Acuna, Braves Bombard Reds
By Hal McCoy No matter what uniform they wear — white, gray black or red — nothing seems to change for the Cincinnati Reds. They wore gray Wednesday and lost in New York to the Mets. They wore black Friday night and lost to the Atlanta Braves. And they wore red Saturday night and lost […]
A Whipping From The Braves
By Hal McCoy Tito Francona’s penchant for tinkering with his new toys blew up in his face Friday night in Great American Ball Park, an 8-3 loss to the awesome Atlanta Braves. But what’s a manager to do when his Cincinnati Reds bullpen is an emergency ward? With the Reds trailing by 4-3, Francona summoned […]
Reds Leave 17 On Base
By Hal McCoy How does a major-league baseball team leave 17 men on base? The Cincinnati Red know it isn’t easy, but they can frustratingly count the ways. Because they did it. They left 17 runners standing on the bases, begging for somebody, anybody to drive them home. But only two scored and the Reds […]
Burns Scorches Mets
By Hal McCoy This was one of those times when they could have marked a ‘W’ next to the Cincinnati Reds in the standings and saved wear and tear on the players by not playing. With Chase Burns on the mound, good teams struggle. With Chase Burns on the mound against the injury-wracked New York […]
Reds Whip Mets’ McLean
By Hal McCoy It was not a memorable Memorial Day for New York Mets rookie wunderkind pitcher Nolan McLean. It couldn’t have started better. He struck out the side to begin his day in Citi Field against the Cincinnati Reds. Then. . .total dismantlement by the Reds as they spent the second, third and fourth […]
Dunn Saves The Day
By Hal McCoy Blake Dunn was a double-edged sword for the Cincinnati Reds, first with his glove and then with his bat. Like the Dos Equis guy, he is becoming the most interesting man on the Reds roster. They are riding him so hard recently they should put a saddle cloth on him. Dunn helped […]
Reds, Stewart Rip Phillies
By Hal McCoy One of manager Tito Francona’s mix-and-match lineups turned into an Afternoon Delight Wednesday for the Cincinnati Reds.. The Reds sprayed 15 hits into all corners of Citizens Bank Park on their way to a 9-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Francona decided to put Elly De La Cruz at designated hitter, meaning […]
Burns Scorches Phillies
By Hal McCoy Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson said it best after his team stopped the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1, Tuesday night in Citizens Bank Park. “It’s great to have Chase Burns go out there every fifth day, especially the way he is pitching right now,” he said. Secretly, most of the Res probably wish Burns […]
Another Pitching Debacle
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reda lost by 2,253 feet Sunday afternoon in Progressive Field, close to half a mile. That’s the distance six home runs traveled off the bats of the swing-away Cleveland Guardians. Cleveland scored all 10 runs on the six homers as the Reds were wiped out, 10-3, their 12th loss in […]