Cincinnati Reds beginning pitcher Rhett Lowder (81) delivers the pitch within the first inning of the MLB recreation between the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers at Nice American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Cincinnati Reds rookie Rhett Lowder is losing no time proving he belongs within the huge leagues.
The 22-year-old right-hander will seek for his first win on Tuesday when the Reds go to the St. Louis Cardinals to open a three-game sequence.
Lowder (0-1, 0.87 ERA) pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings in opposition to the Astros on Thursday in his second main league begin. He held Houston to 4 hits and 4 walks whereas placing out three because the Reds ultimately gained 1-0.
Lowder has made a speedy transition from school baseball to the majors. After coming to the Reds because the seventh total choose within the 2023 draft out of Wake Forest, he began his skilled profession this season.
He made 5 begins on the superior Class-A degree, 16 begins at Double-A and only one begin at Triple-A earlier than graduating to the Reds. In his big-league debut, he allowed one run in 4 innings throughout a loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Aug. 30.
“It is superior to rise up right here. I did not actually attempt to put a timeline on myself,” Lowder mentioned. “I felt like that was out of my arms. All I might do was exit, attempt to put collectively good begins and good innings, and it simply occurred to be now. This expertise is large. I simply wish to throw up as many zeros as I can and study as a lot as I can.”
That labored in opposition to the Astros.
“There is no query he is displaying he’s ready to be right here, pitching huge video games for us and doing it in a method that reveals he is aware of the right way to pitch,” Reds supervisor David Bell mentioned.
Cincinnati catcher Tyler Stephenson added, “You may inform he was a really established, actually good school pitcher in simply how he handles himself. Adjustments pitches, mixes speeds, hit all of his spots.”
The Reds (70-75) edged the Atlanta Braves 1-0 on Monday for his or her sixth victory in eight video games, with Nick Martinez, Fernando Cruz and Alexis Diaz combining on a two-hitter.
The Cardinals (72-71) began their homestand by shedding two of three video games to the Seattle Mariners. They took their first sequence loss since Aug. 16-18 in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
St. Louis will counter Lowder with Andre Pallante (6-7, 4.07 ERA), who’s making an attempt to cement his spot within the rotation for this season and past.
Pallante struggled along with his command in his newest outing, a 9-3 loss at Milwaukee on Sept. 2. He walked 5 batters in 5 innings and allowed 5 runs and 5 hits, together with two homers.
Previous to that defeat, Pallante permitted simply seven runs (six earned) in 25 1/3 innings over his earlier 4 begins.
He believed he was overly reliant on his four-seam fastball in opposition to the Brewers.
“That shouldn’t be a major pitch,” Pallante mentioned. “Throwing 5 of them in a row — of any pitch — is a nasty concept, particularly one that’s not my finest pitch.
“Actually what I am extra upset with is the best way I wasn’t throwing my (two-seam) fastball in to righties. That is an important pitch for me. That is the most important factor I modified. It is given me a whole lot of success this 12 months.”
He’ll attempt to get again on monitor in opposition to the Reds, a staff he has dominated: 5-0 with a 1.31 ERA in 14 video games (4 begins). This 12 months, Pallante has gained each of his begins vs. Cincinnati, firing a mixed 11 1/3 scoreless innings whereas placing out 9 and strolling six.
The Cardinals hope to get second baseman Brendan Donovan again for the Tuesday recreation. He missed the earlier two with a foot an infection.
The Reds’ second baseman would possibly return, too. Jonathan India exited the Sunday recreation with a sore left elbow and didn’t play on Monday.
–Area Stage Media
