6/7/15 - Reds vs. Padres - At least Johnny is pitching

[Tom Servo]

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[Red Raindog]

let the torture continue

[ProducerCoop]

And it's a nice day at the park!


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[Tony Cloninger]

The positives are Cueto continuing to be healthy and pitching like his usual self. Phillips healthy and hitting. Cingrani and Price hugging each other in the dugout and saying sorry, I was in the wrong.

[OnBaseMachine]

At this point I would rather see Reds pitchers toss the ball underhanded over the heart of the plate. The walks are getting old.

[Chuckie]

Wow, how slow is BP to get thrown out there?

[Ironman92]

Cueto broke 3 bats in the 1st inning

Phillips got to 1st in 4.59 seconds

[Roy Tucker]

Positive baseball thoughts getting beamed from Mason to GABP.

[WVRedsFan]

Looks like this may be the smallest game thread of the year.

[OnBaseMachine]

Nice play by Cozart.

[WVRedsFan]

HR Bruce. 1-0

[BluegrassRedleg]

Bomb by Bruce. :beerme:

[Chip R]

Nice hit by Bruce.

[NebraskaRed]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuce

[OnBaseMachine]

Bruuuuuce with a long HR! More than half way up the moon deck.

[Tom Servo]

Bruuuuuce :jump:

[mbgrayson]

After 2 innings, Reds up 1-0.

Cueto at 39 pitches, 23 strikes.
Despaine at 28 pitches, 20 strikes.

[Tom Servo]

Billy...doesn't make a catch??

[Roy Tucker]

Alonso pops up on a 3-0 count and says a bad word.

[Ironman92]

Was Cueto jawing with Alonso a bit?

Dumb by Alonso swinging at that 3-0 pitch

[Ironman92]

Cueto and Alonso laugh it out on a tag

[Tom Servo]

Atta boy Billy!

[Ironman92]

Vince Coleman was a panic....lol nice

[faffy42]

BP doin what BP does!

[BluegrassRedleg]

BP at his best when he looks to go to RCF.

[Roy Tucker]

A cleanly shaven Joey.

[faffy42]

Diaz got the short straw for yesterdays bullpen collapse. Someone had to be the scapegoat I guess.

[faffy42]

Frazier almost doin what frazier does!

[OnBaseMachine]

Votto swung at ball 4. Marty should be happy.

[Tom Servo]

Bleh. Votto and Frazier both with hard hit balls, but no dice.

[mbgrayson]

After 3 innings, still Reds up 1 to 0.

Cueto at 53 pitches, 31 strikes.
Despaine at 44 pitches, 30 strikes.

[Tom Servo]

Those egg council creeps have gotten to Thom too.

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[Big Klu]

Just got online....


Updated Reds HR list (players in italics are active):

Reds 100-Home Run Club
1. Johnny Bench - 389
2. Frank Robinson - 324
3. Tony Perez - 287
4. Adam Dunn - 270
5. Ted Kluszewski - 251
6. George Foster - 244
7. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 210
8. Eric Davis - 203
9. Barry Larkin - 198
10. Jay Bruce - 190
11. Vada Pinson - 186
12. Joey Votto - 173
13. Wally Post - 172
14. Brandon Phillips - 171
15. Gus Bell - 160
16. Joe Morgan - 152
16. Pete Rose - 152
18. Lee May - 147
19. Dan Driessen - 133
20. Reggie Sanders - 125
21. Ernie Lombardi - 120
22. Sean Casey - 118
23. Frank McCormick - 110
24. Dave Parker - 107
25. Chris Sabo - 104
26. Dave Concepcion - 101

[BluegrassRedleg]

Thom is just mesmerized by Johnny's turn! :laugh:

[JaxRed]

Who was the Yankees scout they were talking about? They never said his name?

[OnBaseMachine]

Two K's and a groundout for Cueto in the 4th.

[Tom Servo]

Despagine with a leadoff flare double. Bleh.

[OnBaseMachine]

The pitcher lines a double into the RF corner on an 0-2 pitch.

[Tom Servo]

Pitcher on second with no outs and the 1-2-3 hitters coming up? No problem, says Johnny.

[NebraskaRed]

It's going to be sad watching Cueto pitching for another team.

But seriously, trade him now.

[OnBaseMachine]

Cueto K's Venable looking. Norris with a shallow fly out to Bruce. He then blows Upton away with a fastball after the lead off double.

[Tom Servo]

Reds should have signed Venditte.

[BluegrassRedleg]

I hate to agree with Thom on just about anything, but I'm also puzzled by why there would be a rule that forced a "switch-pitcher" to throw from one side to a batter the entire AB. If he's got the glove and not delaying the game, what difference does it make how he throws the ball to the plate? That would be like telling Bronson Aroyo he couldn't "drop down" and do all the crazy stuff he used to do.

[Tom Servo]

Schumaker with his 9th double of the year, more than everyone besides Votto and Frazier and tied with Cozart.

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I hate to agree with Thom on just about anything, but I'm also puzzled by why there would be a rule that forced a "switch-pitcher" to throw from one side to a batter the entire AB. If he's got the glove and not delaying the game, what difference does it make how he throws the ball to the plate? That would be like telling Bronson Aroyo he couldn't "drop down" and do all the crazy stuff he used to do.
Yeah I'm not sure why you wouldn't be allowed to take 2 seconds to turn yourself around and throw with the other arm.

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Contact play fails again.

[Stray]

Solid baseball there.

[BluegrassRedleg]

Time for DatDudeRBI to do his thang...

[OnBaseMachine]

Poor baserunning.

[Big Klu]

Schumaker with his 9th double of the year, more than everyone besides Votto and Frazier and tied with Cozart.

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Yeah I'm not sure why you wouldn't be allowed to take 2 seconds to turn yourself around and throw with the other arm.

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Contact play fails again.

Why would a pitcher want to switch in the middle of an at-bat? He will choose at the beginning of the AB whichever side that gives him the advantage vs. the batter.

[BluegrassRedleg]

Tough call there against BP, but close enough. Almost a perfect pitch.

A little surprised the HP ump didn't take issue with his reaction. Some of the less patient hot-heads may have run him there.

[texasdave]

Has anyone worked up any theories on why the Reds score so many runs when Cueto is on the mound?

[50YrRedsFan]

Who was the Yankees scout they were talking about? They never said his name?

Thom said it quickly. Tim Naehring

[BluegrassRedleg]

Why would a pitcher want to switch in the middle of an at-bat? He will choose at the beginning of the AB whichever side that gives him the advantage vs. the batter.

No idea. Just surprised there has to be a rule for that.

I assume the same applies to a hitter. Do you have to commit to LH or RH the entire AB?

[Kc61]

110 pitches max for Cueto today IMO.

I'm sure Price views this game as important, but the importance is Cueto.

Don't push him too far. And Walter, time to get back on the phone with interested teams.

[Tom Servo]

Kemp dated Rihanna for a while, didn't he?

He's got no right to complain about a thing.

[Red Raindog]

110 pitches max for Cueto today IMO.

I'm sure Price views this game as important, but the importance is Cueto.

Don't push him too far. And Walter, time to get back on the phone with interested teams.

but the JC has to trust the bullpen to hold it for him --- :eek:

[Tom Servo]

Why would a pitcher want to switch in the middle of an at-bat?
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[OnBaseMachine]

93 pitches through 6 for Cueto.

[BluegrassRedleg]

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 31m31 minutes ago
Jay Bruce’s second-inning blast traveled 440 feet, the longest HR by any Reds hitter this season.

[NebraskaRed]

Cueto's health > whether the Reds wins this game or not

[Tom Servo]

Frazier double after the Votto single! Now we're cookin.

[BluegrassRedleg]

Got something cookin' here...

[Tom Servo]

Bruuuuuuuuuce! :jump:

4-0 Redlegs! 2 HRs for Jay!

[BluegrassRedleg]

Another HR for Bruce, a 3-run dinger to make it 4-0. :beerme:

[WVRedsFan]

Votto-Frazier-Bruce = 3 runs!

[NebraskaRed]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce

[BluegrassRedleg]

He may have followed the longest HR for a Red with the shortest there. :D

[Big Klu]

Jay Bruce with the Daily Double!


Updated Reds HR list (players in italics are active):

Reds 100-Home Run Club
1. Johnny Bench - 389
2. Frank Robinson - 324
3. Tony Perez - 287
4. Adam Dunn - 270
5. Ted Kluszewski - 251
6. George Foster - 244
7. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 210
8. Eric Davis - 203
9. Barry Larkin - 198
10. Jay Bruce - 191
11. Vada Pinson - 186
12. Joey Votto - 173
13. Wally Post - 172
14. Brandon Phillips - 171
15. Gus Bell - 160
16. Joe Morgan - 152
16. Pete Rose - 152
18. Lee May - 147
19. Dan Driessen - 133
20. Reggie Sanders - 125
21. Ernie Lombardi - 120
22. Sean Casey - 118
23. Frank McCormick - 110
24. Dave Parker - 107
25. Chris Sabo - 104
26. Dave Concepcion - 101

[OnBaseMachine]

Bruuuuce 3-run HR! Great piece of hitting by Votto and Frazier too.

[faffy42]

Dear bullpen,
Please...Don't screw this one up.
Thanks!
A reds fan

[WVRedsFan]

More runs, please. No lead is safe with this bullpen and Bryan F. Price :)

[Tom Servo]

Johnny pays Despaigne back for that double with a similar hit off him.

[BluegrassRedleg]

More runs, please. No lead is safe with this bullpen and Bryan F. Price :)

Torn between that realization and not wanting Cueto running the bases.

[Big Klu]

No idea. Just surprised there has to be a rule for that.

I assume the same applies to a hitter. Do you have to commit to LH or RH the entire AB?

No, but a switch-hitter usually will commit to the side that gives him the edge.

[WVRedsFan]

Torn between that realization and not wanting Cueto running the bases.No worries. Fast Billy took care of that.

[757690]

Reds needed one more to stay out of slam range. Otherwise known as Reds bullpen range.

[Big Klu]

Thom mentions that Bruce is 10th on the Reds' HR list, and that Larkin is 9th.

Hmmm...I wonder...

[Slippin'Jimmy]

As bad as it looks, Jay can keep that God awful Clark Kent curley-Q if he'd gonna hit 2 HR's a game.

[Kc61]

Cueto at 103 pitches.

If I'm Walt Jocketty, I call Price and tell him Johnny is out of the game.

Not a game strategy decision. An organizational decision.

Won't happen, Reds are operating on the fiction of a pennant race.

[50YrRedsFan]

As bad as it looks, Jay can keep that God awful Clark Kent curley-Q if he'd gonna hit 2 HR's a game.

Bruce is going to be follicly challenged in the near future.

[OnBaseMachine]

Cueto should be fine for the day. I'm going to miss him...

[Slippin'Jimmy]

Bruce is going to be follicly challenged in the near future.

Very true. Jay may be 20 whatever but his hair, hairline and hairstyle have all been collecting retirement for years.

[ukredleg]

Very true. Jay may be 20 whatever but his hair, hairline and hairstyle have all been collecting retirement for years.

I guess I'm alone in thinking that Bruce has the best haircut on the team :D

[BluegrassRedleg]

Johnny finished with 9 K and 2 BB after issuing both walks in the first inning IIRC.

[Kc61]

Good sense prevails and Cueto is out.

Hoover, a good choice, gets the first out of the eighth.

[Chip R]

Looks like Hoover is going to be the next 8th inning guy. Hopefully he fares much better than his predecessors.

[NebraskaRed]

So, who is worth keeping in that bullpen? Hoover, Chapman obviously...Parra has looked good since coming back off the DL.

[50YrRedsFan]

So, who is worth keeping in that bullpen? Hoover, Chapman obviously...Parra has looked good since coming back off the DL.

I would say Cingrani, but he has to really, and I mean really work on a breaking pitch. If he can't develop a good second pitch, hitters are going to pound him.

[Kc61]

So, who is worth keeping in that bullpen? Hoover, Chapman obviously...Parra has looked good since coming back off the DL.

This year, not sure it matters.

Longer term the Reds have a lot of work to do on the pen. They may want to revisit Iglesias as a reliever. They may want to devote a couple of high level prospects to the pen. And if Chapman is traded the project is even more challenging.

[Kc61]

I would say Cingrani, but he has to really, and I mean really work on a breaking pitch. If he can't develop a good second pitch, hitters are going to pound him.

As I posted elsewhere, I wonder if Cingrani has bought into the pen. He obviously wanted to remain a starter.

He has to buy into it, if he's going to succeed.

If he does, then he may improve, it's a recent conversion. I still think he can be effective, either as a starter or reliever, and he has some excellent outings.

But his walk rate is ridiculously high and the guy certainly has been inconsistent in the pen.

[Slippin'Jimmy]

No often you see a humorous call off. That was funny.

[mbgrayson]

I would say Cingrani, but he has to really, and I mean really work on a breaking pitch. If he can't develop a good second pitch, hitters are going to pound him.

Cingrani's bigger problem is control. He has 17 walks in 22 innings. That just won't work....

[Tom Servo]

We're good again! :beerme:

[WVRedsFan]

Just like in Pilly. Win one out of three--probably what will happen all season long.

[Mutaman]

Kudos to JC on the usual wonderful effort.

[mth123]

I hate to agree with Thom on just about anything, but I'm also puzzled by why there would be a rule that forced a "switch-pitcher" to throw from one side to a batter the entire AB. If he's got the glove and not delaying the game, what difference does it make how he throws the ball to the plate? That would be like telling Bronson Aroyo he couldn't "drop down" and do all the crazy stuff he used to do.

A theory that probably has nothing to do with the reason. Switch Pitcher pitches to Switch Hitter. Switch pitcher choose right hand, switch hitter bats lefty. Pitcher changes hand. Switch hitter calls time and switches to righty. Switch pitcher changes hand again. Switch hitter calls time and switches again ....

The game would never end!!!!

[_Sir_Charles_]

Great outing by Cueto. But I really enjoyed how much fun the guys were having today. Lots of laughing and joking around.

[Redsfan320]

A theory that probably has nothing to do with the reason. Switch Pitcher pitches to Switch Hitter. Switch pitcher choose right hand, switch hitter bats lefty. Pitcher changes hand. Switch hitter calls time and switches to righty. Switch pitcher changes hand again. Switch hitter calls time and switches again ....

The game would never end!!!!

I believe that's exactly the reason the rule was created.

320

[BluegrassRedleg]

Reds pitchers retired the last 15 Padres they faced today.

[Big Klu]

Today's recap...


Updated Reds HR list (players in italics are active):

Reds 100-Home Run Club
1. Johnny Bench - 389
2. Frank Robinson - 324
3. Tony Perez - 287
4. Adam Dunn - 270
5. Ted Kluszewski - 251
6. George Foster - 244
7. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 210
8. Eric Davis - 203
9. Barry Larkin - 198
10. Jay Bruce - 191
11. Vada Pinson - 186
12. Joey Votto - 173
13. Wally Post - 172
14. Brandon Phillips - 171
15. Gus Bell - 160
16. Joe Morgan - 152
16. Pete Rose - 152
18. Lee May - 147
19. Dan Driessen - 133
20. Reggie Sanders - 125
21. Ernie Lombardi - 120
22. Sean Casey - 118
23. Frank McCormick - 110
24. Dave Parker - 107
25. Chris Sabo - 104
26. Dave Concepcion - 101

[Red Raindog]

Great outing by Cueto. But I really enjoyed how much fun the guys were having today. Lots of laughing and joking around.

yes --- and watching JC pitch is such a joy that if he's traded or leaves part of me will become a fan of his new team -- with conditions -- no Cards or Yanks

[traderumor]

Just arrived back home after a trip to the ballpark. I guess it is poetic justice since I've been dogging Bruce this year that he nearly hits one out of the park and doubles up to drive in all the runs. Cueto, you could just see him become unhittable after inning 2. He found his command, hit the corners, kept the ball down. The Padres, after two days of raking, barely hit a ball hard all day. My boys were a little bummed at no Batting Practice, they usually snag a few balls either from players or home runs. Not sure why no BP today.

Oh, and the game was over in under 2:30 hours. Easy win, a rare one this year.