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WSU Insider: Rain playing havoc with baseball season
What’s the old saying? Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. That’s never been more apt for the Wright State baseball team than this month. The busiest part of the Horizon League schedule has been washed out. The Raiders are scheduled to play Valparaiso today, and if the weather ...
Cozart saves day with key play
Zack Cozart unleashed bad throws Monday and Tuesday, and Dusty Baker was asked Wednesday if Cozart’s hand was still bothering him. Maybe that was the reason for the rare errors by the usually sharp Reds shortstop. “He’s fine,” Baker said. “Every time a guy makes a bad throw, there’s not ...
Reds pitchers on a serious strikeout roll
Reds pitchers have worked overtime in the last five days with two 13-inning games and a 10-inning game, but their arms can’t be any more tired than the guys who flip the Kroger strikeout poster boards in the upper deck of the left-field stands.The Reds are on an epic strikeout ...
Reds pitchers on epic strikeout roll
Reds pitchers have worked overtime in the last few days with two 13-inning games and a 10-inning game, but their arms can’t be any more tired than the guys flipping the Kroger strikeout poster boards in the upper deck of the left-field stands.The Reds are on an epic strikeout roll. ...
Reds rally in 9th, lose in 10th
Reds fans chanted, “Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!” In the top of the eighth inning Tuesday with their team down 2-1, they settled on a realistic goal and free LaRosa’s pizza was just one strikeout away. A second run for Cincinnati seemed about as likely as a rainbow suddenly appearing over the ...
Catcher Miller makes first big league appearance since 2010
Pitcher Tony Cingrani and catcher Corky Miller started for the Triple-A Louisville Bats on April 9. On Tuesday, in the second game of a three-game series against the Cubs at Great American Ball Park, they found themselves in the starting lineup for the Reds.Instead of Johnny Cueto throwing to Ryan ...
Hannahan coming through in the pinch
Reds pinch hitters haven’t flinched in clutch situations. Every one of them has had his moment in the spotlight in the first 20 games.Cesar Izturis drove in the winning run with a walk-off single Monday. Derrick Robinson scored the winning run on Jackie Robinson Day. Xavier Paul hit a grand ...
Reds rally from 2 down to beat Cubs in 13th
Thirteen minutes before midnight, an unlikely hero lifted the Reds to an improbable victory. Hail Cesar — Izturis, that is.Backup infielder Cesar Izturis singled with two outs in the bottom of the 13th inning, and Jay Bruce scored from third as the Reds overcame a two-run deficit twice to beat ...
Cozart returns to the lineup after injury scare
Zack Cozart bent over in pain after getting hit on the hand by a pitch while bunting Saturday afternoon. The Reds shortstop thought the worst. Manager Dusty Baker did, too, flashing back to former Dodgers teammate Bill Russell suffering a similar injury and breaking the finger in seven spots. Cozart ...
Reds’ Cingrani more comfortable going into second start
Tony Cingrani needs total focus on the mound for the Reds. Off the mound, he’s an adept multi-tasker, just like everyone else in this modern society.Here’s the proof: the left-hander who makes his second career start Tuesday did an entire interview Monday while rolling a yellow softball under the sole ...
Phillips comes through in clutch
A woman in the front row held up a sign throughout Saturday’s Reds game against the Marlins.“DatDudeBP, will you go to the prom with me?” it read.For those not familiar with Twitter, DatDudeBP is Brandon Phillips. The Reds second baseman has more than 800,000 followers, and he tweeted before the ...
Arroyo sets tone for great day of pitching
Bronson Arroyo recorded his 1,000th career strikeout with the Reds in the second inning Saturday at Great American Ball Park. The scoreboard announced his feat, and the crowd recognized his achievement with 10 to 15 seconds of applause.Arroyo sheepishly tipped his cap but would have rather the milestone had gone ...
Marlins snap Reds’ four-game win streak
Aroldis Chapman may be Superman, but he isn’t perfect — almost invincible, yes, but not perfect. Justin Ruggiano tagged Chapman with his first run of the season Friday, hitting a towering home run to center that seemed to go as far vertically as it did horizontally. After a tense couple ...
Bat boy story touches Frazier’s heart
One moment in the sixth inning Thursday night overshadowed the Reds’ fourth straight victory. The video and photos that capture the moment turned a relatively meaningless home run into a powerful story that lit up social media.Todd Frazier’s two-run home run that gave the Reds an 11-1 lead became something ...
Starting pitchers getting the job done
Five days ago, Reds manager Dusty Baker lamented the state of his bullpen. His relievers made 12 appearances in three games in Pittsburgh, and the Reds got nothing out of that except three losses.The pressure was on the starting pitchers to get the job done this week at Great American ...
Reds rout Marlins for 4th straight win
In a scene straight out of a movie, Reds third baseman Todd Frazier told the honorary bat boy, Teddy Kremer, he would hit a home run for him and then did.All the story lacked was drama because the Reds already led 9-1 when Frazier blasted his team-best fifth home run ...
Frazier doing his best Rolen with great defense
The Reds make the spectacular plays seem routine. Second baseman Brandon Phillips, in particular, puts himself in contention for a SportsCenter Top 10 play just by rolling out of bed every day.Through the first 15 games, Cincinnati had four errors. Only the Diamondbacks, Red Sox and Tigers had fewer, and ...
Improved Mesoraco gets another start
Devin Mesoraco started his second straight game at catcher Thursday night against the Marlins at Great American Ball Park, but he looked as if he had already played the game four hours earlier.His hands dripping with sweat, Mesoraco talked to two sports writers in the clubhouse about his performance in ...
WSU Insider: Softball team showing improvement
The Wright State softball team won two of its first 15 games, and coach Lynn Curylo did her best to keep the players’ focus off the record. “We’ve been trying hard to focus on the good things within the game,” the third-year coach said. “Did someone execute the bunt? How ...
Reds rout Phillies for series sweep
Remember the Reds’ five-game losing streak? Four days ago, they blew a 5-0 lead in Pittsburgh, and the sky was falling in Cincinnati as a promising season ran headfirst into diminishing expectations.Two last at-bat victories and a blowout in the last three days have erased the disappointment felt in Reds ...
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