CINCINNATI REDS NOTES:
TRANSACTIONS
- Today the Reds recalled from Louisville RHP Eduardo Salazar (#81)… selected from Louisville the contract of RHP Jake Wong (#85)…optioned to Louisville RHP Levi Stoudt…designated for assignment RHP Randy Wynne.
- In his Major League debut earlier this season, Salazar made 6 apps for the Reds from 5/24-6/8 (1-0, 5.79, 9.1ip, 12h, 6er, 3bb, 5k).
- When he pitches, Wong will become the 11th player to make his Major League debut this season and 14th rookie to appear in at least 1 game for the Reds.
TONIGHT’S GAME
- Is Game 1 of a brief 3-game road trip, all to Bal’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards to face Izzy Torres’ Orioles.
- The Reds are coming off a 4-2 homestand vs the Rockies (3-0) and first-place Braves (1-2)…Sat’s 7-6 loss vs Atl snapped the Reds’ 12-game winning streak…the Braves won 2 of 3 games over the weekend to snap the Reds’ 5-series winning streak.
- The attendance for the 3-game weekend series vs the Braves was 126,724, the highest for any 3-game series during the regular season at Great American Ball Park.
- Following this series the Redlegs return to Great American Ball Park for their final homestand of the first half, a 3-game series against the Padres, and then head into the All-Star Game break with a 7-game road trip to Wsh (4g) and Mil (3g).
SERIES NOTES
- The Reds are 6-9 all-time vs the Orioles, including 5-4 at Great American Ball Park and 1-5 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
- The Reds’ 15 regular season games vs Bal are their fewest against any other Major League team.
- The Reds beginning tomorrow night will play in Camden Yards for the third time, including a 2-1 series loss there in 2011 and a 3-0 series sweep loss in their most recent meeting in 2014.
- In 2011 the Reds played in Baltimore for the first time since the 1970 World Series.
- Baltimore was the last city the Reds visited during interleague play.
- The series at Great American Ball Park in June 2005 featured 3 of the Top 20 home run hitters of all time, including Bal’s Sammy Sosa (580, 7th at that time) and Rafael Palmeiro (559, 10th) and Cin’s Ken Griffey Jr. (510, 19th)…entering that series, the trio had combined for 1,649 home runs and 4,835 RBI…for the first time in Major League history, 3 players with at least 500 homers appeared in the same game.
- 4,328 days elapsed between the Orioles’ first 2 visits to Great American Ball Park (2005, 2017).
INTERLEAGUE NOTES
- Before the interleague schedule expanded this season to include games vs all 15 American League teams, from 1997-2022 the Redlegs went 188- 247 vs the American League, at .432 the lowest interleague winning percentage of any Major League team…in 2022 the Reds went 12-8 vs AL teams…last season’s was their first winning record vs the American League since 2013 (11-9)…in the 8 seasons between the 2013 & 2022 season series wins, the Reds went 61-99 vs AL teams (.381).
BIG ROAD MACHINE
- The Reds went 8-1 on their most recent road trip (2-1 at StL, 3-0 at KC, 3-0 at Hou)…for only the second time, won 8 games on a road trip of 9 games or fewer (8-0, 9/21-9/27, 1964)…was their first road trip of any length with at least 8 wins since 5/28-6/9, 1999 (9-3)…courtesy @EliasSports.
- The Reds have won 5 straight road series (3-0 at Cubs, 2-1 at Bos, 2-1 at StL, 3-0 at KC, 3-0 at Hou) for the first time since since 5/29-6/29, 2014 (3-1 at Ari, 2-1 at Mil, 2-1 at Pit, 2-1 at Cubs, 4-0 at SF)…haven’t won 6 straight road series since 7/23-8/22, 2010 (2-1 at Hou, 2-1 at Mil, 2-1 at Pit, 3-0 at Chc, 3-0 at Ari, 2-1 at LAD).
RED HOTS
- The Reds’ 12-game winning streak, snapped by Sat’s 7-6 loss vs Atl, tied their modern club record (5/16-5/27, 1939 & 4/30-5/12, 1957).
- The Reds are the first team in Major League history to move into first place alone in 9 games or fewer after falling 5 or more games under .500 while facing a deficit of at least 5 games…on 6/9 were 29-35 and trailed the first-place Pirates by 5.0 games…beginning 6/10 won 9 straight games to move into first place alone on 6/19…courtesy @OptaSTATS and @EliasSports.
- Reds baserunners in 65 attempts have scored 64 runs from second base on singles…both lead the Major Leagues.
- 10 Reds players have made Major League debuts this season (RHP Casey Legumina, RHP Levi Stoudt, IF Matt McLain, LHP Brandon Williamson, RHP Eduardo Salazar, OF TJ Hopkins, LHP Andrew Abbott, IF Elly De La Cruz, RHP Ricky Karcher, RHP Randy Wynne)…13 rookies played in at least 1 game for the Reds.
- The starting time for the Reds’ game on Fri vs SD has been changed to 5:10 p.m. ET (from 7:10) to help alleviate the congestion anticipated from the crowd of approximately 100,000 expected to attend events on the riverfront, including a sold-out concert by superstar entertainer Taylor Swift.
Tonight’s Pitcher – #55 Brandon Williamson, LHP
- Tonight is making his eighth Major League appearance and start.
- Didn’t issue a walk in either of his last 2 starts or in any of his last 10.0 innings.
- On 5/16 at Col, became only the 10th visiting pitcher to make his Major League debut with a start at Coors Field, the first since Hou’s José Urquidy on 7/2/19.
- Became only the fourth Reds pitcher to make his Major League debut with at least 5.2 innings, 2 hits or fewer allowed and at least 6 strikeouts, joining Tom Carroll (7/7/1974 vs StL, 7ip, 2h, 6k), Mo Sanford (8/9/1991 at SD, 7ip, 2h, 8k) and Johnny Cueto (4/3/2008 vs Ari, 7ip, 1h, 10k).
- Became only the fourth Reds pitcher in the expansion era (since 1961) to retire at least 14 consecutive batters in his Major League debut, joining Wayne Simpson (16, 4/9/1970 at LAD), Rob Bell (16, 4/8/2000 vs Cubs) and Johnny Cueto (15, 4/3/2008 vs Ari).
BALTIMORE ORIOLES NOTES:
No team release available.
