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Luis Robert to a severe hip injury, and
Dylan Cease gave them what they needed.
A fun night at Great American Ball Park.
After a seven-inning shutout against the Tigers in his previous start, Cease tied his career high with 11 strikeouts in six innings of one-hit ball in a 9-0 victory against the Reds.
As good as those numbers were, Cease’s performance at the plate was every bit as remarkable, if not more. Batting for the first time in a game since his senior year in high school, Cease went 3-for-3 with an infield single, a double to the right-field wall after showing bunt and a single to right before