September Scoreboard Watching

[mth123]

1-0 Cards on a Pujols homer. Thanks to Schumaker for getting caught stealing to keep it a solo shot. Braves coming up.

[Kc61]

2-1 Cards through three innings.

[Cedric]

Originally Posted by Kc61

2-1 Cards through three innings.

The Cards haven't looked bad this weekend. The Reds can't just expect them to roll over.

[OnBaseMachine]

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.

[alloverjr]

Hudson getting lit up like a christmas tree. 6-1 Cards in the top of the 5th and still batting.

[HokieRed]

Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine

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.

Win today would have been very big. It's going to be a dogfight till the last days of the season.

[Cedric]

Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine

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.

The offense was horrendous all weekend and so was the bullpen. If you can't easily beat the Pirates at home you are pressing bad.

[Brutus]

Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine

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.

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.

[Cedric]

Originally Posted by Brutus the Pimp

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.

One more 6 game losing streak and then what? Nothing either of us can do though.. Just hope Jay gets back and gets hot.

[HokieRed]

Reds could easily lose 7 of 9 on the road to Houston, Milwaukee, SD.

[Brutus]

Originally Posted by Cedric

One more 6 game losing streak and then what? Nothing either of us can do though.. Just hope Jay gets back and gets hot.

I don't like how the club is playing, but this team won't lose 6 in a row with the schedule they have left. They're still a good enough baseball team to not let that happen.

[OnBaseMachine]

Originally Posted by Cedric

The offense was horrendous all weekend and so was the bullpen. If you can't easily beat the Pirates at home you are pressing bad.

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.

[Cedric]

Originally Posted by Brutus the Pimp

I don't like how the club is playing, but this team won't lose 6 in a row with the schedule they have left. They're still a good enough baseball team to not let that happen.

Crazy things happen when you have mostly inexperienced players in a tough spot. CoCo Cordero could easily ruin this season for the Reds with a few more terrible outings.

[OnBaseMachine]

Originally Posted by Brutus the Pimp

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.

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.

[Brutus]

Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine

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.