Reds v. Cardinals 8/4/13

[Mutaman]

There will be plenty of games down the stretch bigger than this one.


Football mentality.

I understand what you mean by football mentality, but this was still a big one, at least if they had hopes of winning the division. To get blown out and lose 2 of 3 at home after the dismal west coast swing is pretty depressing.
Again the idea of backinging into a wild Card game doesn't really interest me. This was a big game.

[mth123]

Doesn't matter this game.....Choo and Bruce both bobbling balls? C'mon what's that have to do with Leake?

Frazier? Was that Leake's fault?

Leake was not good today....his teammates are jumping on board.

OF play was less than desirable, but pitching was the problem today, along with on-going offensive lethargy. Leake is effective because he gets ground balls by the bushel. When he doesn't, they are usually hard hit and some leave the park. Happened today.

Ondrusek is always bad. Bringing him in is the baseball version of waving the white flag.

[Falls City Beer]

they shouldn´t

He's the only starter who has pitched well against them this season.

[Blitz Dorsey]

At least we kept it close in both losses this series.

[Mutaman]

It's been close in recent years, but yeah, it's not terribly close anymore. They've charged well out in front of us, with a full tank of gas in their farm system. I dont think the Reds's window is going to be much of a window, unless they can sneak through somehow with a favorable matchup in the postseason.

it wasn't close last year- we beat them by 9 games.

[Falls City Beer]

it wasn't close last year- we beat them by 9 games.

By the end of the season, with Miller up, they'd closed the talent gap.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Seriously, how is this guy on the team? His numbers were awful at LOUISVILLE.

[texasdave]

Oakland coming into town next. Nice. Maybe they suspend Colon before his start on Wednesday. Fingers crossed.

[ProfessorTofty]

I didn't even know Pedro Villarreal was called back up. That tells you everything you need to know about this team. He's not even a good AAA pitcher. And he's on our 25-man roster? I don't care if it's briefly. He has no business being on the team.

Well, here he is. Enjoy!

[Blitz Dorsey]

Good mechanics from Villarreal. Flying off to the left side after every pitch. This guy does not belong anywhere near an MLB roster.

[Blitz Dorsey]

LOL. Right on cue. He gives up a HR to Freese (who has been bad all year -- until this series).

[Blitz Dorsey]

When the Reds are making decisions ... how do they come to a conclusion like, "Hey, I've got it! Let's call up the guy who can't get anyone out in Triple-A!"

Brilliant!

[Matt700wlw]

Villarreal has no business on a playoff contending roster.

[Falls City Beer]

Every so often, the Bowden/o'Brien/Krivsky years make a cameo appearance. Usually with the cardinals in town.

[mth123]

Seriously, how is this guy on the team? His numbers were awful at LOUISVILLE.

Pen and Partch got used up Friday. Afterwards Partch was sent down and an arm brought up to eat innings in a blow-out like this one. The team knew that Broxton was likely back on Tuesday after the off day on Monday and Partch was going down anyway. They made the move to add a fresh arm so that guys like Lecure or Hoover wouldn't need to pitch in a game like today.

Too bad they don't have anybody better, but that's how it went.