it isn’t close to Christmas, but the Cincinnati Reds suffered another Silent Night in Philadelphia. There was no love in the City of Brotherly Love by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Reds as the Phillies completed a three-game sweep Wednesday night in Citizens Bank Park. It was one bizarre […]
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 […]