Mike Minor has been on the IL since Spring Training and, after a setback, he finally made his Reds’ debut tonight against the Washington Nationals. Unfortunately for the Reds, that did not go as well as we all hoped. He allowed 5 runs on 6 hits in 4 innings of work with no walks and 4 strikeouts.
The Reds, as they did yesterday, got on the board in the bottom of the first inning on a 2-run home run by Tommy Pham that went in and out of the glove of Nationals’ center fielder Anthony Robles. That lead didn’t last long, because a slew of base hits and home runs saw the Nationals up 5-2 by the end of the 3rd inning.