Castillo finds near perfect groove in 7-2 Reds win
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Luis Castillo’s nickname is La Piedra, ‘The Stone’ in Spanish. And for nearly half a game Tuesday night in Great American Ball Park, Castillo was a stone-cold killer. With some early-season mechanical glitches fixed by pitching coach Danny Darwin and Ted Power, Castillo led the Reds to a 7-2 victory […]
Reds acquire ‘The Dark Knight’ from the Mets for Mesoraco
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The most interesting baseball news emanating from Great American Ball Park Tuesday occurred before the first pitch was thrown for the New York Mets-Cincinnati Reds game Tuesday night. The two teams closed a deal between them — catcher Devin Mesoraco to the Mets for pitcher Matt Harvey. Both players have […]
Mets get healthy at expense of the Reds
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — No matter how bad it is for the New York Mets, no matter how feeble they are playing, the Cincinnati Reds are the perfect medication. Especially if Homer Bailey is pitching in Great American Ball Park. The Mets staggered into the city dragging a six-game losing streak and losses in […]
The Return of Flava Fraze and Bruuuuuuuuce
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It was evident something different was happening Monday night in Great American Ball Park when several fans were spotted wearing Cincinnati Reds jerseys with ‘Frazier’ and ‘Bruce’ on the backs. Todd Frazier and Jay Bruce, both former Reds, are back in town for the next three days, playing together for […]
Off-again, Off-again, Off-Again Finnegan
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — There was a 1914 movie entitled, ‘On Again, Off Again, Finnegan.’ If there is a sequel and it is about Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brandon Finnegan it will be called, ‘Off Again, Off Again, Off Again Finnegan.’ Finnegan started Sunday afternoon’s game in Great American Ball Park and gave up four […]
Reds pitchers: Take note from a guy named Smith
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — What the Cincinnati Reds pitching staff needs to do sometime soon is huddle around Miami pitcher Caleb Smith and ask, “What has changed?” Smith shut down the Reds Saturday night on no runs and three hits over 5 2/3 innings as the Marlins shut down the Reds, 6-0. Smith struck […]
Duvall searching for batting average answers
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Adam Duvall entered Saturday night’s game carrying a light number to home plate, a .167 batting average, an average that most pitchers wouldn’t like to talk about. Duvall hit a home run to the opposite field Friday night and hopes that might jump-start him to better things. At this point, […]
Suarez homers in first and Reds hang on, 4-1
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It is one of those numerical anomalies, an anomaly that is true but not accurate. After a 4-1 victory over the Miami Marlins Friday night the Cincinnati Reds continue to be atop the league in some offensive categories over their last 11 games. But it isn’t true that those numbers […]
Reds: More errors than runs and another defeat
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It is not a good thing when a baseball team makes more errors than it scores runs. That was the modus operandi Wednesday night in Great American Ball Park that led to another in the long pantheon of defeats for the Cincinnati Reds. They made three errors. They scored one […]