A Sopping Wet Reds’ Loss
By Hal McCoy Andrew Abbott’s theme song was Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side.” It definitely wasn’t “Singing in the Rain.” Abbott was forced to pitch in a downpour with the mound a quagmire in the third inning of Saturday night’s Cincinnati Reds’ 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Reds’ lefthander walked four […]
Reds Win Wild One, 8-7
By Hal McCoy That wasn’t Paul Skenes, not as advertised. That wasn’t Hunter Greene, not as advertised. What was billed and expected to be a marquee pitching match-up between Skenes and Greene was anything but. And the score says it all, Cincinnati Reds 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7 Friday night in Great American Ball Park. The […]
Reds Walk Off A Weird One
By Hal McCoy It looked as if, out of necesssity, the Pittsburgh Pirates were conceding Thursday night’s game even before it started. But for eight innings, the Cincinnati Reds were having none of it. Then in the ninth, they scored a 3-2 walkoff victory — not with a home run, not with a hit, not […]
Stewart Rescues Reds With Pinch-Hit
By Hal McCoy Even when Sal Stewart sits as a spectator for nine innings in a 100° dugout, he finds a way to win a baseball game for the Cincinnati Reds. For the first time after 103 straight starts this season, Stewart was given the day off. . .for nine innings. But with the score […]
Reds Shut Out 10th time, 7-0
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds’ win over the St. Louis Cardinals Friday night apparently was a one-game mirage. On Saturday night it was back into the doldrums when they play the Cardinals and fellow members of the National League Central. The Cardinals, losers in six of their previous seven games, hung a 7-0 shiner […]
Suarez To The Rescue. . .Again
By Hal McCoy It was old-time Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez who first said, “I’d rather be lucky than good.” And Eugenio Suarez said he was lucky Friday night when he hit a game-winning home run, but Suarez also has been good — very, very, very good. Suarez evaporated the baseball, a monstrous 435-foot […]
When In Doubt, Better Call Sal
By Hal McCoy For the Cincinnati Reds, it is a book entitled, Living On The Long Ball. And when a long ball is needed, rookie Sal Stewart is your man. Stewart’s three-run home run in the seventh inning pushed the Reds from a one-run deficit to a 5-3 lead, a lead that stood up for […]
Another Burns-Burner For Reds
By Hal McCoy As a $785,000 employee, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Chase Burns was 11-1. As a $105 million employee, Burns is now 12-1.. Making his first start since signing his seven-year contract extension, Burns displayed once again why he is worth every penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar. Burns did his thing, then he and […]
A Slugfest Win For Reds
By Hal McCoy Colorado Rockies pitcher Ryan Feltner learned a painful lesson Sunday in Cape Canaveral/Coors Field: Don’t hang 89 miles an hour sliders to the Cincinnati Reds. Feltner, an Ohio State product, did it three times in the first two innings and all three landed where no outfielder could catch them. Those three homers […]