The Cincinnati Reds had been waiting patiently for the return of Mike Moustakas to their lineup, and that finally, mercifully materialized on Friday. Moose had been hampered by a sore heel/foot for the better part of three months, but jumped right into the Reds lineup and immediately began to show why he was signed to a record free agent contract in the first place.
He socked a trio of doubles, scored twice, dove head-first on a slide home for one of those, bonked a pair of ribbies, and rewarded manager David Bell’s decision to put him in as the starting 3B in lieu of the struggling Eugenio Suarez.