Six Cincinnati Reds minor league affiliates were in action on Friday. Here is how their top prospects performed: Louisville Bats (28-39) Won 9-6 Blake Dunn went 1-4. Rece Hinds went 2-5 with a double.

Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene was still in Los Angeles Friday night, pending one more meeting with specialists before returning to Cincinnati.

The Cincinnati Reds are in the middle of the standings in their division, making them a team with many options available at the deadline.

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona spoke with reporters on Thursday before they face off against the Detroit Tigers and shared an update on starting pitcher Hunter Greene. Greene went to Los Angeles to get a second opinion on his injured groin,

In between three IL stints this season Reds LF Austin Hays is hitting .303 with 6 homers and a .901 OPS in 31 games.

"It's a good check to see where we're at. It's gonna show what areas we need to work on, what areas we excel at," Nick Martinez said.

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Austin Hays spoke with reporters ahead of Friday's game against the Detroit Tigers and shares an update on his injured foot. Hays said his foot hasn't improved over the last two days and that they're going to shut him down before easing back into activity, according to Gordon Wittenmyer's of The Enquirer.

The Reds did tack on three too-little, too-late runs in the ninth when De La Cruz doubled home Santiago Espinal to make it 11-3, then Tyler Stephenson doubled in two more runs to make it 11-5. De La Cruz was 3-for-4, raising his average to .267.