ARIZONA DIAONDBACKS NOTES:
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CINCINNATI REDS NOTES:
TODAY’S GAME
- Is Game 3 (2-0) of a 3-game series vs Barry Bloom’s Diamondbacks and the final game (4-5) of a 10-game homestand (0-3 vs Mil, 2-2 vs SF, 2-0 vs Ari).
- Will follow this series with an 11-day, 10-game road trip (3g at Mil, off day & 3g at LAD, 4g at Chc)…won 7 of their last 8 road series.
SERIES NOTES
- In 2022, the Reds earned a 4-3 season series win vs Ari, including a 2-2 series split at Great American Ball Park.
- The Reds are 8-6 in their last 14 games at Chase Field.
- The Reds are 36-21 at Ari with the ballpark roof closed and 7-13 with the roof open…Cin won its first 7 games there until a 9-6 loss on 7/1/00.
BREWERS UP NEXT
- The Brewers won each of this season’s first 3 series (3-1 at Cin, 2-1 at Mil, 3-0 at Cin).
- The Reds have won 11 of the last 21 games and 13 of the last 24 games at AFF.
- In the last game of the season’s first half and first game after the break, for the first time in franchise history the Brewers played consecutive games that resulted in 1-0 wins.
- From 7/9-7/7/16 Brewers pitchers held Reds batters scoreless for 28 consecutive innings, the Reds’ longest drought since they went 30 innings without a run from 4/2-4/6, 2019.
- For the second time in 3 seasons, the Reds and Brewers met in the series on each side of the All-Star Game
IT’S GETTING LATE
- For the second consecutive day, the Reds are within 1.5 games of the first-place Brewers…haven’t been in first place this late in a full season since the end of the 2012 season, when they most recently won the Central Division (97-65, +9.0).
- Last season, the Reds were 39-61 after 100 games and 40-61 after 101g.
RUNNING MEN
- The Reds lead the Major League lead with 117 stolen bases…is the Reds’ highest total since 2017 (120sb)…recorded 58 stolen bases all of 2022…
are trying to lead the National League in stolen bases for the first time since 2015 (134sb). - With Elvis Peguero pitching, Elly De La Cruz on 7/8 at Mil became only the fourth Reds batter ever to steal second, third and home in the same inning (Hans Lobert 9/27/1908, Dode Paskert 5/23/1910, Greasy Neale 8/15/1919)…became the first Major League batter to steal second, third and home in the same inning since Mia’s Jon Berti did it on 8/25/2020 at NYM…became the first Reds batter with a straight steal of home since Brandon Phillips did it on 7/10/2009 at NYM.
- The Reds recorded 50 stolen bases in June, their highest steals total in a calendar month since September 1912 (53sb).
- 5 times this season recorded at least 5 stolen bases in a game (6sb on 6/2 vs Mil, 9sb on 6/3 vs Mil, 5sb on 6/25 at Bal, 6sb on Tue at Wsh, 5sb on 7/8 at Mil)…prior to 6/2, the Reds hadn’t recorded 5 stolen bases in a game since 4/10/17 at Pit.
- Their 9 stolen bases on 6/3 vs Mil (Jake Fraley 3, Spencer Steer 2, Jonathan India 2, Will Benson, Stuart Fairchild) was their highest single-game total since 5/30/1976 vs LAD (9sb)…the Reds’ single-game record since 1900 for stolen bases in a game remains 10 (5/29/1913 at StL).
BIG ROAD MACHINE
- The Brewers’ 2-1 series win to end the season’s first half snapped a streak in which the Reds won 7 consecutive road series…won 7 straight road series for only the third time in their history…won 8 straight road series in 1976 (6/25-8/12) and 1923 (7/2-8/25).
- Beginning 5/26, the Reds are 20-5 over their last 4 road trips covering 8 road series.
- The Reds’ 27 road wins (27-20) was their highest total prior to the All-Star Game break since 1999 (29-13).
- Went 8-1 on their road trip to StL (2-1), KC (3-0) and Hou (3-0)…for only the second time ever, 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).
- The 10-3 loss on 6/26 at Bal snapped the Reds’ 8-game road winning streak, tied for the second-longest streak in the Major Leagues this season.
RED HOTS
- The Reds’ 12-game winning streak from 6/10-6/23 tied their modern club record (5/16-5/27, 1939 & 4/30-5/12, 1957).
- From 6/14-7/8 Reds batters established a new franchise record for consecutive games with at least 1 home run (22g, 45hr), a streak snapped in the 1-0 loss at Mil in the final game heading into the All-Star Game break…the 1956 Reds held the team record by homering in 21 consecutive games.
- Reds baserunners in 72 attempts have scored an MLB-most 70 runs from second base on singles.
- 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.
Today’s Pitcher – #34 Luke Weaver, RHP
- This afternoon is making his fourth career appearance and third start vs his former team…for Ari from 2019-2022, went 9-19, 4.72 in 38 starts and 11 relief apps.
- Left his most recent start, on Tue vs SF, after he was hit by a Michael Conforto line drive off the back of his left elbow…x-rays were negative.
- Has been charged with 2 pitch timer violations, on 5/31 at Bos (Masataka Yoshida) and 6/18 at Hou (Cory Julks).
- In the 4-3 loss on 4/20 at Pit, came off the 15-day injured list to make his 2023 season and Reds debuts…in the first inning allowed all 4 runs on 3 hits, including 2-out, back-to-back home runs by Connor Joe (3-run) and Jack Suwinski (solo)…in his last 5.0 innings faced only 16 batters and retired his last 10 batters…Joe’s 3-run HR snapped Weaver’s career-high 29.0-inning homerless streak (24g) dating back to his only start of 2022 (6/18/22 vs Min, Gary Sánchez).
