Reds at Cubs 9/15/2018

[JaxRed]

Dang.... game already in progress and no game thread.

I'm a touch behind and catching up. Billy K's swinging against Lester. Peraza beats out a slow roller to third and then steals. Votto grounds out weakly to 2nd and Peraza takes 3rd. Suarez flies to RF to end threat.

[texasdave]

Hamilton - 8
Peraza - 6
Votto - 3
Suarez - 5
Ervin -7
Barnhart - 2
Herrera - 4
Dixon - 9
Reed - 1

John Lester on the mound for the Baby Bears.


NOTE:MLB FREE GAME OF THE DAY.

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Reed with a very easy first. 6-3, K, K.

[Ron Madden]

Nice inning for Reed.

[JaxRed]

Reed on the bump and in need of a good start. Looks like an All-Star in first with a 1-2-3 innings.

Lester through 25 pitches in 1st as all the guys saw a bunch of pitches.

[JaxRed]

Ervin K's. Welsh claims the book on Ervin is no fastballs early, and then high fastballs to finish him off. Have to watch that.

Tucker grounds out.

Herrera K's looking on a ball that MIGHT have been outside. It was close. Lester at about 38 pitches.

[Ron Madden]

Oopps

[JaxRed]

Reed retires first 2 hitters. Missed the first one, but second was Russell looking. Reed looking sharp so far. Contreras with sharp grounder for single. And now he hits next guy. Struggling to get last out. Lester up.

Lester called out on the same pitch that got Herrera.

[Ron Madden]

No score after 2 innings

[Big Klu]

Bronson Arroyo joins the broadcast crew in the third inning, wearing cargo shorts and a Doors t-shirt.

Break on through to the other side.

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[JaxRed]

Like to see Dixon go deep again.....

Edit: for a second......

Reed K's and Billy gets robbed on nice catch. 53 pitches for Lester...

[Fil3232]

Bronson in the booth is fantastic. Also, the Reds could do worse than having him be minor league pitching coordinator!

[Big Klu]

Joey Havoc with an infield single.

[Ironman92]

Suarez exit velocity: 1,000 mph....out to 3rd

Votto exit velocity: 3 mph....hit to 3rd

[JaxRed]

Car in garage not working....my attention will be divided (at best)

[Big Klu]

Arroyo would make an excellent commentator. He is intelligent, knowledgeable, and well-spoken.

[ochoa30]

Man, that was an odd decision by Suarez to go to second. Should have been an easy 5-3 double play. Nice job by Reed though getting out of it unscathed

[Ironman92]

Man, that was an odd decision by Suarez to go to second. Should have been an easy 5-3 double play. Nice job by Reed though getting out of it unscathed

Yes and the only good thing from that play is we learned Herrera can stretch really good at 1st if ever needed lol

[Ironman92]

9 K....nice

[Red Raindog]

What happened the guy that used to be Cody Reed? I like this one much better --- he's made a ton of quality pitches today.

[Tom Servo]

is 10 strikeouts in 5 scoreless innings good

[Big Klu]

I thought Hamilton got a bad jump on both stolen base attempts.

[JaxRed]

I thought Hamilton got a bad jump on both stolen base attempts.

Have not researched but I feel his percentage is down this year.

[Flair4Horsemen]

Have not researched but I feel his percentage is down this year.

It's around 75%, so about the line where it's not worth stealing. Can't hit. His attempts are way down, and his CS % is up. At least he still can play defense I guess.

[Tom Servo]

sadly not windy enough here today for that one to get a little extra push

Reds lose 1-0

[texasdave]

Heckuva an effort by Reed.

[texasdave]

Reds need to go 10-3 to avoid another 90-loss season. Any takers out there?