With injuries mounting for the Reds this season, sound bench play carried Cincinnati in the first half. So it was fitting that in the final game before the All-Star break, a new name was added to the list of contributions by Reds reserves. Rookie Kristopher Negron delivered his first Major League home run and All-Star […]
Indians Sweep Clippers in Doubleheader
July 11, 2014 by
The Columbus Clippers (49-46) were swept by the Indianapolis Indians (53-42) in a doubleheader Thursday. It was 1-0 Indy in game one pitcher’s duel and 14-2 in a game two blowout loss. Pitching dominated game one as Danny Salazar and Nick Kingham were in an old fashion standoff and 12 runs in two innings did […]
Big 7th Inning Sends Indians to 9-3 Win over Yankees
July 11, 2014 by
This was the Indians’ offense in a nutshell. Cleveland’s lineup went quiet for most of the night on Thursday, making it seem as though another outage would lead to a disappointing defeat. The Tribe changed that script in a hurry. The Indians used a late nine-run push in the seventh and eighth innings to erase […]
Cubs Break Reds Streak, Win 6-4
July 11, 2014 by
The Reds lost much more than a game on Thursday afternoon in a 12-inning marathon at Great American Ball Park. They lost their starting pitcher due to knee pain and learned their starting second baseman needs surgery for a torn left thumb ligament. They were also nearly involved in a benches-clearing incident, but cooler heads […]
Red Sox Down Clippers 3-1
July 10, 2014 by
The Columbus Clippers (49-44) were flummoxed by the knuckleball and fell to the Pawtucket Red Sox (49-46) 3-1. Columbus only managed three hits against Pawtucket as the PawSox took the series three games to one. Toru Murata (0-1, 4.55 ERA) was solid for the Clippers in the loss. He allowed just two runs on seven […]
Yankees Beat Indians 5-4 in 14 Innings
July 10, 2014 by
On a night that featured offensive futility out of both teams as the battle spread itself out over 14 innings and nearly five hours, one mistake pitch to Jacoby Ellsbury was all it took for the Indians to come up short. In a game that saw a combined eight hits and one run over the […]
Reds Beat Cubs 4-1, Simon First NL Pitcher with 12 Wins
July 10, 2014 by
Win totals for pitchers don’t carry the same gravitas these days as other stats, but Reds starter Alfredo Simon has shown he has more than that on his resume this season. Simon became the first National League pitcher to reach 12 victories, and it was secured with a three-run bottom of the fifth inning that […]
Pawtucket Beat Clippers 5-3
July 9, 2014 by
The Columbus Clippers (49-43) fell to the Pawtucket Red Sox (48-46) for the second consecutive long night at Huntington Park 5-3 in the 10th Tuesday night. Andres Torres and Travis Shaw hit back-to-back homers to down the Clippers in extras. Bryan Price (0-1, 5.06 ERA) took the loss allowing the 10th inning rally. Drake Britton […]
Indians Beat Yankees 5-3
July 9, 2014 by
The calm that Michael Brantley projects in the batter’s box is now carrying over into the Indians’ dugout. When the Cleveland outfielder settles into his stance, bouncing his bat off his left shoulder, his teammates are now expecting something good to happen. “It’s almost like a sigh of relief when he gets to the plate,” […]
Reds Beat Cubs Twice in Doubleheader
July 9, 2014 by
Billy Hamilton has been clutch with runners in scoring position all season, but it wasn’t until 11:18 p.m. ET on Tuesday night that he got to enjoy his first walk-off hit, one that gave the Reds perhaps their biggest victory of the season to date. Hamilton lined a broken-bat single down the left-field line to […]
