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Pitching and Defense Key in Reds' Encouraging Start, but Questions Remain Run prevention has carried Cincinnati in the early going. Can the bats catch up?
Sal Stewart - Swats fourth homer Thursday Stewart went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Thursday's 8-1 loss to the Marlins.
Impact Stewart's fourth home run of the season came in the fifth inning off Max Meyer and was the only offense for Cincinnati on Thursday. Stewart continues to be one of the hottest hitters in baseball with a .364/.473/.727 slash line, including the four homers, nine RBI, eight runs scored, three stolen bases and a 10:8 BB:K across 55 plate appearances.
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Rhett Lowder - Yields five runs in loss Thursday Lowder (1-1) took the loss Thursday against the Marlins, allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks with two strikeouts across 5.1 innings.
Impact Lowder hasn't been able to miss many bats in the early going this season, and he generated just seven whiffs on 95 pitches against Miami. Lowder served up four extra-base hits, including a pair of doubles to Owen Caissie. An RBI single by Javier Sanoja was the knockout blow in the sixth inning, as Lowder left trailing 5-1. Lowder has a 3.31 ERA and 11:6 K:BB across 16.1 innings. He's slated to face the Giants at home Wednesday.
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Javier Sanoja - Drives in two on three hits in win Sanoja went 3-for-4 with two RBI in Thursday's 8-1 win over the Reds.
Impact With Jakob Marsee getting the start at designated hitter, Sanoja was in center field Thursday and hit eighth against right-hander starter Rhett Lowder. Sanoja singled in each of his first three at-bats and drove home runs in the fourth and sixth innings. Sanoja is now slashing .406/.424/.500 with three doubles, seven RBI, one run scored, one stolen base and a 1:4 BB:K across 33 trips to the plate this season.
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Owen Caissie - Doubles twice, drives in three Caissie went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored in Thursday's 8-1 win over the Reds.
Impact Caissie continues to swing a hot bat for Miami. After striking out in his first at-bat, Caissie doubled home a pair of runs in the fourth doubled and scored in the sixth and singled home another run in the seventh. Thursday marked Caissie's eighth start in 13 games, as he's not getting starts against lefties, and he's now slashing .324/.385/.618 with four doubles, two home runs, 12 RBI, six runs scored, one stolen base and a 3:13 BB:K across 39 trips to the plate.
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Agustín Ramírez - Two RBI in win Thursday Ramirez went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored in Thursday's 8-1 win over the Reds.
Impact Ramirez singled and scored in the seventh inning before driving in a pair with another single in the eighth to make it an 8-1 ballgame. The 24-year-old backstop is still looking for his first home run of the season and has yet to display much extra-base pop through 12 games, slashing .250/.365/.364 with three doubles, a triple, four RBI, seven runs scored, one stolen base and a 7:11 BB:K across his 52 plate appearances.
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