If you walk nine batters in a game, you’re going to come up short more times than not. That’s exactly what happened to the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night in Atlanta. While the Reds offense did enough to offset the the wild performance from the Reds pitching staff, in the end, too many walks costs the Reds a chance to climb the NL Central ladder.
It seems as though the Reds find new ways to frustrate the fanbase on any given night. The normally reliable pitching staff was the culprit on Saturday. Trevor Bauer drew his first start to the Reds since the three-way trade that took place on Tuesday.