3/1/2020 Reds vs Brewers

[cumberlandreds]

Todays game is on FSO. Garcia gets a start at SS. Wade Miley on the mound.


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[cumberlandreds]

Brewers announcers for this game. Brian Anderson is top notch. Schneider is OK enough.

[cumberlandreds]

Bloop double for Ervin to start this one.

[JaxRed]

Ervin smashes a double off the wall *

* could be exaggeration of actual events

[JaxRed]

Votto down swinging. Remains hitless to start year.

[NebraskaRed]

Votto down swinging. Remains hitless to start year.

He might begin the season in Louisville. Maybe he gets called up if there's an injury.

[reds77]

Votto's swing looked ugly.

[JaxRed]

Aquino down swinging also.

[JaxRed]

Tucker called out on strikes on questionable call.

[cumberlandreds]

Barnhart K's to make it a perfecto!

[JaxRed]

Miley retires first guy on grounder to VanMeter. Lot of breaking balls.....

Smoak hits weak grounder but it went to 2b and we had shift on so he reaches...

Wind blows a ball into fair territory for a double. Not played well by Schebler.

[BCubb2003]

Tucker called out on strikes on questionable call.

The ump is in mid-season form.

[JaxRed]

Morrison clouts a 3 hr homer....

[reds77]

Ouch, Miley gives up the three run bomb.

[cumberlandreds]

3 run HR for Logan Morrison.

[NebraskaRed]

Logan "Jim" Morrison with a 3 run bomb.

[North]

Thud.

[JaxRed]

Miley gets next 2 easily. Inning looks worse on paper than what it was. Miley works quickly. Trying to figure out if he reminds me of Browning on mound...

[NebraskaRed]

Perfect bunt. Can't blame him for trying for 2.

[cumberlandreds]

Almost a bunt double for VM. Thrown out at 2nd.

[cumberlandreds]

The Reds version of ARod K's.

[JaxRed]

Van Meterbeats shift with bunt down third but then gets greedy and is thrown out at second... Although Brewers announcers said he was thrown out easily, my DirectV showed it to be real close.

[JaxRed]

Payton reaches on error by Holt. Thanks goodness we didn't sign him.

[NebraskaRed]

The rise of Mark Payton continues.

[JaxRed]

Schebler K's looking to end inning

[50YrRedsFan]

Schebler K's looking to end inning

I've seen enough of the Schebler experiment. 7 k's in 9 official ab's. Played the pop fly poorly.

[JaxRed]

Miley gives up bloop single, then K's a guy looking. Must have hit his pitch limit and is replaced by Nutoff. He retires 2 quickly. Brewers announcers were talking about his speed and then K's last guy on breaking ball.

[NebraskaRed]

Nice job by Nutoff

[Tom Servo]

I've seen enough of the Schebler experiment. 7 k's in 9 official ab's. Played the pop fly poorly.
Yeah maybe he turns it around but right now it's looking like more the some. Has likely earned a DFA by the end of the month.

[Ron Madden]

Just watching Garcia you can tell he's just meant to be a ballplayer

[JaxRed]

Yeah maybe he turns it around but right now it's looking like more the some. Has likely earned a DFA by the end of the month.

Payton is definitely outplaying him so far.

[NebraskaRed]

Votto can't stop, won't stop walkin'

[HammerTime]

Every at bat I’ve seen of Aquino so far has looked pretty bad.

[NebraskaRed]

and Aquino can't stop, won't stop swinging at everything.

[JaxRed]

Votto coaxes a walk without swinging the bat once. Aquino K's swinging again. Also hitless for the year.

[JaxRed]

Our first look at Strop, who walk the first hitter. Second hitter grounds one up middle for single. 2 on none out.

[JaxRed]

Votto makes error on grounder and Strop falls to ground avoiding a broken bat and now bases are loaded.

Then Reds turn DP and run scores. 4-0

Soft grounder to end inning.

[NebraskaRed]

Garcia keeps impressing at the plate and on the field.

[HammerTime]

Garcia keeps impressing at the plate and on the field.

No question he can play the position.

[JaxRed]

Tucker and Van Meter fly out. And AlfRod lines a single up the middle. Payton lines an opposite field gapper for a double to score AlfRod.

[NebraskaRed]

again, Payton doing what Schebler isn't doing

[ochoa30]

Man, that's a pretty good looking swing there by Payton

[JaxRed]

Schebler squibs a grounder and is thrown out by catcher.

[50YrRedsFan]

Payton is definitely outplaying him so far.

Payton looking good...and he's fast..something the Reds really lacked last year.

[JaxRed]

Thornburg comes in to pitch and 2nd hitter goes yard. 5-1.

[Tom Servo]

Thornburg comes in to pitch and 2nd hitter goes yard. 5-1.
First run he's allowed so far this spring, think he still might be an early frontrunner for an open bullpen spot.

[adkindo]

thought Joey may have had one there

[Tom Servo]

First run he's allowed so far this spring, think he still might be an early frontrunner for an open bullpen spot.
To wit, Brewers beat writer says Thornburg touched 96 mph according to the stadium scoreboard

[JaxRed]

Gacrcia pops out to 1b, Ervin lines a soft single to LF, Votto flies out and Aquino fouls out. Both remain hitless. Subs coming in. Roman, Siani and Colon.

[JaxRed]

Romano walks first batter. Easy DP on next hitter. Colon bobbles the next one 4 times at 1b for error. Tucker than throws out runner stealing.

[Ron Madden]

Nice throw Tuck!

[JaxRed]

Tucker pops out, Van Meter walks, AlfRod flies out, and Payton K'a looking.

[JaxRed]

Subs a plenty coming in. Stephenson, India, Trahan and Fairchild. Bowman pitching.

[NebraskaRed]

Easy 1-2-3 inning for Lil Bowwow

[JaxRed]

Siani tracked the last ball down with ease. Hope he can hit....

Hader coming in to pitch. Schebler loops one in for single. Garcia up.

[Bourgeois Zee]

Garcia v. Hader is fun.

Two on, no out after Schebler bloop single and Garcia walk.

[Ron Madden]

Garcia v. Hader is fun.

Two on, no out after Schebler bloop single and Garcia walk.

Always taking advantage of those scrub pitchers. ;)

[NebraskaRed]

Bases loaded no outs. Nice hit by Siani.

[North]

Rally caps!

[JaxRed]

Garcia walks on a close one. Announcers sympathizing with Siani having to face Hader. But he also bloops one. Bases loaded no out. Colon up. Colon hits SF to score Schebler.

Double steal. Pena up. He K's and Stepheson flies out to end threat.

Kuhnel in to pitch.

[JaxRed]

Kuhnel (who was not listed in this years "Best Shape of my Career" thread), nevertheless retires the side on 5 pitches.

[Bourgeois Zee]

Kuhnel looked very good in the 7th.

[Bourgeois Zee]

Counsell's booger-picking is in mid-season form.

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Fairchild walks on five pitches. Good patience.

He then steals second. No throw.

[Bourgeois Zee]

Carpenter looks good in his one inning.

A grounder to India (who almost threw it away), a K (on a wicked slider), and a can of corn (nearly misjudged by Fairchild, who made a running catch to nab it).

[Bourgeois Zee]

DeLeon singles, Blandino walks, and Colon is the tying run coming to the plate.

[Bourgeois Zee]

Colon walks.

Winning run now at the plate in the form of Francisco Pena.

[allpurpose]

Colon could have walked a half hour ago if he hadn't fouled off so many balls.. LOL

[allpurpose]

Woohoo! Time for a triple steal! I'll take a grandslam by Bell.. I'm not greedy.

[NebraskaRed]

The "let's go home" strikezone

[Bourgeois Zee]

Pena swings through strike three.

Stephenson up.

He's broad.

He walks on five pitches, picks up an RBI.

Now 5 - 3 with the bases loaded and one out.

[North]

Sweet!

[NebraskaRed]

3-5 after a run was walked in.

[allpurpose]

A walkoff would be sweet.. Oh well.. Run scored.. Now it's up to the error machine..

[Bourgeois Zee]

Brantley Bell grounds out, but another run scores.

It's 5 - 4 with two down.

India up. And he looks at one right down the middle for strike one.

That was the one to hit.

[Bourgeois Zee]

And India K's.

Did not look good in that AB at all.

[allpurpose]

Trade the kid.. I'm officially not an India fan. That said I hope he proves us all wrong and becomes worthy of the first round pick.. Somehow I doubt it though..

[NebraskaRed]

Trade the kid.. I'm officially not an India fan.

Not sure about that, but he has definitely not looked good at the plate, so far.

[Sea Ray]

Yeah maybe he turns it around but right now it's looking like more the some. Has likely earned a DFA by the end of the month.

I still do not understand them keeping Schebler on the roster over the Winter. I don't understand what they see in the guy. They've seen him for years. We know what he is. Particularly with Payton, Schebler serves no purpose. They should have kept Siri