Cincinnati Reds were dominated during wet weekend at Great American

There were some games played in Cincinnati over the past three days at Great American Ballpark. I’m not sure the Cincinnati Reds’ players knew about it. The beautiful term that is “Sweep” was handed down on the Redlegs courtesy of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Where oh where to begin? Tyler Mahle had been the ace of the Cincinnati Reds during the month of June with a 3-0 record and a sterling 2.18 ERA over 6 starts spanning 33 innings.

What happened you ask? Mahle was basically on cruise control, allowing two earned runs over the first five innings against the Bucs. He had thrown 83 pitches at that point, and if you’ve been watching at all this season, you know when Mahle loses it, he loses it…