Cozart ss
Stubbs cf
Bruce rf
Ludwick lf
Frazier 3b
Cairo 1b
Valdez 2b
Hanigan c
Bailey
no BP
Lets get the brooms out!
Cozart ss
Stubbs cf
Bruce rf
Ludwick lf
Frazier 3b
Cairo 1b
Valdez 2b
Hanigan c
Bailey
no BP
Lets get the brooms out!
A win today would be gravy.
Two runs will be enough. Anyone concerned about Phillips yet?
Which Red gets drilled today? Which inning?
I will go with Bruce in the first.
Dusty on the postgame last night said Phillips did not play because they would have had to pinch run for him in a tight spot and he did not have mobility. Retroactive DL him? Cairo and Valdez can handle the spot and will not kill the team.
It's bizarre to me that Phillips was a late scratch yesterday and then he wasn't even capable of pinch-hitting. Did something happen yesterday in BP or warmups I wonder?
There was a tweet last night from a Pirates beat writer. He said AJ Burnett was in the dugout pointing out all of the Reds he planned on drilling tonight. Something like this guy, then that guy, then that guy...
Yeah....it's early August with about 55 games remaining.....if he took 30 seconds to circle the bases 4 days ago and needs a pinch runner still.....I don't want to see him in a game for a week. Don't mostly heal....heal. We don't want Phillips at 75% for the rest of the year....let's sit him a bit and have him 95-100% from Sept and on.
Homer should plunk their lead off guy with a curve ball. Cause both benches to get warned again and save our hitters from getting hit.
They owe you one when someone is hit on purpose, no one was hit on purpose.
Winning the first two games of this important series makes it easier to give Phillips another day to heal before a road trip.
I think that's all it is.
No matter what happens today, the Reds leave this series with a bigger lead over Pittsburgh than when the series started.
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