Nice to see Cole make Mahle throw 8 pitches, and give him a tough battle. At least we clear the pitcher's spot and don't have him lead off the next inning. Need to score, though.
It is more likely that the Astros are in the beginning of an 8-game winning streak. Just need Kalas to mention how many strikeouts Cole has twice every inning. That seemed to work last time.
Reds broadcast team has been extremely critical of their own pitching. But it kicked our ass. And think the Johnny Bench award ceremony was pretty low budget and stuck in the 90's with a bad powerpoint presentation at a the El Royale Hall Club. Lame. As for the Astros, this has to get turned around. It's as if they think they can just leave bowls of porridge in a window to cool off without a rabbit hopping by and taking a steaming dump in it.