The Cincinnati Reds got a well-deserved day off on Thursday after sweeping away the first place Texas Rangers at home in Great American Ball Park. Said Rangers sat alone atop the American League West prior to their trip to Cincinnati, and are now stuck in a deadlock there with the potent Houston Astros.
Hey! The Reds can actually beat good teams at home!
What they’ll be tasked with beginning today, however, is accomplishing something that even the better Reds clubs of the last generation have struggled to pull off - winning games on the West Coast. That begins in Oakland tonight with the A’s, where they’ll play all weekend before heading south to face the potent San Diego Padres.