"It's Huge" - Tyler Stephenson, Terry Francona, and Andrew Abbott React to Cincinnati Reds 7-2 Win Over Miami Marlins

Abbott served as a stopper and everything else the Reds needed in order to halt their four-game losing skid. Abbott, who was confirmed as an MLB All-Star Game participant on Tuesday, July 8, threw seven and 2/3 innings of six-hit, one-run baseball against the Marlins Wednesday, July 9, and the Reds won, 7-2, at Great American Ball Park.

When the Cincinnati Reds scanned the pre-game stats sheet and saw that Miami starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara was an eight-game loser with an astronomical 7.01 earned run average, they salivated.

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They bounced back again Wedneday night, snapping a four-game losing streak in a 7-2 win over the Miami Marlins. More importantly, the Reds are back over .500 at 47-46. All-Star left-hander and Reds ace Andrew Abbott pitched a gem, and the Reds lineup picked themselves up after a dreadful previous four games.

Abbott has a case to make the All-Star Game. His 2.15 ERA trails only Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes (min. 80 innings) in the National League. At 1.9 fWAR, he ranks 17th, and a handful ahead of him have already sustained injuries, knocking them out of consideration.

Abbott (7-1, 2.15 ERA) has pitched well enough in 15 starts to help put the Reds at the fringes of the wild-card playoff mix – and maybe well enough yet earn a first All-Star bid the way teammate Hunter Greene did a year ago.

The Cincinnati Reds are honoring the late Dave Parker on the outfield wall at Great American Ball Park.