McCoy: De La Cruz to the Rescue in Reds’ 4-3 Win
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The St. Louis Cardinals made a major, major mistake Sunday afternoon in Busch Stadium III and it led to a 4-3 Cincinnati Reds victory. Cardinals relief pitcher Jordan Hicks walked Elly De La Cruz with the score tied, 3-3, in the eighth inning. That is like giving De La Cruz […]
McCoy: Deja Vu All Over Again for Reds, Elly
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer It was deja vu all over again Wednesday night for the Cincinnati Reds, a same script modus operandi to beat the shell-shocked Los Angeles Dodgers. They Dodgers jumped to an early big lead. The Reds battled back. And they ended it with a two-run walk-off home run by Will Benson […]
McCoy: Elly, Reds Have Big Night in 9-8 Walk-Off Win
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The most highly-anticipated arrival of a prospect to join the Cincinnati Reds since Jay Bruce unfolded Tuesday night in Great American Ball Park. Elly De La Cruz arrived with the pomp and circumstance of a newly-crowned monarch. And manager David Bell not only threw him right into the fire, it […]
OBSERVATIONS: Elly’s Time Was More Than Past Due
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave after two bowls of my favorite cereal, Frosted Flakes, which I have to share with my canine pals, Paige, Quinn and Parker, because they love Frosted Flakes as much as a do (without the bananas). —IT’S TIME FOR ELLY: It would be easier to twist a […]
McCoy: Abbott Dynamic With One-Hitter in Reds Debut
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer As far as major league debuts go, the man on the mound for the Cincinnati Reds Monday night did not earn a grade of ‘A,’ he earned an ‘AA’ grade, as in Andrew Abbott.. The 24-year-old left-hander was peerless, practically perfect, during his coming out party while pitching the Reds […]
McCoy: Redw Drop Fourth Straight, Fall Six Game Back
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer There was no late thunder from the Cincinnati Reds Sunday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. In fact, there was no thunder at all, just a few sprinkles during a 5-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee starter Adrian Houser, who had zero success in seven previous starts in GABP, […]
McCOY: Reds Suddenly In Reverse
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer What was once recently the Cincinnati Reds speeding toward the top of the National League Central standings has been thrown into reverse. The Milwaukee Brewers reached double digits in runs by the fourth inning Saturday in Great American Ball Park en route to a 10-8 narrow escape Down 9-1 in […]
McCoy: Reds Lose to Brew Crew in 11
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The first of the four-stage Battle For First Place in the National League Central was a long and frustrating afternoon for the Cincinnati Reds. The first-place Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the Reds Friday afternoon/evening, 5-4 in 11 arduous innings in front of 44,307 Great American Ball Par, an all-time record crowd. […]
McCoy: Bosox End Reds Winning Streak, 8-2
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds’ five-game winning streak came to a crashing conclusion Thursday night in Fenway Park, an 8-2 crusher from the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning with six runs against relief pitcher Kevin Herget. When the division-leading Milwaukee Brewers lost Thursday […]