The Cincinnati Reds picked up their 4th consecutive win on Monday night as they topped the Rays. Tonight they will look to make it five in a row as they play game two of their series against Tampa Bay. Tonight\u2019s first pitch is scheduled for 6:40pm ET.<\/p>\n
Starting LineupsStarting Pitchers<\/p>\n
Chase Burns<\/p>\n
In three of his four starts he\u2019s been outstanding, allowing zero or one run in those starts. His outing on April 10th saw him allow five runs in 5.1 innings to the Angels. Despite his three strong starts, he has only picked up one win because the Reds have only scored six total runs across his four starts.<\/p>\n
Over the limited action he\u2019s had in his big league career the platoon splits against him have been large. Right-handed hitters have struggled to do much of anything against him. Left-handed hitters, though, have found plenty of success and teams send more lefties to the plate against him than they do righties. They are hitting for a solid average, they walk a lot, and they hit for plenty of power against him.<\/p>\n
2025 Splits<\/p>\n
SplitPAH2B3BHRBBKAVGOBPSLGRHH12924512543.194.225.298LHH147328062046.254.356.460<\/p>\n
Pitch Usage<\/p>\n
4-SeamSliderChangeVelo98.491.090.2Usage58%35%8%<\/p>\n
Steven Matz<\/p>\n
The first start of the season wasn\u2019t great as he allowed four runs in 5.0 innings against St. Louis in a game Tampa Bay won. Since then he\u2019s allowed five total runs in 16.1 innings. The Rays have won each of those games, too.<\/p>\n
A former start who turned into a reliever in 2024, the Rays have put Matz back into the rotation. That means that his splits are a lot less useful than they would be for a guy who had been starting. Still, he threw 55.0 innings last season and that\u2019s not nothing. Lefties did very little against him despite making contact often. Right-handed hitters hit for a high average, but like lefties they almost never walk. Righties showed solid power against him.<\/p>\n
2025 Splits<\/p>\n
SplitPAH2B3BHRBBKAVGOBPSLGRHH180471015836.276.307.435LHH12926323323.211.242.341<\/p>\n
Pitch Usage<\/p>\n
2-SeamCurveSliderChangeVelo93.978.984.183.5Usage46%11%12%30%When and WhereGame time: 6:40pm ETWhere:\u00a0Tropicana FieldWatch: Reds MLB Channel, Reds.tv (in-market), MLB.tv (out of market).Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)Forecast: They have a dome.News and Notes<\/p>\n
Updates on Nick Lodolo and Jose Trevino<\/p>\n
Starting pitcher Nick Lodolo (blister) is close to a new rehab assignment while catcher Jose Trevino (back) could return to the active roster as soon as Wednesday. www.mlb.com\/reds\/news\/ni\u2026 #reds<\/p>\n
[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mark Sheldon (@msheldon.bsky.social<\/a>) April 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM<\/a><\/p>\n Beating the winning clubs<\/p>\n From the Reds game notes today: The Reds own a Major League-best 12-2 record this season against opponents entering play with a .500 or better winning percentage (minimum 4 games).<\/p>\n Did you know?<\/p>\n Sal Stewart is tied with Elly De La Cruz for the team lead in stolen bases. Stewart, unlike De La Cruz, has not been caught stealing this season. The Reds rookie is currently leading the National League in home runs, runs batted in, slugging percentage, and OPS.<\/p>\n Division StandingsTeamWLGBPlayoff OddsCincinnati1580.026.7%Chicago1391.559.9%St. Louis1391.512.7%Pittsburgh1391.560.8%Milwaukee1292.043.7%Playoff Odds via Fangraphs <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Reds picked up their 4th consecutive win on Monday night as they topped the Rays. Tonight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-241214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}