The Reds will pay tribute to Pete Rose
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The Cincinnati Reds will honor Pete Rose during Wednesday night's game with a later start time. Here's when they play.
The Cincinnati Reds host the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a 3-game set on Pete Rose Night Wednesday at Great American Ball Park.
Andrew Abbott added seven strikeouts to his season total against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, helping the Cincinnati Reds lefty further improve his K%.
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It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series. It’s been more than 35 years since Pete Rose suffered the same fate after betting on the sport as a player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1980s.
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Take last night, for instance. The Reds, according to the box score, got smoked late by a terrible Chicago White Sox club and lost yet another home game - this time by the score of 5-1. The box score is ugly, aside from Andrew Abbott’s rock solid start and a 2-hit night from Elly De La Cruz that featured the below dinger:
Another key player injured during another difficult loss in extra innings? Seems like the Reds brought their troubles from their last road trip home with them while playing the White Sox on Tuesday. I
Cincinnati Reds top prospect Chase Burns climbed 12 spots to No. 11 in MLB Pipeline's new top 100 rankings. In his first three starts for the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts, Burns has posted a 1.93 ERA with 21 strikeouts and just two walks in 14 innings.
Think about Tuesday night alone. Elly De La Cruz hits a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth. Finally, Elly gets a clutch hit. The Reds' biggest superstar gets the biggest hit of the game, but it could have been a walk-off home run had the same base running mistakes we've seen all season not occurred again on Tuesday night.