Reds Avoid Sweep with 15-1 Beatdown of Washington

Chase Burns threw six scoreless innings, JJ Bleday homered twice and drove in six runs, and the Cincinnati Reds avoided being swept by the Washington Nationals with a 15-1 victory Thursday afternoon at Great American Ball Park.

The Reds are an even 23-21 and 5 games back of the Cubs in the NL Central. 

The Reds will now begin a 2 city, 6 game road trip this evening, with series in Cleveland and then Philadelphia.  

Game times this weekend for the Reds and Guardians will be 7:10pm tonight, 6:40pm

Saturday night and 1:40pm Sunday afternoon.  

You can listen to all the Reds games throughout the 2026 season on Real Country 95.1 WTCW.