The Cincinnati Reds have won the first two games of the series, slugging four home runs in each game. This afternoon they will look to pull off a 3-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers. First pitch at Great American Ball Park is scheduled for 1:40pm ET.
Starting Lineups
Starting Pitchers
Rhett Lowder
The Reds have won four of Lowder’s five starts this season. On April 9th he had the worst start of his career against Miami, allowing eight hits and four earned runs in 5.1 innings. He’s rebounded well since, pitching into the 7th inning against San Francisco and then allowing one run over six innings last time out against the Rays.
The splits for Lowder in his career are still in the small sample size range and they’ve come in small parts over two seasons that are two years apart. Still, he’s been very good at limiting hits and power against both lefties and righties. The big difference is that left-handed hitters are walking a ton against him while right-handed hitters almost never walk against him. Both groups make plenty of contact against him.
Career Splits
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 117 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .239 | .265 | .265 |
| LHH | 129 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 20 | .200 | .318 | .282 |
Pitch Usage
| 4-seam | 2-Seam | Slider | Change | |
| Velo | 93.5 | 92.9 | 85.0 | 86.6 |
| Usage | 22% | 32% | 24% | 22% |
Keider Montero
The first two outings this season for Montero were good as he allowed just two earned runs in 10.1 innings pitched. The last two have been so-so as he gave up four runs in six innings to the Royals and three runs in 5.2 innings to Milwaukee in his last start.
Last season his splits were quite big. He was much better against right-handed hitters. They hit for a solid average, but they rarely walked and they didn’t hit for much power at all. Lefties hit for a high average, walked at a solid rate, made tons of contact, and hit for a good amount of power against him.
2025 Splits
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 202 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 46 | .255 | .292 | .380 |
| LHH | 187 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 26 | .282 | .371 | .521 |
Pitch Usage
| 4-seam | 2-seam | Curve | Slider | Change | |
| Velo | 95.2 | 95.4 | 81.2 | 86.1 | 88.2 |
| Usage | 32% | 25% | 12% | 16% | 15% |
When and Where
- Game time: 1:40pm ET
- Where: Great American Ball Park
- Watch: Reds MLB Channel, Reds.tv (in-market), MLB.tv (out of market).
- Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
- Forecast: 66°, sunny, 0% chance of rain
News and Notes
Jose Trevino is back
As expected, the Reds activated Jose Trevino from the injured list today. They optioned P.J. Higgins to Triple-A as the other side of that transaction.
Nick Lodolo makes a rehab start
The Reds also made it official today, sending Lodolo to join the High-A Dayton Dragons for a rehab assignment. He’s expected to pitch four innings this afternoon. First pitch for this one is at 1:05pm ET. If you have Reds.tv or MLB.tv you should be able to stream the Dayton game through the MLB App if you want to watch.
The best start since 2006
After last night’s win the Reds are 18-9. That’s their best record through 27 games since 2006 when they began 19-8.
Sal Stewart’s incredible start
With with 29 RBI this season, Stewart leads all of baseball. It’s the most RBI any Red has ever had before May began (the season starts much earlier now than it has in the distant past). It’s the second most RBI by a rookie before May ever – trailing just Jose Abreu’s 32 in 2014.
Division Standings
| Team | W | L | GB | Playoff Odds |
| Cincinnati | 18 | 9 | 0.0 | 35.6% |
| Chicago | 17 | 10 | 1.0 | 74.6% |
| Pittsburgh | 16 | 11 | 2.0 | 64.0% |
| St. Louis | 14 | 12 | 3.5 | 10.3% |
| Milwaukee | 13 | 13 | 4.5 | 31.4% |
| Playoff Odds via Fangraphs | ||||