![]() "Our pitching was unbelievable," manager David Bell said. "Unbelievable. Castillo won another battle when Ozuna flew out on the first pitch to strand two runners on base. Castillo struck out Ozuna in a 10-pitch at-bat in the first inning with a 98-mph fastball at the top of the strike zone and struck him out again in the fourth inning. Castillo appeared to smile at Acuña at the third-inning single after it whizzed past him on the mound.įollowing Acuña’s run-scoring hit in the fifth inning, the Reds intentionally walked Freddie Freeman to bring up Ozuna. He hit an infield single to short in the first inning and he golfed a changeup way below the strike zone back up the middle for a two-out single in the third inning. "It’s a really damn tough game to play from a pitch calling standpoint and I can’t even imagine how it feels from a pitching standpoint."Īcuña had three hits in three at-bats against Castillo. "Clearly, that’s the way you play the game anyway, but when you know the offense is struggling and that we’re struggling to string any at-bats together, hits together or anything positive, it feels like you can’t give up any runs. "It’s a tough game to play when you’re trying not to give up any runs," Barnhart said. Barnhart felt it was the right pitch and said it was something they talked about a lot before the game. Acuña’s hit rolled to the wall, scoring Riley without a throw to the plate.Ĭastillo shook off Barnhart once before that pitch, wanting to throw his changeup to Acuña. With Riley on first base and two outs in the fifth inning, Castillo gave up the go-ahed hit on an 87-mph slider at the bottom of the strike zone. In a pitcher’s duel between two starters that throw excellent changeups, Luis Castillo had trouble against one player: Acuña. Their pitching, I don’t want to say it was better than I thought it would be because it would be disrespectful, but they were very, very good.” I thought they were tenacious and steady. We obviously didn’t do our part offensively. "I think both starting pitchers and the bullpen showed. "I meant what I said going into the playoffs," Votto said. Other players called them “dangerous” and “scary.” With their pitching, Joey Votto called the Reds a “(bleeping) nightmare” entering the playoffs. The Reds committed nearly $150 million to add Mike Moustakas, Nick Castellanos and Shogo Akiyama. Improving the offense was the front office’s top priority last winter. 212 batting average, but they joined the 1906 Chicago White Sox (.210) and 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks (.250) as the only teams to finish with the league’s worst batting average and qualify for the playoffs. ![]() "Clearly, it sucks not scoring any runs, but losing is losing, no matter how you take it, especially at this point in the year," Barnhart said. "Obviously, we would’ve loved to get our (pitchers) some runs. In a must-win playoff game, the Reds produced a measly two hits and drew two walks against rookie right-hander Ian Anderson and Atlanta’s bullpen. The story of the Reds’ loss in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series was all their missed opportunities, stranding 13 runners on base, but they didn’t have many chances Thursday. The last player to walk away was Sonny Gray, who was scheduled to start in Game 3. When the Braves celebrated around the first-base line after the final out, several Reds players watched from their own dugout before retreating to the clubhouse. For me personally, I started thinking about why wouldn’t I score runs, why you’re not hitting base hits or whatever, why you’re not getting better at-bats to help my team score runs." "There was a little bit of pressing because you want to score runs, and you can’t score runs," Eugenio Suárez said. "You start being frustrated. The 1921 New York Giants had a 20-inning scoreless streak to begin their playoff run, according to Elias Sports Bureau, and the 2018 Atlanta Braves were shutout in their first two games. The Reds became the first team in MLB postseason history to fail to score a run in a series that lasted more than one game. It was the first time Iglesias allowed an earned run since Sept. Ozuna held a pose, taking a fake selfie, halfway down the first-base line. Ozuna's was a no-doubter as the Braves dugout erupted with cheers. ![]() Marcell Ozuna and Adam Duvall added a two-run homers to left field in the eighth inning against Reds closer Raisel Iglesias.
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