POSTGAME THREAD 8/24 - Reds (68-63) @ D-backs (64-67)

[u/SnakeBot]

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	6	11	3	8
AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder TJ Friedl. Geraldo Perdomo scores.	1-0
T6	Noelvi Marte triples (2) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Alek Thomas. Noelvi Marte scores. Throwing error by shortstop Geraldo Perdomo.	1-1
T8	Austin Hays singles on a ground ball to center fielder Alek Thomas. Noelvi Marte scores.	1-2
T8	Spencer Steer homers (16) on a fly ball to left field. Austin Hays scores. Will Benson scores.	1-5
T8	TJ Friedl singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Corbin Carroll. Matt McLain scores. Jose Trevino to 2nd.	1-6

Highlights

Description	Length
Zac Gallen against the Reds	0:08
Brady Singer against the Diamondbacks	0:08
Probable pitchers for Reds at Diamondbacks - August 24, 2025	0:06
Bullpen availability for Cincinnati, August 24 vs Diamondbacks	0:08
Bullpen availability for Arizona, August 24 vs Reds	0:08
Fielding alignment for Cincinnati, August 24 vs Diamondbacks	0:11
Bench availability for Cincinnati, August 24 vs D-backs	0:08
Fielding alignment for Arizona, August 24 vs Reds	0:11
Bench availability for Arizona, August 24 vs Reds	0:08
Starting lineups for Reds at Diamondbacks - August 24, 2025	0:10
Measuring the stats on Spencer Steer's home run	0:13
Breaking down Zac Gallen's pitches	0:04
Brady Singer's outing against the D-backs	0:24
Zac Gallen's outing against the Reds	0:24
Breaking down Brady Singer's pitches	0:04
Spencer Steer's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Zac Gallen strikes out Elly De La Cruz	0:07
Geraldo Perdomo's leadoff triple	0:21
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.'s sacrifice fly	0:23
Brady Singer strikes out Ketel Marte	0:08
Geraldo Perdomo's diving catch	0:27
Corbin Carroll's 20th stolen base of the season	0:29
Elly De La Cruz's single in the 4th	0:18
Blaze Alexander's impressive spinning play	0:26
Noelvi Marte hits a Little League home run	0:30
Gavin Lux's leaping grab	0:21
Kyle Backhus induces double play to escape jam	0:27
Zac Gallen's seven strikeouts	1:07
Austin Hays' go-ahead single	0:28
Spencer Steer's three-run homer (16)	0:30
Brady Singer's nine strikeouts	1:09
TJ Friedl's RBI single	0:27
Corbin Carroll extends hitting streak to 11 games	0:17
Reds take the lead with five-run 8th inning	1:18
Alek Thomas' sliding catch	0:15
Blaze Alexander strikes out swinging.	0:06

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Ashcraft, G (8-5, 3.72 ERA)	Backhus (0-3, 4.22 ERA)

[u/stinkyrobot]

Cold bats and a broken bullpen will always keep us under 50%. Great job Zac, glad to see you perform well. I wish Gabby could have played.

[u/Level-Priority-2371 → u/stinkyrobot]

I wasn't able to watch today 😕 was Gaby being rested after his return or another injury?

Edit: duh just realized Zac was pitching. That's probably why McCann

[u/TonalParsnips → u/Level-Priority-2371]

The gameplan for Gabby this season was to not play him in early games if they come after a night game. Probably just sticking to that rotation now that he's back.

[u/Level-Priority-2371 → u/TonalParsnips]

Thanks, I appreciate the insight!

[u/TonalParsnips → u/Level-Priority-2371]

No prob! It was working great up until that game in Cincy....

[u/LIGMAbowlss]

Still down for the Christmas miracle. Need to escape brewers doyers series 5-2

[u/Raptor231408 → u/LIGMAbowlss]

4-3 means we won a series and didnt get swept by other team. I think thats an achievable goal

[u/LIGMAbowlss → u/Raptor231408]

Yeah gotta earn it. If you can’t do it never deserved it anyway. I’m along for the ride. Ending season 500 I’ll still be impressed tbh. With all our outliers of pitching.

[u/Relevant_Computer743]

Won the series against a team vying for a playoff spot that's the important thing. Tough schedule coming up to climb mount .500

[u/desert_girl]

Can't win 'em all.  Couple of hits would have been nice though.

[u/Professional-Rich417]

I swear they do not take batting practice today. Pretty sure

[u/TheSkullsOfEveryCog → u/Professional-Rich417]

The Reds did, after Burgos went in 🫠

[u/CptnReluctant]

Hey on the plus side we might get completely dominated on this road trip and all the post season hope will leave our bodies and we can just post memes and stuff till next year!

[u/UltimateCrypto7]

TL on the decision to put .204 hitting Jake McCarthy in left instead of Gurriel, having Gabi be DH and putting your best hitting lineup out there:

"Well it's a 162 game season. Gabi has been swinging a hot bat but sometimes your bat can get too hot and we dont want to risk him re-breaking that finger and have that kind of backfire on us a little bit. So we decided to put Lourdes at DH and give Jake the start. He's been consistently terrible at the plate this year, so we felt he was due for a breakout. Plus he hasn't been playing much and was looking kind of sad. It's important that everyone gets a turn. There's still a lot of good baseball left to be played. That's a damn good ballclub we just faced and I know our guys are fighters."

[u/StrigiStockBacking]

We suck so fucken bad 

[u/Apprehensive-Cost276 → u/StrigiStockBacking]

We won the previous 4 games against teams that are better than us lol

[u/ewctwentyone → u/StrigiStockBacking]

Maybe just you? Did you watch the team perform in the last four games?

[u/StrigiStockBacking → u/ewctwentyone]

Yes. I say it every time we lose, regardless