The Reds opened the nine-game homestand by hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 at Great American Ball Park as heard last night on WRBI. Tyler Stephenson and TJ Friedl homered for Cincinnati. Nick Martinez gets the win and squares his record at 9-9. Game two of the series is this evening. Andrew Abbott starts for the Reds. He’s 8-1 with a 2.13 ERA. Indianapolis native Ryan Pepiot goes for the Rays. Airtime is 6:10 on 103.9 FM.
Cincinnati native and former Reds outfielder Dave Parker will be posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York tomorrow. Parker passed away late last month at the age of 74 following a battle with Parkinson’s Disease. The other inductees are Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and the late Dick Allen.
The Cincinnati Bengals have signed first round draft pick Shemar Stewart following a lengthy holdout. It’s a four-year, fully guaranteed $18.97 million contract that includes a $10.4 million signing bonus.
The Indiana Fever are on the road in WNBA action tomorrow afternoon against the Chicago Sky. All-Star guard Caitlin Clark remains day-to-day with a groin injury.
The Brickyard 400 takes place tomorrow at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kyle Larson is the defending champ. You can hear the race on WRBI. We’ll drop the green flag on our coverage tomorrow at 1 p.m.
IndyCar races in Monterey, California tomorrow. Current points leader Alex Palou is the defending champ.
