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, today, they’re still in the cellar, after 7 losses in the last 11. Following Manager David Bell’s early ejection Sunday, his club was down 7-1 and came back a bit, but not nearly enough, the losing final, 7-4 Red Sox. Tonight, Cincy hosts the Pirates for the first of 3 games, and the broadcast comes to you live, at 6:40.
That’ll be right after our new sports talk show Overtime, with Terrance Arney and Leon Smith– Overtime begins at 6:00, followed by the Reds, both on the Sports Voice, 103.9 WRBI.
The Batesville Bats 16 & Under baseball team played well in a weekend tournament at Ball State, narrowly losing the championship game to the Hitmen of Mattoon, Illinois on a walk-off base hit, the final 10-9. Zayden Miller led the Bats with a .500 batting average and .750 slugging percentage, while Cayden Drake averaged .364 at the plate and .455 slugging. Drake was also the Bats’ top pitcher, throwing 10 1/3 innings over 2 games, for a win and a save. The 8, 5 & 2 Bats will play in another tournament this weekend at Wright State in Dayton, Ohio.
The IndyCars ran the Grand Prix of Monterey in California Sunday. Pole-sitter Alex Palou took advantage of his position to lead most of the first 50 laps, then Colton Herta grabbed it briefly, but Palou worked his way back up front, opening a 3-second lead. And with a couple drivers crashing with 10 laps to go, the yellow flag came out, and forced a final restart, with only 4 laps left. Palou opened up a lead, and beat Herta to the finish by almost 2 seconds to win the race for the 2nd time in 3 years. Following Herta, Alexander Rossi ran 3rd. Next on the IndyCar circuit, the Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, on July 7th.
After 4 women’s pro basketball wins in a row, the Indiana Fever had their streak snapped Sunday, but narrowly, by the Chicago Sky– the final score Chicago 88, Indiana 87. Demand for tickets made that game the most expensive ever in the WNBA, fans paying an average of $351 to get in.