5/1/2013 Reds at Cardinals Lutz First Start

[redsfaninbsg]

Twice today he's hit into a 5-4-3 DP.

[Kc61]

Boy, most of the offense hasn't hit, but BP is all kinds of excluded from any criticism. What a year so far for Phillips.

Actually, Philliips has been slumping on this road trip. But overall he's had a fine year, guys will cool off in the normal course.

Frazier doesn't get a lot of criticism, he's slumped too lately.

[klw]

ball game

[Billy_Bearcat]

Seems Frazier has hit into a bunch of DPs lately.

[Kc61]

Cards breathe a sigh of relief, they got Lutz out didn't have to face Corky Miller.

Your 2013 Cincinnati Reds.

[ThatPitchIsDunn]

Actually, Philliips has been slumping on this road trip. But overall he's had a fine year, guys will cool off in the normal course.

Frazier doesn't get a lot of criticism, he's slumped too lately.

Has he? I hadn't noticed.

It seems like ThrowBat hasn't gotten a hit since the homer off Samardzija.

[Vottomatic]

I forgot the game was this afternoon. Been busy all day.

Glad I forgot.

[_Sir_Charles_]

How often are we gonna say it's the hitters though? Sooner or later you have to try something different in order to get desired results. Since we're not getting rid of Bruce, Cozart, Heisey, etc., the only thing you can realistically change is the hitting coach. Brook Jacoby just isn't working.

We're assuming Jacoby isn't working. A hitting coach can only do so much, the hitters have to heed his advice and put it into practice correctly. If it's bad advice...time to ditch him. But I don't know one way or the other.

And all players go into slumps, regardless of the hitting coach. Add in the fact that we've been facing ace after freaking ace...it only exacerbates the situation. The people here have been kinda quick to dismiss the pitching we've been facing. Great pitching combined with a slumping hitter equals a hitter looking REEEEEEEEEEALLY bad. Get 2 or 3 guys doing that at once...you get a team that can't score a run because any kind of rally gets busted quickly.

So I'm not so quick to point fingers quite yet.

[50YrRedsFan]

This team is going nowhere unless changes are made. Bottom line is will Bob C. and Walt J.
do anything or say we can't afford it?

[Tom Servo]

We're still bad.

[Tom Servo]

This team is going nowhere unless changes are made. Bottom line is will Bob C. and Walt J.
do anything or say we can't afford it?

What changes would you suggest?

[New York Red]

Well, that makes two runs or less in 8 of the last 9 games, and 13 times in 29 games overall.

On April 8th, we scored 9 runs in the 9th inning against STL. Since then, we have scored a total of 6 runs in 45 innings against them, including just one off their bullpen (which is one of the worst in the league against everyone else).

[ThatPitchIsDunn]

Well, that makes two runs or less in 8 of the last 9 games, and 13 times in 29 games overall.

On April 8th, we scored 9 runs in the 9th inning against STL. Since then, we have scored a total of 6 runs in 45 innings against them, including 0 off their bullpen (which is one of the worst in the league against everyone else).

They finally broke through against the bullpen - BP homered off Mujica today.

Still pretty dreadful against one of the worst pens in the NL.

[New York Red]

They finally broke through against the bullpen - BP homered off Mujica today.

My bad. I will edit.

[texasdave]

The two best starting staffs have been dealing and the bats on both teams are scuffling. I think "fire Dusty and the hitting coach" should extend to "fire Matheny and the hitting coach," right?

Actually, wrong.

We are Reds' fans. If the Cardinals have a crappy manager and a crappy hitting coach that is good for us. We want St. Louis to extend their contracts.