5-7-23 Reds vs White Sox 4:10 PM

[Ron Madden]

Tyler Stephenson hit his first home run of the season in the third inning, an opposite field liner on an elevated 95-mph fastball.

Stephenson, who had six homers in 166 at-bats during an injury-plagued 2022 season, went 115 at-bats before his first home run in 2023.

There were health reasons why the Reds wanted to give Stephenson more time at designated hitter and first base this year, plus it keeps a potential .300 hitter in the lineup more often, but he needs to hit for more power to be a regular starter at non-catching positions.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...ox/ar-AA1aSfdB

[j.u.FAIRFIIELD]

Cessa tells the manager, "Sure, I can go in there and show 'em what I have."

[Kingspoint]

All jokes aside, and in a 14-3 game, there are a LOT of jokes..

Glad he finally got one. Maybe that’s the elephant.

Nah. The Pitcher was throwing batting practice to try to hurry the game along. Hitting a homerun in that situation (like the two that followed) are meaningless.

[goreds2]

Chicago sent 14 batters to the plate for what became its highest-scoring frame since Aug. 17, 2007 (at Kansas City, 11 runs) -- and its highest-scoring second inning in franchise history.

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-s..._article-share

[cumberlandreds]

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-s..._article-share

Good to know Reds pitching is helping other teams set records.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

Good to know Reds pitching is helping other teams set records.

Not the kind of record setting I was hoping for. lol

[cumberlandreds]

Not the kind of record setting I was hoping for. lol

Me either. But you know days like this would happen with very young starters and some starters who aren't MLB worthy.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

Me either. But you know days like this would happen with very young starters and some starters who aren't MLB worthy.

No doubt. They'll be fine but there will be days like this. I look for Graham to bounce back quickly. Even the best of pitchers have had a myriad of very rough starts in their careers.

[Sea Ray]

Me either. But you know days like this would happen with very young starters and some starters who aren't MLB worthy.

This day happened with our ace and likely All Star representative. This wasn't a game started by Cessa or Overton

[cumberlandreds]

This day happened with our ace and likely All Star representative. This wasn't a game started by Cessa or Overton

He is still a very young starter and will have some days like this. All part of learning.

[Ron Madden]

Blowout games happen, the only thing you can do now is move on.