9-27-22 Reds @ Pirates 6:35

[Ron Madden]

Reds
1. TJ Friedl (L) LF
2. Jonathan India (R) 2B
3. Kyle Farmer (R) 3B
4. Jake Fraley (L) DH
5. Spencer Steer (R) 1B
6. Aristides Aquino (R) RF
7. Mike Siani (L) CF
8. Jose Barrero (R) SS
9. Austin Romine (R) C
SP Hunter Greene (R)

Pirates
1. Oneil Cruz (L) SS
2. Bryan Reynolds (S) CF
3. Rodolfo Castro (S) 3B
4. Jack Suwinski (L) LF
5. Miguel Andujar (R) DH
6. Cal Mitchell (L) RF
7. Zack Collins (L) 1B
8. Jason Delay (R) C
9. Ji Hwan Bae (L) 2B
SP Mitch Keller (R)

[cumberlandreds]

The announced attendance last night was 8766. I really doubt it was 5000. I wonder if they will have that many tonight?

[Ron Madden]

Bobby Nightengale
@nightengalejr

Reds scheduled rotation for the rest of the season:

Tonight - Greene
Wednesday - Cessa
Friday - Ashcraft
Saturday - Lodolo
Sunday - Anderson
Monday - Greene
Oct. 4 - Cessa
Oct. 5 - Ashcraft

[cumberlandreds]

Tension building for this game and we are finally underway.

[Ron Madden]

Friedl grounds out to 2B

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India works a walk

[Ron Madden]

Farmer singles up the middle

[cumberlandreds]

Wild pitch brings in a run.

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1-0 good guys.

[Ron Madden]

Fraley forces Farmer out at 2B, runners first and third

WP India scores Freely to 2B

Steer grounds out to SS

[Ron Madden]

Hunter Greene sits the Pirates down In order in the
first inning with 2 K's

Reds lead 1-0

[cumberlandreds]

2 Ks for a perfect Greene first. 1-0 Reds

[mhs95_06]

We'll see if the Reds' fortunes are better tonight compared to last night after taking a 1-0 lead after one inning.

[Ron Madden]

Aquino grounds out to 3B

[cumberlandreds]

Siani first MLB hit!

[Ron Madden]

Siani gets his first MLB base hit to LF !!!

[Ron Madden]

Barrero Fly Out CF

[Ron Madden]

Romine strikes out to end the top of the 2nd

[Ron Madden]

Reds 1
Pirates 0

after 2 innings

[cumberlandreds]

Two more strike outs for Greene. 1-0 Reds

[Ron Madden]

Friedl grounds out to 1B

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India HBP

[cumberlandreds]

Bark in the park night in Pittsburgh. I wonder if they will include the dogs in the attendance figures?

[Red Raindog]

Great more food conversation
I know it’s late in another lost season but sheesh


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[Ron Madden]

Farmer works a BB

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Fraley grounds into a force out runners at first and third

[Ron Madden]

Steer HBP bases loaded

[cumberlandreds]

Steer was branded! Bases loaded for Aquino.

[Red Raindog]

Steer was branded! Bases loaded for Aquino.

Bases loaded for Aquino is not usually a good thing


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[Ron Madden]

Aquino K

[cumberlandreds]

Bases loaded for Aquino is not usually a good thing


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It wasn't. He looked just awful.

[Red Raindog]

Aquino is just under a 40% K rate for his career
Amazing that there’s 3 pretty much automatic outs with a DH


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[Red Raindog]

That’s a base hit???


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[mhs95_06]

I think India missed that high hopper because he was looking to see where the runner who took off from first base was, and ended up getting no out and giving up 3B.

[Red Raindog]

Now called an error


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[mhs95_06]

Barrero could have had, with a good throw home, a 6-2 SP and the Reds would still have the lead!

[Red Raindog]

Defense
Ugh


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[cumberlandreds]

Pirates get a cheap run and tie the game at one.

[cumberlandreds]

Still 1-1 in the 4th.

[Ron Madden]

Reds 1
Pirates 1

middle of 4

[Ron Madden]

Still tied 1-1 after 4

The out call at 2B is overturned

Now the 4th inning is over

[cumberlandreds]

Romine guns down the runner to end the fourth. 1-1 after four.

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Romine guns down the runner to end the fourth. 1-1 after four.

Scratch that replay over ruled. Blah....

[cumberlandreds]

Now the inning is over. Same score 1-1.

[Red Raindog]

Bases juiced
2 outs
AA up

Well he didn’t strike out


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[cumberlandreds]

Bases juiced
2 outs
AA up


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At least he didn't strike out.

[Ron Madden]

Friedl pop up to SS
India K
Farmer singles to RF
Fraley single to CF Farmer to 3B Fraley steals 2B
Steer walks bases loaded
Aquino Fly out RF

[cumberlandreds]

1-1 half way home.

[Ron Madden]

8 K's for Hunter Greene!

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9K's

[Red Raindog]

Amazing play by Farmer


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[Ron Madden]

Helluva play by Farm Dawg to end the 5th inning

tie game1-1

[pedro]

Great diving play by Farmer with bases loaded to end the inning


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[cumberlandreds]

Wow! First to Farmer. What a play! Then another wow! To Greene to get out of that inning!

[cumberlandreds]

Reds out in order in the sixth.

[Ron Madden]

Siani pop up 2B
Barrero K
Romine ground out SS

I really miss TYSTEVE our other catchers can't hit a bear in the ass with a snow shovel

[Ron Madden]

10 K's for Greene !!!

[cumberlandreds]

A very nice outing by Greene. That was probably it for him tonight. He is getting better folks.

[Kc61]

Siani pop up 2B
Barrero K
Romine ground out SS

I really miss TYSTEVE our other catchers can't hit a bear in the ass with a snow shovel

Reds have decisions to make about how exactly to use TySteve. His bat in the lineup is essential.

[Ron Madden]

Friedl single RF

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India K

[Ron Madden]

Farmer 4-6-3 DP

[Ron Madden]

Buck Farmer now pitching for Cincinnati

[Mutaman]

I really miss TYSTEVE our other catchers can't hit a bear in the ass with a snow shovel

Relative to who else?

[Mutaman]

Reds have decisions to make about how exactly to use TySteve. His bat in the lineup is essential.

Easy decision- since they don't want to spend $ to get a capable catcher, Tyler will be our catcher and will hit .300 until the end of April/beginning of May when he gets hurt and is out for 60 days.

[texasdave]

The highest BA on either team is .264.

Hey, Buck, throw a strike. It's fun.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

Siani pop up 2B
Barrero K
Romine ground out SS

I really miss TYSTEVE our other catchers can't hit a bear in the ass with a snow shovel



TYSTEVE is incredibly important to this team. They function much better with him in the lineup. I know that's a Captain Obvious response but it's so true.

[Ron Madden]

Bobby Nightengale
@nightengalejr

Hunter Greene's three starts since returning from the injured list:

Sept. 17 at STL - 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11 K.
Sept. 22 vs. MIL - 5 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 K.
Tonight at PIT - 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K.

[Red Raindog]

Buck Farmer was not the answer tonight


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[Ron Madden]

Pirates 4
Reds 1

end of the 7th

[texasdave]

Aaarghhh! The Scurvy Dogs be ownin' the Reds.

[Mutaman]

It’s Groundhog Day- every game goes exactly the same way: decent to very good starting pitching, an incredibly anemic offense which means a close low scoring game going into the sixth or seventh inning, Middle relief comes in and immediately blows the whole game wide open.
Eat. Sleep. lose. Repeat.

[Ron Madden]

Fraley line out LF
Steer ground out 3B
Aquino K

[Ron Madden]

Hunter Strickland now pitching for Cincinnati

[Kc61]

This is game 64 for Hunter Strickland, by far the most appearances for the Reds this season.

[Ron Madden]

Pirates leading 4-1 headed to the 9th

[Redsfan6272]

hiow many managers loose 100 games get to come back the next year?? is there any in the history of baseball?

[mhs95_06]

TYSTEVE is incredibly important to this team. They function much better with him in the lineup. I know that's a Caption Obvious response but it's so true.

Reds lost 9 of 11 of the games he played in April until he went out for 2 weeks. During the time he was out they lost 7 of 8. When he came back they lost the next 3 and the season was pretty much over.

[Ron Madden]

Fairchild K
Barrero K
Lopez grounds out 1B

Pirates win 4-1

[Redsfan6272]

the Reds loose the remaining games and dont win, Why bring Bell back??

[Ron Madden]

hiow many managers loose 100 games get to come back the next year?? is there any in the history of baseball?

Would you believe Sparky Anderson lost 104 games managing Detroit in 1989?

Only a fool would blame David Bell for The Reds loses this year

[ShyGuy]

You'd think the Pirates would be a 100 win team the way the Reds looked against them the last 6 times.

[Mutaman]

Would you believe Sparky Anderson lost 104 games managing Detroit in 1984?

Only a fool would blame David Bell for The Reds loses this year

Agreed. Bell is the least of this organization's problems. Just look at the team they have been putting on the field.

[Mutaman]

You'd think the Pirates would be a 100 win team the way the Reds looked against them the last 6 times.


Pirate's miserable middle relief pitching is better than the Red's miserable middle relief pitching. The 7 triple A players the Pirates are putting on the field are better than the 7 triple A players the Red's are putting on the field.
And I suspect both organizations will go with pretty much the same crowd next year.

[Big Klu]

Would you believe Sparky Anderson lost 104 games managing Detroit in 1984?

Only a fool would blame David Bell for The Reds loses this year

No, I wouldn't believe that, because the Tigers went wire-to-wire in 1984 -- winning the World Series.

[Ron Madden]

No, I wouldn't believe that, because the Tigers went wire-to-wire in 1984 -- winning the World Series.

I don't know what made me say 1984 ,I meant 89

[Redsfan6272]

Would you believe Sparky Anderson lost 104 games managing Detroit in 1989?

Only a fool would blame David Bell for The Reds loses this year

Sparky had a pass as he already was a World Series Champion manager with both the Reds and Tigers.. Cant say the same thing for Bell. AND if they play the same way next year how can you have any faith in him leading the team to getting past the losing culture if you as a owner refuse to get the MLB players to turn this team around? So Bell can keep losing and face no accountability of not making sure his players are making adjustments etc to become a winner??

[Mutaman]

So Bell can keep losing and face no accountability of not making sure his players are making adjustments etc to become a winner??

If only we could get Bell to make sure that Aquino, Barrero, Strickland, Farmer, et al are making adjustments etc to become a winner??

[cumberlandreds]

hiow many managers loose 100 games get to come back the next year?? is there any in the history of baseball?

Connie Mack, Gene Mauch and Casey Stengel are three. I don't think the greatest manager in the history of the game could have done any more with this bunch. They are just flat out bad. If you ever wondered how being a fan of an expansion team felt then this years team is your answer.

[mth123]

Connie Mack, Gene Mauch and Casey Stengel are three. I don't think the greatest manager in the history of the game could have done any more with this bunch. They are just flat out bad. If you ever wondered how being a fan of an expansion team felt then this years team is your answer.

Agreed. The most overblown thing in all of sports is the effect a Manager has on a baseball team. Sparky Anderson had nothing to do with the Reds acquiring Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Tony Perez, Dave Concepcion, Don Gullett, Gary Nolan, Clay Carroll or Ken Griffey etc or even guys acquired after he arrived like Joe Morgan, Jack Billingham, Fred Norman, Cesar Geronimo,etc. Those guys are the reason he's in the Hall of Fame. Sparky was a great, likeable guy, a good voice for the team and he didn't make a lot of head scratching moves, but I imagine if he didn't have a roster full of Hall of Famers and All Stars, we'd have been scratching our head a lot more often.

Conversely, David Bell is not the reason the Reds have burned through around 60 players this year, why he opened the season with guys like Vlad or SanMartin in the rotation or why they rushed Greene and Lodolo and watched the team fall out of it early while they took their lumps. He isn't why the OF has been a patchwork of disappointments, retreads and unproven kids. He's not why they Reds have had up to 10 guys in the IL at any given time with his two best offensive players currently on the 60 day IL. He's not the reason that the bullpen was a tryout camp for a bunch of guys nobody else wanted. He's not the Reason Nick Senzel was a bust or guys like Aquino and Barrero are in the line-up every day. In fact, after the terrible start and the rotation improved with Castillo coming back and Mahle getting his act together, the team played roughly .500 ball until they decided to dump the bulk of their production at the deadline.

The Manager can definitely screw the pooch and make a team worse than it is, but sometimes teams have great talent and play great like Sparky's Reds and sometimes the players just aren't major league winning caliber players and nothing the Manager does really matters much. I'd say that this team plays hard and has stayed engaged without throwing in the towel. I think that's a credit to David Bell. Its not his fault that the roster has been filled with a bunch of minor league talents, rushed and not ready prospects or players whose 15 minutes of fame was a long time ago. This is a terrible collection of players and it wouldn't matter who the Manager is.

[cumberlandreds]

The announced attendance last night was 8766. I really doubt it was 5000. I wonder if they will have that many tonight?

8723 was the announced attendance. They were counting the dogs to get to that figure.

[Sea Ray]

We can't judge this coaching staff on wins due to the crap roster but they should be evaluated on development. A case can be made that pitchers like the 3 rookies in the rotation have improved as well as others like Sanmartin, Dunn and Cessa but hitters, not so much. There's been precious little development seen in our hitters. I think heads should roll in that area

[Big Klu]

The announced attendance last night was 8766. I really doubt it was 5000. I wonder if they will have that many tonight?


8723 was the announced attendance. They were counting the dogs to get to that figure.

I think we might be getting a pretty good idea of how many season tickets the Pirates have sold.

[mth123]

We can't judge this coaching staff on wins due to the crap roster but they should be evaluated on development. A case can be made that pitchers like the 3 rookies in the rotation have improved as well as others like Sanmartin, Dunn and Cessa but hitters, not so much. There's been precious little development seen in our hitters. I think heads should roll in that area

You have to have raw material to develop. The Reds have bad players. Nobody is going to develop them. At some point talent matters and the Reds don't have much of it.