Official Site of the Reds · Apr 26, 2016
Inability to keep foes in park smothering Reds
Neil Walker blasts a two-run shot to right-center field, giving the Mets' a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the 7th inning"We got bit by the home run bug," Reds manager Bryan Price said.
It's been a big swarm of bites for the season. Cincinnati pitchers lead the Majors with 37 homers allowed in 20 games. Twenty-seven of those homers have come over the last 11 games, since April 15.
That puts the Reds on pace to allow 299 home runs for the season, which would smash the all-time record of 241 set by the 1996 Tigers and the club record of 236 that was claimed by the 2004 Reds. Four starters that season -- Aaron Harang, Cory Lidle, Jose Acevedo and Paul Wilson -- allowed at least 24 homers each.