Nick Martini homered early and often as the Cincinnati Reds blanketed the Washington Nationals with a quilt of runs on Opening Day. Thanks to Martini’s pair of blasts and an excellent first outing from Frankie Montas (6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 4 K on 81 pitches), the Reds rolled their way to an 8-2 victory to begin their 2024 campaign.
Martini, tonight’s obvious Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game took former Cincinnati pitching prospect Josiah Gray deep twice, the first a 2-run blast in the Bottom of the 2nd that gave the Reds a 3-0 lead and the latter a 3-run tater in the Bottom of the 3rd that put the game on ice.