The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
No, the scoreboard in this one wasn’t one that should excite fans of the Cincinnati Reds. What should excite them, though, was the major league debut of one Ariel Hernandez.
Called up on Sunday to replace Lisalverto Bonilla, Hernandez finally took the mound tonight for Cincinnati, and did so in dazzling fashion. He routinely hit 99 mph with his fastball - only when he wasn’t busy hitting 100 mph with it, which he also did - and he ended up firing 2.