This one did not belong to the Reds. They're a bad baseball team right now. Beat up, overmatched, and bad.

On the lengthy list of ways to throw away a game, this is certainly one of them.

CINCIMATTY STRIKES AGAIN

Four pitch walk from Lowder to start the Bottom of the 3rd...

TYLER, SON OF STEVE

hey, look at ol' Matty McLain!

Back to back walks by Lowder in the 2nd, and he's now going to throw his 50th pitch already (in his first start back). Guessing Chris Paddack gets warm quickly.

It would be pretty McGroovy if Nate Lowe swatted a big fly right here.

On the plus side a Reds starter didn't start the game with a leadoff walk. On the minus side, he hit the dude.

I see the Reds spent the three days I was in the Colorado backcountry ruining any last hopes and dreams for this season. Anyway, here’s this for a mental refresh:

[insert Reds bullpen comment here]

BLAKE DOING DOING DONE!

THE CINCINNATI REDS ARE STILL AN ABOVE .500 TEAM!!!!!!!!!!

Spencer Steer with a swing that will make the recap of this game slightly less interesting nationally!

It's June, and that's summer. When it's summer, it's MLB trade season. The Reds are in last place in the Central once again, with their two best players out for the next month (at least). Thing is, the way this roster is put together, there's not really much they can 'sell' this summer anyway.

"what in the effing world was Nick Krall doing last trade deadline," I say again as I watch Sal Stewart make incredible plays as the Reds 3B

EDWIN ARROYO! My goodness what a play moving to his left.

JJ DINGER-SMASHIN' BLEDAY!

4-0 Royals lead on one (1) hit

walk, HBP, walk to load the bases... It's really hard to win when you literally give them this many baserunners every game.

Ball four

Elly's out, Edwin's up. Chase is out, Lyon's on the mound. And all four infield positions tonight will feature players different than those who played there on Opening Day. The last place Aristoreds are shaking things up whether they want to or not!

From the bleachers to the ballfield and everywhere in between … Baseball is for everyone. #Pride

Never a doubt! #ATOBTTR

GENO BOOP!

everything is awful and sucks

annnd Elly De La Cruz pulled up lame.

MLB leaders in wOBA since April 25th (the day the Reds called up JJ Bleday): 1) Kyle Schwarber (.450) 2) Byron Buxton (.447) 3) JJ Bleday (.434) 4) Shohei Ohtani (.430) 5) Juan Soto (.429) And that was before Bleday's two doubles today.

Stop me if you've heard this before, but the Reds are in last place in the NL Central again

Brady Singer entered play tonight with the 2nd worst HR/9 of the 122 MLB pitchers who'd thrown at least 40 IP this year. He's given up 2 more in 4.2 IP so far tonight.

Brady Singer is having one of those 'every batter faced hits a line drive to RF' kind of nights and I'm not sure he's going to have a very fun time if he sticks to that plan

Please relieve the Reds.

THE BLAKE DUNN INNING

The Cincinnati Reds need some bullpen miracles, and they need some soon.

Remember Noelvi Marte? As the big league Reds lineup has finally settled into a groove so, too, has Marte at AAA. Now, though, there's no obvious spot for his return, which is an interesting development as summer trade season nears.

I am of the belief that the Reds should try to lock up Nate Lowe for another season or two. That's a pro hitter that fits this lineup perfectly.

A fun thing about having to watch Reds games through MLB dot TV through ESPN is that it sucks, freezes, sucks, buffers, and sucks all the time. I think I've refreshed the feed four times already and we are three batters in.

Well, well, well... that's three 'wells' for the three homers hit by Cincinnati Reds prospect Héctor Rodríguez for AAA Louisville today!

Reds offense just continues to hum right along as one of the best units in the game (of late) #ATOBTTR

Turns out you actually can spell 'RBI Guy' without 'Elly De La Cruz,' but Elly still found a way to smash a 2-run, 2-out double. Reds up 5-0.

Some are saying that the Cincinnati Reds are, once again, simply unstoppable* [*are playing the Mets]

man, the only thing half as good as Chase Burns' slider is Purnell's Old Folks Country Sausage

Did we cherry-pick the precise dates? Sure we did! But since the day before the Cincinnati Reds called up JJ Bleday, the club has basically been one of the two-three best offenses on the planet. Here's how:

Fitting that the Reds feasted on the Mets on a day when lots of Cincinnati feasts on Metts. That's a rock-solid 7-2 win. #ATOBTTR

Folks, the Cincinnati Reds are doing the dang thing. It's 7-0 Reds in the Top of the 4th, and they've got all day to make that even more fun at the expense of the poor Mets.

hey hey, the Reds a) are actually playing baseball today and b) have an early lead over the Mets!

Geno's back! Hayes' back! One is back, the other's back is bad! And we won't see either of them tonight because tonight's game has been postponed until tomorrow!

Elly De La Cruz is a 24 year old already with a 67 steal season under his belt. He used to rank in the 100th percentile in sprint speed, too... ...but not this year. Not even close, really. Where has Elly's speed gone?