The Miami Marlins will play the Cincinnati Reds in Game 2 of their series at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday night.
The Miami Marlins are 45-51 this season and have lost six of their last eight games. Miami lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 11-2 on Monday night. The Miami pitching staff has a 3.84 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .236 opponent batting average this season. The Marlins offense has scored 387 runs with a .238 batting average and a .302 on base percentage. Jesus Aguilar is batting .248 with 11 home runs and 39 RBI’s for the Marlins this season. The projected starter for Miami is Pablo Lopez, who is 6-5 with a 3.14 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP over 109 innings pitched this season.
The Cincinnati Reds are 37-58 this season and have won three of their last four games. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Cincinnati won two out of three games against St. Louis. The Cincinnati pitching staff has a 5.22 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a .256 opponent batting average. The Reds offense has scored 419 runs with a .241 batting average and a .310 on base percentage this year. Brandon Drury is batting .274 with 19 home runs and 57 RBI’s for the Reds this season. The projected starter for Cincinnati is Hunter Greene, who is 3-11 with a 5.78 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP over 90.1 innings pitched this season.