Reds Beat Brewers 7-2 to Avoid Sweep as Misiorowski Yields 3-Run Homer

Q: With their season on the brink, will today's loss trigger a trade deadline fire sale for the Cincinnati Reds?

Probably not from this one game alone, but another loss would push the Reds closer to seller territory and make a deadline sell-off much more likely. Cincinnati’s broader trend matters more than the result of a single afternoon. The Reds enter the game 39-46, have lost four straight, are 9-18 since June 1, and are 0-6 against Milwaukee in this stretch. Their bullpen has been a major reason: a 5.13 ERA, a league-high 54 meltdowns, and injuries to key arms including Emilio Pagán, Graham Ashcraft and Pierce Johnson. With Elly De La Cruz also sidelined, the roster has looked too thin to sustain a wild-card push. If the Reds lose again, they would fall to 39-47, eight games under .500. That would strengthen the case for president of baseball operations Nick Krall to pivot toward selling ahead of the Aug. 3 deadline, especially if the club remains well below .500 through late July. Reporting around the team already points to expiring or movable veterans such as Nathaniel Lowe, Tyler Stephenson, Caleb Ferguson, Brock Burke and Eugenio Suárez as possible trade candidates. That said, a true fire sale still appears unlikely. Core pieces such as Chase Burns and Elly De La Cruz are viewed as off-limits, and the front office is expected to wait for a larger sample before making final deadline decisions. So today’s loss would not by itself trigger a teardown, but it could mark the point where selling becomes the organization’s clearest path.

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Cincinnati avoided a four-game sweep by jumping ahead early and beating Milwaukee 7-2 behind Chase Burns and a productive bottom of the order.
Jose Trevino’s three-run homer in the fourth broke the game open after Sal Stewart’s first-inning solo shot, giving Burns a 5-0 cushion.
Jacob Misiorowski struck out 10 over five innings but allowed five runs—only one earned—as defensive mistakes and one misplaced 3-2 cutter proved costly.
Milwaukee managed only four hits, getting its only runs from Garrett Mitchell’s solo homer and Brice Turang’s RBI double.
Despite the loss, the Brewers still took three of four in the series and remain five games clear in the NL Central.