4/26/06 - Reds vs. Nationals Game Thread

[Reds Fanatic]

Starting Lineups:

Reds (14 - 7)
2nd in NL Central
Nationals (7 - 13)
4th in NL East

Starting Lineup

Name AVG HR RBI SB
1. R Freel, CF .274 0 4 8
2. F Lopez, SS .294 3 9 7
3. A Dunn, LF .235 8 15 0
4. A Kearns, RF .291 5 16 1
5. S Hatteberg, 1B .277 1 4 0
6. E Encarnacion, 3B .279 3 22 0
7. B Phillips, 2B .360 3 18 1
8. D Ross, C .261 2 5 0
9. B Arroyo, P .222 2 2 0

Starting Lineup

Name AVG HR RBI SB
1. A Soriano, LF .329 7 13 5
2. M Anderson, 2B .111 0 0 0
3. N Johnson, 1B .394 5 11 2
4. D Ward, RF .357 2 3 0
5. R Zimmerman, 3B .237 2 14 2
6. R Church, CF .273 4 9 1
7. R Clayton, SS .257 0 6 0
8. B Schneider, C .180 0 4 0
9. R Ortiz, P .250 0 1 0

Starting Pitcher
Name W L ERA* WHIP K
B Arroyo 3 0 3.04 1.09 22

Starting Pitcher
Name W L ERA* WHIP K
R Ortiz 0 2 7.31 1.81 2

[flyer85]

Soriano in LF and Ward in RF. Robbie is a brave soul.

[jesusfan]

I like this line-up, however.. even though Hatte is a lefty I would play Aurilia over him, he's really coming up big in clutch spots this season. I guess it looks like Ross is going to catch Arroyo everytime out... We really need to trade one of our catchers for some kind of pitching help, bullpen-starter-anything....

[PuffyPig]

I like this line-up, however.. even though Hatte is a lefty I would play Aurilia over him, he's really coming up big in clutch spots this season.

Hatteberg vs. RH pitching has been much better than Aurilia.

[CaiGuy]

I agree. This is one of the better constructed lineups I've seen this year. Nice job Narron.

[pedro]

I like this line-up, however.. even though Hatte is a lefty I would play Aurilia over him, he's really coming up big in clutch spots this season.

That .515 OPS with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI against righties screams take a seat to me.

Hatteberg OTOH has an OPS against RH of .864

[Falls City Beer]

Lord, the Nationals are a mess. Even bigger mess than the Reds.

[traderumor]

Yes, that outfield is asking for trouble, and I'm pretty sure some hard hit balls will be in the OF with Happy on the mound.

[pahster]

The Nationals are awful. Florida puts more fear into me.

[Chip R]

Lord, the Nationals are a mess. Even bigger mess than the Reds.

Even Mr. Happytalk and Chris Welch were saying that they looked like they were just going through the motions out there.

[traderumor]

Lord, the Nationals are a mess. Even bigger mess than the Reds.

And somebody's fingerprints show up in both places. I've watched enough CSI to know that's probable cause.

[Doc. Scott]

Hmmm. I may need to do a little PBP.

[traderumor]

Of course, bashing the Nationals pretty much locks them to have every line drive that did not fall last night be trumped by twelve bloop singles that produce eight runs today as they win by double digits.

[LincolnparkRed]

Of course, bashing the Nationals pretty much locks them to have every line drive that did not fall last night be trumped by twelve bloop singles that produce eight runs today as they win by double digits.

That is definitely the MO of past years teams, lets see if this one can keep the hammer down on inferior teams like this. I for one would like to see a 6-1 road trip after having to sit through Saturday's debacle in Milwaukee

[Puffy]

That .515 OPS with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI against righties screams take a seat to me.

Hatteberg OTOH has an OPS against RH of .864

Good point - but I would come back with Hatteberg has 60 plate appearances, almost all of them in the 5 hole (with a couple more in the third I believe) and has 4 RBI and only 7 runs scored. He is a statue of the basepaths which negates his OBP a little and even though he has continually batted with people on base has not been able to translate that BA nor that OBP into either runs driven in nor runs scored.

He might have a nice OBP but for a number 5 hitter he's no Dunn.