Reds place Mahle on IL, call up Romano
MILWAUKEE— The Cincinnati Reds' luck with starting pitchers has run out.
Right-hander Tyler Mahle went on the injured list with a strained left hamstring on Monday. Righthander Lucas Sims will start in Mahle's place on Wednesday against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Right-hander Sal Romano was called up from triple-a Louisville to take Mahle's roster spot.
The Reds' five starters — Mahle, Luis Castillo, Sonny Gray, Tanner Roark and Anthony Desclafani — have made every scheduled start. Sims did start on May 28 because the Reds had a makeup doubleheader the day before.
Sims, the 25-yearold right-hander, was obtained from the Atlanta Bravesfor Adam Duvall on July 30, 2018. He's pitched twice on his second stint with the Reds, totalling 21⁄3 innings, no runs, one hit, three strikeouts.
Romano’s back
Romano had a rough go early at triple-a. He's 4-7 with 4.70 ERA overall.
But he's 1-0 with 0.69 ERA since being moved back to the starting rotation.
"I was following (Alex Wood) a couple of times, so I was able to come in on a fresh inning, work a couple of innings," Romano said. "I had that starter mentality. That helped me the most. If I'm able to stay with my mechanics and execute my pitches, I'm going to be just fine. The stuff came. I worked on my pitches. I worked on something mechanically. Something clicked a month ago.” AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING: Lemahieu, New York, .333; Brantley, Houston, .332; Devers, Boston, .323; Bogaerts, Boston, .310; Merrifield, Kansas City, .309; Polanco, Minnesota, .305; Moncada, Chicago, .301; Alberto, Baltimore, .301; Trout, Los Angeles, .300; Torres, New York, .294.
RUNS: Betts, Boston, 88; Devers, Boston, 77; Trout, Los Angeles, 77; Bogaerts, Boston, 75; Bregman, Houston, 73; Lemahieu, New York, 71; Merrifield, Kansas City, 70; Semien, Oakland, 70; Csantana, Cleveland, 67; Encarnacion, New York, 66.
RBI: Trout, Los Angeles, 79; Bogaerts, Boston, 75; Devers, Boston, 75; Encarnacion, New York, 70; Soler, Kansas City, 70; Abreu, Chicago, 69; Lemahieu, New York, 68; Dsantana, Seattle,
65; Kepler, Minnesota, 64; Rosario, Minnesota, 64.
HITS: Merrifield, Kansas City, 131; Devers, Boston, 125; Lemahieu, New York, 125; Brantley, Houston, 122; Polanco, Minnesota, 119; Bogaerts, Boston, 116; Semien, Oakland, 112; Betts, Boston, 110; Gurriel, Houston, 107; Dsantana, Seattle, 107.
DOUBLES: Castellanos, Detroit, 34; Bogaerts, Boston, 31; Devers, Boston, 29; Merrifield, Kansas City, 28; Polanco, Minnesota, 27; Brantley, Houston, 26; Chapman, Oakland, 26; Agordon, Kansas City, 25; Gurriel, Houston, 25; Semien, Oakland, 25.
HOME RUNS: Trout, Los Angeles, 32; Encarnacion, New York, 29; Soler, Kansas City, 27; Bregman, Houston, 26; Kepler, Minnesota, 24; Sanchez, New York, 24; Vogelbach, Seattle, 23; 4 tied at 22. NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING: Mcneil, New York, .339; Yelich, Milwaukee, .337; Bellinger, Los Angeles, .332; Kmarte, Arizona, .320; Blackmon, Colorado, .319; Rendon, Washington, .316; Arenado, Colorado, .307; Dahl, Colorado, .303; Freeman, Atlanta, .301; Verdugo, Los Angeles, .300.
RUNS: Bellinger, Los Angeles, 79; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 78; Bryant, Chicago, 76; Yelich, Milwaukee, 76; Freeman, Atlanta, 75; Blackmon, Colorado, 74; Story, Colorado, 74; Bell, Pittsburgh, 71; Rendon, Washington, 70; Baez, Chicago, 67.
RBI: Bell, Pittsburgh, 85; Escobar, Arizona, 78; Freeman, Atlanta, 78; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 77; Arenado, Colorado, 76; Yelich, Milwaukee,
76; Alonso, New York, 75; Harper, Philadelphia, 70; Muncy, Los Angeles, 68; Rizzo, Chicago, 68.
HITS: Kmarte, Arizona, 124; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 119; Freeman, Atlanta, 119; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 116; Arenado, Colorado, 115; Baez, Chicago, 115; Yelich, Milwaukee, 115; Blackmon, Colorado, 113; Escobar, Arizona, 113; 2 tied at 112.
DOUBLES: Bell, Pittsburgh, 31; Bryant, Chicago, 29; Harper, Philadelphia, 29; Rendon, Washington, 27; Freeman, Atlanta, 26; Mcneil, New York, 26; Baez, Chicago, 25; Kmarte, Arizona, 25; 4 tied at 24.
HOME RUNS: Yelich, Milwaukee, 35; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 34; Alonso, New York, 33; Renfroe, San Diego, 28; Bell, Pittsburgh, 27; Moustakas, Milwaukee, 26; Muncy, Los Angeles, 26; Reyes, San Diego, 26; Freeman, Atlanta, 25.