When Reds manager Jim Riggleman came out to get Robert Stephenson, there was no dialogue between the two. But the message was loud and clear:
Throw strikes, kid, or this isn't going to work out.
Stephenson went 1 u2154 innings and allowed two runs on two hits in the Reds' 4-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians Wednesday night before a crowd of 17,275 at Great American Ball Park.
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Stephenson walked four and struck out two.