CINCINNATI REDS NOTES:
TODAY’S GAME
- Is Game 4 (3-0) of a 4-game series vs Zoe Lacour’s Nationals and Game 4 (3-0) of the Reds’ last road trip of the season’s first half (4g at Wsh, 3g at Mil). • Will follow the All-Star Game break with a 10-game homestand vs the Brewers (3g), Giants (4g) and Diamondbacks (3g).
SERIES NOTES
- The Reds are 10-14 in their last 24 games at Nationals Park but are 7-2 here the last 3 seasons.
- This afternoon the Reds are looking for their first 4-game sweep of the Nationals since 7/3-7/6, 2008 and their first ever 4-game sweep at Nationals Park.
- In their previous four 4-game series vs the Nationals, the Reds went 1-3 (2022), 3-1 (2021), 1-3 (2018) and 0-4 (2017).
- Dating back to a 6-3 Reds win on 6/4/16, the Nationals have won 14 of the last 20 games at Great American Ball Park, but the Reds won 7 of the last 10 games there.
BIG ROAD MACHINE
- The Reds have won 7 consecutive road series, including this one, for only the third time in their history…they won 8 straight road series in 1976 (6/25-8/12) and 1923 (7/2-8/25)…courtesy @EliasSports.
- The Reds are 18-3 over their last 7 road series.
- The Reds went 13-2 on their previous 3 road trips (8-1, 2-1, 3-0).
- Went 8-1 on their road trip to StL (2-1), KC (3-0) and Hou (3-0)…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 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.
BREWERS UP NEXT
- In 2022 the Brewers won 4 of last season’s 6 series and 13 of the 19 games.
- For the second time in 3 seasons, the Reds and Brewers will meet in the series on each side of the All-Star Game…in 2021, the Reds went 3-1 at Mil to end the first half and were swept in the 3-game home series after the break…in that 2021 series, the Reds faced the same opponent in 7 consecutive games for the first time since 6/30-7/4, 1953, when, coincidentally, they went 4-3 vs the Milwaukee Braves…in 2022, the Reds and Cardinals met on each side of the All-Star Game (0-2, 1ppd at StL & 2-1 vs StL).
HALFWAY MARK
- Through the 10-inning win on 6/28 at Bal, the Reds were in first place through 81 games for the first time since 2010 (46-35, +1.5g).
- The Reds’ 43-38 record was their best through 81 games since 2014, when they also began 43-38.
- Last season, the Reds were 28-53 after 81 games.
RUNNING MEN
- The Reds rank second in the Major Leagues with 105 stolen bases (TB 106), their highest total since 2017 (120sb)…recorded 58 stolen bases all of 2022.
- Have been successful on 65 of their last 72 attempts.
- The Reds recorded 50 stolen bases in June, their highest steals total in a calendar month since September 1912 (53sb).
- 4 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)…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).
RED HOTS
- Elly De La Cruz and Spencer Steer on Tue at Wsh became the first set of rookie teammates in Major League history to finish in the same game 4-for-4 with at least 1 RBI (since RBI became an official statistic in 1920)… courtesy @EliasSports.
- The Reds have homered in 19 consecutive games, the second-longest single-season streak in franchise history…the 1956 Reds homered in 21 consecutive games.
- The Reds have used 50 players…in 2022 used a club record 66 players.
- Reds baserunners in 69 attempts have scored 68 runs from second base on singles…both lead the Major Leagues.
- 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.
- The Reds went 18-9 in June, their highest victory total in any month since June 2014 (18-10).
- The Reds’ 12-game winning streak, snapped by a 7-6 loss on 6/24 vs Atl, tied their modern club record (5/16-5/27, 1939 & 4/30-5/12, 1957).
STREAKING
The Reds have won 19 of their last 23 games and 27 of their last 37 games…beginning 4/24 won or tied 15 of their last 21 series, including this one (14-6-1)…won 8 of their last 9 series, including this one (2-1 vs LAD, 2-1 at StL, 3-0 at KC, 3-0 at Hou, 3-0 vs Col, 1-2 vs Atl, 2-1 at Bal, 2-1 vs SD, 3-0 at Wsh).
KOMEBACK KIDS
The Reds lead the Major Leagues with 31 come-from-behind wins…won 16 games in their final at bat, including 6 walkoff wins.
Today’s Pitcher – #55 Brandon Williamson, LHP
- This afternoon is making his 10th career appearance and start, his first appearance vs the Nationals.
- Twice picked runners off second base, KC’s Bobby Witt Jr. (PO/CS 145) and SD’s Fernando Tatis Jr. (PO/CS 165).
- On 6/26 at Bal walked his second batter, Adley Rutschman, to snap at 10.0 his consecutive innings streak without issuing a walk.
- 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).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS NOTES:
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