Last edited by Vottomatic; 07-05-2010 at 10:34 PM.
Minus maybe Masset (42 appearances) this was a complete team effort, everyone had a hit. That's great for a clubhouse.
With Harang being questionable, I guess Baker wanted to roll the dice and get as much out of Smith as he could tonight so he could save the others for the next two games. And it worked. Big effort by Smith after a shaky start.
Overall this was still a decent performance by Wood. He ran out of gas with the heat and with pitching on 3 days rest. With some luck he could've only given up 3 runs.
It's because of the Park they play in versus the Park the REDS' pitchers' play in.
San Diego has the best pitcher's park in the NL.
I've seen all those pitchers pitch in AAA. They aren't that good. It's the same reason players who hit great in AAA for San Diego, all of a sudden can't hit when they get to the Big Leagues.
Smith seemed to get stronger with each new inning. The 7th was very nice.
"He looked like a surfer kid from SoCal," manager Dusty Baker says. "He didn't say much, but you could tell he was cool."
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