Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

don't worry, we'll have a game thread tonight :p:

Reds:
Bruce cf
Keppinger ss
Griffey rf
Phillips 2b
Dunn lf
Encarnacion 3b
Votto 1b
Bako c
Cueto p

Astros:
Matsui 2b
Tejada ss
Berkman 1b
Lee lf
Blum 3b
Pence rf
Erstad cf
Ausmus c
Oswalt p

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

open for business a bit early today, since we messed up yesterday...

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

Whatever you do, do not mess with the juggernaut offense that this lineup has proven itself to be.

Just plain stubborn.

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

Bruce flied out, Kepp singled, Griffey GIDP.

Cueto got ahead 0-2 on Matsui with two fastballs and tried to throw another fastball past him and Matsui doubled.

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

I don't understand our pitchers' propensity to throw hittable pitches with favorable two strike counts.

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

Goodness. I hate this defense. Routine groundball rolls into centerfield for a RBI single. Ridiculous that Keppinger can't make that play. Geez.

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

I agree. You have a killer slider and changeup, why not make the hitter chase one of those pitches out of the zone instead of throwing a hittable 0-2 fastball?

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

Isn't Bako calling the game?

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

Yep. For a so called defense expert, he's hasn't impressed me.

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

Cueto threw 120 pitches last start, a career high so it will be interesting to see how he bounces back tonight.

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

Not very well, I'm afraid. 2-0, runners on first and second and no one out.

Mayday! Mayday!

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

It looks like the bullpen is going to get some more work tonight.

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

Berkman walked. Cueto threw a slider in the dirt and Lee somehow made contact and bloops a RBI single. First and third and nobody out.

It's going to be a long night. Cueto has a good changeup tonight but isn't locating his slider or fastball, plus the Astros are getting lucky groundballs and bloop hits.

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

Wouldn't it be nice to have a catcher who could actually, um, catch the ball? 3-0 on a sac fly.

Re: Reds vs Astros 7/28/08
 

where in the world is the pitching coach?