{"id":373507,"date":"2026-08-17T08:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373507\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T08:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:48:10","slug":"miami-marlins-vs-cincinnati-reds-august-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373507\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Marlins vs Cincinnati Reds – August 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NickPhoto: Reunion. License here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday night the Miami Marlins completed a come from behind win, scoring five runs in the final two innings to beat the Cincinnati Reds. That win evened up the series between the two clubs. This afternoon they\u2019ll wrap things up with the finale at Great American Ball Park. First pitch is scheduled for 1:40pm ET.<\/p>\n

Starting LineupsStarting Pitchers<\/p>\n

Nick Lodolo<\/p>\n

After missing a month while dealing with a blister issue, Lodolo returned to the mound earlier this week against the White Sox. He gave up four runs on five hits \u2013 including three homers \u2013 but the Reds did win that game in extras.<\/p>\n

The splits against Lodolo aren\u2019t big this year, but they are unexpected. Teams don\u2019t put many left-handed hitters out there to face him but the ones that do get into the batters box find plenty of success. They are hitting for a very high average and they walk plenty. They aren\u2019t hitting for much power, though. Righties are hitting for a good average against him and they are hitting for plenty of power when they do get hits against him.<\/p>\n

Splits\u00a0<\/p>\n

SplitPAH2B3BHRBBKAVGOBPSLGRHH2214971112041.262.347.487LHH7621601714.323.408.462<\/p>\n

Pitch Usage\u00a0<\/p>\n

4-seam2-seamSliderChangeVelo94.093.782.188.1Usage26%26%25%23%<\/p>\n

Eury Perez<\/p>\n

The first 10 starts for Perez this season did not go well. His ERA was 5.33 on the year by then and he had battled some control issues. In the 11 starts since then he\u2019s posted a 1.82 ERA, stopped walking hitters, and he\u2019s given up just three home runs in 64.1 innings. He faced the Reds on April 8th and Cincinnati scored four runs (two earned) against him in a game that Miami won.<\/p>\n

Perez has reverse splits. He\u2019s been solid against right-handed hitters. They don\u2019t hit for much average, but when they do get a hit they show off a good amount of power. Left-handed hitters don\u2019t hit for any average and they don\u2019t hit for any power. They do walk at a solid rate against him, though.<\/p>\n

Splits\u00a0<\/p>\n

SplitPAH2B3BHRBBKAVGOBPSLGRHH204418091647.227.314.420LHH2674413142881.186.273.301<\/p>\n

Pitch Usage\u00a0<\/p>\n

4-sm2-smCurveSliderChangeVelo98.397.881.086.190.1Usage40%16%6%29%9%When and WhereGame time: 1:40pm ETWhere: Great American Ball ParkWatch: Reds MLB Channel, Reds.tv (in-market), MLB.tv (out of market).Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)Forecast:\u00a087\u00b0, cloudy, 15% chance of rainNews and Notes<\/p>\n

Matt McLain passes Brandon Phillips for a new record<\/p>\n

McLain certainly isn\u2019t the hitter that Phillips was while with the Reds, and he\u2019s probably not the defender, either. But McLain is a good defender and he\u2019s about as sure handed as it gets, too. Last night was his 108th consecutive game without an error, which set a new franchise record for second baseman \u2013 passing up Phillips.<\/p>\n

Rehabbing Reds<\/p>\n

Tony Santillan and Brandon Williamson are both scheduled to pitch on Sunday in Louisville. Santillan is expected to start the game before giving way to Williamson.<\/p>\n

Division StandingsTeamWLGBPlayoff OddsMilwaukee76480.099.9%Chicago72524.098.9%St. Louis626113.57.4%Cincinnati596316.00.4%Pittsburgh606516.53.0%Playoff Odds via Fangraphs About The Author\"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Reunion. License here. On Saturday night the Miami Marlins completed a come from behind win, scoring five…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-373507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373507","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=373507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}