ST: Reds Giants (A) Padres (B) Sat. 3/24

[texasdave]

Reds lineup vs. San Francisco at home:
Brandon Phillips 4
Zack Cozart 6
Joey Votto 3
Scott Rolen 5
Daryl Jones 8
Chris Heisey 7
Denis Phipps 9
Ryan Hanigan 2
Homer Bailey 1

vs. RHP Matt Cain

[texasdave]

Reds lineup vs. San Diego on the road:
Drew Stubbs 8
Wilson Valdez 6
Jay Bruce 9
Ryan Ludwick 7
Juan Francisco 3
Miguel Cairo 4
Paul Janish 5
Devin Mesoraco 2
Aroldis Chapman 1

vs. RHP Clayton Richard

[texasdave]

Top 1 - Giants

For two retired easily. Brandon belts a single. Wild pitch gets him to second. Grounder to Votto ends the shenanigans.

0-0. Nobody.

[texasdave]

Top 1 - Padres

Valdez reaches on error with one out. Bruce singles. Runners on the corners. Ludwick lines softly to the shortstop. Juan Francisco grounds out.

0-0. Nobody.

[texasdave]

Bottom 1 - Giants

DatDude whiffs. Cozart is still smoking, lining a single to reach first.
*****JOEY VOTTO GETS A BASE HIT TO RIGHT-CENTER.*****
Runners on the corners with one down.
There you go. Votto picked off.
Rolen lines hard but Schierholtz makes a diving grab to rob him of a hit.

0-0. Nobody.

[texasdave]

Bottom 1 - Padres

Chapman on the mound. He dialed it up to 98 on Maybin before striking him out on 7 pitches.
Kotsay singles to center.
Headley walks. Chapman throws too many pitches to be a starter.
Soft bouncer back to the mound. 2nd and 3rd.
Hundley, first-pitch swinging, bounces to second.


0-0. Nobody.

[texasdave]

Top 2 - Padres

Miggy Cairo. All he does is hit. Singles to start the second.
Babe "He should make this team." Janish with a double. 2nd and 3rd nobody out.
Mesoraco strikes out to not advance the runners. Same as any other out.
Chapman Ks. Two gone.
Drew Stubbs with a clutch two-out liner to center plates a pair.
Valdez forces Stubbs at second.

2-0. Reds.

[texasdave]

Top 2 - Giants


Schierholtz bounces to the right side and Phillips can't make the play. Infield hit.
Whiteside doubles to the gap in right-center. 2nd and 3rd.
Nice job by Bailey as he gets Christian lunging on a pitch on the outside corner.
Sac fly by Nick Noonan gets a run across. Poor throw by Heisey.
Pitcher Matt Cain grounds a single to left to score another run. Another poor throw by Heisey. Both throws up the line.
Hanigan smothers a ball in the dirt to save Homer a wild pitch.
Blanco leaves the yard to right. 4-0.
Homer the tease. Always will be. One good outing, one bad outing. Nice peripherals though.
Grounder to second ends the nonsense.

4-0. Giants.

[texasdave]

Bottom 2 - Padres

Nice inning by Chapman. Fly ball. Soft liner. Grounder. 9 pitches.

2-0. Reds.

[texasdave]

Top 3 - Padres

Bruce grounds out.
Ludwick. K.
Francisco flies out.

2-0. Reds.

[The Rage]

Originally Posted by texasdave

Top 2 - Giants


Schierholtz bounces to the right side and Phillips can't make the play. Infield hit.
Whiteside doubles to the gap in right-center. 2nd and 3rd.
Nice job by Bailey as he gets Christian lunging on a pitch on the outside corner.
Sac fly by Nick Noonan gets a run across. Poor throw by Heisey.
Pitcher Matt Cain grounds a single to left to score another run. Another poor throw by Heisey. Both throws up the line.
Hanigan smothers a ball in the dirt to save Homer a wild pitch.
Blanco leaves the yard to right. 4-0.
Homer the tease. Always will be. One good outing, one bad outing. Nice peripherals though.
Grounder to second ends the nonsense.

4-0. Giants.

Homer a tease because of spring training? Who cares about stats my man. At some point, baseball will understand spring training means nothing. Why some pitchers even put effort into it, is amazing.

[texasdave]

Originally Posted by The Rage

Homer a tease because of spring training? Who cares about stats my man. At some point, baseball will understand spring training means nothing. Why some pitchers even put effort into it, is amazing.

Believe what you want. This isn't based on ST. It's based on his career. Have you watched him even once in his career? Your comments make it questionable if you have.

[The Rage]

Originally Posted by texasdave

Believe what you want. This isn't based on ST. It's based on his career. Have you watched him even once in his career? Your comments make it questionable if you have.

A career? First mucked up by Dick Pole and then by the Reds stupidity of letting him come into to camp overheated?

That will mess you up mechanically. The only complaint I have against Bailey is/was his unwillingness to get into pitching shape as the Reds requested.

FWIW, Bailey's "hr" given up was completely desert created. Couple that with the bad defense out there and you give up 4 runs. Chapman is going to be worn out by June if he starts. Throwing way to hard.

Chapman's done: 5IP, 4 hits, 0 Runs, 5 K's, 1 BB (79 pitches in a Jim Day unofficial count!) ...he struck out twice as a hitter per @JimDaytv