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The Nova Knicks win New York’s first NBA title in 53 years in the same city where Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges won Villanova’s last title in 2018.

Terry Francona, after another brutal loss for the Reds, defends Blake Dunn as still a very good outfielder, Matt McLain running into bad luck time and time again

Boos rain down on the Reds, who suffer another hideously disastrous loss. 5-2.

Arenado still killing the Reds after all these years. What a play to end the 8th.

Jordan Lawlar just off the 60-day IL with a fractured wrist just slammed into the center field wall to rob Matt McLain.

Eduardo Rodriguez out of the game after 88 pitches and 2 outs in the third. He was 5-2 with a 2.52 ERA in 13 previous starts this season.

Eduardo Rodriguez has thrown 84 pitches (and counting) with one out in the third. This is interminable. Reds lead 2-1.

Reds get Eduardo Rodriguez to walk the bases loaded with one out and proceed to fail with Geno and Dunn pop outs to the outfield. E-Rod still with 40 pitches in the first inning but Reds with nothing to show for it.

Eugenio Suarez with a brief, friendly bro hug for DBacks catcher and former DBacks teammate Gabriel Moreno and then pops out to center with the bases loaded.

Elly De La Cruz is taking infield with Matt McLain and Eugenio Suarez pregame Friday.

After the fielding in St. Louis and San Diego, Reds working extra PFP Friday pregame

Francona pregame Friday: * MRI back on Elly De La Cruz "I'd say very good news. He's about 90% healed, which is fantastic. I think that kind of goes to show like he almost wills himself, I think. So he'll up the activity, continue to do that intensity and the amount of it, and then we'll let him go (hard) over the weekend, and then we'll kind of put our heads together again on Sunday, and see where we think where he's at, and certainly he has an opinion. We just need to try to temper that sometimes, because he wants to play so bad, and it's appreciated, but we don't want to hurt him either." * Rehab for EDLC is TBD. Possibly not needed. * On the job Matt Tracy and Oscar Marin have done in the place of Derek Johnson as pitching coach: "They've done a really good job, really good. The amount of cooperation I'd say with the whole staff, we've had, you know, like (Collin Cowgill) was out for a while, Nap (Mike Napoli) took over. It's a very close, good working staff, and Trace and Oscar have done, and I would put Arnie (Kyle Arnsberg) in that pitching group too, because he certainly does a ton of stuff, making sure organized and all that stuff. So, it's been, it's been good." * Closely monitoring usage of Tejay Antone "out of respect to what he's been through" but notes that his success is related directly to throwing strikes and spinning his breaking pitches effectively.

Much-needed good news from Terry Francona on Elly De La Cruz pregame Friday. “Very good news… he’s about 90 percent healed.”

Reds Friday vs. DBacks Myers 8 Bleday DH Stewart 3 Steer 4 Suarez 5 Dunn 7 Marte 9 Stephenson 2 McLain 6   Lodolo 1

Bengals announce training camp schedule. Opens July 29 at Kettering Health Practice Fields outside Paycor.

Bob Huggins headed to the UC Athletics Hall of Fame. Was never about if but when. Now we know.

The Reds have recalled from AAA-Louisville RHP Chase Petty; optioned to AAA-Louisville RHP Zach McCambley (post-game on June 9).

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