The Cincinnati Reds have an advantageous schedule compared to other teams in the wild-card race, but they haven’t shown they can take advantage of it.
After dropping three consecutive series, the Reds were sunk by a six-run sixth inning in their 15-5 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Friday in their series opener at Great American Ball Park in front of a crowd of 19,430. There were moments where the defense was dreadful. Vladimir Gutierrez had another poor start. The bullpen couldn’t stop the bleeding.
It was a complete clunker for a Reds team that can’t afford to lose many games against sub-.