CINCINNATI REDS GET SWEPT... Are they selling? Burns and Mims Sign Deal. | Off the Bench 07-22-24

Headlines 

• Reds get swept by the Washington Nationals.  They lost 5-2 yesterday.  Andrew Abbott did all he could going 6.2 innings giving up 6 hits and 0 earned runs.  Lucas Sims gets credited with the loss.  
• The Reds mustered up 5 hits.  Noelvi Marte and Stuart Fairchild each hit home runs. 
• Reds get outscored 18-11 in the series.  
• News also broke yesterday that the Reds are going to be looking to dump players with expiring contracts.  The focus being Frankie Montas
• They now head to atlanta and its Hunter Greene vs Reynaldo Lopez tonight.  Lopez is 7-3 with a 1.88 era.  Hunter Greene has a 3.34 era 

Around the League

• Brewers win in a thriller over the Twins 8-7.  Rhys Hoskins hit a go ahead homer in the eighth.  Eric Hasse hit two home runs.
• The phillies blanked the Pirates 6-0.  Tyler Phillips tossed six scoreless innings and Phillies avoid the series sweep
• Cardinals beat the Braves 6-2 as burleson and goldschmidt hit home runs.  Cardinals win the series.  
•  Yankees will be playing to avoid another series loss this afternoon as the Rays win game 3 yesterday 6-4
• Blue Jays come back to beat the tigers 5-4 as george springer hit two home runs 
• Marlins defeat the mets 4-2
• Padres take care of the guardians 2-1
• The Cubs narrowly defeat the diamondbacks 2-1
• The Orioles win the series but lose yesterday to the rangers 3-2 as jonah heim homered twice
• Dodgers beat the Red Sox last night and Shohei Ohtani is the first NL player to reach 30 home runs.  His home run traveled 475 feet

The Open Championship

• Xander Schauffele wins the Open with a score of 9 under.  
• Justin Rose and Billy Horschel came in second at 7 under. 
• Only 9 players finished below par

Olympics

• Lebron is the flag bearer as voted on by his fellow olympians.  He is the first male basketball player in history to get the honor