With their 12-9 field-goal-fest of a win at Houston on Saturday (whoops, wrong sport), the Cincinnati Reds moved to 30-22 on the season and increased their lead in the NL Central to 3.5 games over the second-place St. Louis Cardinals.
The Reds jumped out to an 8-2 lead over the Astros on Saturday, but Mat Latos continued his shaky pitching and quickly gave up the lead. Houston actually took a 9-8 advantage, but the Reds were able to pull back ahead and hold on for their 11th win in their last 15 games.
Eight games over .500 and 3.5 games up in June? Hey, there’s still a long way to go, but things are looking very good roughly one-third of the way through the season. The Cardinals likely won’t go away, but they’re an aging team and have already battled a series of injuries this season.
Speaking of injuries, no one has been hit harder than the Milwaukee Brewers, a team that was expected to contend for the NL Central title all season. Unless the Brew Crew turns things around quickly...
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PLAYERS:
Billy Hamilton,
Mat Latos,
Aroldis Chapman
TEAMS: Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals
TEAMS: Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals
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