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Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/ That win pushes the Reds’ win streak to 5 games! The Cincinnati Reds did it again. When we thought they were down and out, just as they had done 16 other times this season, they found a way to come back and win and take the series from the Boston Red Sox. For a team with very few expectations coming into 2023, they’ve been pretty damn fun to watch for the first two months of the season and now find themselves three games out of first place as we head into June. Reds’ starter Luke Weaver was once again able to keep a tough...

Photo by Dylan Buell/ Cincinnati Lineup Everyone's heart rate recover from last night? Powered by @PNCBank pic.twitter.com/Tb3Ox3s0Eh— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) May 31, 2023 Boston Lineup Lining up for Wednesday night! pic.twitter.com/JP0NUUC2rW— Red Sox (@RedSox) May 31, 2023

David Frerker-USA TODAY Sports The bats, they are a-blazing! James Paxton pitched for the University of Kentucky during his scholastic days, and I am contractually obligated to mention that each and every time I have the opportunity, per the terms and conditions of my fan-card. James Paxton now pitches for the Boston Red Sox, and did so with much fanfare in his first two outings of the season after returning from injury. He yielded just 3 total ER across 11 IP against the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres, striking out 15 against just 3 BB in that time. Things...

Photo by Maddie Meyer/ What was once a huge lead turned into a nail-biter, but a win is a win is a win! It wasn’t too, too long ago that Jose Barrero was rocking AAA pitching to the tune of an OPS pushing 1.000 and rocketing to the top of prospect lists across the land. In the time since that glorious 2021 breakout, however, he’s struggled to adjust to big league pitching while also being forced to work back from wrist surgery. He’s been passed on the shortstop depth chart once already this year, and with Elly De La Cruz looming, it’s likely he’ll get lapped...

Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via via Go Reds. Go Reds. Today's Lineups REDS RED SOX TJ Friedl - CF Raimel Tapia - RF Matt McLain - SS Rafael Devers - 3B Jonathan India - 2B Justin Turner - DH Jake Fraley - DH Masataka Yoshida - LF Tyler Stephenson - C Jarren Duran - CF Spencer Steer - 1B Triston Casas - 1B Kevin Newman - 3B Enrique Hernandez - SS Will Benson - LF Enmanuel Valdez - 2B Stuart Fairchild - RF Reese McGuire - C Ben Lively - RHP Brayan Bello - RHP

Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via Red Stockings vs. Red Sox, a tradition unlike any other. Once upon a time, Cincinnati Reds pitching guru Derek Johnson was credited with forming pitchers from mud and spare parts and rolling them out for 4 WAR seasons. That might be a bit of a stretch on the part of the author here, but you do recall the mid-career revivals of both Wade Miley and Sonny Gray and the evolution of 7th round pick Tyler Mahle into a frontline starter, right? Anyway, it’s been a bit since we’ve truly seen one of those from Johnson and the Reds, what with...

Photo by Quinn Harris/ There’s room in here. You just have to be creative. Matt McLain is a shortstop. He’s the shortstop right now. Elly De La Cruz is a shortstop, too, and he’s going to be here with the Cincinnati Reds any minute. The most natural landing spot for whichever one ends up deemed shortstop 1A is its mirror image on the diamond at second base, as the two dovetail in their necessities. Jonathan India, the best hitter on the team, plays second base. That’s effectively the premise behind yesterday’s piece from The Athletic as spelled out by Ken...

Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/ Another day, another win over the Baby Bears. It’s been a banner first couple of weeks for top Cincinnati Reds prospect Matt McLain, but Sunday’s outing against the Chicago Cubs might well have been his finest yet. The team’s resident shortstop banged out 4 hits on the day - one a double - while also swiping a bag, scoring a run, and filing away a ribbie. It was part of an electric day from the top of the Reds order, and worthy of today’s Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game. Jonathan India chipped in with a double, walk,...

E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Go Reds! The Cincinnati Reds aim for the series sweep on the road in Wrigley Field, with only Drew Smyly and the Chicago Cubs standing in the way. Today's Lineups REDS CUBS Jonathan India - DH Nico Hoerner - 2B Matt McLain - SS Dansby Swanson - SS Spencer Steer - 1B Ian Happ - LF Tyler Stephenson - C Seiya Suzuki - RF Stuart Fairchild - LF Christopher Morel - DH Nick Senzel - 3B Trey Mancini - 1B Kevin Newman - 2B Mike Tauchman - CF Jake Fraley - RF Patrick Wisdom - 3B Jose Barrero -...

Photo by Cole Burston/ Spontaneous reactions to the latest potential sign-stealing kerfluffle in baseball. I am not convinced that Aaron Judge did anything wrong last week when cameras zoomed in on him staring into his own dugout during the New York Yankees series in Toronto. Players look to the dugouts all the time, after all, and even if there was some sort of potentially nefarious bit of information that was in transit through that glance, he was still going to be tasked with swinging his Sequoia at the hundred-mph offering. [/taps earpiece] I’m being told he...

Photo by Steve Kagan/ Go Reds. Go Reds. Today's Lineups REDS CUBS TJ Friedl - CF Nico Hoerner - 2B Matt McLain - SS Dansby Swanson - SS Jonathan India - 2B Ian Happ - LF Jake Fraley - RF Seiya Suzuki - RF Tyler Stephenson - DH Trey Mancini - 1B Spencer Steer - 1B Yan Gomes - C Nick Senzel - 3B Christopher Morel - DH Stuart Fairchild - LF Patrick Wisdom - 3B Curt Casali - C Mike Tauchman - CF B. Williamson - LHP Jameson Taillon - RHP

Photo by Dylan Buell/ The Reds look to clinch a series victory today. I would like to take a moment here to talk about Hunter Greene, the burgeoning pitching demon of the Cincinnati Reds who pulverized the Chicago Cubs hitters through 6.0 brilliant IP yesterday. I’ll attempt to keep that mostly in check, however, as today it’s up to rookie Brandon Williamson to keep the momentum going for the Reds pitching staff while on the road at Wrigley Field. Williamson was positively awesome in his MLB debut, a lone earned run in 5.2 IP at altitude in Coors Field the lone...

Photo by Jamie Sabau/ An electric day from an electric right arm! Hunter Greene allowed zero hits in his day of work against the Chicago Cubs, keeping the Wrigley Field crowd dazzled in the process during CIncinnati’s 9-0 victory in the series opener. The future of the Cincinnati Reds pitching staff looked very much the present, striking out 11 and allowing just a pair of walks through 6.0 no-hit, scoreless frames on a day when the team’s offense pounded out hit after hit and scored run after run. That’s your Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game,...

Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/ Go Reds! Go Reds! Today's Lineups REDS CUBS Jonathan India - 2B Nico Hoerner - 2B Matt McLain - SS Dansby Swanson - SS Spencer Steer - 1B Mike Tauchman - CF Tyler Stephenson - DH Ian Happ - LF Nick Senzel - LF Trey Mancini - DH Stuart Fairchild - RF Christopher Morel - RF Kevin Newman - 3B Matt Mervis - 1B Jose Barrero - CF Miles Mastrobuoni - 3B Curt Casali - C Tucker Barnhart - C Hunter Greene - RHP Justin Steele - LHP

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/ Day baseball! Yay! Both the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs are sputtering at the moment. They have each lost 7 of 10, with the Cubs a dismal 8-14 during the month of May (with a -24 run differential). That sets the stage for today’s series opener in Wrigley Field, a classic 2:20 PM ET afternoon delight for the fans of both struggling franchises. One player who has not been struggling, however, is today’s Chicago starter. Justin Steele enters play today having compiled a meaningless personal 6-1 record on the season, but that’s...