Asked at the outset of his 11:30 p.m. news conference with reporters what kind of morning he'd had so far, Francona said: ...

The Reds had a 3-2 lead heading into the ninth when Francona decided to go with Ian Gibaut to close it out after Emilio Pagán ...

Cincinnati got a run in the home half but ended up falling short 6-4. Francona began the day with an emergency trip to the dentist for treatment of a broken veneer on a bottom tooth. As is his ...