This is an 8* play on the REDS

The Reds fell to the Phillies 7-1 here at home on Labor Day, but that won't be happening again today. In fact, we're willing to bet on the reverse result taking place. Now the Reds did make an overnight pitching change here to Lucas Sims, who will go in place of the injured Alex Wood (back issues). That's actually an upgrade as Wood has really struggled, perhaps directly due to those lingering back issues. Sims has only made two spot starts this year, two months apart (May and July) and both coming against Milwaukee. All of the Phillies runs yesterday came on home runs as they hit four total. Look for their to be a "power outage" today, however. Philly is lucky to even be in playoff contention. They've given up more runs than they have scored while the same can NOT be said for the Reds, even though they're the team 10 games under .500. The Phillies starter for tonight is Vince Velasquez and he has an 8.53 ERA his past three starts and his last one on the road saw him give up seven runs to a Miami team that is 29th in the league in scoring. Play on CINCINNATI

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