2018 Cincinnati Reds season

2018 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Great American Ball Park (since 2003) Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1882)
Results
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Bob Castellini
General manager(s)	Dick Williams, Nick Krall
Manager(s)	Bryan Price (through April 18) Jim Riggleman (starting April 19)
Local television	Fox Sports Ohio (Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, George Grande, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Jeff Piecoro)
Local radio	WLW (700 AM) Reds Radio Network (Marty Brennaman, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Thom Brennaman, Doug Flynn, Chris Welsh)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2018 Cincinnati Reds season was the 149th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 16th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

Offseason[]

Transactions[]

November 2, 2017	SS Zack Cozart elected free agency. Cozart signed a three-year, $38 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels on December 15, 2017.[1]
December 27, 2017	Signed RHP Jared Hughes to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.[2]
January 12, 2018	Signed OF Billy Hamilton to a one-year, $4.6 million contract, avoiding arbitration.[3]
January 12, 2018	Signed RHP Anthony DeSclafani to a one-year, $860,000 contract, avoiding arbitration.[3]
January 12, 2018	Signed RHP Michael Lorenzen to a one-year, $1.31 million contract, avoiding arbitration.[3]
January 30, 2018	Signed RHP David Hernandez to a two-year, $5 million contract.[4]
February 6, 2018	Signed 3B Eugenio Suárez to a one-year, $3.75 million contract, settling in arbitration. [5]
February 17, 2018	Signed 2B Scooter Gennett to a one-year, $5.7 million contract, settling in arbitration. [6]
March 16, 2018	Signed 3B Eugenio Suárez to a six-year, $66 million contract extension, including a club option for 2025. [7]

Standings[]

National League Central[]

v t NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	96	67	0.589	—	51–30	45–37
Chicago Cubs	95	68	0.583	1	51–31	44–37
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	7½	43–38	45–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	79	0.509	13	44–36	38–43
Cincinnati Reds	67	95	0.414	28½	37–44	30–51

National League Wildcard[]

v t Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers	96	67	0.589
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	71	0.564
Atlanta Braves	90	72	0.556

v t Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago Cubs	95	68	0.583	+4
Colorado Rockies	91	72	0.558	—
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	2½
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	79	0.509	8
Arizona Diamondbacks	82	80	0.506	8½
Washington Nationals	82	80	0.506	8½
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	0.494	10½
New York Mets	77	85	0.475	13½
San Francisco Giants	73	89	0.451	17½
Cincinnati Reds	67	95	0.414	23½
San Diego Padres	66	96	0.407	24½
Miami Marlins	63	98	0.391	27

Record vs. opponents[]

2018 National League Records v t Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–4	3–4	3–3	8–11	11–8	6–1	1–5	2–5	4–2	6–1	12–7	8–11	3–3	2–5	10–10
Atlanta	4–3	—	3–3	3–4	2–5	2–5	14–5	3–4	13–6	12–7	5–1	4–3	3–3	4–2	10–9	8–12
Chicago	4–3	3–3	—	11–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	11–9	6–1	4–2	10–9	5–2	3–3	9–10	4–3	13–7
Cincinnati	3–3	4–3	8–11	—	2–4	6–1	2–5	6–13	3–3	3–4	5–14	3–4	4–2	7–12	1–6	10–10
Colorado	11–8	5–2	3–3	4–2	—	7–13	2–4	2–5	6–1	5–2	3–3	11–8	12–7	2–5	5–2	13–7
Los Angeles	8–11	5–2	3–4	1–6	13–7	—	2–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	5–1	14–5	10–9	3–4	5–1	12–8
Miami	1–6	5–14	2–5	5–2	4–2	4–2	—	2–5	7–12	8–11	1–4	2–5	4–3	3–3	6–13	9–11
Milwaukee	5–1	4–3	9–11	13–6	5–2	3–4	5–2	—	4–3	3–3	7–12	4–2	6–1	11–8	4–2	13–7
New York	5–2	6–13	1–6	3–3	1–6	2–4	12–7	3–4	—	11–8	3–4	4–2	4–3	3–3	11–8	8–12
Philadelphia	2–4	7–12	2–4	4–3	2–5	4–3	11–8	3–3	8–11	—	6–1	3–3	4–3	4–3	8–11	12–8
Pittsburgh	1–6	1–5	9–10	14–5	3–3	1–5	4–1	12–7	4–3	1–6	—	3–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	15–5
San Diego	7–12	3–4	2–5	4–3	8–11	5–14	5–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	4–3	—	8–11	4–3	2–4	7–13
San Francisco	11–8	3–3	3–3	2–4	7–12	9–10	3–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	3–4	11–8	—	2–5	4–2	8–12
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	10–9	12–7	5–2	4–3	3–3	8–11	3–3	3–4	11–8	3–4	5–2	—	5–2	11–9
Washington	5–2	9–10	3–4	6–1	2–5	1–5	13–6	2–4	8–11	11–8	5–2	4–2	2–4	2–5	—	9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.

Regular Season Summary[]

Opening Day starting lineup[]

Position	Name
LF	Jesse Winker
3B	Eugenio Suárez
1B	Joey Votto
2B	Scooter Gennett
RF	Scott Schebler
C	Tucker Barnhart
SS	José Peraza
P	Homer Bailey
CF	Billy Hamilton

April[]

• April 19: The Reds fired manager Bryan Price after a 3–15 start to the season, along with pitching coach Mack Jenkins. Price managed in Cincinnati for five seasons and finished with a record of 279 wins and 387 losses. Bench coach Jim Riggleman was named interim manager, with Double-A Pensacola pitching coach Danny Darwin joining the coaching staff. Pat Kelly, who was the manager of Triple-A Louisville, will be the bench coach.^[8]

• April 23–April 29: Joey Votto was named N.L. Player of the Week as he slashed .360/.543/.880 with 7 runs scored, 4 HR and 8 RBI, while drawing 9 walks.^[9]

May[]

• May 7–May 13: Scooter Gennett was named N.L. Player of the Week with a slash line of .591/.591/1.227, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 7 runs and 2 doubles.^[10]

• May 8: The Reds acquired starting pitcher Matt Harvey from the New York Mets in exchange for catcher Devin Mesoraco.^[11]

• May 10–May 13: The Reds swept the Dodgers in a four-game series for the first time since August 1976.^[12]

• May 21–May 27: Scooter Gennett was named N.L. Player of the Week for the second time in the 2018 season. Gennett batted .500 (12–for-24) with 6 runs scored, 2 doubles, 3 HR and 10 RBI over six games played. Among his NL counterparts during the period, Scooter finished first in hits, slugging percentage (.958) and total bases (23); tied for first in home runs, extra–base hits (5) and RBI; second in batting average; tied for third in runs scored; and seventh in on–base percentage (.519).^[13]

June[]

• June 2: Scooter Gennett was named N.L. Player of the Month for the month of May. Gennett batted .398 (37–for–63) with 16 runs scored, 6 doubles, 8 HR and 24 RBI over 26 games played.^[14]

• June 21–24: The Reds swept the Cubs in a four-game series for the first time since April 1983, outscoring them 31–13 in the four games.^[15] In game 3, Anthony DeSclafani hit a grand slam, the first pitcher to do this for the Reds since Bob Purkey in 1959. In the 4th game, the Reds trailed 6-1, but managed to come back by scoring 7 runs in the 7th inning.

• June 30: Michael Lorenzen became the second Reds pitcher to hit a grand slam this season following Anthony DeSclafani's grand slam a week earlier. The home run was Lorenzen's third in as many at-bats making him the first pitcher to homer in three-straight at-bats since Mike Hampton in 2001.^[16]

July[]

• July 8: Joey Votto, Scooter Gennett and Eugenio Suárez were named reserves on the National League squad for the 2018 MLB All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. This is Votto's sixth All-Star selection and the first for both Gennett and Suarez.^[17]

• July 10: The Reds rallied from a four run deficit and scored seven runs in the 9th inning to defeat the Cleveland Indians, 7–4. The four-run comeback was the Reds' first since June 30, 2006 when Adam Dunn hit a walk-off grand slam, also against the Indians.^[18]

• July 17: Scooter Gennett and Joey Votto both hit home runs in a 6–8 loss to the American League in the All-Star game. Gennett's home run was the first for a Red in an All-Star game since July 13, 1982 when Dave Concepción hit one.^[19]

• July 23: The Reds were no-hit for seven innings by Cardinals rookie pitcher Daniel Poncedeleon. Poncedelon was taken out of the game in the 8th inning where Phillip Ervin broke up the no-hitter with a single off reliever Jordan Hicks. Eugenio Suárez tied the game in the 9th with a solo home run and Dilson Herrera hit a walk-off single later in the inning to give the Reds the 2–1 win.^[20]

• July 30: The Reds acquired pitchers Lucas Sims and Matt Wisler along with outfielder Preston Tucker from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for outfielder Adam Duvall.^[21]

August[]

• August 10: Joey Votto collected his 1,700th career hit with a single in the sixth-inning. Votto is the ninth player in franchise history to reach that level. ^[22]
• August 29: Eugenio Suárez hit his 30th home run of the season, becoming the fourth player in Reds history to hit that many home runs while primarily playing third base. He joins Tony Pérez, Todd Frazier and Deron Johnson. Pitcher Michael Lorenzen also had a pinch-hit three-run home run, his fourth home run and his third against the Brewers this season.^[23]

September[]

• September 8: Scott Schebler hit the 10th grand slam by a Reds player this season, setting a club record.^[24]
• September 9: Joey Votto hit his second grand slam and the 11th overall for the Reds this season, one shy of the N.L. record. The 1997 Braves and 2000 Cardinals share the N.L. record of 12. Nine different Reds players have hit grand slams this season, Scott Schebler, Adam Duvall (2), Scooter Gennett, Eugenio Suárez, Joey Votto (2), Jesse Winker, starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, reliever Michael Lorenzen, and José Peraza. According to STATS, the Reds are only the second team to have nine different players hit a grand slam in a season, the 2000 Cardinals had 10 players connect on a grand slam.^[25][26]
• September 12: Scooter Gennett went 1–4 to bring his season average against the Dodgers to .654 with 17 hits, 2 HR and 10 RBI.

Game log[]

2018 regular season game log: 67–95 (Home: 37–44; Away: 30–51)
March/April: 7–22 (Home:3–10; Away: 4–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak — March 29 Nationals Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: March 30) 1 March 30 Nationals 0–2 Scherzer (1–0) Bailey (0–1) Doolittle (1) 43,878 0–1 L1 2 March 31 Nationals 7–13 Strasburg (1–0) Castillo (0–1) — 27,341 0–2 L2 3 April 1 Nationals 5–6 González (1–0) Romano (0–1) Doolittle (2) 10,335 0–3 L3 4 April 2 Cubs 1–0 Mahle (1–0) Chatwood (0–1) Iglesias (1) 18,963 1–3 W1 — April 3 Cubs Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: May 19) 5 April 5 @ Pirates 2–5 Brault (2–0) Bailey (0–2) Rivero (3) 9,227 1–4 L1 6 April 6 @ Pirates 3–14 Williams (2–0) Castillo (0–2) — 11,115 1–5 L2 7 April 7 @ Pirates 7–4 Peralta (1–0) Kontos (0–1) Iglesias (2) 14,336 2–5 W1 8 April 8 @ Pirates 0–5 Taillon (2–0) Mahle (1–1) — 11,261 2–6 L1 9 April 9 @ Phillies 5–6 García (1–1) Quackenbush (0–1) Neris (1) 18,127 2–7 L2 10 April 10 @ Phillies 1–6 Nola (1–0) Hughes (0–1) — 20,895 2–8 L3 11 April 11 @ Phillies 3–4 (12) Ríos (1–0) Brice (0–1) — 19,099 2–9 L4 12 April 12 Cardinals 4–13 Wacha (2–1) Brice (0–2) Mayers (1) 11,128 2–10 L5 13 April 13 Cardinals 3–5 Weaver (2–0) Mahle (1–2) Norris (2) 19,561 2–11 L6 14 April 14 Cardinals 1–6 Mikolas (2–0) Finnegan (0–1) — 19,213 2–12 L7 15 April 15 Cardinals 2–3 Martinez (2–1) Bailey (0–3) Norris (3) 15,557 2–13 L8 16 April 16 @ Brewers 10–4 Castillo (1–2) Suter (1–2) — 28,677 3–13 W1 17 April 17 @ Brewers 0–2 Jennings (2–0) Romano (0–2) Hader (2) 31,345 3–14 L1 18 April 18 @ Brewers 0–2 Davies (1–2) Mahle (1–3) Barnes (2) 37,343 3–15 L2 19 April 20 @ Cardinals 2–4 Wacha (3–1) Finnegan (0–2) Norris (5) 43,303 3–16 L3 20 April 21 @ Cardinals 3–4 Hicks (1–0) Hughes (0–2) — 42,382 3–17 L4 21 April 22 @ Cardinals 2–9 Mikolas (3–0) Castillo (1–3) — 44,430 3–18 L5 22 April 23 Braves 10–4 Romano (1–2) Freeman (0–1) Iglesias (3) 9,463 4–18 W1 23 April 24 Braves 9–7 (12) Hughes (1–2) Fried (0–1) — 14,139 5–18 W2 24 April 25 Braves 3–4 Winkler (1–0) Shackelford (0–1) Minter (1) 13,113 5–19 L1 25 April 26 Braves 4–7 Freeman (1–1) Peralta (1–1) Vizcaíno (2) 11,919 5–20 L2 26 April 27 @ Twins 15–9 Hernandez (1–0) Duffey (0–1) — 25,002 6–20 W1 27 April 28 @ Twins 1–3 Odorizzi (2–2) Romano (1–3) Rodney (3) 27,115 6–21 L1 28 April 29 @ Twins 8–2 Mahle (2–3) Berríos (2–3) — 25,677 7–21 W1 29 April 30 Brewers 5–6 Woodruff (1–0) Peralta (1–2) Hader (4) 9,536 7–22 L1
May: 13–15 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 30 May 1 Brewers 6–7 Anderson (3–2) Bailey (0–4) Jeffress (1) 12,933 7–23 L2 31 May 2 Brewers 1–3 Miley (1–0) Castillo (1–4) Jeffress (2) 10,346 7–24 L3 32 May 4 Marlins 4–1 Romano (2–3) Chen (1–1) Iglesias (4) 22,610 8–24 W1 33 May 5 Marlins 0–6 Smith (2–3) Mahle (2–4) — 19,609 8–25 L1 34 May 6 Marlins 5–8 Straily (1–0) Finnegan (0–3) Ziegler (4) 19,800 8–26 L2 35 May 7 Mets 6–7 Gsellman (4–0) Bailey (0–5) Familia (10) 15,187 8–27 L3 36 May 8 Mets 7–2 Castillo (2–4) Vargas (0–3) — 14,804 9–27 W1 37 May 9 Mets 2–1 (10) Iglesias (1–0) Ramos (1–2) — 16,452 10–27 W2 38 May 10 @ Dodgers 4–1 Mahle (3–4) Buehler (2–1) Iglesias (5) 47,383 11–27 W3 39 May 11 @ Dodgers 6–2 Brice (1–2) Maeda (2–3) Iglesias (6) 46,979 12–27 W4 40 May 12 @ Dodgers 5–3 Bailey (1–5) Chargois (1–1) Hughes (1) 49,911 13–27 W5 41 May 13 @ Dodgers 5–3 Castillo (3–4) Hill (1–2) Iglesias (7) 44,787 14–27 W6 42 May 14 @ Giants 7–10 Stratton (4–3) Romano (2–4) 36,156 14–28 L1 43 May 15 @ Giants 3–5 Johnson (2–1) Mahle (3–5) Strickland (9) 37,809 14–29 L2 44 May 16 @ Giants 6–3 Hughes (2–2) Suarez (1–3) Iglesias (8) 38,662 15–29 W1 45 May 18 Cubs 1–8 Lester (4–1) Bailey (1–6) — 22,060 15–30 L1 46 May 19 (1) Cubs 5–4 (11) Floro (1–0) Wilson (1–1) — 19,046 16–30 W1 47 May 19 (2) Cubs 0–10 Quintana (5–3) Romano (2–5) — 26,082 16–31 L1 48 May 20 Cubs 1–6 Darvish (1–3) Mahle (3–6) — 26,988 16–32 L2 49 May 22 Pirates 7–2 Harvey (1–2) Taillon (2–4) — 16,144 17–32 W1 50 May 23 Pirates 4–5 (12) Brault (4–1) Floro (1–1) Crick (1) 18,659 17–33 L1 51 May 24 Pirates 5–4 Castillo (4–4) Nova (2–5) Hughes (2) 14,853 18–33 W1 52 May 25 @ Rockies 4–5 Gray (5–6) Romano (2–6) Davis (18) 33,193 18–34 L1 53 May 26 @ Rockies 6–5 Lorenzen (1–0) Rusin (0–1) Hughes (3) 42,844 19–34 W1 54 May 27 @ Rockies 2–8 Marquez (4–5) Harvey (1–3) — 36,387 19–35 L1 55 May 28 @ Diamondbacks 5–12 Koch (3–3) Bailey (1–7) — 29,924 19–36 L2 56 May 29 @ Diamondbacks 2–5 Godley (5–4) Castillo (4–5) Boxberger (13) 20,046 19–37 L3 57 May 30 @ Diamondbacks 7–4 Romano (3–6) Corbin (5–2) Iglesias (9) 18,340 20–37 W1
June: 15–11 (Home: 9–6; Away: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 58 June 1 @ Padres 7–2 Mahle (4–6) Lockett (0–1) Lorenzen (1) 25,729 21–37 W2 59 June 2 @ Padres 2–8 Lauer (2–3) Harvey (1–4) — 31,710 21–38 L1 60 June 3 @ Padres 3–6 Ross (5–3) Castillo (4–6) Yates (1) 25,377 21–39 L2 61 June 5 Rockies 6–9 Freeland (6–5) DeSclafani (0–1) Davis (19) 21,944 21–40 L3 62 June 6 Rockies 3–6 Gray (6–6) Romano (3–7) Davis (20) 19,762 21–41 L4 63 June 7 Rockies 7–5 (13) Floro (2–1) Rusin (0–2) — 15,957 22–41 W1 64 June 8 Cardinals 6–7 (10) Norris (3–1) Iglesias (1–1) Brebbia (2) 26,144 22–42 L1 65 June 9 Cardinals 4–6 Wacha (8-1) Castillo (4-7) Hicks (1) 34,469 22–43 L2 66 June 10 Cardinals 6–3 DeSclafani (1–1) Martinez (3–3) Hughes (4) 19,344 23–43 W1 67 June 12 @ Royals 5–1 (10) Hernandez (2–0) McCarthy (4–3) — 20,476 24–43 W2 68 June 13 @ Royals 7–0 Mahle (5–6) Hammel (2–7) — 24,899 25–43 W3 69 June 15 @ Pirates 2–3 Kuhl (5–4) Harvey (1–5) Vázquez (13) 23,007 25–44 L1 70 June 16 @ Pirates 2–6 Nova (4–5) Castillo (4–8) — 27,479 25–45 L2 71 June 17 @ Pirates 8–6 DeSclafani (2–1) Musgrove (2–2) Iglesias (10) 23,042 26–45 W1 72 June 19 Tigers 9–5 Romano (4–7) Boyd (4–5) — 31,085 27–45 W2 73 June 20 Tigers 5–3 Mahle (6–6) Fulmer (3–6) Iglesias (11) 19,177 28–45 W3 74 June 21 Cubs 6–2 Harvey (2–5) Hendricks (5–7) Hughes (5) 19,581 29–45 W4 75 June 22 Cubs 6–3 Castillo (5–8) Quintana (6–6) Iglesias (12) 25,885 30–45 W5 76 June 23 Cubs 11–2 DeSclafani (3–1) Farrell (2–3) — 36,818 31–45 W6 77 June 24 Cubs 8–6 Stephens (1–0) Strop (3–1) Iglesias (13) 30,508 32–45 W7 78 June 25 @ Braves 4–5 (11) Jackson (1–0) Floro (2–2) — 27,851 32–46 L1 79 June 26 @ Braves 5–3 Harvey (3–5) Sánchez (3–2) Iglesias (14) 28,356 33–46 W1 80 June 27 @ Braves 6–5 Stephens (2–0) Freeman (2–4) Iglesias (15) 30,207 34–46 W2 81 June 28 Brewers 4–6 Guerra (4–5) Garrett (0–1) Knebel (8) 20,347 34–47 L1 82 June 29 Brewers 2–8 Anderson (6–6) Romano (4–8) — 26,130 34–48 L2 83 June 30 Brewers 12–3 Hernandez (3–0) Zagurski (0–1) — 24,640 35–48 W1
July: 13–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 84 July 1 Brewers 8–2 Harvey (4–5) Peralta (1–3) — 18,483 36–48 W2 85 July 2 White Sox 5–3 Floro (3–2) Volstad (1–5) Iglesias (16) 16,727 37–48 W3 86 July 3 White Sox 8–12 (12) Santiago (3–3) Stephens (2–1) — 22,742 37–49 L1 87 July 4 White Sox 7–4 Romano (5–8) Covey (3–4) Hughes (6) 24,442 38–49 W1 88 July 6 @ Cubs 3–2 Mahle (7–6) Montgomery (3–3) Iglesias (17) 41,434 39–49 W2 89 July 7 @ Cubs 7–8 Rosario (4–0) Hughes (2–3) Morrow (20) 41,538 39–50 L1 90 July 8 @ Cubs 5–6 (10) Farrell (3–3) Stephens (2–2) — 38,655 39–51 L2 91 July 9 @ Indians 7–5 DeSclafani (4–1) Clevinger (7–4) Iglesias (18) 22,561 40–51 W1 92 July 10 @ Indians 7–4 Crockett (1–0) Allen (2–4) Iglesias (19) 21,908 41–51 W2 93 July 11 @ Indians 4–19 Carrasco (10–5) Mahle (7–7) Plutko (1) 22,215 41–52 L1 94 July 13 @ Cardinals 9–1 Harvey (5–5) Martinez (6–5) — 45,891 42–52 W1 95 July 14 @ Cardinals 8–2 Brice (2–2) Hicks (3–2) — 44,668 43–52 W2 96 July 15 @ Cardinals 4–6 Gant (3–3) DeSclafani (4–2) Hicks (2) 45,808 43–53 L1 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: Washington, DC at Nationals Park 97 July 20 Pirates 1–12 Taillon (7–7) Mahle (7–8) — 20,726 43–54 L2 98 July 21 Pirates 2–6 Kingham (5–4) DeSclafani (4–3) — 23,244 43–55 L3 99 July 22 Pirates 2–9 Nova (6–6) Harvey (5–6) — 23,615 43–56 L4 100 July 23 Cardinals 2–1 Hughes (3–3) Norris (3–3) — 17,518 44–56 W1 101 July 24 Cardinals 2–4 (11) Tuivailala(3–3) Garrett (0–2) Norris (19) 18,379 44–57 L1 102 July 25 Cardinals 7–3 Romano (6–8) Flaherty (4–5) — 20,940 45–57 W1 103 July 26 Phillies 4–9 Suárez (1–0) Lorenzen (1–1) — 17,031 45–58 L1 104 July 27 Phillies 6–4 Hernandez (4–0) Pivetta (6–9) Iglesias (20) 24,776 46–58 W1 105 July 28 Phillies 6–2 Peralta (2–2) Hunter (2–1) Hughes (7) 35,249 47–58 W2 106 July 29 Phillies 4–0 Castillo (6–8) Eflin (7–3) Iglesias (21) 21,649 48–58 W3 107 July 31 @ Tigers 1–2 Boyd (6–9) Bailey (1–8) Greene (22) 24,929 48–59 L1
August: 9–19 (Home: 6–6; Away: 3–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 108 August 1 @ Tigers 4–7 VerHagen (2–2) Romano (6–9) Greene (23) 24,952 48–60 L2 109 August 2 @ Nationals 4–10 Scherzer (15–5) Mahle (7–9) — 28,845 48–61 L3 — August 3 @ Nationals Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: August 4) 110 August 4 (1) @ Nationals 7–1 DeSclafani (5–3) González (6–8) — 32,687 49–61 W1 111 August 4 (2) @ Nationals 2–6 Hellickson (5–2) Harvey (5–7) — 36,149 49–62 L1 112 August 5 @ Nationals 1–2 Roark (6–12) Castillo (6–9) Herrera (17) 33,486 49–63 L2 113 August 6 @ Mets 4–6 Syndergaard (7–2) Bailey (1–9) Blevins (1) 21,644 49–64 L3 114 August 7 @ Mets 6–1 Romano (7–9) Vargas (2–8) — 22,207 50–64 W1 115 August 8 @ Mets 0–8 deGrom (6–7) Stephenson (0–1) — 24,287 50–65 L1 116 August 10 Diamondbacks 3–0 DeSclafani (6–3) Buchholz (5–2) Iglesias (22) 19,089 51–65 W1 117 August 11 Diamondbacks 6–3 Garrett (1–2) Bradley (3–4) Iglesias (23) 29,348 52–65 W2 118 August 12 Diamondbacks 2–9 Godley (13–6) Castillo (6–10) — 17,909 52–66 L1 119 August 13 Indians 3–10 Clevenger (8–7) Bailey (1–10) — 20,607 52–67 L2 120 August 14 Indians 1–8 Kluber (15–6) Romano (7–10) — 19,034 52–68 L3 121 August 15 Indians 3–4 Otero (2-1) Reed (0-1) Hand (28) 17,275 52–69 L4 122 August 17 Giants 2–1 (11) Hernandez (5–0) Black (2–2) — 19,540 53–69 W1 123 August 18 Giants 7–1 Harvey (6–7) Bumgarner (4–5) – 23,878 54–69 W2 124 August 19 Giants 11–4 Castillo (7–10) Suarez (4–9) – 22,756 55–69 W3 125 August 20 @ Brewers 2–5 Anderson (8–7) Bailey (1–11) Jeffress (5) 27,590 55–70 L1 126 August 21 @ Brewers 9–7 Iglesias (2–1) Jennings (4–5) — 29,467 56–70 W1 127 August 22 @ Brewers 0–4 Peralta (6–4) Stephenson (0–2) Jeffress (6) 33,058 56–71 L1 128 August 23 @ Cubs 1–7 Hamels (9–9) DeSclafani (6–4) — 41,130 56–72 L2 129 August 24 @ Cubs 2–3 (10) Chavez (4–2) Iglesias (2–2) — 37,760 56–73 L3 130 August 25 @ Cubs 6–10 Quintana (11–9) Castillo (7–11) — 41,205 56–74 L4 131 August 26 @ Cubs 0–9 Hendricks (10–10) Bailey (1–12) — 40,331 56–75 L5 132 August 28 Brewers 9–7 DeSclafani (7–4) Guerra (6–9) Iglesias (24) 13,242 57–75 W1 133 August 29 Brewers 12–13 (10) Jeffress (7–1) Iglesias (2–3) — 11,777 57–76 L1 134 August 30 Brewers 1–2 Soria (1–0) Brice (2-3) Hader (11) 13,403 57-77 L2 135 August 31 @ Cardinals 5–12 Gomber (5–0) Bailey (1–13) — 42,365 57–78 L3
September: 9–15 (Home: 4–6; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 136 September 1 @ Cardinals 4–0 Castillo (8–11) Poncedeleon (0–1) — 46,368 58–78 W1 137 September 2 @ Cardinals 6–4 (10) Lorenzen (2–1) Norris (3–4) Iglesias (25) 45,743 59–78 W2 138 September 3 @ Pirates 1–5 Williams (12–9) Harvey (6–8) — 13,843 59–79 L1 139 September 4 @ Pirates 3–7 Musgrove (6–8) Reed (0–2) — 8,855 59–80 L2 140 September 5 @ Pirates 2–3 Taillon (12–9) Bailey (1–14) Vázquez (30) 9,560 59–81 L3 141 September 6 Padres 2–6 J. Castillo (2–2) L. Castillo (8–12) — 14,303 59–82 L4 142 September 7 Padres 12–6 Lorenzen (3–1) Strahm (3–4) — 14,854 60–82 W1 143 September 8 Padres 7–2 (7) Harvey (7–8) Erlin (3–6) — 20,977 61–82 W2 144 September 9 Padres 6–7 Stammen (7–2) Iglesias (2–4) Yates (7) 18,424 61–83 L1 145 September 10 Dodgers 10–6 Hughes (4–3) Wood (8–7) — 12,161 62–83 W1 146 September 11 Dodgers 3–1 Castillo (9–12) Ryu (4–3) Iglesias (26) 14,964 63–83 W2 147 September 12 Dodgers 1–8 Ferguson (6–2) DeSclafani (7–5) – 15,633 63–84 L1 148 September 14 @ Cubs 2–3 Maples (1–0) Hernandez (5–1) De La Rosa (1) 36,468 63–85 L2 149 September 15 @ Cubs 0–1 Lester (16–6) Romano (7–11) Cishek (4) 41,196 63–86 L3 150 September 16 @ Cubs 2–1 Castillo (10–12) Quintana (13–10) Iglesias (27) 41,314 64–86 W1 151 September 17 @ Brewers 0–8 Miley (5–2) DeSclafani (7–6) Woodruff (1) 32,145 64–87 L1 152 September 18 @ Brewers 3–1 Romano (8–11) Anderson (9–8) Iglesias (28) 30,366 65–87 W1 153 September 19 @ Brewers 0–7 González (9–11) Harvey (7–9) — 33,443 65–88 L1 154 September 20 @ Marlins 4–2 Reed (1–2) Brigham (0–3) Iglesias (29) 9,863 66–88 W1 155 September 21 @ Marlins 0–1 (10) Barraclough (1–6) Hernandez (5–2) — 11,471 66–89 L1 156 September 22 @ Marlins 1–5 Ureña (8–12) DeSclafani (7–7) Steckenrider (5) 12,559 66–90 L2 157 September 23 @ Marlins 0–6 Richards (4–9) Lorenzen (3–2) — 13,595 66–91 L3 158 September 25 Royals 3–4 McCarthy (5–4) Iglesias (2–5) Peralta (14) 13,172 66–92 L4 159 September 26 Royals 1–6 Fillmyer (4–2) Reed (1–3) — 12,549 66–93 L5 160 September 28 Pirates 4–8 Brault (6–3) DeSclafani (7–8) — 19,689 66–94 L6 161 September 29 Pirates 3–0 Lorenzen (4–2) Taillon (14–10) Iglesias (30) 42,630 67–94 W1 162 September 30 Pirates 5–6 (10) Feliz (1–2) Stephens (2–3) Vázquez (37) 25,091 67–95 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Reds team member

Roster[]

2018 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 34 Homer Bailey 40 Austin Brice 58 Luis Castillo 51 Kyle Crockett 28 Anthony DeSclafani 29 Brandon Finnegan 63 Dylan Floro 31 Yovani Gallardo 50 Amir Garrett 32 Matt Harvey 37 David Hernandez 48 Jared Hughes 26 Raisel Iglesias 21 Michael Lorenzen 30 Tyler Mahle 36 Keury Mella 53 Wandy Peralta 61 Kevin Quackenbush 44 Tanner Rainey 25 Cody Reed 57 Jesús Reyes 47 Sal Romano 41 Kevin Shackelford 39 Lucas Sims 62 Jackson Stephens 55 Robert Stephenson 49 Zack Weiss 41 Matt Wisler		Catchers 16 Tucker Barnhart 38 Curt Casali 17 Tony Cruz 17 Tim Federowicz 39 Devin Mesoraco Infielders  2 Alex Blandino  4 Brandon Dixon  3 Scooter Gennett 46 Philip Gosselin 15 Dilson Herrera  4 Cliff Pennington  9 José Peraza  7 Eugenio Suárez 51 Blake Trahan 19 Joey Votto		Outfielders 63 Aristides Aquino 23 Adam Duvall 27 Phil Ervin 61 Gabriel Guerrero  6 Billy Hamilton 12 Rosell Herrera 43 Scott Schebler 12 Preston Tucker 46 Mason Williams 33 Jesse Winker		Manager 38 Bryan Price 35 Jim Riggleman Coaches 45 Freddie Benavides (first base/infield) 52 Danny Darwin (pitching) 88 Derrin Ebert (coach) 22 Billy Hatcher (third base/outfield) 87 Dustin Hughes (bullpen catcher) 64 Tony Jaramillo (assistant hitting) 57 Mack Jenkins (pitching) 60 Pat Kelly (bench) 59 Don Long (hitting) 56 Ted Power (assistant pitching/bullpen) 35 Jim Riggleman (bench) 72 Mike Stefanski (catching)

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Bats	International League	Pat Kelly
AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Southern League	Jody Davis
A	Daytona Tortugas	Florida State League	Ricky Gutierrez
A	Dayton Dragons	Midwest League	Luis Bolivar
A-Rookie Advanced	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Ray Martinez
A-Rookie Advanced	Greeneville Reds	Appalachian League	Gookie Dawkins
Rookie	AZL Reds	Arizona League	Jose Nieves
Rookie	DSL Reds	Dominican Summer League	Cristobal Rodriguez

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website
• 2018 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference