Padres shut out Reds 5-0 as umpire exits with heat exhaustion
A shutout loss to San Diego, delayed when an umpire left with heat exhaustion, capped a wild week that saw Cincinnati out-homer the Cubs twice — and Tuesday offers an immediate shot to answer back.
Manny Gonzalez's heat exhaustion delays a shutout
The Reds were shut out 5-0 by the Padres at Great American Ball Park, in a game delayed almost 15 minutes when umpire Manny Gonzalez left with heat exhaustion, according to JomboyMedia. He was treated for elevated blood pressure and dehydration and returned to normal before the game resumed.
Padres0-5Brady Singer took the loss, allowing 4 earned runs on 10 hits over 4.1 innings while striking out 5 and walking none. Julian Garcia was the one bright spot out of the bullpen, working 1.2 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts and no walks.
The loss leaves Cincinnati 3-2 in its last 5 games, a stretch that also included a 10-9 win over the San Francisco Giants on August 26 and a split three-game series in Chicago — a 10-8 win, a 17-5 loss, and a 7-5 win over the Cubs.
Eric Hubbs falls for Luis Garcia Jr.
Barstool's Eric Hubbs has been the loudest voice on the Reds this week. After Luis Garcia Jr. came through with the bases loaded and nobody out on August 29, Hubbs wrote that he wasn't sure he wanted 'anyone else up more right now,' pointing to Garcia's knack for putting the ball in play and hustling to avoid the double play. He followed it a day later writing that his 'love for Luis Garcia Jr. grows by the second.'
The network also caught the Reds' power surge in Chicago. @StoolBaseball posted as Cincinnati hit its third home run in an August 30 game against the Cubs, having flagged two nights earlier when a Reds home run tied the score.
Barstool Bush's own coverage of that series wasn't as kind: the site's writeup of Pete Crow-Armstrong's three-homer game framed it as the Cubs turning the Reds series into an MVP argument — a reminder that the week in Chicago cut both ways.
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The Reds host the Padres tonight, with Nick Lodolo on the mound against Randy Vásquez. Lodolo is 3-3 with a 5.24 ERA and has struggled to work deep into starts, going just 4.0 innings and allowing 4 earned runs in a no-decision against the Giants on August 26. Vásquez, 10-6 with a 4.02 ERA, is in far better form: he beat the Pirates on August 26 with 5.0 shutout innings, allowing just 1 hit and 2 walks while striking out 2 over 68 pitches.
San Diego is favored, and the total points to a high-scoring night, which tracks with both rotations' recent form — Lodolo has had trouble missing bats deep into starts, and the Reds' bullpen is coming off a shutout of its own. For that total to hit, the offense that hit 3 home runs in Chicago last week needs to show up again against a Padres club that just blanked it.