Wins have been few and far between for the Cincinnati Reds so far this season. The whole ‘fire sale’ thing of the post-lockout winter didn’t help, obviously, while untimely injuries and trade deadline dumpings have only served to exacerbate their precipitous fall to the bottom of the National League Central.
Wins where their starting pitcher yields 5 ER in an early exit have been even more alien, far out in the nether-regions of the bell curve. That’s precisely what happened on Sunday in GABP, however, as the Reds stemmed the early Chicago Cubs barrage and rallied hard to claim an 8-5 victory, one that gave them a split of the home games played in Cincinnati after losing their ‘home’ game at the Field of Dreams on Thursday.