Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona (77) pulls pitcher Nick Martinez (28) in the third inning of the MLB interleague game ...

Byron Buxton hit two home runs, including the second of back-to-back shots with Kody Clemens, and Ryan Jeffers had a home run ...

On a roll. In contention. Playing meaningful baseball. However you want to say it, that's the Cincinnati Reds right now ...

Warm and humid with the wind blowing out at Great American Ball Park on Thursday afternoon were not optimal conditions for Reds starting pitcher Nick Martinez to slow his recent surge of allowing home ...

Manager Terry Francona discusses what he saw from Nick Martinez's outing and the team's overall performance in the Reds' 12-5 ...

Reds pitcher Nick Martinez pitched in the rain for the third time in four starts. The MLB-best Tigers beat him this time.

Wade Miley (1-0, 6.75 ERA) and Andrew Abbott (6-1, 1.85 ERA) follow on Saturday and Sunday for the Reds, with both of those games starting at 2:15 E.T. on FanDuel Sports Network Cincinnati and 700WLW.

On a roll. In contention. Playing meaningful baseball. However you want to say it, that's the Cincinnati Reds right now ...

That would be one of three home runs that Reds' starting pitcher Nick Martinez would allow in his short outing. "I think it comes down to execution," Martinez said. "Giving up the long ball and ...