Brady Singer takes the mound tonight as the Cincinnati Reds (62-70) look to bounce back from a lifeless loss yesterday in the second game of three with the San Francisco Giants (53-78) Tuesday night at Oracle Park. First pitch is at 9:45 PM EDT.<\/p>\n
LineupsCincinnati Reds
San Francisco GiantsElly De La Cruz \u2013 SSDrew Gilbert \u2013 CFSal Stewart \u2013 1BRafael Devers \u2013 1BJJ Bleday \u2013 LFJung Hoo Lee \u2013 DHTyler Stephenson \u2013 CTurner Hill \u2013 LFEugenio Su\u00e1rez \u2013 DHDrew Cavanaugh \u2013 CMatt McLain \u2013 2BNate Furman \u2013 2BHector Rodr\u00edguez \u2013 RFShay Whitcomb \u2013 3BKe\u2019Bryan Hayes\u00a0 3BGrant McCray \u2013 RFTJ Friedl \u2013 CFChristian Koss \u2013 SSStarting PitchersBrady Singer<\/p>\n
In 2026, Singer has pitched significantly worse away from home vs. at Great American Ball Park, which is surprising because he\u2019s allowed more home runs at GABP (13 at home and 12 on the road). Singer\u2019s road ERA is 5.75 ERA in 61.0 innings at home, while his home ERA is only 3.82 in 70.2 innings. Oracle Park is second-last in MLB in home runs, so that may play to Singer\u2019s advantage tonight, as long as he can limit the gap shots.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a wide margin in Singer\u2019s splits between lefties and righties. While he does face more lefties as a right-handed pitcher, left-handed hitters also hit him significantly better, with a .302 batting average and a .503 slugging percentage. Meanwhile, right-handed hitters are hitting only .226 against him. However, Singer does strike out a lot more lefties, with a 21% strikeout percentage against them vs. only a 14% strikeout percentage against righties.<\/p>\n
Splits\u00a0<\/p>\n
SplitPAH2B3BHRBB%K%AVGOBPSLGRHH209428179%14%.226.306.393LHH374102121186%21%.302.360.503<\/p>\n
Pitch Usage<\/p>\n
2-SeamSliderSweeperCutter4-SeamVelo91.382.682.087.390.7Usage49.3%25.8%15.3%7.1%2.4%Adrian Houser<\/p>\n
While 33-year-old right-hander Adrian Houser has an ERA just over 4.00 on the season, he has pitched outstandingly well over the last month. He has allowed just two earned runs on 17 hits with 15 strikeouts in 21.0 innings and five games. It would be important to mention, however, that in that last month, Houser has only started one of those games. He\u2019s been pitching mainly out of the bullpen, and tonight will be just his second start in that span.<\/p>\n
Houser is a predominantly fastball pitcher, who usually doesn\u2019t strike out many batters (bottom 7% of MLB), won\u2019t get hitters to chase, and hitters make hard contact against him. However, the two things he does do fairly well is not allowing walks and inducing ground balls. The Reds should be very familiar with Houser, as the Reds are one of the teams he has faced the most from his time with the Milwaukee Brewers. He has a 4.89 ERA in 17 starts against them and has allowed 13 home runs to Reds hitters, including one to Tyler Stephenson and two to Eugenio Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n
Splits<\/p>\n
SplitPAH2B3BHRBB%K%AVGOBPSLGRHH182396132%13%.227.239.326LHH282691911211%17%.281.367.512<\/p>\n
Pitch Usage <\/p>\n
2-Seam4-SeamChangeSliderCurveVelo94.995.785.388.482.3Usage45.8%21.3%16.1%9.8%7.0%Game Details:Time:\u00a09:45 PM EDTPlace:\u00a0Oracle Park, San Francisco, CATV:\u00a0Reds MLB Channel, Reds.TV (in network), MLB.TV (out-of-network)Radio:\u00a0700 WLW (Cincinnati area)Forecast:\u00a064 degrees, mostly sunny, 0% chance of rainNews and Notes\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ashcraft Goes on Rehab Assignment<\/p>\n
Graham Ashcraft starts at rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville tonight, and while he\u2019s close to returning, he might spend a little more time there than normal.<\/a><\/p>\n Down on the Farm<\/p>\n