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The Cincinnati Reds added to their pitching depth on July 30, trading for starting pitcher Zack Littell before the trade deadline. Since the trade, Littell has been tied for the third-best trade deadline acquisition by fWAR.
Cincinnati opened the series up with a 4-1 victory over Los Angeles and that snapped the Angels' three-game home winning streak. The Reds have won back-to-back games and have improved to 6-3 over the previous nine games.
The 84-win Diamondbacks squeezed into the playoffs during the final week of the season, landing the National League's No. 6 seed, and parlayed that opportunity into a World Series berth. They were an exciting, emergent team that turned into one of baseball's great Cinderella stories. Now consider how baseball's current format abetted Arizona's run:
This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/reds as Cincinnati Reds Starting Pitcher Quietly Emerging as One of Baseball's Best Pitchers. Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Andrew Abbott is coming off one of the most impressive weeks of his young career.
Two prominent sites give the Cincinnati Reds a 33-percent chance or 11-percent chance, respectively, to make the MLB playoffs. Here's their path in.
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Yelich hits 2 HRs as MLB-best Brewers rally past Reds 10-8, tie club record with 13th straight win
Christian Yelich had two homers among his four hits and drove in five runs as the Milwaukee Brewers overcame a seven-run deficit to beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-8 for their club record-tying 13th straight victory.
The bullpen desperately needed some rest and Singer, Phillips, Mey, and Barlow helped them get an extra day's rest while also still securing a win. The Reds improved to 66-60 on the season and now sit just one game back of the New York Mets for the third and final National League Wild Card spot.
All things considered, Terry Francona probably couldn't have asked for a better start to his team's key nine-game road trip.