Cincinnati had won four games in a row and seven of nine before dropping three of the last four games. The Reds look to turn things back around this afternoon after splitting the first two games of this 3-game series in Baltimore against the Orioles. This afternoon’s first pitch is scheduled for 1:35pm ET. This game will be available on MLB Network for those outside of the Cincinnati and Baltimore markets (available on FanDuel Sports Ohio if you are in the Cincinnati market).
Starting Lineups
Starting Pitchers
Brent Suter
We’re not going to dive much into this one. Suter is making a spot start and likely won’t go more than an inning or two before turning the game over to someone else. The Reds called up Randy Wynne, who is a starter, from Triple-A today. He will likely cover more innings than anyone else for Cincinnati on the day.
Charlie Morton
Father time catches up with everyone, eventually. Charlie Morton’s been Barry Sanders-like in his avoidance, but perhaps it’s finally happened. The beginning of 2025 has been nightmare fuel for the now 41-year-old. He’s allowed four or five runs in each of his four starts to begin the season and has an ERA of 8.84. He’s struggled to avoid walks and home runs, handing out 11 walks and hitting a batter in his 18.1 innings this season. In his last two starts he’s walked more batters than he’s struck out.
Last season with Atlanta the splits for Morton were a bit strange. Right-handed hitters hit for a higher average, made a lot more contact, and hit for a lot more power, but they rarely walked. Left-handed hitters walked a bunch against him, but didn’t make much contact, hit for much average, and only shows mediocre at best power.
2024 Splits
Split PA H 2B 3B HR BB K AVG OBP SLG RHH 320 80 18 1 14 16 63 .266 .303 .472 LHH 381 74 17 1 9 49 104 .237 .368 .385 Pitch Usage
4-seam 2-Seam Curve Slider Change Velo 93.8 93.3 80.7 88.2 87.1 Usage 33% 12% 34% 11% 10% When and Where
- Game time: 1:35pm ET
- Where: Camden Yards, Baltimore
- Watch: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, MLB Network, MLB.tv
- Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
- Forecast: 72°, partly cloudy, 0% chance of rain
News and Notes
Randy Wynne called up, Carson Spiers to the IL
The Reds have called up Wynne from Triple-A where he was scheduled to be today’s starting pitcher and placed Carson Spiers on the 15-day injured list. You can read more about Randy Wynne here from our story earlier today.
Luis Mey is still throwing hard
Yesterday against Columbus, Luis Mey struck out the first batter he faced with a 103.2 MPH fastball. Things went south after that, though.
Division Standings
Team W L GB Playoff Odds Chicago 14 9 0.0 62.8% Milwaukee 11 10 2.0 28.2% Cincinnati 10 11 3.0 13.2% St. Louis 9 12 4.0 13.7% Pittsburgh 8 14 5.5 5.8% Playoff Odds via Fangraphs
