Reds Beat Brewers 7-2 as Misiorowski Yields 2 Homers

Q: With their season on the brink, will today's loss trigger a trade deadline fire sale for the Cincinnati Reds?

Probably not from this one game alone, but another loss would push the Reds closer to seller territory and make a deadline sell-off much more likely. Cincinnati’s broader trend matters more than the result of a single afternoon. The Reds enter the game 39-46, have lost four straight, are 9-18 since June 1, and are 0-6 against Milwaukee in this stretch. Their bullpen has been a major reason: a 5.13 ERA, a league-high 54 meltdowns, and injuries to key arms including Emilio Pagán, Graham Ashcraft and Pierce Johnson. With Elly De La Cruz also sidelined, the roster has looked too thin to sustain a wild-card push. If the Reds lose again, they would fall to 39-47, eight games under .500. That would strengthen the case for president of baseball operations Nick Krall to pivot toward selling ahead of the Aug. 3 deadline, especially if the club remains well below .500 through late July. Reporting around the team already points to expiring or movable veterans such as Nathaniel Lowe, Tyler Stephenson, Caleb Ferguson, Brock Burke and Eugenio Suárez as possible trade candidates. That said, a true fire sale still appears unlikely. Core pieces such as Chase Burns and Elly De La Cruz are viewed as off-limits, and the front office is expected to wait for a larger sample before making final deadline decisions. So today’s loss would not by itself trigger a teardown, but it could mark the point where selling becomes the organization’s clearest path.

3 articles · Updated · Milwaukee Journal Sentinel · Jul 2

Cincinnati turned a hyped Jacob Misiorowski-Chase Burns matchup into a lopsided win, jumping ahead on Sal Stewart's first-inning homer and Jose Trevino's three-run shot in the fourth.
Misiorowski struck out 10 and allowed only four hits in five innings, but the two homers put Milwaukee in a 5-0 hole that its offense never erased.
Chase Burns held the Brewers to two runs over six innings, with Garrett Mitchell's fifth-inning homer and Brice Turang's RBI double providing Milwaukee's only scoring.
TJ Friedl's seventh-inning homer and eighth-inning RBI single sealed Cincinnati's first win over Milwaukee after the Brewers had won the first six meetings this season.