Martinez has been up and down this season, going 6-9 with a 4.85 ERA and 73 strikeouts in 20 games and 105 2/3 innings. "Martinez is playing on a one-year, $21.05 million deal after accepting the qualifying offer last winter,

Facing Rockies fireball-closer Victor Vodnik in the ninth inning and trailing, 3-2, Cincinnati's Will Benson tripled off the top of the wall in left-center field. He nearly walked the Rockies off, but at least he drove in Spencer Steer, who had led off the inning with a single, to tie the contest at Great American Ball Park.

The MLB trade deadline is often one of the more exciting events in all of sports. Besides the postseason, the trade deadline is the most exciting time in baseba

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At least they got another All-Star selection out of the evening, when MLB announced that left-hander Andrew Abbott joins teammate Elly De La Cruz on the National League squad next week as a replacement for Dodgers pitcher Yosh Yamamoto.

With the Major League Baseball trade deadline less than a month away, the Cincinnati Reds sit just 1 1/2 games out of the last National League wild card spot.

Germán Márquez had another strong outing and Ryan McMahon hit his 13th home run of the season as the Colorado Rockies edged the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2 in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night.

At this rate, the Cincinnati Reds will be MLB trade deadline sellers by the end of the week. After getting clobbered 12-2 by the Miami Marlins Tuesday night the Reds have lost four straight games ...