Nick Lodolo is Cincinnati's Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Week

Nick Lodolo is Cincinnati's Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Week

Let's go ahead and get the obvious out of the way: the Cincinnati Reds had a pretty brutal week Reds games with FanDuel Sports Network Photo by Rob LeiterMLB Photos via Getty ImagesNever miss a Reds game with blackout-free streaming with FanDuel Sports NetworkPlus watch hundreds of live, local NBA and NHL games all season long, as well as select WNBA games, PWHL games, and your favorite local teams to get the games and coverage that matter most to Sports Network: Pick your plan. Stream your teamsThey lost three consecutive games by the score of 1-0, in the process becoming the first MLB club since the 1960 Philadelphia Phillies to accomplish said feat. They backed that up by extending their scoreless streak to 35 innings before eventually scoring twice in a 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers to extend their futility in 1-run lost the series to the Texas Rangers despite a 14-run outburst in the series Jarrod Saltalamacchia Jersey, and lost three of four to the Brewers despite an 11-run outburst in that has not been reliable, perhaps due to the injuries and a recent illness in the dugout. Matt McLain's hamstring has had him sidelined, Spencer Steer is still limited to DH-only duties, and both Tyler Stephenson and Austin Hays remain on the IL. The bats, therefore, have been few and far brings us to the team's starting pitching, which has been completely stellar thus far. Chief among that excellence has been lefty Nick Lodolo Ryan Kreidler Jersey, who earns this week's Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Week award after firing 6.2 IP of 0 ER ball against the Rangers in his lone outing. Lodolo's only worst enemy that day was his own defense, as he dropped a ball covering 1B that came around to score an unearned run. It was the lone run he yielded on the day, however, and he fanned 4 against nary a walk in the kind of vintagecontrol all parts of the strike zone' way he was once lauded for before injuries sent his career fact, he has yet to walk a batter through 12.2 IP and a pair of starts so far this year. While his K9 is down from where I anticipate it will surely end up Matt Manning Jersey, he's both pounding the zone and keeping hits off the board. That's precisely the kind of complement the Reds need atop their rotation alongside Hunter Greene, and it's precisely what they're getting from him so , if only he could hit.