6/14/09 Reds vs Royals
 

Per Fay:
Reds
Dickerson 8
Gonzalez 6
Phillips 4
Nix 7
Gomes DH
Bruce 9
Hernandez 3
Hanigan 2
Hairston 5
Cueto 1

Royals
DeJesus 7
Bloomquist 9
Butler 3
Jacobs DH
Olivo 2
Callaspo 4
Teahen 5
Hernandez 6
Maier 8
Banister 1

Re: 6/14/09 Reds vs Royals
 

A lot of pressure on Cueto today, Reds really need to come up with a win today.

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Dickerson grounds out to 1st.

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Gonzalez singles to left center.

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Phillips singles to center. 1st and 2nd.

Re: 6/14/09 Reds vs Royals
 

I know folks get a lot of big LOLs out of raking the Reds' offense over the coals, but I look at the Royals' offense and see a similarly cruddy collection. Yet the Reds' pitchers have surrendered 11 runs to them in two games. Team failure effort, IMO, this weekend.

Re: 6/14/09 Reds vs Royals
 

Nix grounds into a 3-6 FC. The shortstop throws the ball away. 1-0 Reds.

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Gomes fouls out to 2nd. 1-0 Reds mid 1st.

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DeJesus grounds out to 2nd. Nice play by Phillips.

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FCB, I know your thesis to start the year was that the Reds' pitching was a problem and the offense would be fine, but, man, you've just been flat wrong. Wrong as it gets. And re-writing what has been happening to lay it on the feet of the staff is silly. Piling up inept performance after inept performance like this team has on offense puts inordinate pressure on the staff to be near perfect.

The pitching has been really quite good for this team, all year. The hitting has been far from that. That is the sum total of the 2009 reds to this point in time.

Re: 6/14/09 Reds vs Royals
 

Bloomquist singles to center.

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This team is getting brutal to watch, should be a 5-4-3 DP and they get no outs.

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Butler grounds a ball off Hairston's glove. Error on Hairston. 1st and 2nd.

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They really could use a 3b. Hairston is a nice jack-of-all-trades guy, but 3b seems to be problematic for him. They have had to use him there too much.

I still wish they would consider bringing up Frazier.

Re: 6/14/09 Reds vs Royals
 

Jacobs flies out to center.