Reds Still Winless Against Cleveland

By:  Coop


The Reds entered today 0-4 against the team from the Northeast part of the state.  Today they were trying to pick up their first win against the Indians.  Cincy sent Homer Bailey to the mound while Cleveland sent Carmona out to pitch.  Bailey did good, and Carmona, well, got hurt.  Talk more about that in a bit.  The Reds lost 3-1, here is how.


All 3 of Cleveland's runs came from one swing of the bat, which was a home run hit my Michael Brantley to right field.  That was in the 3rd inning.  But in that 3rd inning, something interesting happened.  With a runner on 1st, the pitcher, Fausto Carmona, tried to bunt the runner to 2nd.  Home Bailey fielded the ball, threw to 2nd, the umpire said Janish's foot did not touch the bag, so the runner was safe.  But while this was happening, Carmona was running to 1st, and stumbled and fell.  Okay, no biggy right?  Nope, he landed oddly on his pitching hand.  It hurt him so bad he had to be taken out of the game. He is fine though.  But that is one example of why the AL needs to get rid of DH's, so when pitchers run, they can actually make it 90 feet.


Anyways, 3-0 would be the score until the 8th.  In that 8th inning Joey Votto went yard to center field, and put the Reds on the board.  The only bad thing is, it was only a solo shot.  


That Votto home run would not be enough as the Reds lose it 3-1.


Homer Bailey pitched well, only made one mistake.  Homer went 7 innings of 3 run, 8 hit baseball, he also gave up 1 walk and fanned 7.


The Reds did not lose any ground, that is the only good thing from this game.  They remain 3 games back in the NL Central.


Tomorrow the Reds will try and salvage just one game from this Indians team and avoid the season sweep.  Game time is set for 1:10 PM ET and will be on Fox Sports Ohio.