It's Wednesday, July 23 and the Reds (52-50) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (41-60). Nick Lodolo is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Michael Soroka for Washington. Washington attempts the sweep over Cincinnati today as the Nationals took the second game of the series, 6-1.

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The Cincinnati Reds face an interesting test on Monday night as Jake Irvin takes the hill for the Washington Nationals. On the surface, it may not look like it, but a year ago today Irvin figured something out against this Reds lineup.