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Reds right-hander Sal Romano, who opposes Thames and the first-place Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night at Great American Ball Park, already knows the
dangers of making a mistake to the power hitter who torments Cincinnati like no
other.
Thames beat Romano and the Brewers 2-0 with a two-run home run on April 17. Not satisfied with that, Thames beat the Reds — and this time, Tyler Mahle —
with yet another two-run home run in a 2-0 decision the very next day on April
18.
Flash forward to Thursday night, and the Reds — the NL’s hottest team coming in with nine wins in 10 games — are leading 4-2 with two out and two on in the
seventh inning. Amir Garrett, especially tough on left-handed hitters, is on the
mound. Yet Garrett gave Thames a too-good pitch to hit, and the result was a
decisive three-run home run, and the Brewers went on to win 6-4.
“That was a huge hit
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a lot of guys do a lot. We had big at-bats in big situations.”
Jesus Aguilar added a tying two-run homer, his 19th, off Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani in the third inning after Cincinnati had gone ahead 2-0 in the
first.
For Thames, it was his third consecutive game against Cincinnati with a game-winning homer and it also was his 13th homer, to go with 24 RBIs, in only
20 career games against the NL Central rival Reds. The three homers represent
his only three hits against the Reds this season; overall, he’s hit only
.234.
Thames hadn’t homered off a left-hander all season, although he had only 13 prior at-bats against lefties. However, he has handled Garrett, homering off him
the last three times he’s faced him.
His numbers against the Reds the last two seasons are remarkable: 13 homers
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“Thames has really done damage against us, last year and this year,” Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman said. “We don’t have an answer for him. He’s
really hurt us.”
As have the Brewers. They came in with six losses in their previous 10 games, but they’re off to a good start in the four-game series, especially given that
the Reds had won 12 of their previous 15 despite being in last place. Milwaukee
has won six of seven from Cincinnati this season.
The Reds not only haven’t solved how to beat the Brewers, neither has Romano (4-7). He’s pitched well in two of his last three starts overall, but he’s 0-4
with a 6.27 ERA in four career starts against the Brewers. Ryan Braun gives him
trouble, going 5-of-10 (.500) with one homer against him.
The Brewers, who lead the Chicago Cubs by 2 1-2 games in the NL Central, will send out right-hander Chase Anderson (5-6)
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giving up four runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings.
One reason for that success is Anderson’s ability to shut down some of the Reds’ top hitters. Eugenio Suarez, who leads the NL with 59 RBIs, is only
2-for-13 (.154) against him, and Scooter Gennett, who leads the league with a
.331 average, is 2-for-7 (.286).
The Brewers lost center fielder Christian Yelich to lower back tightness in the first inning Thursday, and it’s been a problem he’s had in the past. His
status for Friday and the rest of the series is uncertain.
“It looks like this one is not as bad,” said Yelich, who is hitting .289. “It’s frustrating. We’ll know more in a day or so. Hopefully
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The Seahawks signed linebacker Austin Calitro on Wednesday. They waived linebacker Dadi Nicolas in a corresponding move.
Calitro, who came into the league as an undrafted free agent out of Villanova in 2017, spent two weeks on Seattle?? practice squad last September. He also
spent time with the Jets, 49ers and most recently the Browns.
Calitro finished the year on Cleveland’s practice squad before being signed to a futures contract in January.
Nicolas was a sixth-round pick of the Chiefs in 2016. He appeared in 11 games with Kansas City as a rookie, then missed the 2017 season with a patellar tendon
injury.
Nicolas signed with Seattle last month after being released by the Chiefs.
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