Bryce Miller and three relievers combined on a one-hitter, Cal Raleigh, Mitch Garver and Josh Rojas all hit solo home runs, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep. Miller (3-1) continued his brilliant stretch of pitching with the lone hit he allowed becoming the only earned run scored against him in his last three starts. Miller gave up a solo home run to Elly De La Cruz in the second when a slider stayed on the plate, but Miller was otherwise untouchable over six innings. Miller walked Tyler Stephenson immediately after De La Cruzs ho ..read more

Logan Gilbert allowed three hits in 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball and Julio Rodrguez made two highlight defensive plays in the seventh inning to preserve Seattles lead, and the Mariners beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 on Tuesday night. Jonatan Clase had an RBI double in his second major league game and Mitch Haniger added a key two-out RBI single. However, Gilbert was overpowering for most of the night and got help from Rodrguez in the field. Thank God for Julio. What he does out there is unbelievable and we've kind of come to expect that level of play, Gilbert said. Rodrguez ran down Spencer Ste ..read more

Christian Encarnacion-Strand tied a career high with four RBIs, and the Cincinnati Reds routed the Chicago White Sox 11-4 on Sunday for a three-game sweep. Chicago dropped to 2-13, the worst 15-game start in the franchises 124-year history, The White Sox had 14 hits in the series and has scored a major league-low 34 runs. Encarnacion-Strand and Nick Martini hit two-homers for the Reds, at 9-6 off to their best 15-game start in three years. Encarnacion-Strand also had four RBIs against Pittsburgh last Sept. 23. Martini drove in three runs for Cincinnati, which outscored Chicago 27-5 in the thre ..read more

When it was over, Nick Lodolo smiled. It was only one game, but it meant a lot to the lanky left-hander and the Cincinnati Reds. Lodolo gave the Reds a lift in his first big league start in almost a year. He struck out 10 while pitching 5 2/3 innings of one-hit ball in a 5-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. If the 6-foot-6 Lodolo can stay healthy, he could become a key part of Cincinnati's rotation. But he was limited by injuries in the past two years. I feel way more prepared than I've ever been, he said. Just the things I've done for my body and everything to put myself in the ..read more

Nick Lodolo struck out 10 in 5 2/3 innings in his first big league start in almost a year, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0 on Saturday. Cincinnati scored five runs in the second against Garrett Crochet, and Lodolo took over from there. The 6-foot-6 left-hander allowed one hit Robbie Grossmans infield single leading off the sixth and walked one. He also hit two batters. Today was about as good as you can do, especially your first time out, Reds manager David Bell said. You could tell all the work that he's been doing; it paid off. Cincinnati slugger Elly De La Cruz went 0 ..read more

Elly De La Cruzs power and speed are generating more excitement for the Cincinnati Reds. The 22-year-old Dominican star hit a sinking liner Monday that skipped over the glove of diving center fielder Sal Frelick and rolled toward the warning track. With great, long strides, the 6-foot-5 De La Cruz shifted into hyperdrive on his way to second base and legged out his first inside-the-park home run at 30 feet per second. He rounded the bases in a shade under 15 seconds. When I saw him miss that ball, I said Im going home." De La Cruz said. No matter what happens, Im going home. Two innings before ..read more

The Reds game against the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday has been postponed due to weather, the team announced in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The game will now be a split doubleheader on Aug. 30. The team will play the Brewers twice in one day at 12:40 p.m. and 6:40 p.m. Anyone with tickets for today's game can use the same tickets to attend the afternoon game on Aug. 30. Individuals can also exchange their tickets for Thursday's game for any Monday through Thursday 2024 regular season home game scheduled for April or May. These exchanges are subject to availability and exclusions appl ..read more

Christian Yelich hit a two-run homer and Wade Miley came off the injury list to pitch four innings of one-hit ball to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds in a steady rain on Wednesday night. The 37-year-old Miley started the season on in the injury list because of pain in his throwing shoulder. He was activated before the game Wednesday and got the nod because so many of Milwaukee's top pitchers are ailing. Miley, who threw a no-hitter when he was with the Reds in 2021, was limited to 52 pitches and allowed just a run and a hit. Bryse Wilson (1-0) pitched the fifth ..read more

Christian Yelich and Blake Perkins each drove in three runs, helping Joe Ross and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-5 on Tuesday night. Perkins and Sal Frelick each had three of Milwaukee's 13 hits. Jake Bauers had two RBIs. Ross (1-0) earned his first big league win since June 29, 2021, for Washington against Tampa Bay. The 30-year-old right-hander allowed three runs, two earned, and five hits in 6 1/3 innings in his second start of the season. The story of the game was Joe Ross, Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. That guy was the Joe Ross of old. And give (catcher William Conter ..read more

Elly De La Cruz hit his first two homers of the season, a massive 450-foot solo drive and a sinking liner that turned into his first career inside-the-park drive, and the Cincinnati Reds held off the Milwaukee Brewers 10-8 on Monday night. De La Cruz had three hits and scored four times. Will Benson also homered for the Reds, and Spencer Steer had two RBIs. The Reds led 8-0 after four innings and 9-3 after five. And the Brewers nearly rallied for an improbable win. Milwaukee's Brice Turang hit a two-run homer in the fifth and a two-run double in the sixth. Christian Yelich's two-run shot in th ..read more