Gordon Wittenmyer
Reds Beat Writer at Cincinnati Enquirer
Reds beat writer for Cincinnati Enquirer, co-host Cubs #ReKap podcast; formerly with Chicago Sun-Times.
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3 days ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Gordon Wittenmyer
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida – About the time Pete Rose broke into the big-leagues at breakneck speed and introduced Cincinnati to such baseball thrills as headfirst flights into bases, a teenager in Oklahoma already was sliding head first on his local high school diamonds without any influence from Rose. Sort of. Advertisement“I couldn’t run fast enough. I’d flop,” Johnny Bench said. “I wasn’t really sliding.
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3 days ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Gordon Wittenmyer
HOUSTON – At the end of the grueling stretch of games that includes a miserable road trip through Atlanta and Houston, Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona held a quick meeting to tell his guys how much they deserved Monday’s scheduled day off. And to apologize. AdvertisementFrancona leaned especially hard on his bullpen the past week after short starts by Hunter Greene Wednesday, Brady Singer Saturday and Chase Petty Sunday, along with extra-inning games Tuesday and Thursday.
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3 days ago |
usatoday.com | Gordon Wittenmyer
HOUSTON – At the end of the grueling stretch of games that includes a miserable road trip through Atlanta and Houston, Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona held a quick meeting to tell his guys how much they deserved Monday’s scheduled day off. Francona leaned especially hard on his bullpen the past week after short starts by Hunter Greene Wednesday, Brady Singer Saturday and Chase Petty Sunday, along with extra-inning games Tuesday and Thursday.
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3 days ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Gordon Wittenmyer
Cincinnati Reds touted prospect Chase Petty gave up six walks, four runs and pitched to just 3 batters into the fourth in his second big-league start.
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3 days ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Gordon Wittenmyer
HOUSTON – The Cincinnati Reds just crossed the quarter mark in their season, and for all that positive run differential and upbeat vibes coming off Saturday night’s 13-run one-off, they have little to show for manager Terry Francona’s first seven weeks of games as manager. Even the high-performing starting pitching that led to what success they had over the first month has sprung leaks as they approach mid-May – Hunter Greene’s groin injury chief among the issues with that group.
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RT @ENQSports: During a 2-5 road trip to Atlanta and Houston, the Cincinnati Reds bullpen pitched 30 1/3 of the staff's 61 2/3 innings, 11…
Spencer Steer with the one-out double in the fifth inning, the Reds' first hit of the game off Ronel Blanco. Astros 4, Reds 0, T5
RT @LanceMcAlister: Petty done after 90 pitches and 6 walks. Exits down 3-0 in 4th with bases loaded. 90 pitches 45 strikes 45 balls #Reds