Dodgers @ Reds 5-18-19 4:10 PM

[Ron Madden]

Reds
Senzel CF
Votto 1B
Suarez 3B
Winker LF
Puig RF
Dietrich 2B
Iglesias SS
Mahle P
Barnhart C

Dodgers
Pederson LF
Muncy 3B
Bellinger RF
Seager SS
Verdugo CF
Beaty 1B
Taylor 2B
Barnes C
Buehler P

[kaldaniels]

That LAD lineup with those first 5 lefties brings tears of pain to my eyes. I’m scared.

[757690]

That LAD lineup with those first 5 lefties brings tears of pain to my eyes. I’m scared.

Lefties’ numbers against Mahle for his career: 304/.407/.570/.977

14893

[WrongVerb]

That LAD lineup with those first 5 lefties brings tears of pain to my eyes. I’m scared.

What brings pain to my eyes...

2012 draft, first round:
12. Reds - Nick Travieso
18. Dodgers - Corey Seager

[InsaneinthBrame]

Senzel CF .2
Votto 1B -.2
Suarez 3B 1.5
Winker LF -.1
Puig RF -.3
Dietrich 2B 1,1
Iglesias SS .7
Mahle P .9
Barnhart C -.1

I think the fwar of the starting line up brings tears to my eyes when 4 of the 8 position player are at negative war

Not surprising that the Reds are on pace for a 72-90 record

[Mitri]

What brings pain to my eyes...

2012 draft, first round:
12. Reds - Nick Travieso
18. Dodgers - Corey Seager

A Reds scout should be fired each year on draft day until Seager retires, just to undo the horribleness of that pick.

[malcontent]

A Reds scout should be fired each year on draft day until Seager retires, just to undo the horribleness of that pick.
Buckley's the guy.

[JaxRed]

Here we go... holding my breath

Gets Pederson on infield pop up

Punches out Muncy!

Bellinger lines single to CF (and I'm ok with that outcome)

Seager flies out to Winker on a play that became adventurous..

0-0 !!

[KronoRed]

A Reds scout should be fired each year on draft day until Seager retires, just to undo the horribleness of that pick.

We'll just reassign them every year, cheaper.. apparently.

[Ron Madden]

Don’t throw the ball down and over the plate to these guys

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Nice catch DaWink

[adkindo]

Don’t throw the ball down and over the plate to these guys

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Nice catch DaWink

I do not get it...the book on Bellinger the last 2 years has been he struggles with high fast balls....this whole series we have pitched him low and on the inside middle of the plate.

[Spanky]

I know hitting is hard, but it's even harder when you leave the bat on your shoulder. Good Lord.

[BluegrassRedleg]

Does Votto need an eye exam?


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[ochoa30]

I know hitting is hard, but it's even harder when you leave the bat on your shoulder. Good Lord.

They are guessing and somehow they are always wrong. Senzel should be looking fastball all day against Buehler and he takes one right down the pipe on 2-2. Just doesnt make much sense.

[Ron Madden]

No score after 1 inning

[mamell]

Boy, Reds bats sure are....uhhh..dead. At least Suarez swung his bat.

[Red Raindog]

Buehler is good

Votto not so much so far this year


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[JaxRed]

Senzel and Votto watch third strikes. Geno at least swings at his third strike.

Votto leads the league in called strikeouts...

[Alabama]

Once again, no urgency. These guys aren’t good enough to fart around

[Tony Cloninger]

Once again, no urgency. These guys aren’t good enough to fart around


What’s your fascination with urgency. You want them to make outs faster?

[JaxRed]

Verdgo grounds out, then Beatty (who I'd never heard of) slices oppo single. And now RH up !

Taylor K's swinging.

Barnes gets plunked hard in shoulder.

Buehler up. Buehler?

Buehler flies out. Swings pretty good bat.

[adkindo]

thought the pitcher got us again.....wind is not a factor unless you can hit the ball

[ochoa30]

thought the pitcher got us again.....wind is not a factor unless you can hit the ball

Is that allowed? Reds hitters dont seem to be sure

[mamell]

Verdgo grounds out, then Beatty (who I'd never heard of) slices oppo single. And now RH up !

Taylor K's swinging.

Barnes gets plunked hard in shoulder.

Buehler up. Buehler?

Buehler flies out. Swings pretty good bat.
Maybe it'll turn into Buehler's day off..

[adkindo]

Winker goes DEEP!

[Tom Servo]

Da Wink! :jump:

[Ron Madden]

BANG! Da Wink GOES BOOM!!!

[mamell]

Ka BLINKO.. Good AB Jesse..

[Spanky]

What an AB by Da Wink!!!

[ochoa30]

Really encouraging AB by Winker. It's almost like something clicked there. Let's hope he gets going.

[757690]

The less Winker tries to pull everything, the more success he has. Hopefully other Reds paying attention.

[JaxRed]

And then one pitch out by Puig......

[BluegrassRedleg]

If Thom ever calls a game featuring Buehler on the mound and Schwarber at the plate...


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[adkindo]

:laugh: Iglesias

[JaxRed]

Iglesias fists one over the SS for single....

[adkindo]

got 1....need Mahle to keep them off the board

[mamell]

Hey! We got the lead and I didn't forget the game is on..

[Ron Madden]

Reds 1
Dodgers 0

After 2 innings

[adkindo]

Iglesias fists one over the SS for single....

I am just thinking some guys in the dugout have to get a little jealous.....dude gets the most "barely hits" on the team...while almost everyone else has been super unlucky all year

[Ron Madden]

Looks like another good crowd today

[adkindo]

Looks like another good crowd today

on TV, looks like perfect baseball weather

[Tom Servo]

hmm I would not recommend starting this line of lefty batters with a free pass

[BluegrassRedleg]

This ump sucks (like most of them). How do you let that pitch go for a ball but the one to Votto was a strike?


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[Ron Madden]

Ball four looked awful close to a strike to me

[JaxRed]

Mahle nibbling and it's getting him (us) in trouble....

[Tom Servo]

nice K of Muncy

[JaxRed]

Muncy chased one. Bellinger really crowds the plate.

[Tom Servo]

Not an awful idea to walk Bellinger, but now you really gotta bear down.

[JaxRed]

Bellinger walks on 3-2 pitch. 1 down.

[BluegrassRedleg]

Another one like the one that rung up Votto.


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[adkindo]

wow.....close

[Tom Servo]

a few feet away from a Seager 3 run bomb

[JaxRed]

Seager missed 3 run homer by 1 foot...

Edit ; maybe 2

[Ron Madden]

Whew! Nice Job Mahle

[adkindo]

dang Mahle escapes the inning

[mamell]

Wow..that was one long half inning for nought.. Good job!

[JaxRed]

Seager grounds out and Verdugo flies out. Mahle escapes unscathed. 61 pitches thru 3.

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Wow..that was one long half inning for nought.. Good job!

Reds were noughty that inning....

[mamell]

The ump here isn't giving anything away especially inside.. Often we see stuff almost hit the batter called a strike..

[adkindo]

Tucker?!!?

[Ron Madden]

Base hit for Barnhart

[Red Raindog]

Wow
Off day for Buehler
Barnhart gets a hit


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[Ron Madden]

Nick with a hit

[adkindo]

Senzel with a single....Barnhart to 2nd

[mamell]

Reds hitters are better at hitting a fb, but can't seem to hit a breaking pitch for squat..

[Ron Madden]

YES that’ll work

[adkindo]

error.....Barnhart scores

[mamell]

Well how bout that? Error on the bad guys!

[adkindo]

Senzel on 3rd....Votto on 2nd...no outs

[Red Raindog]

Nick busted it down to second


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[adkindo]

worst thing Geno could do

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need another Winker bomb

[Tom Servo]

ugh

[adkindo]

wow....Geno and Winker really not getting the job done

[Spanky]

Jessie comes back with an AB that was as bad as his first was good.

[JaxRed]

I'll take a wild pitch...

[Ron Madden]

Puig!!!

[Tom Servo]

Puig delivers!!

[Spanky]

Puig absolutely smokes on back up the middle

[adkindo]

2 RBI's for Puig

[mamell]

There We Go boys n girls.. 4 zip!

[JaxRed]

Buehler was not happy !!

[ochoa30]

Once again showing how important it is to be aggressive and make contact with 2 strikes and runners on. Nice job Puig.

[Ron Madden]

Reds 4
Dodgers 0

After 3 innings

[ochoa30]

Dietrich trying to pull everything. Homer happy for sure. Nice inning though with an assist from Corey Seager.

[adkindo]

I thought it looked like if Verdugo keeps charging, he had a chance at Puigs ball....was I wrong?

[mamell]

Somehow I feel like I should forget the game is on and go watch a movie or something just so we can win.. lol

[Tom Servo]

I thought it looked like if Verdugo keeps charging, he had a chance at Puigs ball....was I wrong?
Yeah wouldn't have been super easy but I thought he had time to track it down

[mamell]

I thought it looked like if Verdugo keeps charging, he had a chance at Puigs ball....was I wrong?

Not without making a miracle snow cone catch. It dropped a good 10 feet in front of him.

[ochoa30]

Yeah wouldn't have been super easy but I thought he had time to track it down

Yeah, I think Buehler was upset because if you are ever going to go all out and dive that was the situation. Hard to tell if he had any shot though.

[mamell]

Mahle has to be wondering what he did right to actually get the lead in a game..

[Ron Madden]

Iglesias leads off with a hit

[Ron Madden]

WTG Mahle

[mamell]

Moved Iggy over to 3rd.. Sadly it's 2 out, but Senzel up.. I'll take it!
and mighty Nick has struck out..
How many times did we say that when Casey was playing 1st?

[Ron Madden]

Reds 4
Dodgers 0

At the end of 4 innings

[JaxRed]

Let's get 3 quick outs and get Mahle a win. (and maybe get him out of the game)

[Ron Madden]

Nobody says anything when the shift works

[JaxRed]

Tough break as Joey and Mahle can't combine for out and runner reaches on grounder, but then next guy lines out on one pitch. Just get Seager out and call it a day. He did !! Very quick inning.

[ochoa30]

Let's get 3 quick outs and get Mahle a win. (and maybe get him out of the game)

Nah, I'd let him go back out

[mamell]

Mahle's tossing a pretty darn good game today despite having to work for everything..

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Nobody says anything when the shift works

I'm getting kind of used to it now.. It either works or it doesn't..

[Tadasimha]

Nobody says anything when the shift works

Eat shift and die

[Ron Madden]

Wow nice running catch

[adkindo]

Verdugo robs Winker with a great catch

[ochoa30]

Damn, great catch by Verdugo but another good AB by Winker.

[Ron Madden]

Eat shift and die

Hey now!

[Ron Madden]

Nice Play Nick!

[Ron Madden]

That was a strike

[BluegrassRedleg]

Roll on, Mahle. Roll on.

[ochoa30]

Beautiful start by Mahle!

[Ron Madden]

Helluva Game Tyler Mahle!!!

[adkindo]

does Barnart stand up like that because he is so short?

[Red Raindog]

Wow
Mahle getting it done against a tough team
If this doesn’t build his confidence.....


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[Tony Cloninger]

I need more urgency. It’s a push push business here. I need a winning effort every day.

[BluegrassRedleg]

Verdugo robs Winker with a great catch

I like that kid a lot. Seems like he kind of gets lost in the shuffle in LA. Would have been nice to work a trade for him.

[Spanky]

I was definitely not expecting this kind of start from Mahle today.

[Ron Madden]

does Barnart stand up like that because he is so short?

I don’t know but I wish he would stop

[Tadasimha]

98 pitches through 6 for TM - damn good job

[Red Raindog]

So Reed down and Ervin up
How will Bell manage the short bullpen?
[emoji12]


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[adkindo]

Delino DeShields never appears to be in a good mood

[Ron Madden]

So Reed down and Ervin up
How will Bell manage the short bullpen?
[emoji12]


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As well as he has so far I hope

[klw]

Mahle has thrown 98 pitches, why is he hitting for himself????????????

NM Peraza pitch hit. Gameday was wrong for a second there.

[Ron Madden]

Reds 4
Dodgers 0

At the end of 6 innings

[mamell]

Hopefully Wandy and whoever can close it out for a shutout-win for Mahle..

[Tadasimha]

Mahle has thrown 98 pitches, why is he hitting for himself????????????

NM Peraza pitch hit. Gameday was wrong for a second there.

He didnt

[Red Raindog]

Mahle has thrown 98 pitches, why is he hitting for himself????????????

NM Peraza pitch hit. Gameday was wrong for a second there.

Because the choice will be Peraza

Wait ..... nm

[emoji14]


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[mamell]

Mahle has thrown 98 pitches, why is he hitting for himself????????????

NM Peraza pitch hit. Gameday was wrong for a second there.

It's almost always slow.. mlb.tv is too sometimes..

[Ron Madden]

Good Play Geno!

[Tadasimha]

It's almost always slow.. mlb.tv is too sometimes..

Yeah - sometimes when I can't stand the suspense I come back to Redszone to see what happened before gameday updates! lol

[adkindo]

only 1 of the runs was earned per the box score

[Tadasimha]

Hernandez didnt tax himself too badly - I think he can handle the 8th too!

[GAC]

Hernandez had a 7 pitch inning Yeah, IMO, he should be back out there again for the 8th.

[WrongVerb]

Hernandez didnt tax himself too badly - I think he can handle the 8th too!

Just as long as they don't run him out there tomorrow, too.

[Tadasimha]

Just as long as they don't run him out there tomorrow, too.

Only reason to not run him out for the 8th

[Ron Madden]

It’s raining

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Joey walks

[Tadasimha]

Votto taking such a weird, extreme upper cut swing at times (not this ab, of course) - almost looks like a cricket batsman

[Ron Madden]

Reds 4
Dodgers 0

After 7 innings

[Ron Madden]

Amir Garrett on the mound

[Ron Madden]

I really like Amir Garrett

[ochoa30]

Bellinger is insane. Gotta wonder if and when he will cool off.

[Ron Madden]

Good Job Amir!

[Tom Servo]

Amir :clap:

[Kc61]

He uses Hernandez and Garrett in 7th and 8th, interchangeably, depending on the lefty/righty matchups. Becoming a good setup tandem.

[Ron Madden]

Reds 4
Dodgers 0

At the end of 8 innings

[Ron Madden]

Iglesias in to try and close it out

[Ron Madden]

There’s one out

[Red Raindog]

Iglesias in to try and close it out

Not keen on this
Some closers just don’t seem to thrive without the game on the line

Having start this post he gets an out on a rocket to right


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[Ron Madden]

There’s two outs

[Tadasimha]

Not keen on this
Some closers just don’t seem to thrive without the game on the line

Having start this post he gets an out on a rocket to right


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Given the number of home runs the Dodgers have hit and can hit, the game IS on the line

[Red Raindog]

Now two outs
I will happily be wrong


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[Ron Madden]

There’s a hit

[Tom Servo]

Raisel...come on

[Ron Madden]

Reds Win!!!

[Red Raindog]

Gets it done
[emoji8]


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[Tom Servo]

We're good again! :beerme:

Shutting out the NL's best offense is pretty impressive.

[Tadasimha]

Not a dominating close but it works! Series win tomorrow!

[mamell]

There we go fellas.. Shutem out! and hey..I WATCHED from start to finish.. Amazing, huh?

[Baseballdad]

This bullpen is No.1 amazing!

[mamell]

So...the universe is all good again? I'm ok with it for the most part.

[BluegrassRedleg]

Hats off to Tyler Mahle today. Good to see him get that W. :beerme:

[Ron Madden]

Box Score

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/dodgers-vs-reds/2019/05/18/565242#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab= box,game=565242

[kaldaniels]

I bet a small amount against the Reds today. I’m stunned. But very happy.

youtube.com/watch?v=uVjEcIANv1o

[Qball]

Not a dominating close but it works! Series win tomorrow!

Heading up for my Reds debut in 2019. Gonna bring back a W!!

[HammerTime]

Not a dominating close but it works! Series win tomorrow!

That’s really all you can ask for vs a team as good as the Dodgers.

[Umkubas]

Winner Winner chicken dinner

[Maldez]

Buehler was not happy !!

I saw that close-up of Buehler's face as he was snarling at Verdugo "WTF! You didn't even try!!"

[adkindo]

I saw that close-up of Buehler's face as he was snarling at Verdugo "WTF! You didn't even try!!"

Senzel had a similar play a few games ago. Even is recreational adult softball leagues, anyone that has played CF knows that exact hit is one of the hardest to read off the bat. it is low, and straight so there is not viewing angle.....they are just as easy to run up too much on and it goes over your head as they are to not run up quick enough on.

[North]

That’s really all you can ask for vs a team as good as the Dodgers.

Absolutely. The cards were falling right for the Reds all game long...the Dodger CF that hesitated for an instant resulting in a hit, the tough toss from their SS that was un-fieldable at first, that little poke off the tip of Puig's bat that strolled along in fair territory and sorta froze the fielder. Not sure if that play was connected with scoring, but the team sure came up four leaf clover in this one.

Which is nice. They have been on the short end of the good luck stick so many times this year.

[HammerTime]

Catching the replay now. Winkers HR was an excellent at bat.

[Maldez]

Senzel had a similar play a few games ago. Even is recreational adult softball leagues, anyone that has played CF knows that exact hit is one of the hardest to read off the bat. it is low, and straight so there is not viewing angle.....they are just as easy to run up too much on and it goes over your head as they are to not run up quick enough on.

Yep, and an experienced pitcher should know that...Buehler's a classless tool.

[Big Klu]

Yep, and an experienced pitcher should know that...Buehler's a classless tool.

But he's from Kentucky!

KENTUCKY!!!