CINCINNATI -- When the Reds made the recent callups of starting pitchers Robert Stephenson and Cody Reed from Triple-A Louisville -- Stephenson for the rotation and Reed for the bullpen -- the moves were made to give each pitcher an extended chance to show what he can do.
On Wednesday, during a 4-3 Reds loss to the Indians at Great American Ball Park that sealed a three-game series sweep and their fourth consecutive defeat, although he gave up the deciding run on Melky Cabrera's two-run homer in the sixth, Reed made the most of his chance by bailing out Stephenson with 3 2/3 innings of solid work.