5/17/09 Reds vs Padres

[Reds Fanatic]

Lineups:

Lineups

Reds (20 - 16)
4th in NL Central
Padres (15 - 22)
3rd in NL West

Starting Lineup

Name AVG HR RBI SB
1. C Dickerson, CF .214 1 6 0
2. J Hairston Jr., 3B .247 3 9 4
3. J Bruce, RF .238 11 23 3
4. B Phillips, 2B .268 6 27 4
5. L Nix, LF .308 3 9 0
6. A Rosales, 1B .286 2 6 0
7. R Hanigan, C .310 0 2 0
8. P Janish, SS .345 0 2 0
9. B Arroyo, P .091 0 0 0

Starting Lineup

Name AVG HR RBI SB
1. D Macias, CF .333 1 2 0
2. E Gonzalez, 2B .170 3 6 0
3. A Gonzalez, 1B .302 15 29 1
4. C Headley, LF .246 3 15 4
5. K Kouzmanoff, 3B .222 1 9 1
6. J Gerut, RF .222 4 13 2
7. J Wilson, SS .000 0 0 0
8. H Blanco, C .146 3 4 0
9. J Peavy, P .000 0 0 0

Starting Pitcher
Name W L ERA* WHIP K
B Arroyo 5 2 7.02 1.61 23

Starting Pitcher
Name W L ERA* WHIP K
J Peavy 2 5 4.30 1.23 61

[remdog]

Interesting:

The Reds are 4 games over .500 and are 4th in the NL Central.

The Pads are 7 games under .500 and are 3rd in the NL West.

The NL Central is no longer the laughing stock of the NL.

Rem

[GAC]

can anyone else get into chat? When I click on the chat link, all I get is the smilie page. What gives?

[GAC]

Figured Dusty would have Ramon playing 1B since Ryan is catching.

[VR]

Pretty sure 7 of the 8 starters today....were playing in the minor leagues 1 year ago.

[GAC]

CDick with a leadoff dbl

[remdog]

Originally Posted by GAC

can anyone else get into chat? When I click on the chat link, all I get is the smilie page. What gives?

I get the same response.

Rem

[VR]

Great ab by Dickerson, nothing like a leadoff double to get the day started.

[dougdirt]

And that is why you don't sacrifice in the first inning when the guy is already standing on 2B....

[VR]

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest Hairston get out of the sacrifice bunt business.
3 horrific results from his last 3 attempts.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Why in the heck would they bunt Hairston instead of just hitting the ball to the other side? Every other team in MLB does it with ease against the Reds (hits the ball to the right side with a man on second and no outs). We decide to have a horrible bunter kill the inning for us. Brilliant!

[GAC]

I hate it when Baker has guys bunting in that situation. Why? And it was terrible base runing by CDick too on JHJ's bunt back to the pitcher.

[VR]

Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey

Why in the heck would they bunt Hairston instead of just hitting the ball to the other side? Every other team in MLB does it with ease against the Reds (hits the ball to the right side with a man on second and no outs). We decide to have a horrible bunter kill the inning for us. Brilliant!

Because we are the Reds.

[dougdirt]

Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey

Why in the heck would they bunt Hairston instead of just hitting the ball to the other side? Every other team in MLB does it with ease against the Reds (hits the ball to the right side with a man on second and no outs). We decide to have a horrible bunter kill the inning for us. Brilliant!

Better yet, just hit the ball. Dickerson is a fast guy, he is going to score from 2B on nearly every hit you can get outside of an infield single. Why waste an out in the 1st inning?

[GAC]

OK. I'm Jake Peavied that the chat link ain't working