The Cincinnati Reds didn’t want to put the pressure of an Opening Day start on Luis Castillo. Instead, the honor went to veteran Homer Bailey. Unfortunately, Castillo still had a rough first start in 2018.
Castillo struggled through five innings, allowing six runs that were all earned. He took the loss and ended up with a 10.80 ERA. He only gave up six hits, but two of them were home runs.
The good news is that Castillo only walked one while striking out six. His batting average against was .316 resulting in a WHIP of 1.40. He threw 85 pitches to the Washington Nationals, so even without the high scoring output he had less than an inning left.