9/2/17 - Reds @ Pirates

[Tom Servo]

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[The Operator]

Let's put a hurting on Taillon again.

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TheTimeIsNow's favorite Red, Billy Hamilton starts us off with a double!

[The Operator]

Billy on third after a wild pitch from Taillon.

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Cozart K's on a pretty ridiculous call from the home plate ump. Catcher even thought it was a ball. Jeez.

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LOL of course Angel Hernandez is the ump.

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Votto hits a rare popup. 2 outs.

[BCubb2003]

When was the last time Votto popped up?

[TheTimeIsNow]

Yikes. That was a terrible call to ring up Cozart.

[The Operator]

Duvall K's and Taillon wriggles off the hook after having Billy on 3rd with nobody out.

[The Operator]

Yikes. That was a terrible call to ring up Cozart.It even shocked Diaz, haha.

[The Operator]

Cincinnati native Josh Harrison flies out to deep RF, 1 down.

[The Operator]

Marte dunks a single into RF, 1 on with 1 down.

[Tom Servo]

Mahle missing the zone but not by a huge amount.

[The Operator]

McCutcheon flies out to Duvall, 2 down.

[BCubb2003]

What would be the consequences of having no timeouts for the pitcher and batter? Call it the "Grip It and Rip It" rule.

[Powel Crosley]

Scooter is getting hot again.

[The Operator]

Mahle missing the zone but not by a huge amount.He kinda reminds me of Leake in that regard.

I think Mahle's ceiling is higher thanks to his extra velo, but there are some similarities.

[The Operator]

What would be the consequences of having no timeouts for the pitcher and batter? Call it the "Grip It and Rip It" rule.The 2009 Yankees might have been eliminated in the ALDS, lol. Posada went out to the mound after every other pitch that postseason.

[The Operator]

Luplow with an infield single. Cozart made a nice play to stop it but had no chance for the out.

[The Operator]

Mahle gets his first K of the night against Mercer.

Scoreless thru 2

[WrongVerb]

I'll say this. If Mahle can locate that curve ball for strikes the way he has so far, he's going to have a long sustained major league career.

This is my first chance watching him and I like what I see so far. He's got the same poise that Castillo had when he came up.

[The Operator]

McCutcheon robs Billy of a hit.

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I'll say this. If Mahle can locate that curve ball for strikes the way he has so far, he's going to have a long sustained major league career.

This is my first chance watching him and I like what I see so far. He's got the same poise that Castillo had when he came up.Agreed. They've both got that "I belong here" vibe.

[The Operator]

Taillon K's, 2 K's now for Tyler.

[The Operator]

Billy robs Cincinnati native Josh Harrison of extra bases.

2 outs

[Tom Servo]

Billy is ridiculous.

[The Operator]

1-2-3 inning for Mahle, 51 pitches now thru 3 IP.

[WrongVerb]

Also Angel Hernandez appears to be in rare form, even for Hernandez, in his awfulness at calling balls and strikes. He must know where the bodies are buried.

[BCubb2003]

Billy didn't seem his usual happy self after that play.

[WrongVerb]

Billy is ridiculous.

Billy plays with the mentality of a football player and a body that's barely big enough for baseball.

[Kc61]

Billy plays with the mentality of a football player and a body that's barely big enough for baseball.

Maybe his game is lacrosse.

[The Operator]

Freese flares a single into RF.

[Tom Servo]

All Gennett has to do is make a normal play at 2B and the Reds announcers give him praise for it lol.

[The Operator]

Mahle thru 4 IP now. 3 H, 0 BB, 2 K

Still scoreless

[kaldaniels]

Maybe the right combo of young arms was Castillo, Mahle and Stephenson and things just took a little longer than ezpected to sort out.

Maybe not but it could be that simple.

[Tom Servo]

bleh, single for Taillon with 2 out in the 5th.

[The Operator]

There was not a "hit tie" Chris, The Reds have 2 and The Pirates had 3, now they have four.

[The Operator]

Mahle drills Harrison on the hand.

How could you do that to a Cincy native?

[Tom Servo]

Mahle drills Harrison on the hand.

How could you do that to a Cincy native?
damn if only they did this months ago we wouldn't have had to hear another year of all the 'Cincinnati native' stuff

[The Operator]

Infield hit for Marte

Pirates aren't exactly crushing the ball tonight but the bases are loaded now.

[The Operator]

Mahle gets McCutcheon to fly out. Scoreless heading to the 6th.

He's at 92 pitches now, I'd pull him but I have no doubt that Bryan will try to squeeze another frame out of him.

[The Operator]

And Mahle hits for himself.

Knew it.

[TheTimeIsNow]

I believe Andrew McCutchen is extremely high on the active list of most plate appearances without a grand slam.

[The Operator]

Billy with a 1-out base hit.

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I believe Andrew McCutchen is extremely high on the active list of most plate appearances without a grand slam.

He's never hit a slam? I figured he'd have several.

[The Operator]

Billy steals second.

[The Operator]

Billy steals third

First and third with 2 outs after the IBB to Votto

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Votto takes 2nd base trying to get in a rundown for Billy to score, Pirates don't bite.

2nd and 3rd, 2 out.

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Duvall K's on a pitch in the dirt, still scoreless heading to the bottom of 6.

[The Operator]

Mahle hits Freese on a pitch similar to where he hit Harrison.

1 on, 1 down.

[Tom Servo]

hell yeah Mahle crunching hands

[The Operator]

Diaz flies out to Ervin, 2 down

[The Operator]

Luplow K's. That should be it.

Mahle: 6 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 0 BB, 2 HBP, 3 K, 105 pitches

[Tom Servo]

Very nice start from Mahle, about what I expect to see in 2018.

[The Operator]

Scooter with a hit to start the 7th

[Reds Freak]

On what planet should Stuart Turner be swinging 3-0 with two on and one out in the 7th inning?

[BCubb2003]

Zero runs won't be enough to win this one.

[Powel Crosley]

On what planet should Stuart Turner be swinging 3-0 with two on and one out in the 7th inning?

The planet where he's batting well under .200

[The Operator]

lol wut wuz that

[Boston Red]

That was some bad high school baseball there.

[Ron Madden]

Day-Um !!!

[Boston Red]

On what planet should Stuart Turner be swinging 3-0 with two on and one out in the 7th inning?

That was...puzzling.

[mth123]

What happened. No Reds here. We have some mediocre College football from teams two time zones away instead.

[The Operator]

1-0 Pirates after Turner and Lorenzen leave home plate unattended when an off-line throw came in, allowing the runner an unfettered path to score.

[kaldaniels]

I'm not a Price guy but I feel like I gotta stick up for him as he's been piled on lately.

The setup was there to ream him if Mahle gave up a run in the 6th. But you know what, he didn't and Mahle ended up with a heck of an outing. I prefer the 6 IP 105 pitches to the 5 IP 92 pitches myself.

[mth123]

1-0 Pirates after Turner and Lorenzen leave home plate unattended when an off-line throw came in, allowing the runner an unfettered path to score.

Thanks. Bonus points for "unfettered" BTW. A couple more for the avatar;) whoever that may be.

[BCubb2003]

Pirates announcers say it was Votto's fault.

[The Operator]

Thanks. Bonus points for "unfettered" BTW. A couple more for the avatar;) whoever that may be.

LOL. Years of reading this website has turned me into quite the wordsmith. Half of my vocabulary has come from Redszone.

And my avatar is Dianna Agron. Google her sometime, she's immensely attractive.

[Mutaman]

I'm not a Price guy but I feel like I gotta stick up for him as he's been piled on lately.

The setup was there to ream him if Mahle gave up a run in the 6th. But you know what, he didn't and Mahle ended up with a heck of an outing. I prefer the 6 IP 105 pitches to the 5 IP 92 pitches myself.

Bryan's a regular Sparky Anderson. As a Red's fan, I feel like i've been getting piled on lately.

[The Operator]

Lol.

Billy gets caught off first but gets back because Diaz throws to second when Diaz was closer to first.

[BCubb2003]

Bryan's a regular Sparky Anderson. As a Red's fan, I feel like i've been getting piled on lately.

"Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success."

-- Sparky Anderson

[mth123]

LOL. Years of reading this website has turned me into quite the wordsmith. Half of my vocabulary has come from Redszone.

And my avatar is Dianna Agron. Google her sometime, she's immensely attractive.

She is. I take it she's younger than Ginger and Mary Anne, so I probably haven't seen her in anything.;)

I'm kidding, I've heard of her, but didn't recognize her from that picture.

[The Operator]

Still 1-0 as we head to the bottom of the 8th.

[kaldaniels]

Bryan's a regular Sparky Anderson. As a Red's fan, I feel like i've been getting piled on lately.

Hey I hear you.

But let's be 100% real. If Mahle gave up a run, Price would be getting ripped. He didn't, so.....crickets on the decision.

Now some might say they prefer the 5 IP 92 pitches, but c'mon 6 IP for Mahle 105 pitches is a heck of an outing and will help him grow as a starter. :thumbup:

[Raisor]

I just finished working my 14 hour shift, I miss anything?

[Tom Servo]

Hey I hear you.

But let's be 100% real. If Mahle gave up a run, Price would be getting ripped. He didn't, so.....crickets on the decision.

Now some might say they prefer the 5 IP 92 pitches, but c'mon 6 IP for Mahle 105 pitches is a heck of an outing and will help him grow as a starter. :thumbup:
Mahle has gone over 100 pitches on numerous occasions in the minors including this season, I said nothing about sending him out for the 6th because I had no issue with it.

[The Operator]

Well that oughta do it.

3 run dong for Luplow off Peralta

4-0

[Ron Madden]

Ouch!!! That hurts

[Boston Red]

I just finished working my 14 hour shift, I miss anything?


Mahle good. Everything else bad.

[The Operator]

Hey I hear you.

But let's be 100% real. If Mahle gave up a run, Price would be getting ripped. He didn't, so.....crickets on the decision.

Now some might say they prefer the 5 IP 92 pitches, but c'mon 6 IP for Mahle 105 pitches is a heck of an outing and will help him grow as a starter. :thumbup:

It worked out, so that's to his credit.

But over the last few years I've seen numerous games where Bryan tries to squeeze an extra inning out of these young guys and it blows up in his face.

I'm usually going to err on the side of caution with young arms (especially considering The Reds have been the walking wounded as far as pitching goes for multiple seasons now), but Servo did make a good point about Mahle going over 100 pitches regularly in the minors (which I believe was NOT the case for someone like Castillo, and Price has pushed him hard several times). I don't follow the minors nearly as closely as some so I wouldn't have known that without having it pointed out to me.

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Something not bueno with Peralta's hip now.

[The Operator]

Chacin coming in, we're officially in mop up mode.

[Ron Madden]

Scooter shoulda turned that DP.

[Boston Red]

On the plus side, feels like we've got 40% of a rotation for the foreseeable future.

[Tom Servo]

Fitting result on the day of Bryan Price's retention becoming public.

[GADawg]

I put tonight's loss squarely on Stuart Turner for inexplicably swinging at that 3-0 pitch.....all downhill from there...."we" have one guy good enough to swing at a 3-0 pitch and it ain't Stu

[Big Klu]

Missed the game tonight. (Sounds like I didn't miss much.) Just finished reading the game thread and Gameday.

Tonight's Joe Nuxhall Star of the Game is Tyler Mahle, who pitched 6 innings allowing no runs on 5 hits with 3 K's in a no-decision.

[Big Klu]

On pace for 69-93.