7/01/08 Reds vs Pirates @ GAB

[Spring~Fields]

7/01/08 Reds vs Pirates @ GAB


Vs. LH VS. Pittsburgh
Jerry Hairston Jr. ss .458 .615 .611 .938
Adam Dunn lf .394 .351 .375 .400
Ken Griffey Jr. rf .324 .329 .292 .316
Brandon Phillips 2b .407 .697 .452 .542
Joey Votto 1b .366 .465 .520 .500
Edwin Encarnacion 3b .398 .403 .269 .250
Jay Bruce cf .313 .268 .529 .500
David Ross c .326 .300 .417 .700
Edinson Volquez p .000 .000 .000 .000
v. LH Zach Duke

Bench
Vs. LH VS. Pittsburgh
Keppinger .517 .608 .294 .250
Hopper .321 .269 .500 .429
Bako .274 .492 .385 .538
Valentin .214 .308 .125 .000
Patterson .182 .156 .250 .286

[VR]

That is an exceptionally good lineup.

July starts with a bang....I see this group putting up an 8 spot tonight, at least.

[OnBaseMachine]

Seven shutout innings with 10+ K's would look awful nice from Volquez tonight.

[nate]

Did Darren Baker make out that lineup?

[Reds Fanatic]

Here is the Pirates lineup:


Nate McLouth cf
Freddy Sanchez 2b
Jason Bay lf
Ryan Doumit c
Adam LaRoche 1b
Doug Mientkiewicz rf
Jose Bautista 3b
Zach Duke p
Jack Wilson ss

[reds44]

Why does Keppinger sit today? Him, Hairston, and Phillips should always pkay vs. lefties.

[Reds Fanatic]

Why does Keppinger sit today? Him, Hairston, and Phillips should always pkay vs. lefties.

This is what Dusty said about it from Trent. Sounds like it is going to be a rotating lineup for awhile:


Jeff Keppinger gets the day off, Hairston starting at short.

"It's not a matter of rest as much as I went from not enough shrotstops to a lot of shortstops," Baker said. "I had a meeting with him and Jerry (Hairston) today and told them I'm going to try to find a way to play everybody, but not have anybody out more than a couple of days. We'd like to have him and Jerry both in there, we've probably got nine or 10 guys you'd play every day where before we were scuffling."

[Spring~Fields]

A little research on Zach Duke shows: this comment

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7512/news;_ylt=AiQYS8kk8fkmAsnSXDIYGL.FCLcF

Jun 30 LHP Zach Duke, who starts Tuesday night at Cincinnati, has been a consistent innings eater lately. He has pitched at least six innings in 10 of his last 12 starts and 12 of 16 starts this season.
Last five starts


Date Opponent Score Dec IP H R ER HR BB K W L ERA
Jun 25 NYY L 0-10 L 5.0 7 4 3 0 2 0 4 5 3.99
Jun 20 TOR W 1-0 - 7.0 6 0 0 0 1 4 4 4 3.91
Jun 14 @ BAL L 7-8 - 6.0 9 4 4 0 0 2 4 4 4.24
Jun 9 ARI W 5-3 W 6.0 5 2 2 1 2 5 4 4 4.10
Jun 4 HOU W 5-2 W 7.2 7 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 4.19

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7512

[RedsManRick]

Why does Keppinger sit today? Him, Hairston, and Phillips should always pkay vs. lefties.

Do you sit Junior again? Even after the walk-off? Do you sit Dunn? Do you sit EE? Do you sit Bruce? I'd rather Keppinger than Hairston, in a vacuum, but Hairston is "hot" and Keppinger is nursing a knee injury.

Bruce should probably be the odd man out on merit, but you won't see me complaining about the lineup tonight. More right than wrong.

[Reds Fanatic]

McLouth flies out to center.

[Reds Fanatic]

Sanchez pops out to 2nd on the first pitch. 2 outs.

[_Sir_Charles_]

*strolls into the gamethread carrying Klu's luggage*

Let's go for a 2-0 start to my gamethread career. :O)
Nice lineup besides my usual Phillips cleanup gripe.

[Screwball]

Did Darren Baker make out that lineup?

Nah, Griff's batting 3rd against a lefty. ;)

[nate]

Chat's open!

[Reds Fanatic]

Bay grounds out to short. An 8 pitch inning. 0-0 mid 1st.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Nice quick 3 up 3 down for Edinson. Me likey.

I'd LOVE to see a 110-120 pitch complete game outta the kid.

[OnBaseMachine]

Tight strikezone for Edinson in the first inning.

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston singles to left center.

[Screwball]

Hairston just continues to hit the ball hard. My head tells me he's a mirage, but my gut tells me he's turned a corner now that he's healthy.

[Reds Fanatic]

Dunn grounds out to 1st. Hairston goes to 2nd. 1 out.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Dunner grounds out. Hairston to second

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston steals 3rd. His 13th steal.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Hairston swipes third

[Reds Fanatic]

Junior grounds out to short. Hairston has to hold at 3rd. 2 outs.

[Screwball]

Yeesh, 3-1 count and he weakly grounds to SS. Not Griff's best AB ever...

[_Sir_Charles_]

Grounder fails to score Hairston.

Execution. I don't expect the reds to successfully knock every guy in from third with 1 or no outs...but occasionally would be nice.

[Reds Fanatic]

Did everyone just lose FSN?

[Screwball]

Did everyone just lose FSN?

Not me.

[Reds Fanatic]

That was weird it is back now. Phillips lines out. 0-0 after 1.

[OnBaseMachine]

Yeesh, 3-1 count and he weakly grounds to SS. Not Griff's best AB ever...

He does that a lot these days. Remember the 3-0 double play against the Sox with runners on first and third and only one out.

Again they fail to score with a runner on 3rd and less than two outs.

[reds44]

Took George all of 14 minutes to say get em on, get em over, get em in.

[flyer85]

George needs to just shup up

[OnBaseMachine]

Very tight strikezone. Could be a long night for Volquez if he doesn't get the corners.

[Reds Fanatic]

Doumit lines out to right. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

LaRoche singles down the right field line.

[Screwball]

Acording to FSN the Phillies are 71-54 and lead the 43-39 Marlins by half a game.

[OnBaseMachine]

LaRoche can't hit anyone else but the Reds.

[gm]

I went from not enough shrotstops to a lot of shortstops," Baker said. "I had a meeting with him and Jerry (Hairston) today and told them I'm going to try to find a way to play everybody, but not have anybody out more than a couple of days. We'd like to have him and Jerry both in there

The logjam is in the OF. Hairston could play CF if Bruce was moved to RF...

[Reds Fanatic]

Nice play by Edwin. 2 outs. Runner on 2nd.

[Screwball]

Wow, what a great play by Edwin. Excellent defense once again.

[Reds Fanatic]

Mientkiewicz may be hurt on the play tripping over the base.

[Reds Fanatic]

Intentional walk to Bautista. 1st and 2nd.

[Screwball]

Dusty has the NL's best pitcher intentionally walking Bautista.

[VR]

Mientkiewicz may be hurt on the play tripping over the base.

I saw 'injury delay' on gamecast, and had really bad visions of EE, EV, or JV being injured. phew.

[OnBaseMachine]

I don't like walking Bautista right there. Bautista isn't a good hitter or anything and he'll chase some bad pitches.Pitch to him and throw some junk out of the zone. If he chases it then good, if not then a walk isn't a bad thing.

[Reds Fanatic]

Duke strikes out swinging. 0-0 mid 2nd.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Hmmm...I know the pitcher is up next, but intentionally walking Bautista in the second inning? Doesn't that show a lack of faith in your pitcher a bit? Not a "bad" decision...just surprised by it.

[Reds Fanatic]

25 pitches through 2 for Volquez.

[_Sir_Charles_]

25 pitches through 2 for Volquez.

That's a great pace. Let's hope it keeps up.

[Reds Fanatic]

Votto singles to center.

[_Sir_Charles_]

So is Joey the leader for NL RoY? If not, who?

[Reds Fanatic]

Mientkiewicz makes a diving catch in right. 1 out.

[_Sir_Charles_]

edwin flies out to right. Nice play.

[OnBaseMachine]

Doug friggin' Miensajdsajkdhkhdw makes a diving catch. Dude is normally a 1B yet makes that gem. Only against the Reds...

[_Sir_Charles_]

The next big thing approaches. Let's hope we see some patience from him tonight.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bruce flies out to center on the first pitch. 2 outs.

[Screwball]

I had no idea Mienk7erhtak98% had that kind of speed.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Doug friggin' Miensajdsajkdhkhdw makes a diving catch. Dude is normally a 1B yet makes that gem. Only against the Reds...

LOL. I wasn't even going to attempt to type out his name. :O)

[reds44]

So is Joey the leader for NL RoY? If not, who?
Geo Soto

[_Sir_Charles_]

So much for that hope for patience from Bruce.

[Screwball]

Votto was out by about 37 feet.

[OnBaseMachine]

Brilliant. Votto gets thrown out by a mile to end the inning which means the Reds will start the third inning with an easy out in Volquez. Man.

[Reds Fanatic]

Ross doubles to right center. Berry sends Votto and he is out by a mile at home. 0-0 after 2.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Damn. Votto out at home on a ross double. With Volquez coming up I understand them sending him...but still...sucks.

[reds44]

Brilliant. Votto gets thrown out by a mile to end the inning which means the Reds will start the third inning with an easy out in Volquez. Man.
I would have sent him too....

[Reds Fanatic]

On the long list of coaches on this staff that should be replaced Berry is another. He makes some really questionable calls on sending runners home.

[reds44]

I wish Votto would have attempted to go all Dunn and run the catcher over. More exciting that way.

[Reds Fanatic]

Wilson singles to left.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Top of the third. 0-0. Wilson singles to dunn.

[OnBaseMachine]

It seems like the Reds can never get LaRoche and Wilson out.

[OnBaseMachine]

That's why I wouldn't have walked Bautista. You get him out then Duke leads off the third inning.

[Reds Fanatic]

McLouth flies out to center. 1 out.

[_Sir_Charles_]

fly out to Bruce. Runner does not advance.

[Reds Fanatic]

Ross throws Wilson out at 2nd. 2 outs.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Wasn't Volquez consistantly around 95 on his heater earlier in the year? Gameday is constantly showing him at 90-92.

[Reds Fanatic]

Sanchez strikes out swinging. 2 Ks. 0-0 mid 3rd.

[OnBaseMachine]

Wasn't Volquez consistantly around 95 on his heater earlier in the year? Gameday is constantly showing him at 90-92.

Yeah his velocity does seem down a bit tonight.

[_Sir_Charles_]

K #2

[Reds Fanatic]

39 pitches through 3 for Volquez

[Screwball]

FSN has Volquez consistently hitting 93 and 94.

[_Sir_Charles_]

FSN has Volquez consistently hitting 93 and 94.

That's what I thought. Gameday is off again. Heck, it usually is.

[Screwball]

Volquez takes some healthy cuts, boy.

[Reds Fanatic]

Volquez strikes out swinging. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston flies out to left. 2 outs.

[jesusfan]

nice swing..

[Reds Fanatic]

Dunn strikes out swinging on a low and outside pitch. 0-0 after 3.

[_Sir_Charles_]

ROFLMAO. Yep, he got some ribbing about it. "I'm not a fruity guy"- Jeff Brantley. They're talking about his eating habits...again. I knew that comment from last night was going to cost him in the booth. :O)

[reds44]

Impressive swing.

[Screwball]

Volquez goes behind Bay 3-0 and then strikes him out. Great stuff there.

[OnBaseMachine]

Great job there by Volquez. He fell behind 3-0 on Bay and comeback to strike him out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bay strikes out swinging. 3 Ks. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Doumit grounds out to Volquez. 2 outs.

[OnBaseMachine]

Lincecum leads the NL with 114 K's. Volquez has three today to put him at 113.

Sabathia leads the majors with 118.

[Reds Fanatic]

LaRoche walks.

[OnBaseMachine]

Had LaRoche 1-2 and walked him.

[_Sir_Charles_]

LaRoche walks

[_Sir_Charles_]

Volquez going to the curveball a lot more than usual tonight.

[Reds Fanatic]

Mientkiewicz singles to right. 1st and 2nd.

[OnBaseMachine]

That's what drives Edinson's pitch counts up. Two outs and a 1-2 count on a hitter like LaRoche, you need to put him away. Instead he walks him and it costs him more pitches and possibly a run. That's something he'll learn and will make him an even better pitcher if that's possible.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bautista doubles off the wall in right. 1-0 Pirates. Mientkiewicz is thrown out at the plate from Junior to Phillips to Ross.

[RedsManRick]

Reds caught a break there. Ross was a little late on the tag but they got the call anyways.

[Screwball]

64 pitches for Volquez after 4.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Damn. Double. 1-0 bucs. Eyechart out at home.

[oneupper]

Bautista doubles off the wall in right. 1-0 Pirates. Mientkiewicz is thrown out at the plate from Junior to Phillips to Ross.

I think he was safe...shhhhhh

[reds44]

He was safe.

[Reds Fanatic]

He threw a lot of pitches that inning. Now at 64 through 4.

[OnBaseMachine]

See. Two out walks will haunt you. Frustrating. One strike away from a 1-2-3 inning and and he walks a bad hitter and then it results in a high pitch count and a run.

[Reds Fanatic]

He was safe but we will take it.

[Reds Fanatic]

Junior grounds out to 2nd. 1 out.

[Screwball]

I think the ump was in such shock that Ross caught the ball, he had to call Mientkiewicz out.

[guttle11]

He was safe but we will take it.

Anytime Ross actually catches the ball, holds on, and makes a tag, it's an out. When the runner crosses home shouldn't matter.

[Reds Fanatic]

Phillips singles to center.

[Reds Fanatic]

Phillips is picked off first. 2 outs.

[RedsManRick]

Sigh. Phillips running in to an out costs us a run. Is it really that hard to not create outs on the basepaths? That's two tonight.

[Ltlabner]

Sure glad Phillips tried to steal and got caught.

Back when Dusty played players stole a lot of bases.

[Reds Fanatic]

Votto doubles off the wall in right center and the pickoff costs the Reds a run.

[OnBaseMachine]

Phillips cost the Reds a run after getting picked off. Votto doubles off the wall.

[guttle11]

Would have likely been a run. At worst, 2nd and third with one out.

Crap.

[flyer85]

amazing how many outs this team makes on the bases.

[Screwball]

EE with another case of the pop-ups this game.

[reds44]

Two runs the Reds cost themselves on the bases tonight.

[Reds Fanatic]

Encarnacion breaks his bat and pops out to 1st. 1-0 Pirates after 4.

[Sea Ray]

How is that not a balk? He clearly stepped more towards home than 1st

[Sea Ray]

Two runs the Reds cost themselves on the bases tonight.

One would assume the pitcher gets a hit with two out. The other assumes that's not a balk. Just doesn't seem to be our night so far but it's only 1-0

[Reds Fanatic]

Duke flies out to right. 1 out.

[RedsManRick]

Sure glad Phillips tried to steal and got caught.

Back when Dusty played players stole a lot of bases.

Come now. This team would win if it just hustled more... You can't just sit back and let other guys do all the work. You have to manufacture those runs.

[Screwball]

How is that not a balk? He clearly stepped more towards home than 1st

I thought it was a balk too, but Welsh was saying it was close enough to where the pitcher can get away with it.

[Reds Fanatic]

Wilson flies out to center. 2 outs.

[Ltlabner]

Come now. This team would win if it just hustled more... You can't just sit back and let other guys do all the work. You have to manufacture those runs.

Small ball buddy. Small ball.

[Tom Servo]

Chris thinks they should be the Wpittsburgh Pirates.

[guttle11]

I thought it was a balk too, but Welsh was saying it was close enough to where the pitcher can get away with it.

If that's the move Duke makes every time, it won't get called. That's on Phillips.

If it was a different move than usual, it should be a balk.

[Screwball]

Chris thinks they should be the Wpittsburgh Pirates.

:D

[Reds Fanatic]

McLouth doubles off the wall in center.

[Screwball]

Wow, that was off the end of the bat and I thought it was routine fly-out. Instead it goes off the wall for a double.

[Ltlabner]

Bruce in a slump and now missplaying balls in the field.

Trust me Jay, you want to stay out of Dusty's dog house.

[OnBaseMachine]

I love Bruce but he's no Corey Patterson in CF. That ball probably should have been caught.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Is Jay hurt?

[Reds Fanatic]

Sanchez grounds out to short. 1-0 Pirates mid 5th.

[Sea Ray]

I thought it was a balk too, but Welsh was saying it was close enough to where the pitcher can get away with it.

I disagree with Chris and they didn't show an angle that showed just how blatant that move was. If 1st base is 3 o'clock and home is 6 o'clock his move was at least 5 o'clock

[_Sir_Charles_]

And 3 down. 1-0 pirates middle of 5.

[Screwball]

No harm done after the 2 out double.

Reds have Bruce Ross and Volquez due up.

[Reds Fanatic]

80 pitches for Volquez through 5.

Bruce grounds out to 2nd. 1 out.

[Screwball]

I'm confident he'll come out of it, but Bruce is in a serious funk right now.

[OnBaseMachine]

I think we could pull a fan out of the stands and they could shut this offense down for five innings.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bruce grounds out to 2nd. Still looks impatient.

[Reds Fanatic]

Ross grounds out to short. 2 outs.

[Screwball]

I think we could pull a fan out of the stands and they could shut this offense down for five innings.

Austin Kearns maybe, but I bet Dusty-ball would be able to scratch across a run or two against PuffyPig or Jay Bruce. ;)

[_Sir_Charles_]

2 down. Ross grounds out to short.

[jesusfan]

shew... boring

[Reds Fanatic]

Volquez strikes out swinging. 1-0 Pirates after 5.

[Ltlabner]

I'm confident he'll come out of it, but Bruce is in a serious funk right now.

No doubt.

Having someone whispering "be really agressive at the plate" in his ear can't help.

I just hope Dusty/Jacoby et al haven't tried to "improve" his approach at the plate. Dunner has had nothing but "just do this" over the years, no need to "improve" Bruce either.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Edinson K's. 3 down. Hmmm...that was a bit too quick for my tastes.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Simply put, Duke is NOT this good. The Reds need to get some sort of consistancy on offense pretty soon or Jocketty is going to turn into "trader" Walt.

~and by "consistancy" I mean in the GOOD way.

[WVRedsFan]

Isn't everyone a funk on this team? Five (count 'em) hits through five. Nothing changes for this team. We need intelligent hitters who can also hit leftys.

[Screwball]

I just hope Dusty/Jacoby et al haven't tried to "improve" his approach at the plate. Dunner has had nothing but "just do this" over the years, no need to "improve" Bruce either.

Unfortunately, I think they are. During last night's broadcast they were saying how Jacoby was working with Bruce to stop being so upright as he swings his bat through the ball (or something to that effect). I shuddered at the thought.

[Ltlabner]

Uunfortunately, I think they are. During last night's broadcast they were saying how Jacoby was working with Bruce to stop being so upright as he swings his bat through the ball (or something to that effect). I shuddered at the thought.

Oh God.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Jeez, where was THAT pitch?

[OnBaseMachine]

Good God. Where in the hell was that 1-2 pitch to Bay? Even Bay walked back toward the dugout as he thought it was strike three.

Unreal.

[Reds Fanatic]

That 1-2 pitch was perfect but called a ball.

[Screwball]

Come on ump, even Bay thought that was strike 3 (Gameday said it was strike 3 as well).

[_Sir_Charles_]

Good lord. This ump's zone is pitiful!

[Reds Fanatic]

Bay walks. Ridiculous everyone but the ump knows that was a strikeout.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Walk. No way in the world that should've been a walk. NONE.

[OnBaseMachine]

And of course Bay walks.

Chalk that walk up to a horrible umpire. Unbelievable. Volquez threw two clear strikes to Bay in that atbat and both were called balls. You know you're an awful umpire when even the batter thought it was strike 3.

[_Sir_Charles_]

The first and fourth pitches were BOTH strikes. Horrible.

[jesusfan]

C'mon Bruce don't throw that to 3rd there...

[Reds Fanatic]

Doumit singles to center. Throw goes to 3rd allowing runner to go to 2nd. 2nd and 3rd.

[WVRedsFan]

Another rookie mistake. I look for Bruce to head back to AAA pretty soon. I think he needs to get away.

[OnBaseMachine]

Umpire cost Volquez plenty of pitches and maybe some runs. Just awful umpiring tonight.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Doumit singles. Poor choice of throws by Bruce.

[Screwball]

My Goodness, Reds with all kinds of errors tonight.

BTW, Ryan Doumit has a career .805 OPS but is at .997 this year.

[OnBaseMachine]

Another rookie mistake. I look for Bruce to head back to AAA pretty soon. I think he needs to get away.

If that happens then it just proves the people in charge are clueless.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Another rookie mistake. I look for Bruce to head back to AAA pretty soon. I think he needs to get away.

Please tell me you're kidding. I may have to remove your name from my sig. :O)

[Ltlabner]

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb159/artinthebush/Thewheelsfelloff.jpg

[OnBaseMachine]

Chalk up this big inning to the umpire. Good grief how does someone with two eyes call those two pitches on Bay balls? Unbelievable.

[Sea Ray]

Isn't everyone a funk on this team? Five (count 'em) hits through five. Nothing changes for this team. We need intelligent hitters who can also hit leftys.


Our best hitter vs lefties isn't even in the lineup...Kepp

[jesusfan]

Are you kidding me??? He was out!!!!!

[Reds Fanatic]

What the hell. Runner was out at 3rd. Typically blind ump misses it. Edwin gets tossed immediately. 2-0 Pirates.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Are you freaking KIDDING me?!?

[jesusfan]

hip and the leg!!! That is a joke!

[OnBaseMachine]

Wow. The Reds are getting robbed tonight.

Major league baseball needs to do something about these awful umpires.

[jesusfan]

That is why instant replay needs to be enforced... now!

[Ltlabner]

Horrable umping.

Absoultley dreadfull.

And then he gets booted right away? (assuming EE didn't say one of the unmentionables) Sad.

[Tom Servo]

Awful call.

[WVRedsFan]

Please tell me you're kidding. I may have to remove your name from my sig. :O)Not saying they should, but I look for it to happen "so he can get his confidence back" or some other nonsense. You know it's going to happen.

[CTA513]

lol these are some impressive umpires.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Apparently Tim Donaghy is now the crew chief tonight. Sheesh!

[Reds Fanatic]

I can't believe Dusty is still in the game. If I was manager I would been tossed on that one. That is just horrible.

[reds44]

EE tagged him twice.

[RedsManRick]

Yeah... replay would slow the game down... or not.

[Sea Ray]

How does an ump miss such an easy call?

[OnBaseMachine]

This inning brought to you by incompetent umpires. Bay was struckout. The runner was clearly out at 3B. Amazing. These guys need fired.

[jesusfan]

3-0... Thank you, that is your run ump...

[Ltlabner]

Welch saying something about how this ump crew had big problems in Chicago too.

[Reds Fanatic]

Mientkiewicz sac fly to left. 3-0 Pirates.

[Sea Ray]

Wow. The Reds are getting robbed tonight.

Major league baseball needs to do something about these awful umpires.

I agree. MLB umps are very overrated. Some say "well 90% of the time the ump's call is right." Well the truth is in baseball 90% of the calls aren't close.

[Screwball]

How does an ump miss such an easy call?

That's what I'm wondering. He was in great position so he saw the play from a good angle. How you watch a guy get tagged and call him safe is beyond me.

I doubt it's true, but maybe it's a make-up call from earlier when they called Mientkiewicz out at home?

[reds44]

How do you not score from 2nd on a double? That's impressive.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Wow. This is just unfair as hell to Edinson. No way in the world they should've gotten 2 runs here. None.

Now he's getting yanked. Pole should've been out there after that initial walk. He was obviously emotionally ticked off. That's no way to pitch.

[Ltlabner]

Yeah... replay would slow the game down... or not.

I have to eat some crow.

I've argued against instant replay in the past.

I stand corrected.

[WVRedsFan]

Dusty had a bad angle on that. When he sees the awful call, he'll wish he had uttered some expletives, too.

Pig Pirates are getting a free pass tonight by the umpires. And now Volquez, after 5 brilliant innings is history. Lincoln? Good grief.

[Reds Fanatic]

Lincoln coming in. This inning is just sickening. There should not be one run scored but so far 2 and still a runner in scoring position.

[Ltlabner]

EE must have called the ump something really bad to get booted that quick.

[CTA513]

3-0... Thank you, that is your run ump...

Thats two runs this inning as Bay should have been sitting on the bench after striking out looking.

[OnBaseMachine]

Dusty had a bad angle on that. When he sees the awful call, he'll wish he had uttered some expletives, too.

Pig Pirates are getting a free pass tonight by the umpires. And now Volquez, after 5 brilliant innings is history. Lincoln? Good grief.

This bad inning isn't on Volquez. Not at all. That inning should have never happened. Bay was clearly struckout, even he thought so.

[reds44]

EE must have called the ump something really bad to get booted that quick.
If the ump understood him then god bless that ump's ears.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bautista grounds into a 1-6-5 FC. They keep that rundown going so long that Bautista gets to 2nd. 2 outs.

[WVRedsFan]

worst rundown I've ever seen. Holy Cow!

[Ltlabner]

Is anybody elses rear end sore from the reaming we've gotten this inning?

[Reds Fanatic]

Duke strikes out swinging. 3-0 (Thanks Umps) Pirates mid 6th.

[Screwball]

It's criminal that Volquez is charged with 3 earned runs tonight.

[OnBaseMachine]

This should be a 1-0 game right now. Unbelievable.

[Sea Ray]

Is anybody elses rear end sore from the reaming we've gotten this inning?

Thank you Maam, may I have another?

[CTA513]

Is the Ump sure he swung at that?

[OnBaseMachine]

This same umpiring crew was awful in Chicago. Sweet Lou got tossed after a horrible call went against the Cubs.

[RedlegJake]

Umps can be as bad as possible and it doesn't excuse the incredibly bad play of this team tonight - their calls should be an aggravation in a game the Reds should be winning or tied right now, even with the bad calls. I could care less how bad the umps are - this team is playing horribly - and I disagree with those who say there isn't enough talent. They DO have talent and that's the only reason they are even close in some of these games. They are playing lousy ball in spite of their talent. Stupid ball.

[Reds Fanatic]

Its the umps union that protects these horrible umps. Umps that consistently miss calls like this should be gone but there job is protected by the union.

[Screwball]

Good post RLJ. I can handle physical mistakes, but they've made FAR too many mental mistakes.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Cincinnati Reds 0
Pittsburgh Umps 3

[OnBaseMachine]

That 3-0 pitch to Hairston was called a strike. LOL. Ball was high. Awful, awful, awful.

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston leads off with a walk.

[Screwball]

Leadoff walk. Let's make somethin' of it fellas.

[Sea Ray]

So much for the Ash bats

[_Sir_Charles_]

Ripken is right. It's not the WOOD...it's the SHAPE of those bats. Head too big, handle too small.

[Reds Fanatic]

Dunn walks. 1st and 2nd.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Dunner walks.

[Screwball]

Dunn with his usual great AB. Goes down 0-2 but still works a walk.

[Reds Fanatic]

Junior singles to right. Bases loaded no outs for Phillips. Just don't hit it on the ground.

[RedsManRick]

Odds that BP sees 3 or more pitches?

[Screwball]

Bases loaded, nobody out. Now capitalize, fellas. Capitalize.

[Reds Fanatic]

Pitching change.

[Cyclone792]

The Reds are clogging the bases with all these walks.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

A single run here would be completely unacceptable.

[redsmetz]

Bases loaded, nobody out. Now capitalize, fellas. Capitalize.

Do you mean "CAPITALIZE"? :D

[_Sir_Charles_]

Does anybody else feel a bit queezy with Phillips up with the bases loaded? And him with the "clean up" mentality?

[Sea Ray]

Things went down in hurry for Duke

[mbgrayson]

Pirates couldn't play the shift there with Hairston a threat to steal 3rd. Result: base hit Griffey....

[Screwball]

Do you mean "CAPITALIZE"? :D

YES. :thumbup:

[OnBaseMachine]

How about a Phillips grand slam? Just hit it to center field please because I'm sure the umps will call anything else a foul ball.

[Reds Fanatic]

Denny Bautista in to pitch

[OnBaseMachine]

Strike one Phillips was a worse pitch than that pitch to Bay.

[Cyclone792]

Phillips needs to make sure he doesn't ground into a phillips + 1, aka a triple play.

[jesusfan]

BP!!!!! Just practicing... lol

[OnBaseMachine]

And now a high strike call.

[jesusfan]

BP tries to check but cannot... 1-2

[jesusfan]

Take that ump!!

[RedsManRick]

Just about a BP special if not for a lazy pitcher. Force at 2B, run scores.

[jesusfan]

Bp grounds to first... run scores... 1 down...3-1 1st and 3rd

[WVRedsFan]

Phillips just missed hitting into a Phillips

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

Only poor defense by the pitcher saved yet another DP