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Not much positive to say about this game other than the coincidence of a football-like score on the night that college football season started. Sloppy defense, poor pitching and unlucky hits going against you. And when your batting order goes like this …
- Rookie
- Cast-off
- Tired Suarez
- Rookie
- Tucker Barnhart
- Cast-off
- Cast-off
- Rookie
- Pitcher with 2 hits
… you run the risk of getting shut down. It’s not that all those players are bad or can’t hit. They’ve all had their moments for the Reds. But without Jesse Winker, Nick Senzel and Joey Votto in there, the odds of a team misfire increase. That’s what happened last night and tonight. A Reds pitcher who hadn’t nary a hit this season was the offensive leader.
To make matters worse, the Reds hit only two balls with an exit velocity more than 100 mph and they both went for outs. Aristides Aquino hit into a double play on a 104.4 mph grounder. It was that kind of night.
[Graphic: Baseball Savant]
Reds Most Valuable Players
- Alex Wood (batting) .049 WPA | 2 singles
Reds Least Valuable Players
- Phillip Ervin (-.113 WPA)
- Lucas Sims (-.088 WPA)
- Josh VanMeter (-.085 WPA)
Play of the Game
- Derek Dietrich .041 WPA | Bases-empty walk
- Alex Wood .035 | single
Hardest-Hit Balls
- Aristides Aquino (104.4 mph) grounded into double play
- Freddy Galvis (100.3 mph) groundout
- Josh VanMeter (99.8 mph) line out
Luckiest Hit of the Day
- Jose Iglesias (19% hit probability) single
Unluckiest Out of the Day
- Aristides Aquino (104.4 mph) ground into double play
- Josh VanMeter (99.8 mph) line out
Highest Pitch Velocities by Pitcher
- Kevin Gausman (96.6 mph)
- Joe Kuhnel (96.5 mph)
- Lucas Sims (93.9 mph)
- R.J. Alaniz (93.5 mph)
- Alex Wood (90.7 mph)
