The Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees Thursday afternoon Jonathan India went three for five and hit one of three home runs off Yankees starter Marcus Stroman. India started a hot streak on June 18th, and in his last 15 games he collected multiple hits ten times. Fourteen of his 25 hits in that time went for extra-base. The Reds haven’t taken full advantage of his hot streak, as they are only 8-8 in that stretch.
I can see this being a big boost for Cincinnati. I thought they were the team to beat in the NL Central going into the season.
The Yankees continue to receive poor starting pitching, Through 6/14 they recorded 32 quality starts in 72 games and owned the second highest average game score in the majors. They’ve now had just three quality starts in their last 17 games and own the lowest average game score in the majors.
Since bottoming out at 20-30, the Reds have gone 22-15 (.594). If they maintain that same winning % the remainder of the season, they’ll be sitting at 86 or 87 wins… which would put them on the brink of playoff contention.
They do have 7 remaining games vs. Brewers, so they have a shot…