Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo is predicted to return off paternity go away on Monday evening when Cincinnati visits the Miami Marlins to start out a three-game sequence.
Lodolo (2-1, 2.31 ERA) is off to a terrific begin, having allowed simply six earned runs in 4 begins this season. His Miami counterpart, right-hander Max Meyer (1-2, 2.63 ERA), can sympathize. He has surrendered simply seven earned runs in his 4 outings.
Each pitchers had been top-10 picks: Lodolo seventh general in 2019 and Meyer third general in 2020.
In the meantime, every workforce is coming off an enormous win, both by the ultimate rating or by the drama concerned.
The Reds pounded the host Baltimore Orioles 24-2 as Cincinnati’s bottom-of-the-order hitters went wild.
Eighth-place hitter Noelvi Marte, a current call-up who was taking part in in simply his sixth recreation this season, went 5-for-7 with seven RBIs, together with a grand slam. Backup catcher Austin Wynns, batting ninth, went 6-for-7 with a house run and 6 RBIs.
Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati’s star shortstop, additionally had a memorable recreation. He homered, stole a base and made a spectacular diving catch, flying a number of yards to the opposite facet of second base to snare the road drive simply above head-high.
Reds supervisor Terry Francona, who received two World Sequence titles with Boston, was requested previous to Sunday’s recreation if he was involved about Cincinnati’s offense.
In spite of everything, earlier this season, the Reds went scoreless for 35 consecutive innings earlier this month. They misplaced three straight video games 1-0 alongside the best way.
“They’re good gamers — they’ll get scorching,” Francona stated. “There’s some observe document there.”
Whereas the Reds had been blasting Baltimore, the Marlins snapped a five-game dropping streak by rallying to defeat host Philadelphia 7-6 in 10 innings.
Miami rallied from a 4-1 deficit after six innings as rookie left fielder Javier Sanoja made a diving catch within the backside of the ninth after going 3-for-4 with 5 RBIs, together with his first homer within the majors. The three-run blast put the Marins forward 5-4 within the seventh.
Sanoja, who obtained the beginning after left fielder Griffin Conine dislocated his shoulder on Saturday, referred to as the house run an “unforgettable second.”
Lodolo, 27, has struggled with accidents since his faculty days at Texas Christian.
Final season, for instance, he landed on the injured checklist 4 occasions however nonetheless managed to submit profession highs in begins (21), wins (9) and innings (115 1/3).
He was supposed to start out Sunday at Baltimore earlier than shifting his slot again because of the impending delivery of his first youngster. Whereas he missed the outpouring of run assist, Lodolo has fared nicely in opposition to Miami.
In three profession begins versus the Marlins, he’s 2-0 with a 2.16 ERA. A kind of outings got here in Miami final Aug. 6, when he obtained the win by giving up two runs on two hits and three walks with seven strikeouts.
Meyer, a 26-year-old out of the College of Minnesota, made his main league debut with a pair of begins in 2022, however he missed all the 2023 season following elbow surgical procedure.
Final season, Meyer made 11 begins, going 3-5 with a 5.68 ERA.
Meyer has been a lot better this yr in his 4 begins, hanging out 27 batters in 24 innings.
In a single profession begin in opposition to the Reds, he’s 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA, having given up six runs in 4 innings in the identical recreation Lodolo began final season. However with a mid-90s fastball and a wipeout slider, Meyer is hoping for a lot better outcomes on Monday.
–Area Stage Media
