2018 Cincinnati Reds season

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2018 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkGreat American Ball Park
CityCincinnati, Ohio
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
OwnersBob Castellini
General managersDick Williams, Nick Krall
ManagersBryan Price (through April 18)
Jim Riggleman (starting April 19)
TelevisionFox Sports Ohio
(Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, George Grande, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Jeff Piecoro)
RadioWLW (700 AM)
Reds Radio Network
(Marty Brennaman, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Thom Brennaman, Doug Flynn, Chris Welsh)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2018 Cincinnati Reds season was the 149th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 16th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

Offseason

Transactions

November 2, 2017 SS Zack Cozart elected free agency. Cozart signed a three-year, $38 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels on December 15, 2017.[1]
December 27, 2017 Signed RHP Jared Hughes to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.[2]
January 12, 2018 Signed OF Billy Hamilton to a one-year, $4.6 million contract, avoiding arbitration.[3]
January 12, 2018 Signed RHP Anthony DeSclafani to a one-year, $860,000 contract, avoiding arbitration.[3]
January 12, 2018 Signed RHP Michael Lorenzen to a one-year, $1.31 million contract, avoiding arbitration.[3]
January 30, 2018 Signed RHP David Hernandez to a two-year, $5 million contract.[4]
February 6, 2018 Signed 3B Eugenio Suárez to a one-year, $3.75 million contract, settling in arbitration.[5]
February 17, 2018 Signed 2B Scooter Gennett to a one-year, $5.7 million contract, settling in arbitration.[6]
March 16, 2018 Signed 3B Eugenio Suárez to a six-year, $66 million contract extension, including a club option for 2025.[7]

Standings

National League Central

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 96 67 0.589 51–30 45–37
Chicago Cubs 95 68 0.583 1 51–31 44–37
St. Louis Cardinals 88 74 0.543 43–38 45–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 82 79 0.509 13 44–36 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 67 95 0.414 28½ 37–44 30–51


National League Wildcard

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers 96 67 0.589
Los Angeles Dodgers 92 71 0.564
Atlanta Braves 90 72 0.556
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Chicago Cubs 95 68 0.583 +4
Colorado Rockies 91 72 0.558
St. Louis Cardinals 88 74 0.543
Pittsburgh Pirates 82 79 0.509 8
Arizona Diamondbacks 82 80 0.506
Washington Nationals 82 80 0.506
Philadelphia Phillies 80 82 0.494 10½
New York Mets 77 85 0.475 13½
San Francisco Giants 73 89 0.451 17½
Cincinnati Reds 67 95 0.414 23½
San Diego Padres 66 96 0.407 24½
Miami Marlins 63 98 0.391 27


Record vs. opponents


Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona 3–4 3–4 3–3 8–11 11–8 6–1 1–5 2–5 4–2 6–1 12–7 8–11 3–3 2–5 10–10
Atlanta 4–3 3–3 3–4 2–5 2–5 14–5 3–4 13–6 12–7 5–1 4–3 3–3 4–2 10–9 8–12
Chicago 4–3 3–3 11–8 3–3 4–3 5–2 11–9 6–1 4–2 10–9 5–2 3–3 9–10 4–3 13–7
Cincinnati 3–3 4–3 8–11 2–4 6–1 2–5 6–13 3–3 3–4 5–14 3–4 4–2 7–12 1–6 10–10
Colorado 11–8 5–2 3–3 4–2 7–13 2–4 2–5 6–1 5–2 3–3 11–8 12–7 2–5 5–2 13–7
Los Angeles 8–11 5–2 3–4 1–6 13–7 2–4 4–3 4–2 3–4 5–1 14–5 10–9 3–4 5–1 12–8
Miami 1–6 5–14 2–5 5–2 4–2 4–2 2–5 7–12 8–11 1–4 2–5 4–3 3–3 6–13 9–11
Milwaukee 5–1 4–3 9–11 13–6 5–2 3–4 5–2 4–3 3–3 7–12 4–2 6–1 11–8 4–2 13–7
New York 5–2 6–13 1–6 3–3 1–6 2–4 12–7 3–4 11–8 3–4 4–2 4–3 3–3 11–8 8–12
Philadelphia 2–4 7–12 2–4 4–3 2–5 4–3 11–8 3–3 8–11 6–1 3–3 4–3 4–3 8–11 12–8
Pittsburgh 1–6 1–5 9–10 14–5 3–3 1–5 4–1 12–7 4–3 1–6 3–4 4–3 8–11 2–5 15–5
San Diego 7–12 3–4 2–5 4–3 8–11 5–14 5–2 2–4 2–4 3–3 4–3 8–11 4–3 2–4 7–13
San Francisco 11–8 3–3 3–3 2–4 7–12 9–10 3–4 1–6 3–4 3–4 3–4 11–8 2–5 4–2 8–12
St. Louis 3–3 2–4 10–9 12–7 5–2 4–3 3–3 8–11 3–3 3–4 11–8 3–4 5–2 5–2 11–9
Washington 5–2 9–10 3–4 6–1 2–5 1–5 13–6 2–4 8–11 11–8 5–2 4–2 2–4 2–5 9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.


Regular Season Summary

Opening Day starting lineup

Position Name
LF Jesse Winker
3B Eugenio Suárez
1B Joey Votto
2B Scooter Gennett
RF Scott Schebler
C Tucker Barnhart
SS José Peraza
P Homer Bailey
CF Billy Hamilton

April

  • April 19: The Reds fired manager Bryan Price after a 3–15 start to the season, along with pitching coach Mack Jenkins. Price managed in Cincinnati for five seasons and finished with a record of 279 wins and 387 losses. Bench coach Jim Riggleman was named interim manager, with Double-A Pensacola pitching coach Danny Darwin joining the coaching staff. Pat Kelly, who was the manager of Triple-A Louisville, will be the bench coach.[8]
  • April 23 – April 29: Joey Votto was named N.L. Player of the Week as he slashed .360/.543/.880 with 7 runs scored, 4 HR and 8 RBI, while drawing 9 walks.[9]

May

  • May 7 – May 13: Scooter Gennett was named N.L. Player of the Week with a slash line of .591/.591/1.227, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 7 runs and 2 doubles.[10]
  • May 8: The Reds acquired starting pitcher Matt Harvey from the New York Mets in exchange for catcher Devin Mesoraco.[11]
  • May 10 – May 13: The Reds swept the Dodgers in a four-game series for the first time since August 1976.[12]
  • May 21 – May 27: Scooter Gennett was named N.L. Player of the Week for the second time in the 2018 season. Gennett batted .500 (12–for-24) with 6 runs scored, 2 doubles, 3 HR and 10 RBI over six games played. Among his NL counterparts during the period, Scooter finished first in hits, slugging percentage (.958) and total bases (23); tied for first in home runs, extra–base hits (5) and RBI; second in batting average; tied for third in runs scored; and seventh in on–base percentage (.519).[13]

June

  • June 2: Scooter Gennett was named N.L. Player of the Month for the month of May. Gennett batted .398 (37–for–93) with 16 runs scored, 6 doubles, 8 HR and 24 RBI over 26 games played.[14]
  • June 21–24: The Reds swept the Cubs in a four-game series for the first time since April 1983, outscoring them 31–13 in the four games.[15] In game 3, Anthony DeSclafani hit a grand slam, the first pitcher to do this for the Reds since Bob Purkey in 1959. In the 4th game, the Reds trailed 6–1, but managed to come back by scoring 7 runs in the 7th inning.
  • June 30: Michael Lorenzen became the second Reds pitcher to hit a grand slam this season following Anthony DeSclafani's grand slam a week earlier. The home run was Lorenzen's third in as many at-bats making him the first pitcher to homer in three-straight at-bats since Mike Hampton in 2001.[16]

July

August

  • August 10: Joey Votto collected his 1,700th career hit with a single in the sixth-inning. Votto is the ninth player in franchise history to reach that level.[22]
  • August 29: Eugenio Suárez hit his 30th home run of the season, becoming the fourth player in Reds history to hit that many home runs while primarily playing third base. He joins Tony Pérez, Todd Frazier and Deron Johnson. Pitcher Michael Lorenzen also had a pinch-hit three-run home run, his fourth home run and his third against the Brewers this season.[23]

September

Game log

2018 regular season game log: 67–95 (Home: 37–44; Away: 30–51)
March/April: 7–22 (Home:3–10; Away: 4–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
March 29 Nationals Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: March 30)
1 March 30 Nationals 0–2 Scherzer (1–0) Bailey (0–1) Doolittle (1) 43,878 0–1 L1
2 March 31 Nationals 7–13 Strasburg (1–0) Castillo (0–1) 27,341 0–2 L2
3 April 1 Nationals 5–6 González (1–0) Romano (0–1) Doolittle (2) 10,335 0–3 L3
4 April 2 Cubs 1–0 Mahle (1–0) Chatwood (0–1) Iglesias (1) 18,963 1–3 W1
April 3 Cubs Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: May 19)
5 April 5 @ Pirates 2–5 Brault (2–0) Bailey (0–2) Rivero (3) 9,227 1–4 L1
6 April 6 @ Pirates 3–14 Williams (2–0) Castillo (0–2) 11,115 1–5 L2
7 April 7 @ Pirates 7–4 Peralta (1–0) Kontos (0–1) Iglesias (2) 14,336 2–5 W1
8 April 8 @ Pirates 0–5 Taillon (2–0) Mahle (1–1) 11,261 2–6 L1
9 April 9 @ Phillies 5–6 García (1–1) Quackenbush (0–1) Neris (1) 18,127 2–7 L2
10 April 10 @ Phillies 1–6 Nola (1–0) Hughes (0–1) 20,895 2–8 L3
11 April 11 @ Phillies 3–4 (12) Ríos (1–0) Brice (0–1) 19,099 2–9 L4
12 April 12 Cardinals 4–13 Wacha (2–1) Brice (0–2) Mayers (1) 11,128 2–10 L5
13 April 13 Cardinals 3–5 Weaver (2–0) Mahle (1–2) Norris (2) 19,561 2–11 L6
14 April 14 Cardinals 1–6 Mikolas (2–0) Finnegan (0–1) 19,213 2–12 L7
15 April 15 Cardinals 2–3 Martinez (2–1) Bailey (0–3) Norris (3) 15,557 2–13 L8
16 April 16 @ Brewers 10–4 Castillo (1–2) Suter (1–2) 28,677 3–13 W1
17 April 17 @ Brewers 0–2 Jennings (2–0) Romano (0–2) Hader (2) 31,345 3–14 L1
18 April 18 @ Brewers 0–2 Davies (1–2) Mahle (1–3) Barnes (2) 37,343 3–15 L2
19 April 20 @ Cardinals 2–4 Wacha (3–1) Finnegan (0–2) Norris (5) 43,303 3–16 L3
20 April 21 @ Cardinals 3–4 Hicks (1–0) Hughes (0–2) 42,382 3–17 L4
21 April 22 @ Cardinals 2–9 Mikolas (3–0) Castillo (1–3) 44,430 3–18 L5
22 April 23 Braves 10–4 Romano (1–2) Freeman (0–1) Iglesias (3) 9,463 4–18 W1
23 April 24 Braves 9–7 (12) Hughes (1–2) Fried (0–1) 14,139 5–18 W2
24 April 25 Braves 3–4 Winkler (1–0) Shackelford (0–1) Minter (1) 13,113 5–19 L1
25 April 26 Braves 4–7 Freeman (1–1) Peralta (1–1) Vizcaíno (2) 11,919 5–20 L2
26 April 27 @ Twins 15–9 Hernandez (1–0) Duffey (0–1) 25,002 6–20 W1
27 April 28 @ Twins 1–3 Odorizzi (2–2) Romano (1–3) Rodney (3) 27,115 6–21 L1
28 April 29 @ Twins 8–2 Mahle (2–3) Berríos (2–3) 25,677 7–21 W1
29 April 30 Brewers 5–6 Woodruff (1–0) Peralta (1–2) Hader (4) 9,536 7–22 L1
May: 13–15 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
30 May 1 Brewers 6–7 Anderson (3–2) Bailey (0–4) Jeffress (1) 12,933 7–23 L2
31 May 2 Brewers 1–3 Miley (1–0) Castillo (1–4) Jeffress (2) 10,346 7–24 L3
32 May 4 Marlins 4–1 Romano (2–3) Chen (1–1) Iglesias (4) 22,610 8–24 W1
33 May 5 Marlins 0–6 Smith (2–3) Mahle (2–4) 19,609 8–25 L1
34 May 6 Marlins 5–8 Straily (1–0) Finnegan (0–3) Ziegler (4) 19,800 8–26 L2
35 May 7 Mets 6–7 Gsellman (4–0) Bailey (0–5) Familia (10) 15,187 8–27 L3
36 May 8 Mets 7–2 Castillo (2–4) Vargas (0–3) 14,804 9–27 W1
37 May 9 Mets 2–1 (10) Iglesias (1–0) Ramos (1–2) 16,452 10–27 W2
38 May 10 @ Dodgers 4–1 Mahle (3–4) Buehler (2–1) Iglesias (5) 47,383 11–27 W3
39 May 11 @ Dodgers 6–2 Brice (1–2) Maeda (2–3) Iglesias (6) 46,979 12–27 W4
40 May 12 @ Dodgers 5–3 Bailey (1–5) Chargois (1–1) Hughes (1) 49,911 13–27 W5
41 May 13 @ Dodgers 5–3 Castillo (3–4) Hill (1–2) Iglesias (7) 44,787 14–27 W6
42 May 14 @ Giants 7–10 Stratton (4–3) Romano (2–4) 36,156 14–28 L1
43 May 15 @ Giants 3–5 Johnson (2–1) Mahle (3–5) Strickland (9) 37,809 14–29 L2
44 May 16 @ Giants 6–3 Hughes (2–2) Suarez (1–3) Iglesias (8) 38,662 15–29 W1
45 May 18 Cubs 1–8 Lester (4–1) Bailey (1–6) 22,060 15–30 L1
46 May 19 (1) Cubs 5–4 (11) Floro (1–0) Wilson (1–1) 19,046 16–30 W1
47 May 19 (2) Cubs 0–10 Quintana (5–3) Romano (2–5) 26,082 16–31 L1
48 May 20 Cubs 1–6 Darvish (1–3) Mahle (3–6) 26,988 16–32 L2
49 May 22 Pirates 7–2 Harvey (1–2) Taillon (2–4) 16,144 17–32 W1
50 May 23 Pirates 4–5 (12) Brault (4–1) Floro (1–1) Crick (1) 18,659 17–33 L1
51 May 24 Pirates 5–4 Castillo (4–4) Nova (2–5) Hughes (2) 14,853 18–33 W1
52 May 25 @ Rockies 4–5 Gray (5–6) Romano (2–6) Davis (18) 33,193 18–34 L1
53 May 26 @ Rockies 6–5 Lorenzen (1–0) Rusin (0–1) Hughes (3) 42,844 19–34 W1
54 May 27 @ Rockies 2–8 Marquez (4–5) Harvey (1–3) 36,387 19–35 L1
55 May 28 @ Diamondbacks 5–12 Koch (3–3) Bailey (1–7) 29,924 19–36 L2
56 May 29 @ Diamondbacks 2–5 Godley (5–4) Castillo (4–5) Boxberger (13) 20,046 19–37 L3
57 May 30 @ Diamondbacks 7–4 Romano (3–6) Corbin (5–2) Iglesias (9) 18,340 20–37 W1
June: 15–11 (Home: 9–6; Away: 6–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
58 June 1 @ Padres 7–2 Mahle (4–6) Lockett (0–1) Lorenzen (1) 25,729 21–37 W2
59 June 2 @ Padres 2–8 Lauer (2–3) Harvey (1–4) 31,710 21–38 L1
60 June 3 @ Padres 3–6 Ross (5–3) Castillo (4–6) Yates (1) 25,377 21–39 L2
61 June 5 Rockies 6–9 Freeland (6–5) DeSclafani (0–1) Davis (19) 21,944 21–40 L3
62 June 6 Rockies 3–6 Gray (6–6) Romano (3–7) Davis (20) 19,762 21–41 L4
63 June 7 Rockies 7–5 (13) Floro (2–1) Rusin (0–2) 15,957 22–41 W1
64 June 8 Cardinals 6–7 (10) Norris (3–1) Iglesias (1–1) Brebbia (2) 26,144 22–42 L1
65 June 9 Cardinals 4–6 Wacha (8–1) Castillo (4–7) Hicks (1) 34,469 22–43 L2
66 June 10 Cardinals 6–3 DeSclafani (1–1) Martinez (3–3) Hughes (4) 19,344 23–43 W1
67 June 12 @ Royals 5–1 (10) Hernandez (2–0) McCarthy (4–3) 20,476 24–43 W2
68 June 13 @ Royals 7–0 Mahle (5–6) Hammel (2–7) 24,899 25–43 W3
69 June 15 @ Pirates 2–3 Kuhl (5–4) Harvey (1–5) Vázquez (13) 23,007 25–44 L1
70 June 16 @ Pirates 2–6 Nova (4–5) Castillo (4–8) 27,479 25–45 L2
71 June 17 @ Pirates 8–6 DeSclafani (2–1) Musgrove (2–2) Iglesias (10) 23,042 26–45 W1
72 June 19 Tigers 9–5 Romano (4–7) Boyd (4–5) 31,085 27–45 W2
73 June 20 Tigers 5–3 Mahle (6–6) Fulmer (3–6) Iglesias (11) 19,177 28–45 W3
74 June 21 Cubs 6–2 Harvey (2–5) Hendricks (5–7) Hughes (5) 19,581 29–45 W4
75 June 22 Cubs 6–3 Castillo (5–8) Quintana (6–6) Iglesias (12) 25,885 30–45 W5
76 June 23 Cubs 11–2 DeSclafani (3–1) Farrell (2–3) 36,818 31–45 W6
77 June 24 Cubs 8–6 Stephens (1–0) Strop (3–1) Iglesias (13) 30,508 32–45 W7
78 June 25 @ Braves 4–5 (11) Jackson (1–0) Floro (2–2) 27,851 32–46 L1
79 June 26 @ Braves 5–3 Harvey (3–5) Sánchez (3–2) Iglesias (14) 28,356 33–46 W1
80 June 27 @ Braves 6–5 Stephens (2–0) Freeman (2–4) Iglesias (15) 30,207 34–46 W2
81 June 28 Brewers 4–6 Guerra (4–5) Garrett (0–1) Knebel (8) 20,347 34–47 L1
82 June 29 Brewers 2–8 Anderson (6–6) Romano (4–8) 26,130 34–48 L2
83 June 30 Brewers 12–3 Hernandez (3–0) Zagurski (0–1) 24,640 35–48 W1
July: 13–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 5–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
84 July 1 Brewers 8–2 Harvey (4–5) Peralta (1–3) 18,483 36–48 W2
85 July 2 White Sox 5–3 Floro (3–2) Volstad (1–5) Iglesias (16) 16,727 37–48 W3
86 July 3 White Sox 8–12 (12) Santiago (3–3) Stephens (2–1) 22,742 37–49 L1
87 July 4 White Sox 7–4 Romano (5–8) Covey (3–4) Hughes (6) 24,442 38–49 W1
88 July 6 @ Cubs 3–2 Mahle (7–6) Montgomery (3–3) Iglesias (17) 41,434 39–49 W2
89 July 7 @ Cubs 7–8 Rosario (4–0) Hughes (2–3) Morrow (20) 41,538 39–50 L1
90 July 8 @ Cubs 5–6 (10) Farrell (3–3) Stephens (2–2) 38,655 39–51 L2
91 July 9 @ Indians 7–5 DeSclafani (4–1) Clevinger (7–4) Iglesias (18) 22,561 40–51 W1
92 July 10 @ Indians 7–4 Crockett (1–0) Allen (2–4) Iglesias (19) 21,908 41–51 W2
93 July 11 @ Indians 4–19 Carrasco (10–5) Mahle (7–7) Plutko (1) 22,215 41–52 L1
94 July 13 @ Cardinals 9–1 Harvey (5–5) Martinez (6–5) 45,891 42–52 W1
95 July 14 @ Cardinals 8–2 Brice (2–2) Hicks (3–2) 44,668 43–52 W2
96 July 15 @ Cardinals 4–6 Gant (3–3) DeSclafani (4–2) Hicks (2) 45,808 43–53 L1
2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: Washington, DC at Nationals Park
97 July 20 Pirates 1–12 Taillon (7–7) Mahle (7–8) 20,726 43–54 L2
98 July 21 Pirates 2–6 Kingham (5–4) DeSclafani (4–3) 23,244 43–55 L3
99 July 22 Pirates 2–9 Nova (6–6) Harvey (5–6) 23,615 43–56 L4
100 July 23 Cardinals 2–1 Hughes (3–3) Norris (3–3) 17,518 44–56 W1
101 July 24 Cardinals 2–4 (11) Tuivailala(3–3) Garrett (0–2) Norris (19) 18,379 44–57 L1
102 July 25 Cardinals 7–3 Romano (6–8) Flaherty (4–5) 20,940 45–57 W1
103 July 26 Phillies 4–9 Suárez (1–0) Lorenzen (1–1) 17,031 45–58 L1
104 July 27 Phillies 6–4 Hernandez (4–0) Pivetta (6–9) Iglesias (20) 24,776 46–58 W1
105 July 28 Phillies 6–2 Peralta (2–2) Hunter (2–1) Hughes (7) 35,249 47–58 W2
106 July 29 Phillies 4–0 Castillo (6–8) Eflin (7–3) Iglesias (21) 21,649 48–58 W3
107 July 31 @ Tigers 1–2 Boyd (6–9) Bailey (1–8) Greene (22) 24,929 48–59 L1
August: 9–19 (Home: 6–6; Away: 3–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
108 August 1 @ Tigers 4–7 VerHagen (2–2) Romano (6–9) Greene (23) 24,952 48–60 L2
109 August 2 @ Nationals 4–10 Scherzer (15–5) Mahle (7–9) 28,845 48–61 L3
August 3 @ Nationals Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: August 4)
110 August 4 (1) @ Nationals 7–1 DeSclafani (5–3) González (6–8) 32,687 49–61 W1
111 August 4 (2) @ Nationals 2–6 Hellickson (5–2) Harvey (5–7) 36,149 49–62 L1
112 August 5 @ Nationals 1–2 Roark (6–12) Castillo (6–9) Herrera (17) 33,486 49–63 L2
113 August 6 @ Mets 4–6 Syndergaard (7–2) Bailey (1–9) Blevins (1) 21,644 49–64 L3
114 August 7 @ Mets 6–1 Romano (7–9) Vargas (2–8) 22,207 50–64 W1
115 August 8 @ Mets 0–8 deGrom (6–7) Stephenson (0–1) 24,287 50–65 L1
116 August 10 Diamondbacks 3–0 DeSclafani (6–3) Buchholz (5–2) Iglesias (22) 19,089 51–65 W1
117 August 11 Diamondbacks 6–3 Garrett (1–2) Bradley (3–4) Iglesias (23) 29,348 52–65 W2
118 August 12 Diamondbacks 2–9 Godley (13–6) Castillo (6–10) 17,909 52–66 L1
119 August 13 Indians 3–10 Clevenger (8–7) Bailey (1–10) 20,607 52–67 L2
120 August 14 Indians 1–8 Kluber (15–6) Romano (7–10) 19,034 52–68 L3
121 August 15 Indians 3–4 Otero (2–1) Reed (0–1) Hand (28) 17,275 52–69 L4
122 August 17 Giants 2–1 (11) Hernandez (5–0) Black (2–2) 19,540 53–69 W1
123 August 18 Giants 7–1 Harvey (6–7) Bumgarner (4–5) 23,878 54–69 W2
124 August 19 Giants 11–4 Castillo (7–10) Suarez (4–9) 22,756 55–69 W3
125 August 20 @ Brewers 2–5 Anderson (8–7) Bailey (1–11) Jeffress (5) 27,590 55–70 L1
126 August 21 @ Brewers 9–7 Iglesias (2–1) Jennings (4–5) 29,467 56–70 W1
127 August 22 @ Brewers 0–4 Peralta (6–4) Stephenson (0–2) Jeffress (6) 33,058 56–71 L1
128 August 23 @ Cubs 1–7 Hamels (9–9) DeSclafani (6–4) 41,130 56–72 L2
129 August 24 @ Cubs 2–3 (10) Chavez (4–2) Iglesias (2–2) 37,760 56–73 L3
130 August 25 @ Cubs 6–10 Quintana (11–9) Castillo (7–11) 41,205 56–74 L4
131 August 26 @ Cubs 0–9 Hendricks (10–10) Bailey (1–12) 40,331 56–75 L5
132 August 28 Brewers 9–7 DeSclafani (7–4) Guerra (6–9) Iglesias (24) 13,242 57–75 W1
133 August 29 Brewers 12–13 (10) Jeffress (7–1) Iglesias (2–3) 11,777 57–76 L1
134 August 30 Brewers 1–2 Soria (1–0) Brice (2–3) Hader (11) 13,403 57–77 L2
135 August 31 @ Cardinals 5–12 Gomber (5–0) Bailey (1–13) 42,365 57–78 L3
September: 9–15 (Home: 4–6; Away: 5–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
136 September 1 @ Cardinals 4–0 Castillo (8–11) Poncedeleon (0–1) 46,368 58–78 W1
137 September 2 @ Cardinals 6–4 (10) Lorenzen (2–1) Norris (3–4) Iglesias (25) 45,743 59–78 W2
138 September 3 @ Pirates 1–5 Williams (12–9) Harvey (6–8) 13,843 59–79 L1
139 September 4 @ Pirates 3–7 Musgrove (6–8) Reed (0–2) 8,855 59–80 L2
140 September 5 @ Pirates 2–3 Taillon (12–9) Bailey (1–14) Vázquez (30) 9,560 59–81 L3
141 September 6 Padres 2–6 J. Castillo (2–2) L. Castillo (8–12) 14,303 59–82 L4
142 September 7 Padres 12–6 Lorenzen (3–1) Strahm (3–4) 14,854 60–82 W1
143 September 8 Padres 7–2 (7) Harvey (7–8) Erlin (3–6) 20,977 61–82 W2
144 September 9 Padres 6–7 Stammen (7–2) Iglesias (2–4) Yates (7) 18,424 61–83 L1
145 September 10 Dodgers 10–6 Hughes (4–3) Wood (8–7) 12,161 62–83 W1
146 September 11 Dodgers 3–1 Castillo (9–12) Ryu (4–3) Iglesias (26) 14,964 63–83 W2
147 September 12 Dodgers 1–8 Ferguson (6–2) DeSclafani (7–5) 15,633 63–84 L1
148 September 14 @ Cubs 2–3 Maples (1–0) Hernandez (5–1) De La Rosa (1) 36,468 63–85 L2
149 September 15 @ Cubs 0–1 Lester (16–6) Romano (7–11) Cishek (4) 41,196 63–86 L3
150 September 16 @ Cubs 2–1 Castillo (10–12) Quintana (13–10) Iglesias (27) 41,314 64–86 W1
151 September 17 @ Brewers 0–8 Miley (5–2) DeSclafani (7–6) Woodruff (1) 32,145 64–87 L1
152 September 18 @ Brewers 3–1 Romano (8–11) Anderson (9–8) Iglesias (28) 30,366 65–87 W1
153 September 19 @ Brewers 0–7 González (9–11) Harvey (7–9) 33,443 65–88 L1
154 September 20 @ Marlins 4–2 Reed (1–2) Brigham (0–3) Iglesias (29) 9,863 66–88 W1
155 September 21 @ Marlins 0–1 (10) Barraclough (1–6) Hernandez (5–2) 11,471 66–89 L1
156 September 22 @ Marlins 1–5 Ureña (8–12) DeSclafani (7–7) Steckenrider (5) 12,559 66–90 L2
157 September 23 @ Marlins 0–6 Richards (4–9) Lorenzen (3–2) 13,595 66–91 L3
158 September 25 Royals 3–4 McCarthy (5–4) Iglesias (2–5) Peralta (14) 13,172 66–92 L4
159 September 26 Royals 1–6 Fillmyer (4–2) Reed (1–3) 12,549 66–93 L5
160 September 28 Pirates 4–8 Brault (6–3) DeSclafani (7–8) 19,689 66–94 L6
161 September 29 Pirates 3–0 Lorenzen (4–2) Taillon (14–10) Iglesias (30) 42,630 67–94 W1
162 September 30 Pirates 5–6 (10) Feliz (1–2) Stephens (2–3) Vázquez (37) 25,091 67–95 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Reds team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
José Peraza 157 632 85 182 31 4 14 58 23 29 .288 .416
Scooter Gennett 154 584 86 181 30 3 23 92 4 42 .310 .490
Eugenio Suárez 143 527 79 149 22 2 34 104 1 64 .283 .526
Billy Hamilton 153 504 74 119 16 9 4 29 34 46 .236 .327
Joey Votto 145 503 67 143 28 2 12 67 2 108 .284 .419
Tucker Barnhart 138 460 50 114 21 3 10 46 0 54 .248 .372
Scott Schebler 107 380 55 97 19 0 17 49 4 39 .255 .439
Adam Duvall 105 331 40 68 19 0 15 61 2 34 .205 .399
Jesse Winker 89 281 38 84 16 0 7 43 0 49 .299 .431
Phillip Ervin 78 218 27 55 10 1 7 31 6 20 .252 .404
Curt Casali 52 140 15 41 10 0 4 16 0 12 .293 .450
Alex Blandino 69 128 14 30 4 0 1 8 0 13 .234 .289
Mason Williams 51 123 10 36 5 1 2 6 1 7 .293 .398
Brandon Dixon 74 118 14 21 6 0 5 10 0 6 .178 .356
Dilson Herrera 53 87 11 16 5 0 5 11 0 8 .184 .414
Devin Mesoraco 18 41 1 9 2 0 1 3 0 2 .220 .341
Preston Tucker 17 37 4 7 1 0 2 5 0 4 .189 .378
Cliff Pennington 16 29 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .138 .138
Tony Cruz 9 26 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 .154 .308
Phil Gosselin 20 24 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 4 .125 .250
Gabriel Guerrero 14 18 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .167 .333
Blake Trahan 11 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214
Rosell Herrera 11 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154
Tim Federowicz 5 6 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 .333 1.000
Aristides Aquino 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Pitcher Totals 162 307 14 31 4 0 5 19 0 12 .101 .163
Team Totals 162 5532 696 1404 251 25 172 665 77 559 .254 .401

Source:[1]

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Luis Castillo 10 12 4.30 31 31 0 169.2 158 89 81 49 165
Sal Romano 8 11 5.31 39 25 0 145.2 155 92 86 53 105
Matt Harvey 7 7 4.50 24 24 0 128.0 132 66 64 28 111
Anthony DeSclafani 7 8 4.93 21 21 0 115.0 118 68 63 30 108
Tyler Mahle 7 9 4.98 23 23 0 112.0 125 68 62 53 110
Homer Bailey 1 14 6.09 20 20 0 106.1 141 82 72 33 75
Michael Lorenzen 4 2 3.11 45 3 1 81.0 78 32 28 34 54
Jared Hughes 4 3 1.94 72 0 7 78.2 57 17 17 23 59
Raisel Iglesias 2 5 2.38 66 0 30 72.0 52 22 19 25 80
David Hernandez 5 2 2.53 57 0 0 64.0 46 20 18 17 65
Amir Garrett 1 2 4.29 66 0 0 63.0 56 30 30 25 71
Wandy Peralta 2 2 5.36 59 0 0 45.1 58 32 27 31 31
Cody Reed 1 3 3.98 17 7 0 43.0 45 21 19 15 42
Jackson Stephens 2 3 4.93 29 0 0 38.1 50 30 21 15 33
Austin Brice 2 3 5.79 33 0 0 37.1 39 26 24 13 32
Dylan Floro 3 2 2.72 25 0 0 36.1 39 12 11 12 27
Brandon Finnegan 0 3 7.40 5 5 0 20.2 27 20 17 15 14
Matt Wisler 0 0 2.03 11 0 0 13.1 11 4 3 2 11
Robert Stephenson 0 2 9.26 4 3 0 11.2 17 12 12 12 11
Kyle Crockett 1 0 5.79 15 0 0 9.1 16 8 6 2 11
Keury Mella 0 0 8.68 4 0 0 9.1 13 9 9 8 8
Kevin Quackenbush 0 1 11.00 10 0 0 9.0 13 11 11 6 7
Kevin Shackelford 0 1 7.88 5 0 0 8.0 13 8 7 4 7
Tanner Rainey 0 0 24.43 8 0 0 7.0 13 19 19 12 7
Jesús Reyes 0 0 3.18 5 0 0 5.2 4 4 2 2 2
Lucas Sims 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 5.1 3 4 4 5 6
Yovani Gallardo 0 0 30.86 3 0 0 2.1 8 8 8 4 2
Brandon Dixon 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Alex Blandino 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Cliff Pennington 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Phil Ervin 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Zack Weiss 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0.0 2 4 4 2 0
Team Totals 67 95 4.63 162 162 38 1441.0 1491 819 741 532 1258

Source:[2]

Roster

2018 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Bats International League Pat Kelly
AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos Southern League Jody Davis
A Daytona Tortugas Florida State League Ricky Gutierrez
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Luis Bolivar
A-Rookie Advanced Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Ray Martinez
A-Rookie Advanced Greeneville Reds Appalachian League Gookie Dawkins
Rookie AZL Reds Arizona League Jose Nieves
Rookie DSL Reds Dominican Summer League Cristobal Rodriguez

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