Felipe Lopez at least sees a few pitches before bouncing out to short for the 2nd out.
Maroth starting off well.
Felipe Lopez at least sees a few pitches before bouncing out to short for the 2nd out.
Maroth starting off well.
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this one is going to be tough.
Ken Griffey Jr. puts his patented KGJ Sweet Swing™ on the ball, but lifts it weakly out to CF for the final out of the inning.
Maroth barely breaks a sweat on the Top-3 of the order.
End of 1 0-0
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You can already tell that this is going to be a long night for the offense. A soft tossing lefty with a poor K rate and high WHIP - those guys always have success against the Reds.
Eric Milton takes to the hill for the Reds. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm keeping the booze handy for this one.
Placido Polonco leads off for the tigers and takes a 86 MPH fastball for strike 1. Yikes. 88 MPH is the next fastball to run the count 1-2. Then again, Claussen seemed to work OK at that speed last night. Polanco hits a little league home run out to Austin Kearns for out #1.
1 out.
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Maroth is the poster boy for the pitching to contact mantra. DanO probably loves him.
Milton tossing softballs up there
I thought Freel was supposed to catch those?
That's what I hear every time Griffey doesn't at least...
1 out
Marcas Thames puts a little English on a ball out to Freel, who seems to lose the ball a bit in the sun that's setting behind the plate at Comerica. Thames rivers his way into 2nd with a double.
1 on, 1 out.
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Thames doubles as Freel does a 360
And now Freel misplays a ball.
Thames just smoked one over Freel's head. That was hit HARD. Double.
"The problem with strikeouts isn't that they hurt your team, it's that they hurt your feelings..." --Rob Neyer
"The single most important thing for a hitter is to get a good pitch to hit. A good hitter can hit a pitch that’s over the plate three times better than a great hitter with a ball in a tough spot.”
--Ted Williams
1 on, Man on 2nd
Pudge Rodriguez up with an RISP opportunity. He grounds out to Phillips at 2nd for the 2nd out of the inning. Tigers announcers noting that Milton used to throw harder. We all remember.
2 outs, man on 3rd.
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Here we go!!!
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Go Reds!
“I’m a normal guy blessed with the ability to hit a baseball.” - Sean Casey
Originally Posted by Matt700wlw
Very true Matt. Griffey catches that.
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