7/2 Game thread - Milton vs. Sabathia

[nineworldseries]

Can Milton turn it around and can the Reds take two from the crappy Indians?

An hour and a half until game time, and it's already sweltering! A high of 94 today will ensure a bunch of hopelessly sweat-stained Jason LaRue John Deere hats.

LaRue, incidentally, not starting today...

[Joseph]

Well as we saw on Felipe bobblehead night, it's not uncommon not to start on 'your' day. Plus LaRue normally catches Harang who starts tomorrow, so I suspect Narron won't start LaRue 3 in a row until he makes the change back to 23 as a full time starter later in the month when he shows he's out of the slump. [speculation on my part]

[nineworldseries]

Starting lineups:

Cleveland:
Sizemore
Gutierrez
Peralta
Martinez
Belliard
Boooone
Hollandsworth
Shoppach
Sabathia

Cincinnati:
Freel
Lopez
Phillips
Dunn
Kearns
Hatteberg
Ross
Castro
Milton

[nineworldseries]

Castro is playing 3B by the way. Quite the speedy Lineup we have today!

[cincy09]

Now that's the Sunday special I've been waiting for!

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Just about ready to play ball:)

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Milton just about perfect through 1, 2 k's

[griffeyfreak4]

Phillips singles, and hopefully starts a two out rally.

Come on Dunner!!!!

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Both pitchers are looking sharp through the 1st. 2k and 1.5(dunn only counts for a .5)k each

[griffeyfreak4]

Dunn K's

[griffeyfreak4]

Both pitchers are looking sharp through the 1st. 2k and 1.5(dunn only counts for a .5)k each
Yeah but CC ain't perfect like Milty ;)

[REDSEER]

Hopefully Milton can stay sharp this inning

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Martinez flies out to center

[griffeyfreak4]

2-0

[HumnHilghtFreel]

and Ronnie B continues to hurt the Reds. Homerun to left:bang:

[griffeyfreak4]

Darn, no more perfect game as Belliard homers

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Get out of the inning with a Boone groundout and a Hollandsworth K, but Milton is taking the count full a lot

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Ross smokes one to left for a homer.. 1-1 ballgame

[griffeyfreak4]

Nice, Ross answers with a homer and ties the game 1-1!!!!

[griffeyfreak4]

cmon castro!!!!

[griffeyfreak4]

or not

[griffeyfreak4]

2 K's that inning as Milton continues to roll with only one bad pitch

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Milt adds 2 more k's in the 3rd. on to the bottom half

[griffeyfreak4]

Lopey ahead 3-0

[griffeyfreak4]

FeLo walks hopefully starting a 2 out rally.

Come on BP!!!

[griffeyfreak4]

BP singles again, swinging at the first pitch after Lopez walked on 4 straight balls, but I'll take it!!!

Come on Dunn

[HumnHilghtFreel]

BP 2-2 with a single

[griffeyfreak4]

Dunn with a CLUTCH SINGLE to put the good guys up 2-1!!!!!!!!

[griffeyfreak4]

Pour it on Ears!

[griffeyfreak4]

Ears ahead 3-1.........

[griffeyfreak4]

Ears K's, but Dunn delivers with RISP, good guys up 2-1

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Kearns strikes out swinging, but the good news is we take the lead :D

[griffeyfreak4]

Milty lets up his 2nd hit of the game a double to right

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Leadoff double by Gutierez

[griffeyfreak4]

Milty already at 50 pitches

[griffeyfreak4]

Peralta flies out to center, but Gutierrez advances to third

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Peralta flies out, gutierrez advances to third

[griffeyfreak4]

another K here would be great.......

[griffeyfreak4]

Martinez singles and this game is tied

[griffeyfreak4]

Come on Milty we need a twin killing or something of the like

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Victor gets an rbi single:thumbdown

[griffeyfreak4]

Fly out to right 2 out

[griffeyfreak4]

full count......

[griffeyfreak4]

Boone making Milty work

[griffeyfreak4]

Jeez Milty just can't get it by him
10+ pitch AB

[griffeyfreak4]

Boone wins as Milty walks him and is now at 66 pitches

[griffeyfreak4]

70 pitches for Milty

[griffeyfreak4]

Hollandsworth singles, Martinez scores, but Boone gunned going to third, mid 4 good guys down 3-2

[cincy09]

Boone's ball 4 shoulda been strike 3, moot point now i guess

[cincy09]

back to back walks to start the inning for the home team

[griffeyfreak4]

Back to back walks and now Castro is up

[griffeyfreak4]

Thank you cincy09, it was beginning to seem like I was talking to myself

[cincy09]

Castro k's and looks bad doing it

[griffeyfreak4]

Castro goes down on three straight strikes

[cincy09]

Milton sac bunt 2nd and 3rd 2 outs

[griffeyfreak4]

Hooray Milty up to waste an out

[griffeyfreak4]

I hate not having a DH

[cincy09]

I hate not having a DH

yeah we coulda had Q up there:thumbdown

[flynn78]

Thank you cincy09, it was beginning to seem like I was talking to myself

Once again we over at Live have to deal with an exclusionary game thread and talk to ourselves. It makes you not want to be on the board talking to yourself. It also does not encourage newbies. ORG flies along like we aren't even here. It is a bit degrading.

[griffeyfreak4]

and the Reds get nothing that inning with 2 leadoff walks

[cincy09]

OT: Ryan Howard hit #28 this afternoon

[griffeyfreak4]

Once again we over at Live have to deal with an exclusionary game thread and talk to ourselves. It makes you not want to be on the board talking to yourself. It also does not encourage newbies. ORG flies along like we aren't even here. It is a bit degrading.
I completely agree, it does not make me want to come back

[griffeyfreak4]

yeah we coulda had Q up there:thumbdown
Or Jr. works too ya know :thumbup:

[cincy09]

Or Jr. works too ya know :thumbup:
true

[griffeyfreak4]

and Milty lets up a spectacular leadoff double

[griffeyfreak4]

Wait I am confused why CC didn't bunt

[griffeyfreak4]

Foul out, 2 away man still on 2nd

[griffeyfreak4]

Milty leaves leadoff man stranded, mid 5th

[cincy09]

Lopez with the leadoff single

[cincy09]

cc's pitch count starting to climb 74 at 4+ ininngs

[griffeyfreak4]

FeLo singles to lead it off

[cincy09]

bad baserunuing by Lopez results in DP 2 out

[griffeyfreak4]

twin killing :bang:

[griffeyfreak4]

Hey Dunn! How bout another RBI please?

[griffeyfreak4]

Wow, Carlos Zambrano goes yard as Buehrle can't get out of the first inning 7-2 Cubs

[griffeyfreak4]

Dunn battling hard.......

[griffeyfreak4]

and then grounds out

[cincy09]

In case anyone cares; Homer going today for Chat.

http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48121

[MississippiRed]

Hey guys, another ORG reject here. Someone have an idea why Mercker is warming up in a one run game?

[MississippiRed]

Great job by Milton to get out of that!

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Blah, my brother stopped by and I got sidetracked from the game

[HumnHilghtFreel]

WOOO! Homerun #2 in the game for Ross

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Single for Castro, let's get this lead back

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Bottom 7, 3-3 game, Freel singles to right

[cincy09]

Mota in for the trbe
Freel leads off the 7th with a base hit

[cincy09]

St. Louis with a big lead.
#27 for Pujols
Prob need to win to stay in 1st

[cincy09]

Lopez grounds into 4-6-3

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Lopez grounds into the 4-6-3 DP:thumbdown

[cincy09]

philips smokes one to left but its right at em
through 7 3-3

[GOREDSGO32]

We need a win. We haven't taken advantage of this St Louis slide really at all, can't regress now. The bullpen is now pitching though, so .... you know what is going to happen.

[cincy09]

stormy weathers in for the redlegs

[cincy09]

We need a win. We haven't taken advantage of this St Louis slide really at all, can't regress now. The bullpen is now pitching though, so .... you know what is going to happen.
at least the cleveland pen has been equally as bad

[bleedsred]

How many ptches for Weathers to blow this one up?

[bleedsred]

14 I say....

[cincy09]

BB the leadoff hitter

[GOREDSGO32]

Here we go again. Weathers another walk. OMG, can we get a DFA already?

[cincy09]

1 out and a runner on 2nd

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Grounder to first, hatte tags first but no force at second, good effort though

[GOREDSGO32]

And as Marty says, they screwed that double play as bad as you possibly can - a play that is made 99.9% of the time.

[cincy09]

Belliard k's 2 outs

[HumnHilghtFreel]

Belliard K's, 2 out runner on 2nd

[HumnHilghtFreel]

lol, sorry for mirroring you, cincy

[cincy09]

Boone hr 5-3

[GOREDSGO32]

And as expected, Weathers give up a 2 run johnson. What do you know? You can set your watch to it, I swear.

[cincy09]

15 th pitch i believe

[bleedsred]

What do you know, Weathers made it 15 pitches before blowing it up!

[cincy09]

boooooooo

[The_jbh]

Wayne get us a closer so coffey is pitching right now

[Petitt33]

Weathers better be DFA right after the game is over!

This is getting rediculous.

[bleedsred]

Well, Weathers did not make Narron put him into a tie ballgame...what in the world is Narron thinking?

[cincy09]

K to end the 8th

[HumnHilghtFreel]

I'm dissapointed they didn't boo louder as he walked off

[cincy09]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[GOREDSGO32]

Weathers can't pitch, he doesn't even have the mindset to pitch. He admits after games he sucks and doesn't know hwat to do. Why even have a guy like that on the roster?!?!?

[HumnHilghtFreel]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

thank you

[cincy09]

Carmona in for the Tribe
Rally caps on

[cincy09]

Dunn just missed a bunt

[cincy09]

Hatcher going ape #%$ on the first base ump

[GOREDSGO32]

Narron go kill someone please ....

[cincy09]

Narron tossed

[Petitt33]

That was some BS!

[cincy09]

horrible call at 1st

[nineworldseries]

Narron ejected.

DFA Weathers NOW!

[cincy09]

Welch making excuses for the ump

[The_jbh]

Narron trying to get the troops rallied up?

ps what did Narron say, he was immediately ejected after the 1st sentence. Have t o belive there was some rather foul language involved :devil:

[cincy09]

Bailey: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K
Has not given up a run in 3 games at Chat. AA

[Petitt33]

Kearns walked.

Dunn is still jawing at the ump at first...lol

[cincy09]

Hatte needs to get on for D Ross

[cincy09]

this guy cant find the plate

[GOREDSGO32]

Base hit! Now how big is that BS call???

[cincy09]

Kearns running and the ball gets through 1st and 3rd for D.Ross

[cincy09]

Base hit! Now how big is that BS call???
oh its big

[cincy09]

DP ininng over

[GOREDSGO32]

Nevermind. Double play. Can't fault Ross since hes the only reason we're in this game. But yes, you can blame Weathers.

[cincy09]

HR our BP blows

Boooooooooooooooooooooo

[Jr's Boy]

Marty said Narron ought to get fired up like that to the bullpen.

[HumnHilghtFreel]

*sigh* another homer, this time by broussard

[nineworldseries]

Well, Belisle is no better today.

[GOREDSGO32]

Another HR. Marty: "Can anyone get anyone out from that bullpen?"

Seriously. This is just ridiculous.

[Jr's Boy]

This is just downright sickening this BP.

[GOREDSGO32]

Is it possibly to put an entire bullpen on DFA?

[cincy09]

depressing, if we were 12 games out it wouldnt feel so bad

[GOREDSGO32]

Should I go get something to eat, or listen to the bottom of the ninth? Ah .. may as well stay .. maybe lightning can strike twice in a series and the offense can bail out this crap BP again.

[Jr's Boy]

Arroyo was very vocal about the BP after his start was ruined the other night.I hope the whole SP rotation doesn't just say to heck with it.

[Petitt33]

Castro leads off with a double!

[GOREDSGO32]

Leadoff double ... Castro is tearing it up. Need another hit!

[cincy09]

Castro with a lead off double

[Petitt33]

Valentin flies out to center.

1 down

[bleedsred]

Is it just me or does it look like Weathers has a smirk on his face everytime he blows one? The guy should probably be punched in the mouth by now by a teammate...send his rear to Pittsburgh to share hugs with Casey.

[GOREDSGO32]

Final out ... whatever ..

[GOREDSGO32]

Wow .. safe. Can we get some more thunder?

[GOREDSGO32]

Call Call Call me Junior. Comeon.

[Petitt33]

Lopez gets on due to an error on Wickman.

Runners on 1st and 3rd and Griffey is coming up

[GOREDSGO32]

Game over ... way to go bullpen, thanks for another loss.

[HumnHilghtFreel]

At least it was dramatic at the end

[cincy09]

Bailey didn't pitch the 6th.

His updates AA stats thru three starts:

17 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 22 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.65 WHIP, 11.65 K/9

[Petitt33]

Bullpen loses, yet again, another game. :angry:

[Falls City Beer]

Bailey didn't pitch the 6th.

His updates AA stats thru three starts:

17 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 22 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.65 WHIP, 11.65 K/9

Masterstroke to promote Bailey.

Now he's a legit trading chip.

Well done, Wayne. This is exactly the kind of gutsy move that will turn the franchise around.

[KoryMac5]

Masterstroke to promote Bailey.

Now he's a legit trading chip.

Well done, Wayne. This is exactly the kind of gutsy move that will turn the franchise around.


I'm hoping that your kidding if not Scott Kazmir says Hi