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After a nice little four game winning streak earlier the week, the Reds have now dropped two straight and that brings their season loss total to 81.  That means unless they finish the season with thirteen straight wins, they’re going to have their eighth straight losing season.  Yes, you have to go all the way [...]

With all of the injuries to the pitching staff this year, Bronson Arroyo has been a pleasant surprise.  Yes, he’s lost twelve and his ERA is north (just north) of 4.00, but he’s been very solid since late July.  He hasn’t given up more then three runs in his last ten in that time, he’s [...]

Grrrr, the Reds were down 2-0 for a large chunck of this game.  Then they scored two in the eighth and then Scott Rolen put the Reds ahead in the ninth with a solo shot.  Things were looking good and then Francisco Cordero gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth to blow [...]

The Reds lost 3-1 last night and this was sort of a mircocosm of the Reds season, which is little hitting and pitching that wasn’t quite good enough.  It was kind of fitting that the Reds scored their lone run on a ground out by Joey Votto.
Drew Stubbs and Wladimir Balentin both singled and walked [...]

I don’t know what’s more disappointing, another losing season from the Reds or the fact that I couldn’t keep up with my blog.  In a couple of weeks, Reds Cutting Edge will be five years old but I’ve really only blogged for about 2 1/2 years during that time frame.  I’m not throwing in the [...]

The All Star Game is long gone and now, the games take on even more meaning.  The Reds have been sliding, but they got it done in a big way tonight behind a super outing by Bronson Arroyo.  He threw seven shutout innings and the win pushes his record to 10-8.   Oddly, he’s gotten the [...]

Man, this was a tough one.  The Reds led as late as the sixth inning and then David Weathers gave up a run in the ninth to lose it.  In the end, Homer Bailey’s third straight solid start (I think he’s finally starting to get it) went to waste.  he gave up two runs on [...]

Alright, I don’t know what happened to Johnny Cueto tonight. He saw his ERA go up by almost 75 points as he gave up nine runs on five hits and three walks in just 2/3 of an inning. Two of those hits left the park. Unfortunately it didn’t stop their and the pen [...]

The Reds did a nice job of pulling this one out despite trailing for most of the game. In fact the Reds never had the lead in this one until it counted. They went down 1-0 and then Chris Dickerson singled home a run a to tie it. Another run was [...]

It’s even steven once again as the Reds improved to 38-38 behind a very nice outing by their pitchers. Johnny Cueto led the way and he improved to 8-4. He gave up just one hit and four walks with eight strikeouts in six shutout innings. From their, the triumvirate of Rhodes/Weathers/Cordero combined [...]

After a rough stretch, the Reds have now won their last two and they’ve won three of their last four. Today’s game was particurlarly impressive because the Reds not only put eight runs on the board, but they also got a very solid start by Micah Owings. He gave up just one run [...]

The Reds haven’t been winning much, but they’ve still managed to hang on to their 3 1/2 game deficit because nobody in the Central is playing particularly well.  Last night, the Reds opened up their series with the Indians by getting squashed 9-2 and it was ace Aaron Harang who got pummelled.  He gave up [...]

Interleague play is sitting well with the Reds.  They lost their opener against the Blue Jays last night so that pushes their losing streak to three games.   What’s just is bad is everyone but the Cardinals are stinking it up in the Central so had we gotten a nice little winning streak together, the Reds [...]

It’s a funny world.  The Reds scored eight runs yesterday but lost.  Today, they got a solid but not great start from Aaron Harang yet lost 4-1.  The Reds got just six hits and two of those were by Johnny Gomes.  The lone run came in the eighth inning when Brandon Phillips drove home Chris [...]

The Reds took care of the Braves two game to three earlier this week and now they’re keeping things going with a series opening win over the White Sox.  Bronson Arroyo gave up two early runs but he pitched nicely after that and it allowed the Reds to get back into the lead.  Brandon Phillips [...]

Normally, seven runs wouldn’t be big of a deal but this is your 2009 Reds.  Yeah, they scored four of those in the eighth to lock up the win, but a win is a win and it once again pushed the Reds record into the winning variety and it slipped them a half game ahead [...]

You think I’d be used to this by now.  We are two months into the season and it’s not like the hitters have been lighting things on fire.  Stll, five hits against isn’t going to cut it and that’s what happened last night.  Heck, Albert Pujols drove in as many runs by himself then the [...]

Reds are dropping like flies.  First Joey Votto hit the disabled list and now it looks like Edinson Volquez’s problems continue.  He was pulled after just one frames and it was a rough one to boot.  Fortunately the pen did their job and the hitters came through (thank you Laynce Nix) to give the Reds [...]

For the third straight game, the Brewers were too much for the Reds and this time, Cincinnati picked up just a couple of runs on seven hits. Brandon Phillips belted a solo homer (his ninth) and Alex Gonzalez went two for four. Another mediocre offensive performance overall.
Micah Owings wasn’t all that great either. [...]

We’re about a half hour away from the Reds finale against the Brewers and the goal is to avoid the sweep. The Reds had made some nice headway in the division but after losing two to the Brewers, they now sit 2 1/2 games back (just two in the loss column) against Milwaukee and [...]

After the Reds nice little winning streak, they’ve now dropped two straight as they lost a very late night game against the Padres in sixteen innings.  After Jay Bruce homered in the sixth, the Reds didn’t score for the next ten innings as they lost 6-5.  Micah Owings took the loss in what was effectively [...]

The Reds won a close one last night.  While Micah Owings wasn’t all that great on the mound, he was true to form and he helped out his own cause with a triple that ultimately led to two runs.  Also give some props to the pen, who pitched three shutout innings with Francisco Cordero capping [...]

The Reds are now stuck in this win one/lose one cycle.  Two days again, Edinson Volquez led the Reds to their sixth shutout and things looked good.  Then last night happened.
With nobody out in the second inning, Aaron Harang was pulled from the game.  When the dust settled on that frame, the Reds were down [...]

The Reds have a big series this weekend against….the Pirates? Yes, the Reds finished April with an 11-10 record and while they sit in a tie for third place, this is hardly the train wreck that things could have been considering the Reds are hitting a meager .235. Right now, it’s the Cardinals [...]

The Reds finished up their four game series with the Astros and the end result was a measly ten runs.  That’s just 2 1/2 runs per game and, hold on, what is that.  Wait a minute, somehow, the Reds managed to win three of their four games.  What’s this pitching thing anyway?  I’ve heard of [...]

Sigh, this one was ugly.  The Reds lineup made Wandy Rodriguez look like the second coming of Walter Johnson and even ace Aaron Harang couldn’t get it done.  The Reds managed a measly two hits and three walks.  Two of those runners were wiped out by double plays so the Reds left three men on [...]

Roy Oswalt has been a thorn in the Reds side since he came into the league. He’s 23-1 against us and when he comes to town (or we go to his place), it’s almost like a forgone conclusion. Last night was a little different though. Johnny Cuetto got into trouble in the [...]

The Reds are still stuck at one win aftera complete beat down at the hands of the Pirates today.  Johnny Cueto wasn’t on and the pen was just plain off in this one.  Cuetto gave up four in six but he struck out nine with just one walk so you can walk away with at [...]

The Reds have their work cut out for them.  Jerry Hairston and Darnell McDonald (hitting second??) were punched out.  Joey Votto then took him to a full count (get that pitch count up) then drew a walk so he’s mortal at least.
Nice job by Brandon Phillips.  He took Johan to a full count too before [...]

Okay, the Reds played their final spring game against their minor league All Stars and they came out with a 9-6 win over the Reds Futures.  Johnny Cueto shut down the kids over four frames and that’s all I was really worried about.  A strong Cueto puts the Reds with a decent five deep rotation [...]