Cincinnati Reds Minor League Game Review: April 18, 2026
Nick Sando’s Triple-A debut was excellent, Ruben Ibarra hit an extended dwelling run in Chattanooga, Kien Vu acquired on base 3 times in Dayton’s win, and Henry Hunter hit his first skilled homer in Daytona.
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The Louisville Bats received 4-2. Box Score
Game Notes
This sport was scoreless till the Bats put collectively a 3-run rally on the backside of the fifth inning that put them forward for good.
Nick Sando made his Triple-A debut within the sport and he was excellent. The left-handed pitcher tossed six shutout innings on 86 pitches whereas giving up two hits, strolling three, and hanging out six. What was attention-grabbing right here is that since he was in Triple-A we acquired a have a look at what Hawkeye noticed and after spending elements of each 2024 and 2025 in Daytona the place the highway video games have Hawkeye to trace pitches he is modified his slider motion. It was extra of a pure slider up to now two years however now it is extra of a cutter and he is additionally throwing it about 3 MPH tougher, too.
JJ Bleday prolonged his on-base streak to 18 video games. He’s hitting .343/.452/.614 on the season with 11 extra-base hits, 13 walks, and 17 strikeouts.
Tejay Antone allowed each his first hit of the season and first run within the sport. He’s thrown 7.2 innings this season for the Bats.
Top Pitch Velocity: Yunior Marte – 96.3 MPH (forceout)
Top Exit Velocity: JJ Bleday – 113.0 MPH (single)
Furthest Hit Baseball: Hector Rodriguez – 393 toes (flyout)
The Chattanooga Lookouts received 6-4. Box Score
Top Pitch Velocity: Johnathan Harmon – 94.9 MPH
Top Exit Velocity: Ruben Ibarra – 116.8 MPH
The Dayton Dragons received 4-1. Box Score
Top Pitch Velocity: Jimmy Romano – 93.7 MPH
Top Exit Velocity: Carlos Sanchez – 106.0 MPH (error)
The Daytona Tortugas misplaced 12-8. Box Score
Top Pitch Velocity: Nelfri Payano – 97.3 MPH
Top Exit Velocity: Henry Hunter – 107.5 MPH
