Reds shut out 5-0 in San Francisco
Chase Burns was rocked for five runs in under four innings as the Reds fell 5-0 to the Giants, their fourth loss in five games at 62-70.
Burns rocked for five in San Francisco
Giants0-5The Reds were shut out 5-0 by the San Francisco Giants on August 24, dropping them to 62-70 and 1-4 in their last five games. Chase Burns took the loss, allowing 5 earned runs on 9 hits in just 3.2 innings with 5 strikeouts and a walk.
It was the second time in five games Cincinnati failed to score at all, following an 0-9 defeat in Arizona on August 21. In between, the Reds beat the Diamondbacks 11-5 on August 22 before losing 5-3 the next day, a stretch that has left the club nine games back in the NL Wild Card race with an elimination number of 12.
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Manager Terry Francona said Monday that Michael Toglia will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, Charlie Goldsmith of Fox 19 Now Cincinnati reported August 24. Toglia had been on the 10-day IL.
The Reds had selected Toglia on August 11, per MLB Trade Rumors, meaning his stint on the roster lasted less than two weeks before the shoulder injury ended his year.
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The Reds are in San Francisco tonight, with Brady Singer (5-11, 4.72 ERA) opposing Adrian Houser (4-7, 4.08 ERA). Singer's last start came August 20 against St. Louis, a no-decision in which he allowed 4 earned runs on 5 hits over 6 innings with 3 strikeouts. Houser was sharper in his last outing August 12 against Houston, going 6 scoreless innings on 2 hits with 5 strikeouts, also a no-decision.
San Francisco is favored, and the market expects a low-scoring game, a read that lines up with Houser's recent form even against a Reds offense that has managed just one multi-run game in its last five. Cincinnati will need Singer to hold up better than he did against the Cardinals for that number to be wrong.