POSTGAME TAKEAWAYS: Cincinnati Reds Lose to Braves 4-0 to Braves in Weird Game

The Cincinnati Reds began the road trip like they finished their home stand: with a loss. They fell to the Atlanta Braves 4-0. I think they get a pass for this one though.

Sure, it was a bad night to be in the Reds lineup. They managed one single hit, while working five walks, but could do nothing with those few base runners. I’m not begrudging them this, though.

In the third inning, Tyler Callihan broke his left arm trying to catch a fly ball off the bat of Matt Olson. The ruling on the field, which was confirmed by replay, stated that because Callihan did not voluntarily transfer the ball from his glove, he did not catch it. Instead of the third out of the third inning, it became the third and fourth runs for the Braves.

There could be some analysis done on the anemic hitting by the Reds on Monday night, but I think the whole team was knocked out of the game, mentally, in the third inning. They would never admit to that, but come on. They are human, too. That sort of thing is jarring to witness for us at home, can you imagine being on the field?

I did enjoy the pitching performance by Brady Singer. He was disproportionally affected by the ruling on that play as he was charged for two earned runs, which meant he totaled four on the game. He was nails, otherwise.

We saw a legitimately impressive performance from Luis Mey in the eighth inning when he pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts on just 11 pitches.

Overall, the Reds fall to 18-18 on the season.

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The Reds will try to rebound when they play the Braves on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. ET.