The Reds of Cincinnati seek to bounce back from a night of missed opportunities when they face the athletics competition in the competition in the middle of a series of three games on Saturday evening in West Sacramento, California.
Cincinnati missed the opportunity to gain ground on the New York dishes in the joker race of the National League while the Reds failed several times with the runners in a score position, going 0 for 12 during a 3-0 defeat on Friday evening.
The Reds are 1 1/2 games behind the New York Mets which have room n ° 3. The Giants of San Francisco are half a game at the rear of the dishes.
“We wanted to obtain a victory,” said the Austin Hays Reds from Reds. “We have given ourselves a good luck. We had the opportunities, we did not finish them.”
Cincinnati strikers hit 14 times and left 11 runners on the basis.
One of the many Reds opportunities took place in the eighth round when Hays took off with a single and Spencer Steer pierced a simple with two withdrawals.
Ke’bryan Hayes then struck a hard return which carved the rear leg from the top of Justin Sterner. The lifter rushed to take out the ball and first threw Hayes at the start.
“It ends up being all night when we were not successful in score positions,” deplored Terry Francona de Cincinnati. “The only time, Hayes hits the ball in the middle and he hits the guy (leg) but you have to give yourself more like that.”
The Reds were carried out on Friday by Carlos Cortes, a 28 -year -old career minor feature which was not in the original departure formation.
Tyler Soderstrom (waterproofing of the groin) was scratched, which prompted Cortes to start. Cortes struck two solo circuits.
“It seems that baseball is still rewarding the guy who goes into the alignment late,” said the director of A Mark Kotsay afterwards. “(Friday) was that evening for Carlos. Some big strikers. The kid is preparing every day.
“He does not have a ton of opportunities but the bats have always been consistent.”
Cortes had a major league Homer before the multi-homer competition on Friday. The switching launcher beats exclusively on the left side and strikes 0.328 in 67 bats over 31 games.
“It was a day cool enough to have two (circuits) in there,” said Cortes. “I’m just trying to go to everything I can get on the basis and put shopping on the board.”
Lawrence Butler struck a solo shot – her 20th season’s 20th circuit – for the race of other athletics.
The hunter of Cincinnati Greene (6-4, 2.59 ERA) and the Luis Severino of athletics (6-11, 4.67) take the mound on Saturday in a match of right-handers which were the starters of the opening day of their respective team.
Greene, 26, dominated the food by winning last Sunday. He abandoned a point and a blow (a circuit) while removing 12 in seven -rounds.
Greene withdrew 10 and granted two not deserved points and five strokes in five rounds at her sole career against the A in 2023. He received a non-decision.
Severino had a hard time, going 1-9 with an MPM of 6.34 in 13 departures.
He received a non-decision on the road against the Los Angeles Angels last Sunday. Severino granted three points and four strokes in five rounds.
Severino, 31, has a 1-0 file with an MPM of 2.49 in five career starts against the Reds.
An interesting moment in the Friday competition came at the bottom of the eighth round when the right -hander Chase Burns of the Reds and the knock Nick Kurtz of athletics clashed.
The two players played for Wake Forest last season. Burns was the second overall choice of the 2024 draft and Kurtz was the fourth.
Burns came out, but barely when Kurtz’s candidacy for a three -point circuit was caught up in the wall on the right by Will Benson of Cincinnati.
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