MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cincinnati Reds supervisor Terry Francona was again at American Household Subject along with his complete roster Saturday after lacking the earlier recreation resulting from what he jokingly described as “intestinal turmoil.”
Simply don’t say that they have been at full energy.
“I don’t suppose I’ve been 100% since 1988,” Francona mentioned earlier than Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers. “I really feel ok to be right here. It’s not an excellent feeling, not being right here.”
The abdomen points had left the Reds with out Francona, first-base coach Collin Cowgill and various gamers Friday when Cincinnati fell 3-2 to the Brewers for its fourth consecutive loss. Bench coach Freddie Benavides crammed in as supervisor after Francona stayed again on the workforce lodge.
Whereas the Reds hadn’t mentioned precisely which gamers have been unavailable for Friday’s recreation, Francona recognized one Saturday by saying that reserve outfielder Jacob Hurtubise most likely was feeling the worst of anybody.
“All people’s right here,” Francona mentioned. “I believe we’ve received some guys that most likely really feel like they received hit by a truck a little bit bit, type of like I did, however we’re OK.”
Francona was completely satisfied to observe a recreation in individual after having all types of hassle tuning in to the motion Friday. Francona listened to a radio broadcast and received pissed off that the audio was thus far behind the play-by-play motion on apps.
“I listened on my telephone and adopted alongside as a result of that was the one manner I might get it,” Francona mentioned. “I assumed I had the baseball bundle on my telephone, nevertheless it wasn’t letting me do it. I did the very best I might.”
He most likely didn’t like what he heard for a lot of the night time.
The Reds went hitless for the primary 6 2/3 innings however ended a 35-inning scoreless streak by getting two runs within the eighth. Cincinnati’s scoreless streak was its longest since 1946, when the Reds failed to provide a run for 37 consecutive innings.
