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Game 92: Reds vs. Marlins (7:10 PM ET) - Martinez vs. Perez

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Go Reds!

The Cincinnati Reds need a win in the worst possible way.

They’ve lost three in a row and five of seven overall, and another loss tonight would send them all the way back to a .500 record.

For all the optimism that was sported through the month of June, this club is stubbing its toe during one of the most pivotal stretches of their season, and they’re running out of time to convince the front office and ownership that they’re worth investing in at the trade deadline to keep the 2025 dreams alive.

Once again, they have the Miami Marlins on their plate in their home ball park. It’s time they started winning games against the teams they absolutely must beat this year to stand a chance at making the playoffs.

First pitch is set for 7:10 PM ET tonight with Nick Martinez on the bump throwing it.

Lineups below.

Today's Lineups​

Xavier Edwards - 2B	TJ Friedl - CF
Jesus Sanchez - RF	Matt McLain - 2B
Otto Lopez - SS	Elly De La Cruz - SS
Agustin Ramirez - C	Austin Hays - DH
Kyle Stowers - LF	Gavin Lux - LF
Connor Norby - 3B	Spencer Steer - 1B
Liam Hicks - 1B	Will Benson - RF
Heriberto Hernandez - DH	Jose Trevino - C
Dane Myers - CF	Noelvi Marte - 3B
Eury Perez - RHP	Nick Martinez - RHP

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Source: https://www.redreporter.com/2025/7/8/24464092/cincinnati-reds-nick-martinez-miami-marlins

 

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Game 93: Just please don’t get wrecked by the Marlins again, Reds

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Go, Reds?

Former National League Cy Young Award winner Sanday Alcantara is on the mound for the Miami Marlins tonight in Great American Ball Park as they attempt to take their third straight game off the Cincinnati Reds.

It’s been a brutal stretch for the Reds, who have now dropped four in a row overall to fall all the way back to .500.

For all the pseudo optimism there was around this club a week and a half ago when Chase Burns made his debut, we’re now talking about a club that’s 8.5 games back of its division leader, mired in 4th place within said division, 4 games back of the final NL Wild Card spot (with at least 3 teams they’ll need to jump depending on how today goes), and a blink away from literally having a losing record.

How long have we been asked to wait for a good, legit Reds team, again?

I digress.

It’s up to All-Star Andrew Abbott to help stem the tide on the mound, while the Bats, quite simply, have to wake the f&*k up.

Lineups below.

Today's Lineups​

Xavier Edwards - 2B	TJ Friedl - CF
Agustin Ramirez - DH	Matt McLain - 2B
Heriberto Hernandez - LF	Elly De La Cruz - SS
Otto Lopez - SS	Austin Hays - LF
Eric Wagaman - 1B	Gavin Lux - DH
Dane Myers - RF	Spencer Steer - 1B
Connor Norby - 3B	Tyler Stephenson - C
Derek Hill - CF	Will Benson - RF
Nick Fortes - C	Noelvi Marte - 3B
Sandy Alcantara - RHP	Andrew Abbott - LHP

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Source: https://www.redreporter.com/2025/7/9/24464803/cincinnati-reds-miami-marlins-sandy-alcantara

 

[Cincinnati Reds]

Reds win 6-0, salvage series split with Marlins

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It was bad, but it could have been much, much worse.

Things weren’t bleak bleak on Tuesday night. We’ve all witnessed the Cincinnati Reds lose a hundred games, rebuild thrice, and do everything in their power to underperform for the better part of our lives, after all.

Things were not 2022 bleak, nor were they 2015 bleak. They were, however, frustratingly bleak given the expectations placed on this year’s club, what with Terry Francona trotted in and Elly De La Cruz officially ascending into superstardom.

They’d just gotten smothered by the lowly, rebuilding Miami Marlins by the tune of 12-2, and had it done to them in their home stadium, no less. They’d lost each of the first two games of the series on a homestand that featured two of the worst clubs in the game, and they’d officially fallen all the way back to level-par - a literal .500 club.

Playing .500 ball through ~90 games would have felt like a godsend in some of those aforementioned seasons. Good lord, we have seen some shit around these parts. But for a team like this, that finally had expectations, to have slumped that low just a week or two after they’d finally played well enough to make us believe?

It really does make you weight whether it’s better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.

Anyway, these Reds have picked themselves up off the mat from Tuesday’s woes. They blasted the Marlins last night 7-2 and again this afternoon 6-0, following the lead of Nick Lodolo (6.0 scoreless IP) and Spencer Steer (dinger!) to sneak back up to 48-46 and halve the series.

On top of that, they’ve got the lowly Colorado Rockies coming to town for a three-game set this weekend, precisely the club who’s going to threaten to lose more games than any team ever has in a single season this season.

It would be preferred if things never proceeded as if they were on a roller coaster, but that’s just not the way the Baseball Gods prefer it. They’re going to reel you in, give you your lungs back, and do it all over time and time again. From Tuesday’s glumness to today’s high, it’s now feasible these Reds could enter the All-Star break five games over .500 and right back in this thing.

(If, of course, they don’t botch the series against the Rockies the way they botched the one against the Marlins.)

We’ve got a weekend of baseball left before the real baseball begins. Here’s hoping the Reds haven’t already looked too far ahead and can take care of business to - yes - send us into the break (and trade season) with more hope than we’ve had around here in years.

Source: https://www.redreporter.com/2025/7/10/24465484/cincinnati-reds-miami-marlins-recap-lodolo-steer