NOTES Great American Ball Park • 100 Joe Nuxhall Way • Cincinnati, OH 45202 • @Reds • @RedsPR • @RedlegsJapan • reds.com 11-13, HOME 7-5, ROAD 4-8 PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Friday, April 30, 2021 Fri vs Cubs: LHP Wade Miley (2-2, 2.45) vs RHP Jake Arrieta (3-2, 2.57) 700 wlw, bsoh, 7:10 Sat vs Cubs: RHP Luis Castillo (1-2, 6.29) vs RHP Zach Davies (1-2, 9.47) 700 wlw bsoh, 4:10 Great American Ball Park Sun vs Cubs: RHP Tyler Mahle (1-1, 1.75) vs RHP Trevor Williams (2-2, 4.44) 700 wlw, bsoh, 1:10 • • • • • • • • • • Monday: Off day in Cincinnati Tue vs WSox: RHP Jeff Hoffman (2-1, 3.33) vs LHP Carlos Rodón (4-0, 0.72) 700 wlw, bsoh, 6:40 CINCINNATI REDS (11-13) vs Wed vs WSox: RHP Sonny Gray (0-2, 5.93) vs RHP Dylan Cease (1-0, 2.96) 700 wlw, bsoh, mlbn, 12:35 CHICAGO CUBS (11-14) Thursday: Off day, travel to Cleveland TONIGHT'S GAME: Is Game 1 of a 3-game series vs William Nadal's LONGEST HITTING STREAKS IN 2021 REGULAR SEASON RECORD VS CUBS * Cubs and Game 1 of a 6-day, 5-game homestand that includes Mon's Jesse Winker, Cin ........ 12g ......... 4/14-4/27 Record Since 1900: .............................. 1,084-1,107 off day followed by a 2-game series vs the White Sox (2g)...the Redlegs Tommy Edman, StL ........ 12g ........... 4/4-4/17 At League Park I & II: ........................................... 9-8 are coming off a 2-4 road trip to StL (0-3) and LAD (2-1)...following this Bo Bichette, Tor .............. 11g ........... 4/3-4/14 At Palace of the Fans: ...................................... 42-66 homestand hit the road for 10 games, their longest trip of the season by Didi Gregorius, Phi ......... 11g ........... 4/1-4/13 At Crosley Field: ........................................... 342-272 game (3g at Cle, 3g at Pit, 4g at Col). Cedric Mullins, Bal .......... 11g ........... 4/2-4/13 At Riverfront/Cinergy Field: ............................ 107-89 Justin Upton, LAA ........... 11g ...... 4/12-active At Great American Ball Park: ................... 78-73 TRANSACTION: The Reds have signed to a minor league contract and At West Side Grounds: ................................... 55-118 assigned to the alternate training site ...he made all 43 LONGEST STREAKS OF 6 HITS OR FEWER, STARTERS * RHP Tim Adleman At Wrigley Field: ...................................... 451-481 of his Major League apps and 22 starts for the Reds...went over Sonny Gray ........ 47 .. 254.1ip ...... 8/25/2018 - active 9-15, 4.97 In 2020: ................................................................ 4-6 the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Dinelson Lamet .... 38 ..... 206.2 ....... 7/29/2017 - active At Great American Ball Park: ....................... 3-4 Nolan Ryan .......... 31 ..... 178ip .... 5/1/1991 - 6/1/1992 At Wrigley Field: .............................................. 1-2 Marcelino Lopez .. 30 ..... 137ip .. 9/1/1966 - 7/30/1971 SERIES NOTES: The Reds went 4-6 vs the Cubs in 2020...over the last * 1,152 - 1,178 since 1890 * Excluding “openers” 4 seasons the Cubs are 24-21 (.533) at Great American Ball Park...over 4 seasons from 2015-2018, the Cubs’ .671 winning percentage vs the 2021 SCHEDULE & RESULTS RBI BY REDS ROOKIES THROUGH APRIL Reds (51-25) was the best by any team against any division opponent... Fri, 4/30 at Cin ................. MLB Network backup, 7:10 Jonathan India .......... 14 RBI .............. 2021 Joey Votto ranks third among all active players with 37 HR and 121 RBI Sat, 5/1 at Cin ...................................................... 4:10 Joey Votto ................... 13 RBI .............. 2008 against the Cubs, trailing in both categories only Albert Pujols (57-146) Sun, 5/2 at Cin ..................................................... 1:10 Josh Hamilton ............. 13 RBI .............. 2007 and Ryan Braun (40-141). Fri, 5/28 at Chi ................ MLB Network, ESPN+, 2:20 Grady Hatton .............. 10 RBI .............. 1946 Sat, 5/29 at Chi .................................................... 2:20 Since RBI became an official statistic in 1920 RED HOTS: The Reds went 4-4 in their 8 completed series, including 3-1 Sun, 5/30 at Chi ................................................... 2:20 ML rookie record is held by José Abreu, 31 RBI in 2014 Fri, 7/2 at Cin .......................................................7:10 Courtesy @EliasSports at GABP and 1-3 on the road...have 1 series sweep win (3g vs Pit) and 2 series sweep losses (3g vs Ari, 3g at StL)...are 0-9 when recording fewer Sat, 7/3 at Cin ...................................................... 4:10 MILESTONES hits than the opponent...are 11-8 when hitting at least 1 HR, 7-3 when hitting Sun, 7/4 at Cin ..................................................... 1:10 Joey Votto ........................................... 299 HR at least 2 HR and 0-5 when they don't homer. Mon, 7/26 at Chi .................................................. 8:05 Eugenio Suárez ................................. 798 Hits Tue, 7/27 at Chi ................................................... 8:05 Tucker Barnhart ............................ 99 doubles OFFENSIVE: Reds batters lead the Major Leagues in slugging Wed, 7/28 at Chi .................................................. 8:05 Nick Castellanos * .......... 1,000th hit, Fri at StL percentage while ranking second in runs scored...lead the National Thu, 7/29 at Chi ................................................... 2:20 Tejay Antone ............. 1st ML win, Mon at LAD League in hitting while ranking third in the NL in on-base percentage... Mon, 8/16 at Cin .................................................. 7:10 Ryan Hendrix .................. ML debut, Fri at StL while jumping out to a 6-2 record, the 66 runs scored by Reds batters led Tue, 8/17 at Cin ................................................... 7:10 1st ML win, Tue at LAD the Major Leagues and was the highest total in franchise history through Wed, 8/18 at Cin ................................................ 12:35 Sonny Gray .. 200th career game, Wed at LAD the first 8 games of a season (8.25 r/g, .316ba, .388obp, .567slg)...the Mon, 9/6 at Chi .................................................... 2:20 * 66th active player with 1,000 hits 1900 Reds held the previous record, with 64 runs through 8 games (8.00 Tue, 9/7 at Chi ..................................................... 7:40 r/g)...since then, over the last 16 games beginning 4/11 the Reds have Wed, 9/8 at Chi .................................................... 7:40 REDS BATTERS All times eastern been shut out 4 times while scoring 62 runs (3.88 r/g, 113-535, .211, At GABP On The Road .288obp, .368slg), with 21 of the 62 runs scored in a 10-3 win vs the 2020 RESULTS Record ................................... 7-5 ............................ 4-8 Indians and a 10-inning, 14-11 loss to the Diamondbacks. Batting Average .................... .290 .......................... .202 7/27 at Cin ... L, 7-8 .............. Lester / Miley / Jeffress On-Base Percentage ............ .373 .......................... .267 7/28 at Cin ... L, 5-8 ................................ Mills / Reed SHOGO UPDATE: OF Shogo Akiyama is scheduled to play in a Slugging Percentage ............ .534 .......................... .333 7/28 at Cin ... W, 12-7 .................... Gray / Hendricks scrimmage tonight at Columbus...he will be available via zoom call after he Runs Scored ............. 93 (7.75 r/g) .............. 35 (2.92 r/g) 7/28 at Cin ................. Postponed by rain, DH on 8/29 leaves the game...Akiyama has been on the 10-day injured list all season Home Runs .............................. 25 ............................. 10 8/28 at Cin ... W, 6-5 ..... Mahle / Hendricks / Iglesias with a left hamstring strain suffered while running out a ground ball on3/13 , BA with RISP ......... .425 (45-106) .............. .184 (14-76) 8/29 at Cin ... L, 0-3 ........... Darvish / Bauer / Jeffress his last spring training appearance. 8/29 at Cin ... W, 6-5 ....................... Kuhnel / Kimbrel MAJOR LEAGUE RANKINGS, REDS CATCHERS 8/30 at Cin ... L, 1-10 ............................ Rea / Castillo Runs ............ T1st 2B ............. T2nd OBP .......... 3rd ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jonathan India ranks among National League 9/8 at Chi ..... L, 0-3 ................ Mills / Mahle / Jeffress Hits .............. T1st Hitting .......... 1st SLG ........... 5th rookies in most offensive categories and ranks among the NL's overall 9/9 at Chi ..... W, 3-0 ......... Bauer / Darvish / Iglesias leaders in RBI...he has 14 RBI, a new Reds' rookie record through April... 9/10 at Chi .. L, 5-8 ................ Ryan / Gray / Jeffress MAJOR LEAGUE HOME RUN LEADERS, 2018-2021 Josh Hamilton (2007) and Joey Votto (2008) each produced 13 RBI LAST 10 SEASONS VS CUBS Trout ............ 107 Cruz ........... 101 Yelich ......... 92 through April in their rookie seasons...in his first 6 career apps India 2011 ........................ 11-7 2016 ...................... 4-15 Suárez .......... 101 Martinez ...... 93 Arenado ..... 91 produced 10 RBI, tied for fifth-most in Major League history by a player in his first 6 career apps behind only Dale Alexander (13 RBI in 1939), 2012 ........................ 12-4 2017 ...................... 7-12 2013 ........................ 14-5 2018 ...................... 8-11 MAJOR LEAGUE HOME RUN LEADERS SINCE 8/1/19 Trevor Story (12 in 2016), Nico Hoerner (11 in 2019) and Mandy Brooks 2014 ........................ 11-8 2019 ...................... 11-8 Alonso ...... 40 Cruz ........... 38 Castellanos ..... 37 (11 in 1925)...the RBI became an official