July 16th - Reds vs. Rockies

[CTA513]

Reds Rockies
1. F Lopez, SS 1. A Miles, 2B
2. R Aurilia, 2B 2. L Gonzalez, SS
3. S Casey, 1B 3. T Helton, 1B
4. K Griffey Jr., CF 4. G Atkins, 3B
5. J Randa, 3B 5. E Byrnes, LF
6. A Dunn, LF 6. D Mohr, CF
7. W Pena, RF 7. R Spilborghs, RF
8. J LaRue, C 8. D Ardoin, C
9. E Milton, P 9. J Francis, P

Game Time: 7:10 pm
Radio: WLW 700

[jmcclain19]

It's Milton time

http://www.offcenter.us/humor/MiltonMeter28.jpg

[DoogMinAmo]

whats the fearless prediction for Milton today? I say he gives up a two run and a solo, but that is IT! :D

[Matt700wlw]

I predict his 4th QS in a row...

[RedFanAlways1966]

Eric Milton's last 3 starts...

19IP, 16H, 7ER, 16K, 3BB, 2HR, 3 quality starts.
3.31 ERA, 1.00 WHIP.

[jmcclain19]

Eric Milton's last 3 starts...

19IP, 16H, 7ER, 16K, 3BB, 2HR, 3 quality starts.
3.31 ERA, 1.00 WHIP.


If he keeps that up for the rest of the season, I'll eat a Red Swingline stapler.

And it won't be pretty.

[KronoRed]

Rockies have little power right now..no homers

[DoogMinAmo]

Eric Milton's last 3 starts...

19IP, 16H, 7ER, 16K, 3BB, 2HR, 3 quality starts.
3.31 ERA, 1.00 WHIP.

When was the last time he pitched at home? IIRC, his most impressive starts have come on the road.

[DoogMinAmo]

Rockies have little power right now..no homers

The top of the ninth inning last night says :wave:

[KronoRed]

Milton will be gone by then ;)

[DoogMinAmo]

According to yesterday's notes, the Reds' record for games without a complete game in a season is matched today. If Milton does not go all the way, the Reds will have yet one more record factoid about how horrendous this staff has been.

[MWM]

His last three starts have come against Arizona, San Franciso, and Houston...very average to below average offenses. Colorado is the worst offense in the NL away from home. So I think there's a good chance he has another good outing. If he can somehow not be exposed in his next start against the Cubs, and then pitch well in his following outing against a very bad Dodger offense, that will put us at the trading deadline. I still don't think any team, even the desperate teams, will be dumb enough to trade for him, but if he does pitch well in his final 3 starts before the deadline, I'd be pushing hard to unload him. I'd even be willing to pick up a good portion of the salray remaining on his contract just to free up a little cash.

[TeamCasey]

PBP tonight would be most appreciated. Game on radio and child watching Rugrats. :)

[Caveat Emperor]

Casey...being Casey...

[Matt700wlw]

..That's 23 ---- or was it 24?

[KronoRed]

Lopez flies out

Aurilia Walks

Casey grounds into a DP.

[WVRedsFan]

How many times does Casey have to roll the ball to first base and hit into a double play will it take for some idiot with this team to realize that he does not need to be batting at the top of the order?

This just frustrates me to no end.

[MWM]

Casey grounds into a DP.

You mean a Casey?

[TeamCasey]

Trying to block out cartoons. TV and radio in competition tonight.

With Milton pitching, perhaps the Transformers will be more entertaining?

(I'm so old .... I just don't get today's cartoons ..... give me Bugs Bunny anyday.)

[Matt700wlw]

Trying to block out cartoons. TV and radio in competition tonight.

With Milton pitching, perhaps the Transformers will be more entertaining?

(I'm so old .... I just don't get today's cartoons ..... give me Bugs Bunny anyday.)

The Transformers are still on?

Wow

[KronoRed]

You mean a Casey?

Maybe we can stop them if we call them something else :D

[Caveat Emperor]

How many times does Casey have to roll the ball to first base and hit into a double play will it take for some idiot with this team to realize that he does not need to be batting at the top of the order?

This just frustrates me to no end.

...or until Chambliss or SOMEBODY else identifies that there is a flaw in his plate approach that causes him to keep hitting balls to the SAME spot on the infield with alarming regularity.

GB/FB ratio of over 2-1 now...and it's been an AWFULLY long time since I can remember Casey shoot a ball into the gap opposite field.

[WVRedsFan]

Tell me if this makes any sense. We all know that Casey can hit. He's proven he's a great doubles hitter. Does anyone besides me think he has very poor plate discipline? He seems to hack at anything and sometimes is too impatient. The pitch he rolled into that double play (I say rolled because it was just like he took his hand and rolled it like a bowling ball to the first baseman) was tailor made for the roller to first.

Or am I just crazy?

[KronoRed]

Adam don't swing at that

[DoogMinAmo]

Hmm, another pitching duel, go figure.

[KronoRed]

Rockies strike first

Miles walks..Gonzalez doubles him in..Helton singles Gonzalez in

[Matt700wlw]

Milton must have skipped his film session this week during the break...

[WVRedsFan]

The pattern is clear. Start any lefthander against us that we haven't seen, have the pitchers rely on their somewhat fastballs, and you're losing 3-0 in the fourth inning. Never fails.

Milton must have heard their guys were all from AAA. He was throwing straight down the middle. Reminder to Eric...other team's AAA players can hit.

[CTA513]

Aurilia with a 2 Run homerun
Griffey with a homerun.

3-3 tie game.

[Matt700wlw]

When Griffey is hot....he is hot

[Aronchis]

Francis has almost been Johnson'd by all Reds hitters this innings.

[RedFanAlways1966]

Coming into tonight...

* When Rich Aurilia homers, the REDS are 2-4.
* When Aurilia has 2 or more RBIs, the REDS are 5-3.
* When Junior homers, the REDS are 11-6.

[RedRoser]

Francis just singled off Milton! geez...

[RedFanAlways1966]

REDS bullpen in the last 4 games entering tonight...

* 8.2 IP, 5H, 2ER, 9K, 2BB, 2.08 ERA, 0.81 WHIP.
* 2 saves in 2 opportunities (Mercker & Weathers).

[WVRedsFan]

4-3 Colorado. No bullpen up yet. runners on 2nd and third. One out. When will they learn. When Milton doesn;t have it, runs can come in bunches.

[cumberlandreds]

Milton wriggles out of the jam. 4-3 Reds to bottom of 5.

[cumberlandreds]

Larue doubles to lead of 5th. Machado PH's for Milton.

[CTA513]

Machado batting for Milton. :eek:

[Matt700wlw]

Machado hitting for Milton to make his first appearance in the 10 days he's been back.

[Matt700wlw]

Wow...what an at bat :rolleyes:

[CTA513]

Machado does a wonder job of not advancing the runner.... Milton could have done that.

[cumberlandreds]

Machado trying to bunt pops out. 1 out 1 on.

[Matt700wlw]

Machado booed heavily, and has now been Danny-sized

[CTA513]

They are down by 1 run and you put someone in to pinch hit that hasnt played in the majors all year?

:bang:

[cumberlandreds]

Lopez K's. Two outs.

[CTA513]

Aurilia gets the job done with a RBI single.

4-4 tie game.

[cumberlandreds]

Aurilia singles in Larue, Game tied at 4.

[KronoRed]

Please trade Aurilia ;)

[cumberlandreds]

Casey walks. Time for a3 run bomb by Griffey.

[WVRedsFan]

Junior K's.

4-4

[cumberlandreds]

Griffey K's strands two. But the games tied at 4 after six. FSN Rocky Mtn dudn't say who would be pitching for the Reds in the sixth.

[cumberlandreds]

Brynes grounds out to ss. Coffey in to pitch. Gotta holdem here.

[DoogMinAmo]

I said it last night, and I will say it again tonight, the Reds and Rockies might just be equally bad.

[cumberlandreds]

Mohr triples off the top of the wall. Pena made it into an adventure. A really good of might have caught it.

[WVRedsFan]

The first hit for the Colorado player puts Rockies up 5-4.

We sometimes look horrible.

[cumberlandreds]

Spilbourgs? get his first MLB hit a chopper over Casey. Rocks take the lead 5-4.

[traderumor]

Reds chasing their tail tonight

[WVRedsFan]

Coffey is imploding...looks like a big inning here. 1st and 2nd and one out.

[cumberlandreds]

Griffey makes a diving catch to rob Piedra. Great play!

[cumberlandreds]

Fly our to CF ends the inning. 5-4 Rocks. Kinda get the feeling this game will end with a score of 10-9.

[cumberlandreds]

Pena drives in Dunn to tie the game at 5. Day not looking good in his Rocks debut.

[cumberlandreds]

LaRue K's. Cruz to ph for Coffey.

[cumberlandreds]

Cruz flies out to cf to end the inning. 5-5 after 6.

[cumberlandreds]

Belisle in to pitch for the Reds.

[cumberlandreds]

Gonzalez HBP. The a ground out by Helton Looked like a DP to me but the runner was called safe at 2nd. Said Lopez missed the bag. Atkins gounds out. Byrnes hits a shot that eats up Randa. Run scores 6-5 Rocks. Brynes steals 2nd.

[cumberlandreds]

Mohr flies to cf to end the inning. 6-5 Rocks to the bottom of the 7th. IMO a bad call at 2nd cost Belisle a run.

[WMR]

If we didn't have bad news, we'd have no news at all.

[cumberlandreds]

DeJean in to pitch for the Rocks. Top of order up for the Reds.

[WMR]

Has everyone written their letter to Mark Cuban begging him to buy the Reds????

Please take time to write your daily letter.

[cumberlandreds]

Lopez deep fly out to LF. Brnes makes a nice running catch. One out.

[cumberlandreds]

Aurilia walks.

I would love to see Cuban be the Reds owner. He may do some dumb things but he loves his players and his fans.

[WMR]

Casey has not homered in 136 at-bats

[WMR]

Aurilia walks.

I would love to see Cuban be the Reds owner. He may do some dumb things but he loves his players and his fans.

Yep, it would be nice to see some passion in this organization.

You're right, Cuban has lots of respect for his fans and his players, plus, he is willing to spend cash to get the best coaches/training staff etc. etc. for his teams.

He makes players excited about playing for his organization.

[cumberlandreds]

Casey walks. Two on again for Griffey. Rocks announcers said leftys are hitting .436 against Dejean on the season. Time to get him!

[cumberlandreds]

Griffey pops to 3rd. Two out and two still on.

[WMR]

Off-Topic Question: Is anybody watching the Jermain Taylor/Bernard Hopkins fight tonight?

[CTA513]

Griffey & Randa both start hacking away after 2 straight walks. :rolleyes:

[cumberlandreds]

Randa pops out to 1st. Ends inning.Still 6-5 Rocks after 7. Terrible display of hitting by the Reds. Should have knocked DeJean around.

[cumberlandreds]

Standridge in to pitch for the Reds. God help us all.

[WMR]

Griff seems to do a lot of first-pitch swinging... sometimes successful, sometimes not so much,,, the perplexing thing is that he seems to continue his first-pitch-swinging trend even when the opposing team's pitcher is exhibiting trouble with maintaining control...

[cumberlandreds]

Base hit for Spilborgs. Here we go.

[Matt700wlw]

Booker warmi......oh wait, he's not here :bang:

[cumberlandreds]

Ardoin grounds into a 5-4-3 DP. Two outs.

[cumberlandreds]

Well, my satellite went out. It's about to come a big thunderstorm here in Sterling,Va. Hopefully it will pass quickly.

[Matt700wlw]

Standridge was brought in because, according to Dan O'Brien, he can give you long relief and is an "inning eater" while Booker is more of a 1 inning pitcher.

So far Standridge has pitched 2 innings (I think), and neither of them consecutive.

This one he got out of.

[Falls City Beer]

Miles Standridge Proud. Congratulate him.

[CTA513]

Dunn Doubles. :)

[KronoRed]

Pena HR time

[CTA513]

Pena Doubles!

6-6 tie game!!!!!!

[CTA513]

Larue bunts Pena over to 3rd. 1 out.

:)

[Falls City Beer]

Holy Crap!! It's the return of "Dan Miceli"!!!!! Who's the Boss?

[CTA513]

Olmedo to hit for Standridge.

[KronoRed]

Olmedo to go for the sac fly

[CTA513]

Olmedo doubles!

7-6 Reds!

[CTA513]

Lopez flies out, Olmedo out at 2nd. 3 outs.

7-6 Reds.

[KronoRed]

I am actually shocked they didn't try a suicide squeen with Olmedo

[CTA513]

Felipe Lopez flies into double play, right fielder Ryan Spilborghs to shortstop Luis Gonzalez. Ray Olmedo doubled off 2nd.

[smith288]

Just got home. What is FeLo doing tonight?

[cumberlandreds]

Good job Olmedo! Now who's to close. Weathers again?

[CTA513]

Just got home. What is FeLo doing tonight?


1 for 5 with a double and strike out.

[CTA513]

Mercker pitching the 9th.

Gonzalez flies out. 1 out.

[CTA513]

Helton singles.

[RedRoser]

:D Mercker in to pitch, so all is good.

[CTA513]

Weathers coming in to pitch.

[KronoRed]

Holy Crap!! It's the return of "Dan Miceli"!!!!! Who's the Boss?http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_119023.jpg

[RedRoser]

Weathers in to pitch. All is good. :evil:

[CTA513]

Atkins grounds out, Helton to 2nd. 2 outs.

[Falls City Beer]

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_119023.jpg

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHH!!!!!! :thumbup:

[CTA513]

Byrnes walks.

[RedRoser]

Weathers was pitching around him, kinda sorta?

[TeamCasey]

Yeah!

[CTA513]

Sullivan grounds out. 3 outs.

And this one belongs to the Reds!

[Falls City Beer]

Reds suck less!

[cumberlandreds]

And this one belongs to the Reds! 7-6. Weathers the save.

[RedRoser]

Only 16 games below .500 now and on a two game, post All-Star roll. Yeah baby!!! :D

[CTA513]

Standridge gets his first major league win.

[RedRoser]

So who's YOUR star of the game? :eek:

[cumberlandreds]

My satellite came back in to see the final out. Standridge steals a win. Griffey and Aurilia HR's. Aurilia 3 RBI's and Olmedo with the game winner. Reds go for the sweep tomorrow. Hey these are still wins even against the Rocks. I feel good anytime the Reds win.

[KronoRed]

Victory! WOOO :D

[RedRoser]

Olmedo for driving in the winning run? Aurilia? Standridge? Weathers? Dunn? Pena?

[CTA513]

So who's YOUR star of the game? :eek:

Standridge. ;)

[Falls City Beer]

So who's YOUR star of the game? :eek:

"Miceli"

[RedRoser]

Dan "the Man" Miceli maybe? :evil:

[KronoRed]

Dunn

[RedRoser]

:laugh: that's scary FCB!!!

[RedRoser]

Seriously, I'd have to give it to Ray-Ray for the game winner.

[TRF]

Anyone notice how well Aurilia plays against Colorado?

It's like he's auditioning or something.

[CTA513]

Someone needs to kidnap Machado so Olmedo can stay on the roster. ;)

[RedRoser]

No truer words could e'er be spoken CTA! :help:

[oneupper]

Aurilia...didn't make an out tonight.
(gotta be fair...its all about not makin' outs)

[RedRoser]

Geez, just realized---We could SWEEP with a win tomorrow!!!
Have we swept since the opening series with the Mets??? :eek:

[CTA513]

Aurilia...didn't make an out tonight.
(gotta be fair...its all about not makin' outs)

2 for 2 with a homerun, 2 walks and 3 RBIs.

:beerme:

[RedRoser]

It's all about coming through with a clutch, game-winning hit! But I see your point. We wouldn't have been in position for Ray Ray to get his game-winner if it hadn't been for RA's night at the plate. He had a clutch hit or two, also. So here's to you Rich Aurilia! :beerme: You can be the star of the game!
With that said, TRADE 'im Dan'O while he's playing well! :laugh:

[KronoRed]

2 for 2 with a homerun, 2 walks and 3 RBIs.

:beerme:

Get that man traded now! :cool: