The Monday MLB schedule will get underway with a matchup between the Miami Marlins and the Cincinnati Reds, along with some other great MLB games, from the Great American Ball Park. The Marlins (47-55) are looking to snap a three-game slide and have fallen seven games back in the NL Wild Card race. On Sunday, Miami rookie 3B Charles Leblanc hit his first major league home run and scored twice during a 9-3 home loss versus New York.
Rookie-right hander Hunter Greene (3-12 5.59 ERA) will make his 20th career major league start. Through 96 plus innings, Greene has fanned 119 batters and surrendered 23 home runs.
The Cincinnati Reds have won consecutive games and have inched out of the NL Central Division cellar. On Sunday, Brandon Drury came through with a pinch-hit solo shot in the eighth inning to lift Cincinnati to a 3-2 home victory versus Baltimore. Rookie SP Nick Lodolo allowed one run in six innings and did not factor in the decision for the Reds (40-61).
Twenty-four year old southpaw Jesus Luzardo (2-3 4.03 ERA) will come off the injured list to start for the Marlins. Luzardo, who has been sidelined since May with a forearm injury, has struck out 41 batters through 29 innings this season.
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- The Reds are 5-5 in their last 10 games.
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- The Marlins are 4-6 in their last 10 games.
- The Marlins are 6-4-0 O/U.
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