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Things continue to go from bad to worse for the Cincinnati Reds.
After starting the season with a 20-12 record, they are just 25-43 in their last 68 games, suffering an 8-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.
But the Reds suffered an absolute moment in the bottom of the seventh inning, which had already gone bad thanks to Cal Raleigh’s grand slam.
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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Caleb Ferguson is on the mound after allowing a grand slam to Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh during the seventh inning at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington. (Joe Nicholson/Image Images)
However, the Reds didn’t get much help afterwards. Mariners outfielder Victor Robles hit a ground ball to short and second baseman Edwin Arroyo tried to make a play. However, he found umpire Bill Miller in his path and the ball slid into the outfield as it passed shortstop Elly De La Cruz.
Relief pitcher Caleb Ferguson was unhappy, yelling obscenities at the umpire and criticizing him for his appearance.
“F-ing fata-! Get out of the way, motherfucker,” Ferguson, who had just given up Raleigh’s grand slam, appeared to yell at Miller.
MLB home plate umpire Bill Miller works the first inning of a game between the Atlanta Braves and the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. (Ron Chenoy/Image Images)
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Seattle then had runners on the corners, but the Reds stopped the bleeding.
Reds manager Terry Francona ordered Ferguson to intentionally walk Dominic Canzone to load the bases to face Raleigh, but the decision backfired.
The slumping catcher, who finished second in American League MVP voting last year with his 60-homer season, is hitting just .163 this season, but he pounced on the first pitch and launched a breaking ball, sending it 408 feet into the left-field bleachers to open the game. It was just his 10th home run of the season.
“I know what Raleigh is doing and it still worries me,” the veteran captain said with a laugh. “But I thought that was our best chance of not scoring. We could play deep in the double play. And the worst possible outcome happened.”
Bill Miller caught the ire of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Caleb Ferguson. (Parker S. Freedman, Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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Seattle jumped to the lead in the American League West with the victory, which also moved them to 51-50 on the season. They are trying to find similar success after reaching Game 7 of last year’s American League Championship Series.
