Dietrich to the rescue again, homer in 11th provides 3-2 win
By HAL McCOY For the Cincinnati Reds, scoring runs — and even getting hits — is like pulling teeth. But on Friday night, they proved to be good dentists and extracted a 3-2 victory in 11 innings over the San Diego Padres. It took a two-run home run off the bat of Derek Dietrich, who […]
Reds’ losing streak ends with three-homer night in San Diego, 4-1
By HAL McCOY For once Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell’s batting order du jour worked, a batting order that helped the Reds shed a four-game losing streak Thursday night in San Diego. Joey Votto batted leadoff again and Bell batted pitcher Tanner Roark eighth and catcher Tucker Barnhart ninth. Votto hit the third pitch of […]
Reds waste another solid pitching performance, lost to LA, 3-2, for three-game sweep
By HAL McCOY Walker Buehler, whose Twitter handle is Buehler’sDayOff@Buehler’sDayOff, did not take a day off Wednesday afternoon in Dodger Stadium. But the Cincinnati Reds’ offense did take a day off, another in a long string of days off. For six innings, Buehler, a Lexington, Ky., native, held the Reds to no runs and one […]
Punchless Reds get four hits, fall to Dodgers, 6-1
By HAL McCOY Whether it be the new supercharged analytics permeating baseball these days or whether it be a desperate effort to ignite a lethargic offense, Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell came up with another eyebrow-raising batting order Tuesday night. It didn’t work. After batting catcher Curt Casali at leadoff Monday night, Bell put Joey […]
Iglesias blows one-run lead in 9th on Pederson’s two-run homer, Reds lose, 4-3.
By HAL McCOY With Dodger Stadium just a few hills away from Hollywood, the script for the Cincinnati Reds was perfect. . .for 8 1/2 innings. Unfortunately, it was an Alfred Hitchcock ending for the Reds on Jackie Robinson Night. LA’s Joc Pederson spoiled it all. The Reds, the only team in baseball who had […]
Cardinals play long ball to end Reds’ streak, 9-5
By HAL McCOY It was a game divided into three parts Sunday afternoon in Monterrey, Mexico. Unfortunately for the Cincinnati Reds, the St. Louis Cardinals won two of those three parts. Part One: The Cardinals scored four runs in the first inning off Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani on a three-run home run by Marcell Ozuna […]
Reds come alive late in Mexico, stop Cardinals, 5-2
By HAL McCOY For five innings it looked as if the Cincinnati Reds were going to lose. It looked as if they were going to get shut out. It look as if they were going to get no-hit. As they say, looks are deceiving. For five innings, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright held the […]
Jose Iglesias applies the leather and the wood to Marlins
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — After he and his Cincinnati Reds teammates scored 14 runs and ripped 16 hits Tuesday night, Jesse Winker said the team was a ticking time bomb ready to explode. The Reds exploded again Wednesday night, but it was late and a much tinier poof of smoke. For seven innings the […]
Winker hopes to knock the ‘L’ out of his name
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Some things are inevitable — death, taxes and major league baseball teams spending more money on players than the gross national product of Ecuador. And it is inevitable that Jesse Winker is going to hit and hit with style and grace, notwithstanding his long 0-fer to start the season and […]