Wednesday, 3 a.m.
Not to suggest that the offense of the Cincinnati Reds is fairly impressive, but did someone just refer to them as The Medium Sized Red Machine?
For the second straight night, the Reds poured in on the Tampa Bay Rays. This time, it was 12-6. In two games, the Reds have 19 hits and 18 runs in two easy wins.
Elly de la Cruz drove in five runs and hit two homers to pace the Reds, who took a 9-0 lead in the game. The Rays managed just eight hits, giving them 14 in two nights.
the Reds took a 2-0 lead in the first on a two-run homer by de la Cruz, then added two more in the second on homrs by Ke'Bryan Hayes and Dane Myers.
The Rays got a two-run homer from Jonathan Aranda in the sixth to get on the board. They scored four in the ninth on two bases-loaded walks and a two-run double by Johnny DeLuca.
Starter Steven Matz lasted just three innings and gaive up four hits, four walks and four earned runs. The leaky bullpen gave up eight more runs.
The Rays and Reds play again today at 1:10 p.m. at Tropcana Field. Nick Martinez will start for the Rays against Brandon Williamson.