The Cubs and Reds normally would have played quite a bit at this stage of the season, but after 71 regular-season games, these division rivals have met just six times.
So I asked Wick Terrell, manager of our SB Nation Reds site Red Reporter, to update us on his team.
Through Wednesday’s game against the Detroit Tigers, the Cincinnati Reds sit 7-4 over their previous 11 games, and for seemingly the first time in an epoch, they’ve got their starting pitching to thank.
Sal Romano and Tyler Mahle have both strung together a series of solid starts, with the former having allowed just 1 ER in his last pair of starts (15u2153 IP) while the latter has allowed just 2 ER in the month of June (3 GS, 16u2153 IP).