{"id":769660,"date":"2026-08-04T09:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/769660\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:54:16","slug":"reds-host-the-athletics-to-open-3-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/769660\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds host the Athletics to open 3-game series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Athletics<\/a> (45-67, fourth in the AL West) vs. Cincinnati Reds<\/a> (53-58, fifth in the NL Central)<\/p>\n

Cincinnati; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: J.T. Ginn<\/a> (0-0); Reds: Brady Singer<\/a> (5-10, 4.35 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 91 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Reds -138, Athletics +116; over\/under is 9 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds start a three-game series at home against the Athletics on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has a 26-31 record at home and a 53-58 record overall. The Reds are third in the NL with 145 total home runs, averaging 1.3 per game.<\/p>\n

The Athletics have a 45-67 record overall and a 24-31 record in road games. The Athletics have a 38-23 record in games when they record eight or more hits.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s game is the first time these teams square off this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: JJ Bleday<\/a> has 11 doubles, a triple and 19 home runs for the Reds. Sal Stewart<\/a> is 11 for 36 with three home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Reds: 6-4, .236 batting average, 2.90 ERA, even run differential<\/p>\n

Athletics: 2-8, .222 batting average, 5.66 ERA, outscored by 32 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Reds: Graham Ashcraft: 60-Day IL (forearm), Tony Santillan<\/a>: 15-Day IL (oblique), Brandon Williamson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Blake Dunn<\/a>: 10-Day IL (elbow), Spencer Steer: 10-Day IL (wrist), Nick Lodolo: 15-Day IL (finger)<\/p>\n

Athletics: Zack Gelof: 10-Day IL (knee), J.T. Ginn: 15-Day IL (finger), Justin Sterner<\/a>: 15-Day IL (knee), Brooks Kriske: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Mark Leiter<\/a> Jr.: 60-Day IL (hip), Shea Langeliers<\/a>: 10-Day IL (knee), Luis Severino<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Kuroda-Grauer: 10-Day IL (testicle), Brent Rooker: 60-Day IL (knee), Denzel Clarke<\/a>: 60-Day IL (foot), Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Athletics (45-67, fourth in the AL West) vs. Cincinnati Reds (53-58, fifth in the NL Central) Cincinnati; Tuesday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[537,5,7026,757,12054,535,50,4259,14905,75686,631,1952,6616,1327,19,890,4,536,6513,3442,12475],"class_list":["post-769660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-reds","tag-athletics","tag-baseball","tag-blake-dunn","tag-brady-singer","tag-brandon-williamson","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-cincinnatireds","tag-denzel-clarke","tag-event_preview","tag-j-t-ginn","tag-jj-bleday","tag-justin-sterner","tag-luis-severino","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mark-leiter-jr","tag-mlb","tag-reds","tag-sal-stewart","tag-shea-langeliers","tag-tony-santillan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117036637471903026","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769660","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=769660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}