3/28/09 vs. Rays

[VR]

Top 6, Jay Bruce (2-3) gets what looks like a 2 out, 2 rbi single to put the Reds up 2-1.
EV goes 5, gives up 1 run (what the?!), 4 bb's, 3k's.

Bray in to pitch the 6th....needing to prove he's ready to start the year in Cincy. My vote? Go to AAA, keep DRH up.

[membengal]

I don't understand why these threads have either been missing or late. Are people not suggesting them in time?

[klw]

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=290328130

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CIN (13-15) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 - -
TAM (12-13) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - -
Final



CINCINNATI (5) AT TAMPA BAY (1)

CINCINNATI AB R H BI TAMPA BAY AB R H BI
W Taveras CF 3 1 1 1 A Iwamura 2B 3 1 0 0
J Keppinger SS 5 0 0 0 C Richard 1B 0 0 0 0
J Votto 1B 4 1 1 1 C Crawford LF 3 0 2 0
B Phillips 2B 2 0 0 0 G Kapler LF-CF 1 0 0 0
A Rosales PH-2B 1 0 0 0 E Longoria 3B 2 0 0 1
J Bruce RF 4 0 2 2 A Kennedy 3B-2B 1 0 0 0
E Encarnacion DH 4 0 0 0 C Pena 1B 2 0 0 0
C Dickerson LF 4 0 0 0 R Sadler LF 1 0 0 0
R Hernandez C 2 0 1 0 P Burrell DH 3 0 0 0
R Hanigan PH-C 1 2 1 1 M Joyce PH-DH 1 0 0 0
P Janish 3B 4 1 2 0 D Navarro C 3 0 2 0
J Weber RF 1 0 0 0
B Zobrist CF 1 0 0 0
N Ashley C 0 0 0 0
G Gross RF 1 0 0 0
W Aybar PH-1B 2 0 0 0
J Bartlett SS 3 0 1 0
R Olmedo SS 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 5 8 5 TOTALS 29 1 5 1

CINCINNATI 000 002 111 -- 5
TAMPA BAY 001 000 000 -- 1

DP--CINCINNATI 2. LOB--CINCINNATI 6, TAMPA BAY 8.
2B--P Janish. HR--J Votto 1 (3) (off J Howell), R
Hanigan 1 (2) (off J Nelson). SB--J Bruce 1 (1), C
Crawford 1 (7). CS--W Taveras. SF--E Longoria.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
CINCINNATI
E Volquez (W,2-0) 5 4 1 1 4 3 0
B Bray 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
J Burton 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
N Masset (S,1) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
TAMPA BAY
J Hammel 5 2 0 0 1 4 0
J Isringhausen (L,0-1) 1 3 2 2 1 0 0
B Shouse 1-3 0 1 1 1 1 0
G Balfour 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0
J Howell 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
J Nelson 1 1 1 1 0 0 1

WP--E Volquez. HBP--W Taveras by J Nelson.
SO--CIN: R Hernandez, J Keppinger, J Bruce, C
Dickerson, J Votto. TB: A Iwamura 2, J Bartlett, E
Longoria, C Pena, M Joyce. BB--CIN: B Phillips, W
Taveras, R Hanigan. TB: B Zobrist 2, G Gross, N
Ashley, C Pena, A Iwamura. T--2:52. A--7,156.

[membengal]

I will say from listening to it that Volquez appears to be in the same "dead arm" period for command that Owings, Bailey, and a few others are in. But major props to Volquez, like Owings before him, for working through the walks and limiting the damage.

[OnBaseMachine]

Originally Posted by membengal

I don't understand why these threads have either been missing or late. Are people not suggesting them in time?

I started a game thread about two hours before the game but I don't guess it was ever approved.

[Hoosier Red]

Do we just want to use this one for the game today?

[membengal]

Until they approve one, sure.

It is under a rain delay at the moment, and the banana phone is on. They think a rain shower is due in and out of the area, and they are trying to get the game in.

[membengal]

game is due to start at 2:00 pm est

[membengal]

Game underway, Arroyo works out of trouble in the top of the first, with the help of a nice defensive play by Rosales, apparently.

[membengal]

Infield hit for Taveras, beats out throw to 1b after a diving stop by Morgan Ensberg of a ball he hit down toward 3b.

Hairston Jr. up.

[membengal]

Kazmir pitching for TB, as Cincy continues its magical mystery tour of tough lefties this spring.

[membengal]

Hairston draws a walk. Votto up with two on and no one out.

Flies out to FL. Phillips now up.

[membengal]

Phillips draws a BB to load the bases.

Jay Bruce up, lefty against nasty lefty.

[membengal]

Bruce Ks on a 2-2 breaking ball.

Adam Rosales up.

[membengal]

Rosales flies out, inning over.

0-0 after one.

Again, this is the 3/29 Reds/Rays game, since a thread has not been opened by the mods, we are using yesterday's aboritive thread...