The Cincy Ballers defeated the Fred’s Reds 5-1 in the opening game of the Cincinnati Reds Summer Series on Friday night to take a 1-0 lead in the best series of three over the weekend. If you missed it, two coaches selected teams from the 60-player pool to host a series this weekend, and the winning team will have a day off on Monday before hosting the Detroit Tigers for two games on Tuesday and Wednesday before opening day on Friday.
Today the two teams will return to that at 6:10 pm ET. There are six players slated to pitch in-game tonight: Anthony DeSclafani, Lucas Sims, Amir Garrett, Nate Jones, Justin Shafer, and Robert Stephenson.
Tonight is also slated to be the first scrimmage game to feature broadcasters. A few days ago, the Reds started making the “crowd” noise during the game and broadcasts, but we haven’t had any field-level audio or anyone in the booth yet. Once those things come in, I think things will start to sound more normal, even if there is a false noise from the crowd.
See live
Chris Welsh is on the call for tonight’s game. You can watch the game below, just press the play button. It is also available on MLB.tv if you wish to consult it. The game is also available at this link on Reds.com.
The alignments
Fred Reds |
Cincy Ballers |
| Shogo Akiyama – CF | Josh VanMeter – DH |
| Joey Votto – 1B | Christian Colon – 3B |
| Eugenio Suárez – 3B | Mike Moustakas – 2B |
| Jesse Winker – DH | Matt Davidson – 1B |
| Phillip Ervin – LF | Nick Senzel – CF |
| Freddy Galvis – SS | Tucker Barnhart – C |
| Aristides Aquino – RF | Kyle Farmer – SS |
| Alex Blandino – 2B | Mark Payton – LF |
| Francisco Peña – C | Boog Powell – RF |
| Lucas Sims – P | Anthony DeSclafani – P |
Cincinnati Reds News and Notes
Nick Castellanos “okay”, but he won’t play today
After being hit on the back by a Tyler Mahle fastball on Friday night and leaving the game, David Bell said Nick Castellanos is fine, but he was a little sore and that he had the day off today, but he was expected to play tomorrow.
#Reds David Bell says that Nick Castellanos “is fine” but that he will not play in tonight’s inesquad. He’s “a little sore” and is expected to play tomorrow
– C. ???????????? (@ctrent) July 18, 2020
The reds made six cuts on Friday
In case you missed it, the Cincinnati Reds made six cuts on Friday, sending Aristides Aquino, Jose Garcia, Matt Bowman, Joel Kuhnel, Justin Shafer and Tyler Thornburg to the “alternative sites” list. All of those players except Tyler Thornburg are on the “Summer Series” rosters for one of the two teams and will continue to play, but will not be on the opening day roster unless there is an injury that opens a place for them at this point.
Toronto Blue Jays cannot play in Canada
BREAKING: An AP source says the Blue Jays denied Canadian government approval to play in Toronto during the coronavirus pandemic.
by @rgilliescanada #MLB
https://t.co/Oj1A2socGF– AP Sports (@AP_Sports) July 18, 2020
