CINCINNATI– After rolling pretty easily over the Colorado Rockies in their first 2 games of the series at the Ballpark, the Reds didn’t expect the game they got Wednesday night, which turned into a surprising loss, 6-5 in favor of Colorado.
Cincy got behind, battled back, but ended up falling just short, after scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning. Some of the bright spots included a Jonathan India home run in the 3rd, Tyler Stephenson knocking one out to lead off the home 9th, and later Santiago Espinal singling in another score. The contest ended when Elly De La Cruz grounded out. With only 2 wins and 4 losses so far on their 10-game pre-All-Star break homestand, the Reds say they expected to do better, but they could still boost themselves a bit if they can win these next 4 contests leading to the break.
Some bonus Reds news came Wednesday- today’s starting pitcher Hunter Greene will be joining De La Cruz at next week’s All-Star Game in Texas. He’ll replace injured Dodger Tyler Glasnow. Greene’s at the top of the Reds rotation right now, with 116 strikeouts in 104 1/3 innings, his ERA at 3.45. Greene’s 24 and Elly De La Cruz 22, making them the youngest pair of Reds’ All-Stars since 1999.
The last game of the season between the Rockies and Reds is underway now, and you can hear it live, on the Sports Voice, 103.9 WRBI.