San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds – Might 20, 2021
Photo: Doug Gray
The San Francisco Giants have come to Cincinnati and seen every part of the team with the best record in the National League to date. The Reds will try to beat their former ace in an afternoon competition this afternoon, which will be broadcast exclusively on Youtube.com/MLB.
Start starting grid
Start pitchers
Tyler Mahle
It’s been a good year for Tyler Mahle as he built on his 2020 breakout. That season he has posted an ERA of 2.93 in 43.0 innings with 15 walks and 52 spikes and a whip of 1.14.
In 2021, Mahle had reverse divisions. Left-handers hit him with 11 walks and 30 rashes in 93 record appearances only .160 / .269 / .272. Right-handers have a lot of success against him as they hit him with 10 extra base hits in 83 plate appearances .276 / .321 / .553. The sample size is small, but he’s also far worse off at home – 4.32 ERA with 5 homers allowed in 16.2 innings this season.
Use of the parking space from 2021
| 4-seam | Slider | Splinters | |
| veil | 94.4 | 87.3 | 86.6 |
| use | 53% | 35% | 12% |
Johnny Cueto
After a few fights over the past two seasons where his ERA was above 5.00 in both years, Johnny Cueto is in good shape. In his five starts, he has posted a 3.62 ERA in 27.1 innings with five walks and 22 strikeouts.
Both left and right have an OPS of 0.732 against Cueto this year with an identical base percentage of 0.309 and a slugging percentage of 0.423. He’s having a bit of a problem with his two street starts which were his first and his last. Hitters has beaten him with five doubles on the road this year .350 / .395 / .475 and his ERA is 4.50 over those two starts.
Use of the parking space from 2021
| 4-seam | 2-seam | Slider | change |
Curve | |
| veil | 91.7 | 91.6 | 84.2 | 82.8 | 78.8 |
| use | 33% | 11% | 29% | 25% | 2% |
When and where
- Playing time: 12:35 p.m. ET
- Where: Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati
- Clock: Youtube.com/mlb
- Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
- Forecast: 79 °, sunny, 0% probability of rain
Messages and Notes
Mike Moustakas on the list of injured
Before the game this afternoon, the Reds put Mike Moustakas on their 10-day injured list. They called Max Schrock to take his place.
Nick Lodolo beat eleven batters last night
It was a loss for all 5 teams in the organization on Wednesday, but not all were terrible. Nick Lodolo started a career high in innings and strikeouts when he fanned 11 in 7.1 one-hit innings for Double-A Chattanooga.
NL Central Standings
Playoff odds via fangraphs
| team | W. | L. | GB | Game start% |
| Cardinals | 25th | 18th | 0 | 46.5% |
| Boys | 21 | 21 | 3.5 | 21.6% |
| brewer | 21 | 22nd | 4.0 | 43.5% |
| Red wines | 19th | 22nd | 5.0 | 13.0% |
| Pirates | 17th | 25th | 7.5 | 0.1% |
