The Cincinnati Reds today are wrapping up their three-game series with the Seattle Mariners. They have split the first two games of the series, winning 8-4 on Tuesday with eight unanswered runs. They dropped last night’s game 5-3. Today is a 12:40 EDT first pitch with Brady Singer on the mound going up against Emerson Hancock for the Mariners. Today, ahead of the finale, the Reds placed Christian Encarnacion-Strand on the injured list with low back inflammation. They recalled infielder Noelvi Marte from Triple-A Louisville. Encarnacion-Strand, in 15 games, was hitting .158 with a .482 OPS. He had two doubles, two home runs, five RBI, four runs scored, and a walk. Marte was sent down on Tuesday. In the one game he played at Louisville, he went 0-4.
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Christian Encarnacion-Strand
Encarnacion-Strand has played in 107 big league games, hitting .230 with a .673 OPS. He has 15 doubles, 17 home runs, 58 RBI, 46 runs scored, two stolen bases, and 19 walks. Last season, in 29 games with the Reds, he hit .385 with a .513 OPS. He had six doubles, two home runs, 16 RBI, 13 runs scored, and four walks.
Noelvi Marte
Marte, in three games with the Reds this season, hit .167 with a .452 OPS. He had two runs scored, a stolen base, and a walk. In ten games at Louisville, he hit .316 with a .860 OPS. He had five RBI, six runs scored, three stolen bases, and four walks. Last season, in 66 games with the Reds, he hit .210 with a .549 OPS. He had nine doubles, four home runs, 18 RBI, 24 runs scored, nine stolen bases, and nine walks. In 12 games at Louisville, he hit .151 with a .321 OPS. He had a double, two RBI, three runs scored, and a stolen base.
