CINCINNATI, June 21 (UPI) -- The Cincinnati Reds Tuesday fired manager Dave Miley and pitching coach Don Gullet, replacing them with Jerry Narron and Vern Ruhle.
The Reds have the second-worst record in the National League at 27-43, 18 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
Miley, who spent 26 years in the Reds organization, posted a 125-164 record as manager since taking over for Bob Boone in 2003. Gullett had been pitching coach since 1993.
Narron, who managed the Texas Rangers in 2001 and 2002, becomes the Reds's 58th manager and the 48th since 1990. He joined the Reds' Major League coaching staff in December 2003 as Miley's bench coach.
Ruhle joined the Reds organization in 2004 and has seven years as a Major League pitching coach with the Houston Astros, the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets.
