Chase Burns Tyler Stephenson Make New York Statement Of Mind

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Chase Burns checked the New York Yankees and Tyler Stohenson made a statement to New York Yankees to take the final two games of the series with a 4-1 triumph.

Burns improved to 9-1 with an ERA at an even 2.00. He worked five innings, allowing Ben Rice’s 22nd home run of the season and no other runs.

Tyler Stephenson took Yankees’ starter Elmer Rodriguez, who was called up today, deep with his sixth home run.

 The home run followed a two out single by Noelvi Marte that moved Nathaniel Lowe who walked up a base. Stephenson belted a 3-1 pitch from Rodriguez into the Reds’ bullpen in left center.

It gave Reds pitchers all the runs they needed. 

Burns pitched five innings and gave up  five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts. He has given up two or fewer runs in 14 of his 15 starts.

Burns walked Volpe in the third but picked him off right before Rice’s home run.

The Yankees were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position against Burns. He leads baseball with an .082 average against in RISP situations.

Sam Moll and Caleb Ferguson shut down the Yanks in the sixth and seventh. 

Terry Francona went to Tony Santillan in the eighth, who took just 16 pitches to finish off the Bronx Bombers over two innings.

“Someone had to go two,” Terry Francona said. “He did a good job.”

It was the first two inning save of Santillan’s career and fifth save of the season.

Santillan did not allow a run in his first  11 appearances and then slumped. In 15 appearances between April 24 and June third, Santillan pitched in 15 games allowing 17 runs in 12 1/3 innings and nine home runs.

“He is such a competitor. I remember a Saturday night game. He gave up two home runs and weren’t going to pitch him. He insisted on throwing a side the next day. He has a big heart,” Francona said.

The Reds added a run against Camilo Dotel. Spencer Steer grounded a hit up the middle and kept running as Jose Caballero was too slow to the ball. The center fielder’s throw got away and Steer took third as the Bronx cheer filled the Stadium. Marte hit a ground rule double to score Steer.

The Reds won their second straight series after taking 2-of-3 from the Mets. The Reds took all three series from New York teams.

The Reds are 14-12 all time at Yankee Stadium. They are the only visiting team with a winning record in the Bronx.

Elly De La Cruz Finished Rehab Assignment Eyes Tuesday For Return

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Elly De La Cruz played seven innings Sunday afternoon for the Louisville Bats at Gwinnett. 

He grounded out and struck out twice before he was removed for a pinch hitter  He committed a throwing error in the first inning but later was the pivot on a double play with Dominic Pitelli.

 De La Cruz was 2-for-8 with a walk and four strikeouts in the three-game stint. He did not have to run the bases much, scoring on a home run by Hector Rodriguez and hitting one himself.

The plan is for De La Cruz to get an MRI Monday to make sure his right hamstring is healed. If it is he will be activated on Tuesday to play against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Chase Burns One Year After Breaking In

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Chase Burns broke into the Major Leaugues on June 24, 2025 against the New York Yankees.

Burns after traveling through three levels of the Reds farm system in his first professional season.

Burns struck out the first five Yankee batters in the game. Burns aka the Franchise, will face the Yanks at Yankee Stadium 362 days later.

 This time Burns, carries an 8-1 record and a 2.01 ERA. He has 14 starts in which he has allowed two or fewer runs 13 times. 

Burns pitched five scoreless innings in his last start against the New York Mets. He has to navigate three bases loaded situations his last two innings. Burns gave up four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts. The Reds are 10-4 in his starts and he won seven straight decisions.

Going back to his debut in the Major Leagues, Burns pitched five innings, allowing three runs on six hits and three walks and struck out eight. He gave up a home run to Ben Rice.

Rookie Elmer Rodriguez will make his fourth start since making his his debut on April 26. He gave up two runs in four innings on four hits and four walks in a 3-0 loss to Texas Rangers.

The 22-year old was the fourth round draft choice of the Boston Red Sox in 2021. He was out of Leadership Christian Academy in Guyanabo, Puerto Rico.

The Yankees sent Carlos Narvarez in December 2024 to the Red Sox to get Rodriguez.

His last start was on May 17. He pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing one run on five hits and a walk against the New York Mets. He is 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA.

The Reds lineup:

Blake Dunn CF

JJ Bleday LF

Sal Stewart 1B

Nathaniel Lowe DH

Spencer Steer 2B

Eugenio Suarez 3B

Noelvi Marte RF

Tyler Stephenson C

Edwin Arroyo SS

Yankees lineup:

Ben Rice 1B

Jasson Dominguez RF

Cody Bellinger DH

Spencer Jones CF

Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B

Jose Caballero LF

Ryan McMahon 3B

Austin Wells C

Anthony Volpe SS

Reds Hit Seven Doubles To Vanguish Gotham Foe

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The Reds doubled down behind an effective outing by Andrew Abbott to even the series against the New York Yankees in 10-2 win.

The Reds hit seven doubles in the game to rout the Yankees. Sal Stewart had two of them and drove in a total of six runs for the second time this season.

Abbott got off to a slow start when old nemisis from the National League Paul Goldschmidt hit his 12th home run of the season, two outs into the first inning.

 Yankees starter Will Warren had a fast start, striking out the side in the first inning. The Reds wasted a leadoff double by Nathaniel Lowe in the second inning.

Edwin Arroyo doubled with one out in the third. Warren walked Blake Dunn. JJ Bleday lined out. Sal Stewart doubled to put the Reds in the lead.

Abbott gave up one hit through the fourth inning. He walked Anthony Volpe and Jasson Dominguez both stole a base but Abbott picked Dominguez off second in the second inning.

The Reds separated from the Bronx Bombers in the fifth. Arroyo reached on first baseman Ben Rice’s error. He missed catching the throw from Volpe. Dunn hit a hard ground ball to Volpe at short but beat the relay on an attempted double play. Bleday doubled with Dunn stopping at third. Stewart hit a fly to left to score Dunn. Spencer Steer unloaded his 12th home run to put the Yanks out of slam range. Steer has three hits in his last 43 at bats. All of them home runs.

“I’m glad Sal got the RBI. It lets me brag on him a little bit but guys getting on base allowed him to do that,” Francona said. “Dunn beating out the ball getting down the line. You don’t think about it at the time but it was huge.”

Abbott got into trouble in the fifth. With one out, Volpe and Ali Sanchez singled. Amed Rosario walked to load the bases with two outs. Abbott went 3-2 on Goldschmidt and struck him out looking over Goldschmidt’s challenge to end the inning.

Abbott started the sixth but Cody Belanger and Dominguez singled. Terry Francona summoned Tejay Antone, who got out of the inning to preserve the lead.

Abbott pitched five innings with one run allowed on five hits. He walked three and struck out six.

Antone came back out for a scoreless seventh inning.

“That was big,” Francona said. “ You’re wondering whether you’re going to run through your bullpen and he gets through it with not a lot of pitches.”

The Reds poured it on Ryan Yarbrough in the eighth inning. McLain singled and was forced at second by Jose Trevino. Arroyo, who had the first four -hit game of his career, singled. Dunn singled to load the bases. Stewart cleared the bases with his second double and scored when pinch hitter Dane Myers belted a double off the left field wall. 

Myers has eight pinch hits to lead MLB. 

The Reds seven doubles of the 15 hits against the Yankees, Lowe, Bleday, Arroyo, Marte, Myers and Stewart hit two. Steee hit a home run for a total of eight extra base hits.

Andrew Abbott Takes The Hill In The Bronx

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Andrew Abbott takes his 4-4 record and 3.95 ERA to the mound against the New York Yankees.

It will be his 16th start. He had three straight quality starts interrupted by an outing in which he allowed one earned run in five innings on four hits and three walks against the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 14.

Abbott has one career start against the Yankees. He pitched against them on July 3, 2024 at Yankee Stadium. He pitched 6 1/3 in a 3-2 win. He allowed one run on three hits and four walks. He struck out two.

 Will Warren a 27-year old right hander will take his 7–1 record with a 3.47 ERA to his 15th start.

The Yankees eighth round choice in the 2021 draft out of Southeast Louisiana University.

In his last five starts he allowed 10 runs in 25 1/3 innings. His last start against the Toronto Blue Jays on June 14, Warren pitched four innings, allowing one run on eight hits and three walks with one strikeout.

Warren, however, has walked just 24 batters and struck out 76 in 72 2/3 innings this season.

He will face the Reds for the first time.

Reds Lineup:

Blake Dunn CF

JJ Bleday LF

Sal Stewart 3B

Nathaniel Lowe DH

Spencer Steer RF

Noelvi Marte RF

Matt McLain SS

Jose Trevino C

Edwin Arroyo 2B

Yankees Lineup:

Ben Rice 1B

Amed Rosario 3B

Paul Goldschmidt DH

Cody Bellinger CF

Jasson Dominguez RF

Jose Caballero LF

Jazz Chisholm Jr 2B

Anthony Volpe SS

Ali Sanchez C

Cam Schlittler Strikes Down Reds

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Cam Schlittler was as advertised, according to Reds’ manager, Terry Francona.

Throwing pitches at 100 miles an hour, the new ace of the New York Yankees allowed very little to hit in his six innings. He allowed four hits and struck out 13 Reds’ batters to set a career high. He did hit Blake Dunn to start the game, then dominated. The result was a 5-0 win in the first game of this three-game series.

It was his sixth scoreless outing out of 16 starts. He allowed just one run in six others.

 The Reds were shut out for the fifth time this season. 

The Reds’ Rhett Lowder was again the victim of walks. He was not hit hard most of the night but his second inning was not ideal. It cost him.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. led off the second inning with a home run, his 11th. Lowder walked Spencer Jones and Anthony Volpe but rallied to strike out Ryan McMahon and retire JC Escarra on a fly to center. Ben Rice belted a 1-1 pitch into the right center field stands , his 21st before Lowder escaped the inning.

Lowder gave up three singles and a walk before turning the ball over to Caleb Ferguson with one out in the sixth.

Lowder finished with 5  1/3 innings allowing four run on six hits and three walks. He struck out five.

Ferguson allowed one hit in 1 1/3 innings.

The Yankees added a run in the eighth against Zach Maxwell on two walks and a single by Volpe.

The Reds record sinks to 35-39.

Elly De La Cruz Completes First Rehab Game

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Elly De La Cruz and Pierce Johnson made rehab appearances for the Louisville Bats against the Gwinnett Stripers.

De La Cruz singled and scored on a home run by Hector Rodriguez. He belted a very long home run with PJ Higgins on base off Garrett Baumann, making his second Triple A start. He walked in his third at bat. He was not challenged by running the bases.

The shortstop made two fairly routine plays in the field.

As planned De La Cruz was replaced after five innings.

 Rehabbing reliever Pierce Johnson threw 17 pitches, 13 strikes in one inning. He gave up a run on two hits, with one strikeout. If he comes through the start without ill effects, Johnson will rejoin the Reds in New York

TJ Friedl, who is trying to play his way back to the big leagues, also homered off Baumann. 

Rhett Lowder Takes On Yankees

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Rhett Lowder is on the big stage in New York City. 

The New York Yankees are not the ‘27 Yankees. That comes next season at Great American Ball Park. The closest Yankee to the Bronx Bommbers of a century ago, Aaron Judge, is out several weeks with a fractured right rib.

 Lowder just two starts removed from shoulder discomfort. In his last start, Lowder pitched 5 2/3 innings in a 2-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. He allowed five hits, two walks and hit a batter. The one run he allowed was a home run to Corbin Carroll, the first batter of the game.

Lowder owns a 3-3 record with a 4.60 ERA in 10 starts. His last win was on April 20, in a 6-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays in which Lowder allowed one earned run in six innings.

It will be the first time Lowder will face the Yankees.

Cam Schlitler, the 24-year old, righthander, was the seventh round choice of the 2022 draft out of Northeastern University. 

Schlittler is 7-3 with a 1.82 ERA. The ERA is even with Christopher Sanchez for the second lowest in MLB. Milwaukee Brewers Jacob Misiorowski is the lowest at 1.34. The Reds Chase Burns is next at 2.01.

It will be Schlittler’d 16th start of the season. His last start against the Toronto Blue Jays  Schlittler pitched seven innings, allowing on run on six hits and four walks. He struck out seven in a no decision, 3-1 win. 

He has nine quality starts on the season. He has four scoreless starts of six innings or more.

Schlittler will face the Reds for the first time in his career.

The Reds lineup:

Blake Dunn CF

JJ Bleday LF

Sal Stewart 1B

Nathaniel Lowe DH

Spencer Steer RF 

Eugenio Suarez 3B

Tyler Stephenson C

Matt McLain 2B

Edwin Arroyo 2B

Yankees lineup:

Ben Rice DH

Jasson Dominguez RF

Cody Bellinger LF

Paul Goldschmidt 1B

Jazz Chisholm Jr 2B

Spencer Jones CF

Anthony Volpe SS

Ryan McMahon 3B

J.C. Escarra C

Key Reds Hunter Greene Elly De La Cruz On The Clock

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The Reds started the rehab clock on two All-Stars to come to their rescue.

Pitchers are limited to 30-days, position players 20. Hunter Greene was placed on the 60-day injured list after surgery in March to remove bone chips from his right elbow.

Elly De La Cruz was placed on the 10-day injured list on June 1 with a strained right hamstring. 

 Both players were placed on rehab assignments over the last two days.

Greene pitched four innings in the rookie Arizona Complex League. He was scheduled to pitch three innings at Sloan Park against the Chicago Cubs prospects on Thursday (061826). He pitched four innings, he allowed two hits and a walk one and struck out six.

He threw 54 pitches with 39 strikes. Greene threw four pitches over 100 mph.

Now Greene will go on a normal five day, routine with assignments to be scheduled depending on travel and weather.

De La Cruz was going to work out innings on Thursday in Gwinnett, Georgia with the Louisville Bats. The scheduled called for De La Cruz to play five innings  on Friday, DH on Saturday and play Sunday to be ready for the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday.

The game was rained out to be made up on Friday. 

Both players met the time obligations to be placed on rehab assignments.

Right handed reliever, Pierce Johnson, is also starting a rehab assignment with the Louisville Bats on Friday, recovering from a inflammation in his right elbow.

Mets Pound Reds In Series To Salvage Finale

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The New York Mets pounded out 15 hits to route the Reds 9-1 to salvage the final game of the series.

The Reds won the first two by holding the Mets offense when they had runners on.

Bo Bichette, Juan Soto and Francisco Alvarez had three hits, each. 

The Mets stranded 22 men on base in the first two games of the series. They didn't knock the cover off the ball but they made enough contact to plate three runs in the third inning against Nick Lodolo. In this game the still left eight on base giving them 30 for the series. They were 7-for-13 with runners in scoring position. 

Luis Torrens topped a ball down the third base line against Nick Lodolo. A charging Sal Stewart did not have a play. Zack Short bunted to move Torrens to second. Carson Benge grounded out to Matt McLain at short. Torrens decided to try for third base but Stewart didn't handle the thrown cleanly. The throw beat him and it would have ended the inning.  Bo Bichette walked. Juan Soto, Marcus Semien and Mark Vientos singled to put the Mets ahead 3-0.

"The third inning was big in a number of ways," Francona said. "We don't finish that play at third. We don't execute. It cost us three runs. It cost us 19 or 20 pitches. I think that definitely wore on him (Lodolo) a little bit. I don't think his fastball had the same finish after that."

Nolan McLean retired the first seven Reds' hitters. Jose Trevino hit a high chop that backed Short to the outfield grass. His through probably should have been handled by Vientos but Trevino got credit for a hit. It was later changed to an error. Matt McLain hit a sinking line drive to left that got past Soto for a double. Edwin Arroyo was hit by a pitch to load the bases. JJ Bleday hit a line drive to center, Springboro High School grad saved two runs with a diving catch but Trevino scored while the other runners held. Sal Stewart forced McLain at third.

"That's where I was goin the same with the three. They scored three, we have one. If that kid, doesn't make that play. I know you look at the scoreboard but that was a big turning point for them."

The same trio of Mets singled with one out in the fifth to load the bases. Bichette scored on a sacrifice fly to right. Francisco Alvarez' second hit of the game scored Soto. Ewing doubled home to runs, his first hit of the series. It ended Lodolo's outing.

The Reds scored seven runs against McLean on May 25th but managed only an unearned run on three hits against him over seven innings.

"I think we saw the better version," Francona said. "Every one sees the velocity because that's there. Last time it was out of the zone enough. It was good today.

"They had nine or ten singles, they all count," Lodolo said. "I have to stop it. Obviously, I like the swing and miss. I wasn't getting a lot of swing and miss there. I have to make my execution of pitches. Some were hit hard, some weren't. We talked about this. I've got to get better. It starts with location. When you're going through an outing like this, you're always hunting swing and miss. To pitch deep in the game, I have to do things like get ahead. Then you're on the attack the whole time, you're going to do that. That's something I haven't done a great job of."

Chis Paddack took over for Lodolo. Torrens lined out to Arroyo.

Paddack finished the game to save the bullpen. He allowed two token runs in the eighth inning.