1-0 Cards on a Pujols homer. Thanks to Schumaker for getting caught stealing to keep it a solo shot. Braves coming up.
1-0 Cards on a Pujols homer. Thanks to Schumaker for getting caught stealing to keep it a solo shot. Braves coming up.
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2-1 Cards through three innings.
The Cardinals are on their way to taking two of four on the road against a very good team. Meanwhile, the Reds struggled to take two of three from the lowly Pirates. This race is far from over. A win today would have me feel a lot more comfortable.
Hudson getting lit up like a christmas tree. 6-1 Cards in the top of the 5th and still batting.
If the Reds only go .500, the Cards can do no worse than 18-4 to win the division. Yes, it's true this thing isn't over, but it's to the point where everything is stacked in the Reds' favor if they even barely manage to win half their games.
Two of three, one of three, two of three, one of three... that pattern wins the division.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Reds could easily lose 7 of 9 on the road to Houston, Milwaukee, SD.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
The bullpen and offense were awful this weekend. Paul Maholm (5.43 ERA), Charlie Morton (9.66 ERA), and Brian Burres (5.75 ERA) are three of the worst starters in the NL. Collectively, they held the Reds to seven runs in 20.1 innings. Cordero and Masset stunk up the joint this weekend, but if the offense had done their job it wouldn't have been close enough for Cordero to have been in the game. Brian Burres dominated the Reds lineup today.
All of a sudden, .500 baseball the rest of the way doesn't seem like such a lock. The Reds are playing some bad baseball right now. The Reds don't play well in San Diego, and the Astros are playing good baseball right now. A 2-7 or 3-6 roadtrip could allow the Cardinals to get right back in this thing. The Reds need to win three of four from the DBacks to make up for today's terrible loss.
They're 57-28 this year against teams under .500. I know they're not playing well at all, and I'm as disappointed by that as anyone. But I also think going .500 the rest of the way in the 16 games left against such teams (excluding San Diego) is a fairly safe mark to expect.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
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