News Category: Cincinnati

Free-falling Reds open homestand against .500 Padres

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After losing seven of 10 games on their just-completed West Coast swing, the Cincinnati Reds will look to change their fortunes when they host the San Diego Padres on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series. The Reds dropped the final three games of their four-game set against the Dodgers in Los Angeles, scoring just five runs in the losses, including Sunday’s 3-2 defeat in 10 innings. The Padres split their doubleheader Monday in

Reds’ Hunter Greene hopes to stay on a roll in clash with Dodgers

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Back in his hometown, where he will pitch in a major league game for just the second time in his young career, Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene is set to face the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon. Wide-eyed and fresh-faced in 2022, Greene was making just his second career start when he pitched well at Dodger Stadium by recording six strikeouts and two earned runs allowed in 5 1/3 innings. But he took

Dodgers’ Walker Buehler looks to find form vs. Reds

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Walker Buehler gets another chance to get back on track when the Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander faces off against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Saturday. Buehler (0-1, 7.36 ERA) has made two starts after a nearly two-year absence following elbow surgery. Neither outing has come close to meeting his standard as a former staff ace. After allowing three runs in four innings against the Miami Marlins on May 6, Buehler gave up three runs over

Elly De La Cruz looks for encore in Reds’ rematch vs. Dodgers

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Elly De La Cruz walked into a Shohei Ohtani celebration Thursday at Los Angeles and showed once again that his game is worthy of much attention, too. De La Cruz will get a chance to show it all over again on Friday when the visiting Cincinnati Reds take on the Dodgers in the second contest of a four-game series. In the series opener, which was a Dodgers’ Ohtani bobblehead giveaway, De La Cruz flashed all

Reeling Reds brace for tall task in series opener vs. Dodgers

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If there is continued grumbling coming from the Cincinnati Reds, it likely is being directed at a “schedule maker” who did them no favors this month. The challenge was evident when the 2024 slate was released late last year, and it has come to fruition this week. After losing two of three games to the National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks, the Reds will stay on the road Thursday night to play the opener of a

Reds, in finale at Arizona, eye rare winning streak

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Victories have been in short supply for the Cincinnati Reds over the past three weeks. The Reds will try to win back-to-back games for the first time since April 23-24 when they close a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix. A 6-2 victory on Tuesday was just Cincinnati’s second triumph in 13 games. It also was only the fourth in 18 contests since the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies on

Surging Jaguars, skidding Bengals take stage on Monday night

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It’ll be a battle of coaching brothers when the Jacksonville Jaguars host a rare Monday night game against the slumping Cincinnati Bengals. Cincinnati head coach Zac Taylor brings his Bengals (5-6) into Jacksonville having lost three straight and falling into the cellar of the AFC North after winning the division the last two seasons. Jacksonville (8-3) is coached by Doug Pederson, and Taylor’s younger brother Press serves as the Jaguars’ offensive coordinator of unit that