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 large 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 towards the Astros on Thursday in his second main league begin. He held Houston to 4 hits and 4 walks whereas putting out three because the Reds ultimately received 1-0.
Lowder has made a speedy transition from faculty baseball to the majors. After coming to the Reds because the seventh general 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 stage, 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 stand up right here. I did not actually attempt to put a timeline on myself,” Lowder mentioned. “I felt like that was out of my palms. All I may do was exit, attempt to put collectively good begins and good innings, and it simply occurred to be now. This expertise is big. I simply wish to throw up as many zeros as I can and be taught as a lot as I can.”
That labored towards the Astros.
“There is not any query he is exhibiting he’s ready to be right here, pitching large video games for us and doing it in a means that exhibits he is aware of the right way to pitch,” Reds supervisor David Bell mentioned.
Cincinnati catcher Tyler Stephenson added, “You could possibly inform he was a really established, actually good faculty pitcher in simply how he handles himself. Modifications 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 dropping two of three video games to the Seattle Mariners. They took their first sequence loss since Aug. 16-18 towards the Los Angeles Dodgers.
St. Louis will counter Lowder with Andre Pallante (6-7, 4.07 ERA), who’s attempting to cement his spot within the rotation for this season and past.
Pallante struggled together 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 towards the Brewers.
“That shouldn’t be a main pitch,” Pallante mentioned. “Throwing 5 of them in a row — of any pitch — is a foul concept, particularly one that isn’t my finest pitch.
“Actually what I am extra upset with is the way in which I wasn’t throwing my (two-seam) fastball in to righties. That is a vital pitch for me. That is the largest factor I modified. It is given me loads of success this yr.”
He’ll attempt to get again on observe towards the Reds, a group he has dominated: 5-0 with a 1.31 ERA in 14 video games (4 begins). This yr, Pallante has received each of his begins vs. Cincinnati, firing a mixed 11 1/3 scoreless innings whereas putting 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