Hard-throwing Reds right-hander Hunter Greene held the Texas Rangers to one hit over seven scoreless innings and Jonathan India homered while driving in four runs on a four-hit day as Cincinnati beat the reigning World Series champions 8-4 on Saturday. Greene (1-2) struck out six and walked one while throwing 63 of his 98 pitches for strikes while relying mainly on his fastball and a few sliders. Just trusting myself being able to attack the zone, Greene said. When you attack the zone, great things happen. The last Reds starter with a scoreless start of at least seven innings and six strikeout ..read more

Santiago Espinal had three RBIs, reliever Fernando Cruz pitched out a jam in the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds held on for a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. Will Benson had a solo homer in the third inning. Espinal singled home two as part of a four-run sixth and drove in another with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. That came on the heels of a 3-for-4 night for Espinal on Tuesday that included his first homer as a Red. Cincinnati starter Nick Lodolo went five innings, allowing three runs and six hits while striking out four and walking three. For the second ..read more

Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run home run, Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds ended the Philadelphia Phillies' seven-game win streak with an 8-1 victory on Tuesday night. Cincinnati's Santiago Espinal also had three hits including a solo homer in the eighth inning, his first since July 29. Fernando Cruz (1-1) pitched 2/3 of an inning in relief. The Phillies' seven-game win streak was the franchise's fourth-longest in April. They haven't won eight straight games in April since 1953. The Phillies played without Bryce Harper, whos expected to return from ..read more

Ranger Surez allowed two hits in seven innings and Kody Clemens hit a three-run homer as the Philadelphia Phillies extended their winning streak to seven games with a 7-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds Monday night. Surez (4-0) ran his scoreless streak to 25 innings. He's won his last four starts, including a 112-pitch shutout against Colorado last Tuesday. This time, he yielded two singles, struck out five and walked one. Gregory Soto and Jeff Hoffman completed the two-hitter for Philadelphia's fourth shutout this season, tying Cleveland for most in the majors. Cincinnati was blanked for th ..read more

The Reds' bullpen picked up after starting pitcher Frankie Montas left the game in the first inning and Cincinnati shut out the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Sunday to sweep the series. Montas was hit by a line drive by Taylor Ward and left the game with a bruised right forearm after 16 pitches. Brent Suter allowed four hits in 3 1/3 innings. Emilio Pagan (2-1) earned the win after allowing one hit in two innings. Jose Soriano (0-3) did not allow a hit until there was one out in the sixth inning. Elly De La Cruz singled. Nick Martini reached on a error by Luis Rengifo. Christian Encarnacion-Strand ..read more

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