Jim’s Journal

The Reds got off to a hot start against the Cardinals last night in St. Louis…  Cincinnati scored 1 in the first inning, and just kept on scoring thru the 5th, finally adding their 11th […]

Pitcher Graham Ashcraft was back with the Reds Wednesday, after getting sent down to Triple-A Louisville for a couple games last week, and back in the majors against the Pirates, Graham struck out 3 batters […]

The Pirates have now won 10 of their last 15 games against the Reds, Pittsburgh jumping out to an early 8-0 lead last night at the Ballpark, and eventually taking the contest 9-5.  Starting pitcher […]

After a string of not-so-good nights on the diamond, the Reds turned around and had a great one last evening… In their highest-scoring home game of the season, Cincinnati rocked the Pirates in 8 ½ […]

After a 4-3 home loss to Boston Saturday, the Reds were in last place in baseball’s National League Central division, with a 36 & 40 record, having lost 6 of their last 10 games.  Well, […]

What a Friday night, continuing an incredible baseball season for the Reds’ Jeimer Candelario!  The young man’s having a scorching month of June for Cincinnati, and that fire didn’t show any sign of going out […]

Congrats again to those outstanding local athletes who did so well in the Outdoor Nationals track meet at Philadelphia.  Greensburg’s Emarie Jackson put the shot 47’3 ¼”, good for 3rd place among girls nationally, and […]

In Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon, the Reds’ Hunter Greene pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and 9 strikeouts at the Pirates, but that was all for naught.  Neither team could get much offense going in the extreme […]

Going into Wednesday’s conclusion of the road series in Pittsburgh, the Reds and the Pirates had exactly the same record, 35 wins and 38 losses on the major league baseball season.  But the final game […]

Despite Carson Spiers throwing 74 strikes in his 104 pitches in Monday’s Reds game in Pittsburgh, and coaches saying Spiers showed “impressive growth” since last year, none of that was enough to beat the Pirates, […]

The Batesville Bats 16 & under baseball squad finished 2nd in the Diamond Kings tournament in Kentucky over the weekend…  Batesville almost came all the way back from a 4-0 deficit in the final inning […]

That was some wild, exciting baseball for the Reds in Milwaukee Friday night!  The game was tied 1-1 in the 4th inning after TJ Friedl had hit a home run in the 3rd, when Jonathan […]