Epic Showdown Awaits as Abbott and Alcantara Face Off in a High-Stakes Pitching Duel!

The Reds have been solid to start the year, going 7-3 in their first 10 games. Although it has only been four games, they have won all of them on the road. What I find most remarkable about them is that they’ve won the past three games without scoring more than two runs. They beat Texas twice, 2-0, and 2-1. Yesterday, they beat the Marlins 2-0. That’s solid pitching even if the hitting isn’t quite where they would like to be. The Reds are batting just .210 overall, but the pitching staff is throwing to a 2.93 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP. Impressive work from the Reds, but they will need to improve the hitting if they want to get it done for a full season. Today, they send out Andrew Abbott to the hill. For the season, Abbott is 0-1 with a 3.09 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP. This is his third start of the year and the first two were very different. In his season opener, her allowed on runs on seven hits over six innings. Then in his last outing, he allowed four earned runs over 5.2 innings. Abbott has been solid against the Marlins allowing seven hits in 29 at-bats, but he has only allowed one RBI in that span.