Red’s left -hander Nick Lodolo is expected to come from paternity leave on Monday night when Cincinnati visits Miami Marlins to start a series of three games.
Lodolo (2-1, 2.31 era) has a good start, after allowing only six earned runs in four starts this season. His Miami Motianity, right hand Max Meyer (1-2, 2.63 era), can sympathize. He has handed only seven earned runs in his four excursions.
Both jugs were top-10 selection: Lodolo seventh in total in 2019 and Meyer third total 2020.
At the same time, each team comes from a big profit, either of the final result or of the drama involved.
The red thundered values Baltimore Orioles 24-2 when Cincinnati’s bottom-of-orders became wild.
Eighth place Hitter Noelvi Marte, a new call that played in just his sixth match this season, went 5-for-7 with seven RBI, including a Grand Slam. Backup catcher Austin Wynns, Batting Ninth, went 6-for-7 with a home run and six RBI.
Elly de la Cruz, Cincinnati’s star short stop, also had a memorable game. He hammered, stole a base and made a spectacular dive and fly several meters to the other side of the second base to snare the line drive just above the main pile.
Reds Manager Terry Francona, who won two World Series titles with Boston, was asked before Sunday’s play if he was worried about Cincinnati’s crime.
After all, earlier this season, the red speech went for 35 rounds in a row earlier this month. They dropped three straight matches 1-0 along the way.
“They are good players – they will be hot,” Francona said. “There is some track record there.”
While the red blasted Baltimore, Marlins snapped a five-game losing line by rallying to defeat the host Philadelphia 7-6 in 10 rounds.
Miami gathered from a 4-1 deficit after six rounds when beginners left Fielder Javier Sanoja made a dive catch at the bottom of the ninth after going 3-for-4 with five RBI, including his first homer in Majors. The three-run blast put Marins forward 5-4 in the seventh.
Sanoja, who started after the left -wing field Griffin Conine dislocated his shoulder on Saturday, called the home run a “unforgettable moment.”
Lodolo, 27, has been struggling with injuries since his college days at Texas Christian.
Last season, for example, he landed on the injured list four times but still managed to publish career heights in starts (21), victories (nine) and innings (115 1/3).
He would start Sunday in Baltimore before moving back his place because of the imminent birth of his first child. While missing the outflow of driving support, Lodolo has gone well against Miami.
In three career species versus marlins he is 2-0 with a 2.16 era. One of these excursions came in Miami last August, when he got the victory by giving up two runs on two hits and three walks with seven strikes.
Meyer, a 26-year-old from the University of Minnesota, made his Major League debut with a couple starts in 2022, but he missed all season in 2023 after elbow surgery.
Last season, Meyer 11 did starts and went 3-5 with a 5.68 era.
Meyer has been much better this year in his four starts and knocked out 27 battles in 24 rounds.
In a career start against the reds, he is 0-1 with a 13.50 era, after giving up six runs in four rounds in the same game that Lodolo started last season. But with a quick ball in the mid-90s and a wiped slider, Meyer hopes for much better results on Monday.
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