The Cincinnati Reds fell to 0-2 in Cactus League play after a 14-8 loss to the Seattle Mariners at home in Goodyear on Sunday afternoon. Let\u2019s take a closer look at what went down.<\/p>\n
The Good<\/p>\n
Veteran righty Randy Dobnak has thrown exactly 15.0 big league innings since the end of the 2021 season. He was brought in on a minor league deal with the M\u2019s, and he got the start on Sunday for them.<\/p>\n
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The top of the Cincinnati lineup wrecked him.<\/p>\n
Dobnak was smashed for 7 hits and 5 ER in 1.1 IP. The top of the Reds order flourished as TJ Friedl (1 for 2, R, 2 RBI), Matt McLain (2 for 3, R, 2 RBI), and Elly De La Cruz (2 for 3, 2 RBI) all looked in peak form.<\/p>\n
Down in the bullpen, Graham Ashcraft fired a scoreless, hitless IP with a pair of Ks, while TJ Antone continued his way back from a third Tommy John surgery with a perfect frame of his own (with a K).<\/p>\n
The Bad<\/p>\n
Eugenio Suarez started for the second straight day with his new-old club, and he went 0 for 3 with a pair of Ks. He\u2019s now 0 for 6 with a trio of Ks across his first two Cactus League games with the Reds.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s ok, though. We know Geno is streaky as can be, and frankly I\u2019d prefer he get his bad streak out right now when the scoreboard doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n
The Ugly<\/p>\n
While Ashcraft and Antone were effective, the bulk of the rest of the relief corps fighting for Opening Day roster spots got smashed on the day.<\/p>\n
Luis Mey (0.2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER), Zach Maxwell (0.2 IP, ER, 4 BB, K), and Connor Phillips (0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 K) couldn\u2019t finish their innings, while Lyon Rirchardson (1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, O K) didn\u2019t fare much better.<\/p>\n
While the Reds invested heavily in more established bullpen arms so that these young bucks wouldn\u2019t need to be locked in from day one, it\u2019s still a bit alarming that all of them looked so lost at the same time this early in spring camp.<\/p>\n
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What\u2019s Next<\/p>\n
The Reds will have the day off on Monday before facing off against the Kansas City Royals at home on Tuesday. First pitch is once again slated for 3:05 PM ET, though it will also not be televised. You\u2019ll be able to listen to it via 1360 WSAI, however.<\/p>\n
Andrew Abbott will get the start for his Cactus League debut, while KC is currently scheduled to roll out veteran righty Michael Wacha for the start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Reds fell to 0-2 in Cactus League play after a 14-8 loss to the Seattle Mariners…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[2001,76644,5,535,50,4259,25546,1177,4373,92,1178,1627,1401,5169,4,13368,536,65,76643,151,57061,973,8167,42335],"class_list":["post-587523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-reds","tag-andrew-abbott","tag-antone","tag-baseball","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-cincinnatireds","tag-connor-phillips","tag-elly-de-la-cruz","tag-er","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-graham-ashcraft","tag-luis-mey","tag-matt-mclain","tag-michael-wacha","tag-mlb","tag-randy-dobnak","tag-reds","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-signed-baseballs","tag-spring-training","tag-the-kansas-city-royals","tag-the-reds","tag-tj-friedl","tag-zach-maxwell"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116117302987044502","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}