5/12/06 - Reds vs. Phillies Game Thread

[Reds Fanatic]

Starting Lineup:

Phillies (19 - 15)
2nd in NL East
Reds (23 - 12)
1st in NL Central

Starting Lineup

Name AVG HR RBI SB
1. J Rollins, SS .269 4 12 6
2. C Utley, 2B .317 8 25 2
3. B Abreu, RF .264 4 23 5
4. P Burrell, LF .287 10 28 0
5. R Howard, 1B .305 9 23 0
6. S Victorino, CF .345 0 4 0
7. D Bell, 3B .260 3 10 0
8. C Ruiz, C .091 0 0 0
9. C Hamels, P - - - -

Starting Lineup

Name AVG HR RBI SB
1. R Freel, LF .231 0 4 10
2. F Lopez, SS .299 4 15 16
3. K Griffey Jr., CF .270 3 10 0
4. A Kearns, RF .328 6 24 2
5. A Dunn, 1B .233 13 26 0
6. E Encarnacion, 3B .291 5 27 0
7. B Phillips, 2B .306 3 25 8
8. J Valentin, C .263 0 3 0
9. E Ramirez, P .200 0 0 0

Starting Pitcher
Name W L ERA* WHIP K
C Hamels

Starting Pitcher
Name W L ERA* WHIP K
E Ramirez 1 2 3.18 1.29 11

[Larry Schuler]

Nice save. :-)

[KronoRed]

Move Dunn down vs a rookie?

Rest is good.

[kheidg-]

Dunn at 1B - finally. IMO he should start there at least 2-3 times a week with Aurilia out.

[Reds1]

I'd take Kearns over dunn in the 4 hole to switch up the righty lefty. Dunn struggling a bit. I'd say the manager has done a good job with little tweaks like this. I like it.

[Falls City Beer]

I'm going to agree with others who say they're glad to see Griffey back. His frequent-contact, high power is just the element this team is lacking. They have massive patience (Dunn, Enc, Mangione) and middling contact power (Lopez, Kearns); Junior wraps it all up in one (power and contact and decent patience). Like a Junior Burrito.

[RedsMan3203]

[SirFelixCat]

That is one nasty-potent offense we have in there tonight. Go welcome the rook, properly fellas

[reds44]

Welcome to Minor League night here on redszone.com. All minor league pictures all night. Your starting pitchers, and the Reds lineup will contain minor league pictures.

vs.
Cincinnati Reds (23-12) vs. Philadelphia Phillies(19-15)


vs.
Elizardo Ramirez (1-2, 3.18 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels (0-0, 0.00)

Reds lineup:

Ryan Freel, LF

Felipe Lopez, SS

Ken Griffey Jr., CF

Austin Kearns, RF

Adam Dunn, 1B

Edwin Encarnacion, 3B

Brandon Phillips, 2B

Javier Valentin, C

Elizardo Ramirez, P

[Fullboat]

We eat Rookies for breakfast.

[dsmith421]

That is one nasty-potent offense we have in there tonight. Go welcome the rook, properly fellas

The lineup I was screaming for before the season was this exact eight, except with Pena instead of Phillips (and Freel at 2B).

I hope they prove me right.

[dsmith421]

Incidentally, reds44, those pictures are hilarious, I'd love to see them (and others) brought out from time to time.

[Reds Fanatic]

Latest weather update from Marc's blog

Also, the tarp is off the field, though it still doesn't look real good out there.

[Doc. Scott]

Wow... it's a team with a higher ERA than the Reds'. Even though the Philly bullpen is much better at this point, the non-Myers starters have been bad enough that the Phillies have a 4.70 mark. Meanwhile, the Reds' ERA has been dropping like a stone- all the way to 4.44, good for ninth best of 16 in the league.

If we'd been ninth in ERA last season, we would have finished over .500 easily.

[dsmith421]

Here's a better picture of Junior from his days with Moeller. Hope this works...