The Cincinnati Reds (18-22, 4th NL Central) play the middle game of a three-game series in Mile High City at Coors Field on Tuesday when facing the Colorado Rockies (17-24, 5th NL West). Cincinnati was defeated by the Miami Marlins 3-1 on Sunday which snapped a three-game winning streak for the Reds. Cincinnati has won four of the last six. Colorado defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Sunday snapping a two-game losing streak. Cincinnati will play without 11 pitchers as well as position player Joey Votto. Colorado will play without eight pitchers as well as position players Sean Bouchard and Brendan Rodgers.
The Cincinnati Reds are 26th or worse in four major pitching categories. Cincinnati is 26th in both team ERA at 4.90 and Quality Starts at just eight. The Reds pitching staff is 29th in both WHIP at 1.51 and batting average allowed at .275. Hunter Greene is the leader in strikeouts for Cincinnati with 51 and Ian Gibaut is the leader in victories with three. As of the publication of this article, Cincinnati had not yet released the name of a starting pitcher for Tuesday's matchup against Colorado.
At the plate, Cincinnati has the 15th best team batting average at .244, the 16th best on-base percentage with .320, has scored the 22nd most runs with 171 and has the 25th best slugging percentage at only .375. Spencer Steer and Jake Fraley each have hit five home runs to lead Cincinnati. Fraley is the leader in RBI with 28 and TJ Friedl is second with 18. Cincinnati has hit 63 doubles, seven triples and only 32 home runs in 40 games.