During spring training, Dan Straily wasn’t sure where his career was headed after he was traded by one team and placed on waivers by another.
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“I didn’t know where I was going to be”, Straily said. Upon once again being promoted by the Marlins, Urena will start for Miami on Tuesday evening against the Cincinnati Reds. Prado finished the game 6 for 12 in the series. Depending on how he feels, the next step would be a bullpen on Tuesday, Mattingly said. “He’s not the only guy who hasn’t backed up a base for us this year”.
Cincy has been an interesting team to watch this season as they weren’t expected to do a whole lot this season but they are starting to play well now that most of their big pieces are on to greener pastures. Fernandez lasted a season low 4 innings while striking out 6.
“From there, things got better”, Fernandez said. He was behind the plate when Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the second inning to lead Cincinnati to a 5-4 victory over the Miami Marlins. He allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings with no walks and six strikeouts. He struck out seven and did not walk a batter.
SERIES-OUS: Miami’s Martin Prado singled in his first at-bat to improve to 6 for 10 in the series.
Raisel Iglesias, whom the Reds want to look at as their future closer, pitched a ideal ninth for his second save of the season and his career. An inability to win games when Fernandez is on the mound will make it impossible. Yes, the Marlins are likely to be without Home Run Derby champion Giancarlos Stanton for the rest of the season after the slugger suffered a Grade 3 groin strain this past weekend, but that doesn’t mean hopes for the franchise’s first postseason berth since the World Series championship season of 2003 are kaput.
“That set a tone for us to get ahead of one of baseball’s better starters”, Price said.
Scott Schebler had three hits and Joey Votto a sacrifice fly as the Reds beat the Miami for the first time in five tries this season.
“He was more aggressive”, manager Don Mattingly said. “He looked like a million bucks, but we got the barrel on the ball”.
In the third, Billy Hamilton singled and later scored on a throwing error. Eugenio Suarez’s RBI double made the score 5-0. This season Fernandez is averaging a league leading 12.9 strikeouts per 9 innings of work. Mattingly expects RHP Jose Fernandez, who skipped his last turn in the rotation, to not miss another start if healthy. Miami would like to keep him around the 180 mark. “After that, I was doing better”. “I had to fight for each out. There were just a few games that I didn’t”.
The 24-year-old is on the verge of his first 200-strikeout season with 198 in 137 2/3 total innings. He trails Kevin Brown (205, 1997) and record-holder Ryan Dempster (209, 2000).
FINALLY: Ichiro Suzuki’s ninth-inning leadoff triple was his first hit in 11 at-bats at Great American Ball Park, giving him at least one hit in every existing major league stadium.
Marlins RHP A.J. Ramos remains on track to be reinstated from the disabled list on Sunday provided he gets through his simulated game on Friday without issue.
Two pitches later, on a fastball up and in, Tucker Barnhart launched a grand slam into the mostly empty seats in right-center field.
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The Reds sat shortstop Zack Cozart and second baseman Brandon Phillips in Monday’s (6-3) loss to the Marlins. He did not play on Thursday.
