Rookie Colt Keith homers twice for Detroit as Tigers down Reds

WINNING ROAD TRIP. BARBARA DAVIDSON AND AUGUST DOLL ARE GEARING UP FOR A LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND OF WORK. A MARRIED COUPLE WHOSE IDEA OF RETIREMENT REVOLVES AROUND BASEBALL, WLWT NEWS FIVE’S OLIVIA RAY SHARES THEIR STORY. ONLY A FEW OF BASEBALL’S FINEST CAN BE SPOTTED AT GREAT AMERICAN. FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE GATES OPEN. IT’S THE BIG LEAGUERS TAKING BP AND A COUPLE OF HEROES WHO ARE HITTING THEIR SECOND ACT OUT OF THE PARK, TUCKED AWAY IN THE DUGOUTS AT GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK. BARBARA DAVIDSON IS FULFILLING ONE OF HER CHILDHOOD DREAMS IN A SENSE, I’VE ALWAYS LOVED THE CINCINNATI REDS. GROWING UP IN CINCINNATI, I WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND I WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO GET A JOB ON THE GROUNDS CREW WITH THE CINCINNATI REDS. THAT WAS MY DREAM. NO GROUNDSKEEPING. BUT FOR THE LAST DECADE, SHE’S PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES. ALL WE DO IS WHAT’S CALLED HEADSET TECH, AND IT’S WITH THE REPLAY OPERATIONS THROUGH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WHY WE ARE IN THE DUGOUT, IS WE ACTUALLY ARE HANDLING ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS ON THE FIELD BETWEEN THE UMPIRES. BARTZ LOVE FOR AMERICA’S PASTIME FINALLY BROUGHT HER BACK TO HER HOMETOWN, BUT ONLY AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVING HER COUNTRY. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE LIVING THERE AND WE RETIRED FROM THE ARMY RESERVES OUT OF MINNESOTA, AND THERE WAS AN OFFICE THAT WAS HELPING VETERANS FIND JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AND IT GOT A MESSAGE THAT IT’S MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. AND I SAID, COUNT ME IN. I AM READY TO GO. BOTH OF US WERE PRIOR SIGNAL CORPS IN THE ARMY, AND THIS IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF BEING ABLE TO DO THE STUFF THAT YOU TOLD OTHER PEOPLE TO DO AND HAVE FUN WITH IT, AND IT JUST TURNED OUT TO BE A GIFT TO BE ABLE TO WORK FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, FOR RETIRED COLONEL BARBARA DAVIDSON AND HER HUSBAND, LIEUTENANT COLONEL AUGUST DOWELL, THE MILITARY IS A WAY OF LIFE, DEFINITELY MISSION. FIRST, IT’S IN THE MILITARY. IT’S ALWAYS MISSION. MISSION FIRST. SOLDIERS ALWAYS ME LAST. AND SO THE WHOLE THING IS GET THE SHOW ON THE AIR. THEIR SERVICE NEVER STOPS, EVEN IF THEIR NEW ROLE IN RETIREMENT IS A PART OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF TEAM. BASEBALL AND AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY. THEY GO HAND IN HAND, JUST LIKE BART AND AUGUST, A WONDERFUL PAIR WHOSE ARMY VALUES WILL NEVER FADE. AND NOW EVEN GAME DAYS ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF IT. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE. OLIV

Rookie Colt Keith homered twice, Parker Meadows and Riley Greene also went deep and the Detroit Tigers held off the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Friday night.Meadows led off the third with a 410-foot homer to right field. After Reds center fielder Stuart Fairchild’s catch robbed Matt Vierling of an extra-base hit, Keith hit one out to almost the same spot as Meadows in the right-field seats.Keith then had a two-run shot in the fifth, and Greene led off the seventh with his team-leading 17th homer, another deep shot to right field.The Tigers got an outstanding start from right-hander Reese Olson, who pitched no-hit ball through four innings. He left after 5 2/3, allowing just two runs and three hits and striking out eight.Spencer Steer led off the Reds’ fifth with a 425-foot homer into the upper deck in left field, but Olson struck out the next five batters he faced. He was relieved in the sixth after Jonathan India scored from second on shortstop Ryan Kreidler’s wild throw to first on Jeimer Candelario’s ground ball.The Reds came on in the ninth.Ellie De La Cruz beat out a grounder to the right side for a hit to lead off the inning and took second with his major league-leading 43rd stolen base.De La Cruz went to third on a balk and scored on a single by Steer, who came home on Nick Martini’s triple into the right-field corner.Cincinnati starter Carson Spiers managed only 4 2/3 innings, allowing four runs and eight hits. He gave up three of Detroit’s four homers.Blake Dunn, running for Martini, was thrown out on a close play when he tried to score on a grounder to third.Noelvi Marte singled to put the tying and winning runs on base, but Jason Foley induced a grounder to first by Santiago Espinal to end it.TRAINER’S ROOMTigers: SS Javier Báez will start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo in Columbus. He has been on the injured list since June 11 with lumbar spine inflammationReds: Put C Luke Maile (herniated disc) on the 10-day injured list and called up C Austin Wynns from Triple-A Louisville. Maile is expected to be back after the All-Star break. OF Jake Fraley went on the family emergency medical list and INF Edwin Rios was promoted from Louisville. INF/OF Levi Jordan was designated for assignment. UP NEXTReds right-hander Hunter Greene (5-4, 3.70 ERA) is the scheduled starter against a still to be determined Detroit pitcher as the interleague series continues on Saturday afternoon.

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Rookie Colt Keith homered twice, Parker Meadows and Riley Greene also went deep and the Detroit Tigers held off the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Friday night.

Meadows led off the third with a 410-foot homer to right field. After Reds center fielder Stuart Fairchild’s catch robbed Matt Vierling of an extra-base hit, Keith hit one out to almost the same spot as Meadows in the right-field seats.

Keith then had a two-run shot in the fifth, and Greene led off the seventh with his team-leading 17th homer, another deep shot to right field.

The Tigers got an outstanding start from right-hander Reese Olson, who pitched no-hit ball through four innings. He left after 5 2/3, allowing just two runs and three hits and striking out eight.

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— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) July 5, 2024

Spencer Steer led off the Reds’ fifth with a 425-foot homer into the upper deck in left field, but Olson struck out the next five batters he faced. He was relieved in the sixth after Jonathan India scored from second on shortstop Ryan Kreidler’s wild throw to first on Jeimer Candelario’s ground ball.

The Reds came on in the ninth.

Ellie De La Cruz beat out a grounder to the right side for a hit to lead off the inning and took second with his major league-leading 43rd stolen base.

De La Cruz went to third on a balk and scored on a single by Steer, who came home on Nick Martini’s triple into the right-field corner.

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— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) July 6, 2024

Cincinnati starter Carson Spiers managed only 4 2/3 innings, allowing four runs and eight hits. He gave up three of Detroit’s four homers.

Blake Dunn, running for Martini, was thrown out on a close play when he tried to score on a grounder to third.

Noelvi Marte singled to put the tying and winning runs on base, but Jason Foley induced a grounder to first by Santiago Espinal to end it.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: SS Javier Báez will start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo in Columbus. He has been on the injured list since June 11 with lumbar spine inflammation

Reds: Put C Luke Maile (herniated disc) on the 10-day injured list and called up C Austin Wynns from Triple-A Louisville. Maile is expected to be back after the All-Star break. OF Jake Fraley went on the family emergency medical list and INF Edwin Rios was promoted from Louisville. INF/OF Levi Jordan was designated for assignment.

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Reds right-hander Hunter Greene (5-4, 3.70 ERA) is the scheduled starter against a still to be determined Detroit pitcher as the interleague series continues on Saturday afternoon.

Rookie Colt Keith homers twice for Detroit as Tigers down Reds

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