SAN DIEGO PADRES NOTES:
Padres break 6-game losing streak with 12-5 win over the Reds
- The Padres plated 4 runs in the 6th and 5 in the 7th and saw home runs from Manny Machado (2 HR) and Juan Soto… Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled, and Trent Grisham tripled…Soto finished with his season-high-tying 4 RBI, and both Tatis and Machado had 3 RBI apiece.
- Padre batters went 5-for-9 with RISP, and their 12 runs plated were their 3rd most in a game this season.
- On his 32nd birthday starter Michael Wacha got the win and went 5.0 innings with 1 run allowed on 5 hits with 4 SO and 2 BB…Nelson Cruz also celebrated his birthday yesterday (turned 43), and he went 2-for-5, becoming the 1st 43-yearold to log a hit since Ichiro Suzuki in 2017.
Friars look to take series in today’s rubber game
- While the Padres have lost 9 of their last 12 games, they snapped their season-long 6-game skid yesterday afternoon and have a chance to take the series over the Reds today…a win today would be their 1st since taking 2 of 3 over the Rays from June 16-18 (was also a rubber match win).
- The Padres have yet to have a winning streak of longer than 3 games so far, and they have yet to sweep a team in a series longer than 2 games…San Diego hasn’t been at .500 since May 11 (19-19).
Padres’ ‘pen
- In the last 7 games that included SD’s 6-game skid, Padres relievers were needed worked at least 4.0 innings in 5 of those game…in that time since June 24, the San Diego ‘pen has a 6.00 ERA (18 ER, 27.0 IP) with a .308 opponent average…the .308 opponent clip since then is the 4th highest in MLB.
- Prior to the start of June, the Padres bullpen had worked the 5th fewest innings of any team in their 55 games (189.0) and had the best ERA (3.33) and opponent average (.221) of any National League team…since June 1st, however, they have a 4.07 ERA (15th in MLB) and a .243 opponent AVG (also 15th)…in those 28 games, they’ve thrown 101.2 innings, the 10th most in baseball.
- The San Diego bullpen has received the 3rd fewest runs of support of any club in baseball at 114 runs (3.53 runs per game on average)…the Reds ‘pen, meanwhile, have received the 2nd most runs of support in MLB at 185 (5.01 R/G), trailing just the Giants’ 189 runs of support for their relievers.
San Diego batters look to show their resiliency
- San Diego batters have hit just .213 when they’re trailing in the game, the 3rd lowest clip of any team when they’re behind (ahead of just the Pirates’ .211 and Brewers’ .198).
Padres 86 extra-base hits off southpaws ties for MLB lead
- The Padres hit a 34 homer runs off left-handed pitchers this year, the 4th most in the Majors…their 86 extra-base hits vs. LHP overall rank tied with the Phillies for the most of any team in the big leagues.
- The Friars are over .500 this year (15-14) when facing a lefty starter and they’re just 23-31 when facing a right-handed starter.
CINCINNATI REDS NOTES:
TRANSACTIONS
- Today the Reds returned from a rehab assignment and reinstated from the 15-day injured list RHP Derek Law (#47, right elbow flexor mass strain)… recalled from Louisville OF Stuart Fairchild (#17)…optioned to Louisville RHP Eduardo Salazar…designated for assignment RHP Alec Mills.
TODAY’S GAME
- Is Game 3 (1-1) of the Reds’ last home series of the first half.
- Beginning tomorrow night, the Reds head into the All-Star Game break with a 7-game road trip to Wsh (4g) and Mil (3g).
- The Reds are coming off a brief 2-1 road trip and series win at Bal’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
- Mon’s 10-3 loss to the Orioles snapped the Reds’ 8-game road winning streak, tied for the second-longest streak in the Major Leagues this season.
SERIES NOTES
- The Padres won 9 of the last 11 games vs the Reds, including all 6 games in 2022, and 15 of the last 18 games overall.
- The Reds’ 10-inning, 2-1 win on 5/2 at SD snapped their 7-game losing streak vs the Padres…was the Reds’ first win vs SD since their final meeting of the 2021 season, a 5-4 win on 7/1 at GABP.
- On their most recent homestand, the Reds went 4-2 vs the Rockies (3-0) and first-place Braves (1-2)…Sat’s 7-6 loss vs Atl snapped the Reds’ historic 12-game winning streak…the Braves won 2 of 3 games last weekend to snap the Reds’ 5-series winning streak.
- The attendance for last weekend’s 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.
HALFWAY HOME
- Through Wed night’s 10-inning win 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 94 stolen bases (TB 103), their highest total since 2017 (120sb)…recorded 58 stolen bases all of 2022.
- Have been successful on 54 of their last 60 attempts.
- The Reds recorded 50 stolen bases in June, their highest steals total in a calendar month since September 1912 (53sb).
- 3 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 Wed at Bal)…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
- The Reds went 18-9 in June, their highest victory total in any month since June 2014 (18-10).
- 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.
- 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).
- Reds baserunners in 68 attempts have scored 67 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.
BIG ROAD MACHINE
- The Reds went 10-2 on their previous 2 road trips (8-1, 2-1).
- 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 Reds have won 6 straight road series (3-0 at Cubs, 2-1 at Bos, 2-1 at StL, 3-0 at KC, 3-0 at Hou, 2-1 at Bal) for the first time 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)…haven’t won more than 6 consecutive road series since an 8-game road series winning streak from 6/25-8/12, 1976.
Today’s Pitcher – #41 Andrew Abbott, LHP
- This afternoon is making his sixth Major League appearance and start.
- In Tue’s 3-1 win at Bal allowed only 2 singles and a sacrifice fly…retired his last 7 batters and 12 of his last 13 batters.
- In his first 5 career apps has stopped Reds team losing streaks of 4, 2 and 3 games.
- Is 1 of only 4 Reds pitchers since 1893, when the mound was moved to its current distance, to begin his career with 4 or 5 wins without a loss in his first 5 career starts (Mel D. Queen, 4-0 in 1967; Pat Zachry, 4-0 in 1976; Santo Alcala, 5-0 in 1976)…courtesy @EliasSports.
- Since 1912, when earned runs became an official statistic in the National League, his 1.21 ERA is the second-lowest by a Reds pitcher after 5 career starts (LHP Tom Browning, 1.14, 1984-85).
- Since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893, is the only Major League pitcher to begin his career with 3 consecutive scoreless starts of at least 5.0 innings…@EliasSports.
- Began his career with 17.2 scoreless innings, a new club record since 1893, until Col’s Brenton Doyle hit a leadoff HR in Abbott’s fourth start…the previous team record was held Wayne Simpson, who in 1970 began his Major League career with 15.0 scoreless innings.
