Hunter Greene was scheduled to throw a maximum of 80 pitches in what was his return appearance from the 15-day injured list, but he was still on pace to get through five innings until Chicago's Nico Hoerner worked a 12-pitch at-bat in the fourth inning.

Ruf, who suffered a fractured kneecap and never played another MLB game, on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Reds seeking damages.

Per the complaint, Ruf suffered “permanent and substantial deformities to his knee.”