When baseball's best team opens the door with shaky defense, you go through it. In the Reds, they burst through with a big four-run rally in the eighth inning to take an 8-4 victory over the Tigers at Comerica Park on Sunday.

The Tigers' loss preceded news Sunday on a relief pitcher who struggled during the contest, prompting a change shortly afterward. On Saturday, the Tigers announced that pitcher John Brebbia was optioned to Triple-A Toledo, making room for relief pitcher Tyler Owens on the roster.

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The Reds did tack on three too-little, too-late runs in the ninth when De La Cruz doubled home Santiago Espinal to make it 11-3, then Tyler Stephenson doubled in two more runs to make it 11-5. De La Cruz was 3-for-4, raising his average to .267.

Neither of the past two trade deadlines had much action for the Reds, and it might not be that different of a story in 2025.

The Savannah Bananas traveling road show was in Cincinnati on Saturday night, playing in front of thousands of fans at Great American Ball Park. As they always

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Johnny Bench, considered the greatest all-around catcher in baseball history with his 14 All-Star appearances, 10 Gold Gloves, two MVPs and two World Series championships, is mesmerized these days by a young man in Seattle who could become the next,