The Reds (45-49) are hosting the Marlins (32-61) for a three-game series before the all-star game.

The Reds led 2-0 going to the bottom of the 2nd. The Reds got solo homers in the bottom of the first from India and Candelario.

Reds get another run in the bottom of the 2nd on a double by Benson scoring Hinds who had walked. The Reds now led 3-0 going into the 3rd inning.

Hinds staying RED HOT he puts the Reds up now 7-0 with a grand slam. He is now hitting .529 unreal start.

The Marlins answer back with 3 in the top of the 4th with a 3-run homer by Jesus Sanchez to make it 7-3 Reds.

Reds win game 1 of the series goes to the Reds 7-4.

Really need to sweep this series.

There are 8 NL teams with 46-49 wins. Every win is important. Reds need to keep getting healthy, get more stability in the daily lineup and batting order. They have the bullpen and rotation pretty well set. Get Friedl back and hopefully healthy the rest of the way. 

Friedl

India

Elly

Steer

Candelario

Stephenson 

Fraley

Hinds

Marte

Reds 10-6 win!

Rece Hinds is raking!!!

Rece Hinds has played 6 Games with 22 official at bats with 11 hits and 5 of those have been homers and 9 of his 11 total hits has been extra base hits. He is hitting .500 11 for 22 and has 5 homers and 11 RBI's and his OPS is 1.951 his slugging is 1.409 and his WAR is .7. 

That is some impressive statistics! 

Somebody explain why Hinds is batting behind Fraley and Marte!!!!

 Oh yeah, goofBell makes out the lineup

44 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Somebody explain why Hinds is batting behind Fraley and Marte!!!!

 Oh yeah, goofBell makes out the lineup

It's working for him, I'd probably want to leave him alone for now too.

Sometimes less managing is better than over managing. If a batter is hot why screw anything up?

14 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Somebody explain why Hinds is batting behind Fraley and Marte!!!!

 Oh yeah, goofBell makes out the lineup

How often do you change your lineup? Do you rearrange your lineup today because of what happened yesterday and/or the day before? If your lead off hitter goes 0-8 over the previous two games, do you drop him to #7 in the lineup?

I'll add this. As Hinds has been destroying the ball and breaking records, the player whose Reds records Hinds has been breaking for a fast start is Chris Dickerson. Perspective. Six games do not make a career and they don't change a lineup. Dickerson hit 4 or 5 HR's in his first few games. He then lasted 7 years in MLB and hit a total of 66 HR's.