"Our infielders are taught to go get the ball until they're called off. From where I called I'm sure he didn't hear me," said Friedl, who paid for it.

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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.

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The Reds have featured some of the game's greatest players and also produced the Big Red Machine during the 1970s

The Cincinnati Reds young superstar Elly De La Cruz is making history through his first 300 games of his career. He is the first Major Leaguer since 1900 with 115 extra-base hits and 115 stolen bases through his first 300 games.

During a 2-5 road trip to Atlanta and Houston, the Cincinnati Reds bullpen pitched 30 1/3 of the staff's 61 2/3 innings, 11 2/3 of 17 the last 2 days.

Evan Longoria will re-join the Rays so that he can retire with the team where he made his name. Joey Votto should do the same.

The Cincinnati Reds fell 6-0 to the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon. They were shut out for the seventh time this season. Chase Petty gave up four runs on s