The Cincinnati Reds and the Tampa Bay Rays will play the middle game of their 3-game set tonight at Great American Ball Park. The Reds cruised to a 7-2 win last night in Game 1 and should come out on top again tonight. The Big Red Machine will have their ace, Andrew Abbott, on the hill and he is throwing flames as usual. The 2025 NL Cy Young candidate is 8-1 with a 2.13 ERA, a 1.09 WHIP, and it doesn’t get much better than that. Tampa is expected to counter with Ryan Pepiot. He is 6-8 with a respectable ERA of 3.59 and a 1.16 WHIP but over his last 3 turns he is 0-2 with a 5.00 ERA. The Rays have not been playing well on the road. They have lost 5 straight away from Steinbrenner Field and are 0-7 in Pepiot’s last 7 road starts.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CINCINNATI REDS