The Reds went into Miami last night to visit the Marlins, who’d been rebuilt at baseball’s trade deadline, and found that maybe the Marlins could still use a player or 2. Cincinnati had 4 home runs and 8 extra-base hits in the game, half of all that from Elly DeLaCruz alone, on the way to pummeling Miami, 10-3. DeLaCruz started it all with a 2-run homer in the top of the 1st inning. He scored on an error in the 2nd, doubled in the 4th, hit another double in the 6th, then finished his evening with a 428-foot home run in the 8th inning, his 20th of the season. Noelvi Marte’ hit a 2-run homer, Ty France had 3 hits including his first home run as a Red. And winning pitcher Nick Martinez threw 5 shutout innings on his 34th birthday, for his 6th win of the season. Those kinds of things make the Reds sound pretty good, and those games are a lot of fun. How about another one? Tonight it’s game 2 of the Marlins series, and the broadcast arrives on your radio at 6:10, on the Sports Voice, 103.9 WRBI.
At the start of a school year, come the starts of many high school sports– one of them, girls’ golf. Batesville’s Lady Bulldogs opened their campaign Monday, by winning the Richmond Invitational. Their low team score was 313 strokes, significantly ahead of the field. Barr-Reeve was 2nd with a team total of 375, Richmond 384. East Central finished 5th. The Bulldogs were led by Addy Weiler who shot an even par 71. The tournament’s medalist, Rowan Pies of East Central, fired a 5-under-par 66.
At the Olympics in France, Indiana’s Matt Anderson has helped lead the American men’s volleyball team in its match against Brazil, the USA winning the match over their biggest rivals, 3 games to 1. He and the rest of Team USA are said to be in the running for a medal… they’re due to play Poland Wednesday.
Three Purdue divers have completed their Olympic journey for this year, in the 10-meter platform competition. Macey Vieta actually represented her home nation of Portugal, and Jaye Patrika was on Team Latvia. Jaye was pleased despite not medaling in the Games. She says just participating in the Olympics has been one of the best times of her young life, and she’s met amazing people there.
Monday was also the end of the Olympic road for speed climber Piper Kelly, who got outdistanced by an opponent as they each climbed a vertical wall in seconds. Piper had attended Irving Prep Academy in Indianapolis, and was born in Carmel.
And at their Grand Park NFL training camp, Colts coaches say their NFL club’s looking better every day of so far, and competition’s improving each of their players as the season draws ever closer.