Mark Sheldon
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Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Betts trades bat for foe's 1st HR ball
CINCINNATI -- Mookie Betts simply gets it. The Dodgers' right fielder understood that a first Major League hit is special and something to cherish -- even when it happens against his own team. Leading off the bottom of the sixth inning for the Reds as a pinch-hitter with his team → Read More
Reds prospect Greene eyes Majors in 2021
Reds pitching prospect Hunter Greene has only 21 games of professional experience. Because of a right elbow injury, the right-hander hasn’t pitched in a game that counted statistically since July 26, 2018. None of that has discouraged the 21-year-old Greene from his goal for this year, however. Greene, who was → Read More
Red Sox rally past Reds, increase AL East lead
CINCINNATI -- The Red Sox endured the early body blow of a grand slam by Cincinnati's Scooter Gennett and then stormed back with big hits and clutch relief to pull out a 5-4 victory over the Reds on Friday night that reduced their magic number for clinching the American League East to six games. Rafael Devers belted a three-run homer in the fourth to put the Red Sox in front. The bullpen, led by… → Read More
Reds sweep division-rival Brewers
CINCINNATI -- Whatever momentum the Brewers were building toward their weekend series at Wrigley Field, the Reds ripped it away. Last-place Cincinnati completed a three-game sweep of a Milwaukee club that entered the week winners of six of eight games, scoring five times in the third inning and riding Luis Castillo's stellar start to a 7-1 win on Wednesday at Great American Ball Park. The Reds… → Read More
Billy Hamilton's walk-off homer powers Reds
CINCINNATI -- Ryan Braun and Orlando Arcia homered in the seventh as the Brewers erased a four-run deficit, but Billy Hamilton and the Reds struck back. Hamilton's homer off Brewers rookie reliever Josh Hader with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Reds a 5-4 win over the Brewers on Monday at Great American Ball Park. Braun turned and watched the baseball fly into the left-field… → Read More
Cubs power past Reds for fifth straight win
CINCINNATI -- The Cubs are playing the right teams at the right time to enable them to pull away in the National League Central division race. A 9-0 victory over the Reds on Wednesday night -- aided by a three-run first inning and five-run fourth -- was their fifth win in a row. With the Brewers' 4-2 loss to the Giants, the Cubs opened a 3 1/2-game lead in the division. In the midst of playing… → Read More
Reds' Joey Votto doubles with 4 outfielders
CHICAGO -- Maybe Cubs manager Joe Maddon thought he had the right amount of kryptonite to make Joey Votto look more mortal at the plate. During one of Votto's plate appearances in the Reds' 15-5 loss on Monday night at Wrigley Field, Maddon resorted to a recreation softball-type of alignment by using four outfielders to try and keep the Reds' first baseman off the bases. The Cubs made the… → Read More
Anthony Rizzo leads Cubs' win over Reds
CHICAGO -- Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo smacked back-to-back home runs, reliever Mike Montgomery hit his first career double, driving in two runs, and Jon Jay missed hitting for a natural cycle by a home run to power the Cubs to a 15-5 victory Monday night over the Reds at Wrigley Field. Rizzo finished with five RBIs to help the Cubs open a 1 1/2-game lead over the idle Cardinals in the… → Read More
Reds turn triple play on Yankees' Todd Frazier
NEW YORK -- A hard-hit ground ball, quick thinking and questionable baserunning added up to the Reds turning their first triple play in over two decades on Tuesday night vs. the Yankees -- and a run still scored. In what became a 4-2 Cincinnati loss to New York, Reds rookie starter Luis Castillo was in big trouble during the bottom of the second inning after giving up singles to Matt Holliday,… → Read More
Nationals ride Strasburg, homers to sweep Reds
CINCINNATI -- Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg was their starter on July 8, the last time his team lost a game, when he was roughed up by the Braves. There would be no bookending losses by Strasburg, who cruised behind another robust production from Washington's lineup in a 6-1 victory over the Reds on Monday afternoon. That made it a smooth four-game series sweep for the Nats, who also took… → Read More
Reds' Scooter Gennett hits 4 homers in 1 game
CINCINNATI -- Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan didn't do it. Neither did George Foster, Eric Davis or Barry Larkin. Ditto for Joey Votto, Jay Bruce or Brandon Phillips. The first Reds player to ever hit four home runs in one game will forever be … Scooter Gennett? That's right, Gennett. The utility player -- and Cincinnati native -- who got a start in left field on Tuesday slugged a franchise-record… → Read More
Scooter Gennett leads Reds over Cardinals
CINCINNATI -- Scooter Gennett dominated with a franchise-best four home runs at the plate for the Reds, while Tim Adleman worked smoothly from the mound. Put the two performances together, and a few other key contributions, and Cincinnati buried the Cardinals with a 13-1 victory on Tuesday at Great American Ball Park. Gennett also tied the franchise record with 10 RBIs, including a grand slam to… → Read More
Nolan Arenado homers in big win over Reds
CINCINNATI -- The Rockies kept on going strong while the Reds continued to sink on Friday at Great American Ball Park. Colorado used an eight-run sixth inning to turn a close game into a 12-6 rout of Cincinnati. Alexi Amarista tied a career high with four RBIs -- all of them in the sixth. The Rockies had a 2-1 lead heading into their big inning when Reds starter Lisalverto Bonilla -- who was hit… → Read More
Yankees beat Reds for 6th straight win
CINCINNATI -- If there was any lingering grogginess for the Yankees one night after an 18-inning game and early-morning arrival into town, it didn't show up on the field on Monday at Great American Ball Park. Behind Masahiro Tanaka's effort on the mound and plenty of offense, New York took a 10-4 victory over the Reds. A night after outlasting the Cubs in a six-hour epic, the Yankees extended… → Read More
Brewers hit 3 homers to back Peralta vs. Reds
CINCINNATI -- The Brewers cooled off the Reds' hot start by taking three of four games in their series. Sunday's 4-2 victory over Cincinnati in the finale was powered by three home runs, including another long ball by Eric Thames. “I can't remember a time in my career where a guy hit five home runs in a single series,“ Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun said. “We're seeing a really, really… → Read More