CLEVELAND – After the Cincinnati Reds swept the Pittsburgh Pirates and won 10 of their last 12 games, maybe they were due for a letdown.
Luis Castillo, who has been the star of the rotation for the past two months, didn’t make it out of the fourth inning. There were a few defensive miscues, and the Reds simply looked flat in their 9-3 loss to Cleveland on Monday at Progressive Field.
The Reds split their six games against Cleveland in the Ohio Cup. They haven’t won an outright season series against the soon-to-be Cleveland Guardians since 2014.