Reds vs Nats 7/5/08 Welcome back Josh Fogg

[Joseph]

REDS

Jerry Hairston Jr. SS

Jay Bruce CF

Ken Griffey Jr. RF

Brandon Phillips 2B

Adam Dunn LF

Joey Votto 1B

Edwin Encarnacion 3B

Paul Bako C

Josh Fogg RHP (1-2, 9.85)



NATIONALS

Roger Bernadina CF

Cristian Guzman SS

Elijah Dukes LF

Dmitri Young 1B

Austin Kearns RF

Aaron Boone 3B

Jesus Flores C

Willie Harris 2B

Tim Redding RHP (6-3, 4.21)

[Big Klu]

:party:

[KittyDuran]

I C London, I C France, I C Jimbo aka Leatherpants! behind the batting cage...

[Degenerate39]

Bronson Arroyo: To tell you the truth I haven't touched a guitar in about a month.

Then he is seen playing one for July 4th.

[edabbs44]

I wish I had a bunch of Nats on my fantasy team tonight.

[Red in Chicago]

i'm sorry, but the camo jerseys look ridiculous:rolleyes:

[TeamBoone]

I love the camos.

And that July 4th video was taped much earlier in Eden Park.

[guttle11]

Can we camouflage the ball when Fogg pitches?

[lollipopcurve]

Hairston is no great shakes at SS, but he's made some plays lately. Really impressive year overall so far.

[lollipopcurve]

4 GBs that inning

[WVRedsFan]

Fogg fools no one in the first inning, but gets out of it unscathed. Nats robbed of a run on the bad call at 2nd. Looks like things are going our way, gang!

[WVRedsFan]

P.S. We had better score 8. We're going to need every one of them to win tonight. Just my prediction.

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston grounds out to short. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bruce strikes out swinging. 2 outs.

[Reds Fanatic]

Junior bloops a hit to right.

[Reds Fanatic]

Phillips lines a single to right. 1st and 2nd.

[Reds Fanatic]

Infield hit for Dunn. Bases loaded for Votto.

[Reds Fanatic]

Votto flies out to the warning track in left. 0-0 after 1.

[Red in Chicago]

george just said "good job by votto", as he flies out to left to make the third out...:confused:

[Reds Fanatic]

Reds really made Redding work that inning especially Junior and Dunn who had two good ABs. Redding threw 32 pitches that inning.

[Reds Fanatic]

Kearns walked on a 3-2 pitch that looked like a strike.

[Reds Fanatic]

Boone lines a single to left. 1st and 2nd.

[WVRedsFan]

Fogg in trouble again. This could get ugly.

[Reds Fanatic]

Flores pops out to 2nd. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Harris flies out to center. 2 outs.

[Reds Fanatic]

Redding singles to center. 1-0 Nationals. Fogg has already given up 4 hits in 1.2 innings. 1st and 2nd.

[WVRedsFan]

Pitcher gets a hit and does what the Reds seldom do. Drives in a run with two out and runners in scoring position.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bernandina grounds into a 4-6 FC. 1-0 Nationals mid 2nd.

[Reds Fanatic]

Encarnacion flies out to left.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bako flies out to center. 2 outs.

[Reds Fanatic]

Fogg grounds out to short. 1-0 Nationals after 2.

[Reds Fanatic]

Guzman singles to right.

[Reds Fanatic]

Dukes flies out to right. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Young grounds into a 3-6-1 DP. 1-0 Nationals mid 3rd.

[Homer Bailey]

Please. Somebody stop George Grande.

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston singles to right.

[Reds Fanatic]

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

[Reds Fanatic]

Junior flies out to right. Hairston goes to 3rd. 2 outs.

[Reds Fanatic]

Phillips grounds out to short. 1-0 Nationals after 3.

[mbgrayson]

Pitch count after three innings:

Fogg at 50 pitches (28 strikes)
Redding at 64 pitches (44 strikes)

[Reds Fanatic]

Fantastic catch by Bruce at the wall!

[Reds Fanatic]

Boone singles to center.

[Reds Fanatic]

Flores strikes out looking. 2 outs.

[Reds Fanatic]

Harris pops out to 3rd. 1-0 Nationals mid 4th.

[Reds Fanatic]

Dunn grounds out to short. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Votto strikes out looking.
Edwin doubles.
Intentional walk to Bako.

[Tony Cloninger]

What's George saying........droning on and calling Mercker..."Merk"

Can anybody on this team hit anybody? I mean even the 82 Reds scored 10 runs at least once or twice.

[Reds Fanatic]

Fogg strikes out swinging. Reds have left 6 runners on through 4. 1-0 Nationals after 4.

[CTA513]

Redding forgot to give up a hit to the pitcher.

[mbgrayson]

Pitch count after 4:

Fogg 67 (42 strikes)
Redding: 82 (53 strikes)

LOB
Nats: 4
Reds: 6

[Reds Fanatic]

Redding grounds out to 3rd. 1 out.

[Tom Servo]

Merk making fun of his mullet.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bernadina flies out to center. 2 outs.

[Tom Servo]

Fogg's been decent, so of course the Reds couldn't score a run if their lives depended on it.

[Reds Fanatic]

Guzman flies out to center. 1-0 Nationals mid 5th.

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston leads off with a single.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bruce flies out to left on the first pitch. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Junior singles off the wall in right. 1st and 3rd.

[Tom Servo]

Junior with a loooooong hard single.

[Reds Fanatic]

Sac fly to right for Phillips. Tie game 1-1. 2 outs.

[Tom Servo]

Ears robs us of more runs. Ah well.

[Reds Fanatic]

Dunn strikes out swinging. 1-1 after 5.

[mbgrayson]

Pitch count after 5:

Fogg 79 (51 strikes)
Redding: 97 (63 strikes)

LOB
Nats: 4
Reds: 7

[BCubb2003]

At least they got the flag complaints cleared up.

[Reds Fanatic]

Dukes reaches on an error by Encarnacion

[Reds Fanatic]

Dukes steals 2nd and Phillips saves Bako from a throwing error.

[Reds Fanatic]

Young flies out to left. 1 out.

[mbgrayson]

EE made a nice play to his left, sidearmed the ball, it threw it in the dirt, and Votto couldn't scoop it. I thought JV should have made the play. The ump was calling him out until he saw the ball roll away.

[Reds Fanatic]

Kearns flies out to left. 2 outs.

[Homer Bailey]

EE made a nice play to his left, sidearmed the ball, it threw it in the dirt, and Votto couldn't scoop it. I thought JV should have made the play. The ump was calling him out until he saw the ball roll away.

Votto shoots about 50% at best on scoops.

[Reds Fanatic]

Boone fouls out to Bako. 1-1 mid 6th.

[lollipopcurve]

Way to go Fogg. Very respectable outing.

[CTA513]

That was easily Foggs best start of the year.

[Reds Fanatic]

Votto singles to right center.

[Reds Fanatic]

Encarnacion pops out to 1st. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bako grounds into a 6-4-3 DP. 1-1 after 6.

[Reds Fanatic]

Weathers in to pitch.

Good outing for Fogg tonight. 6 IP, 1ER, 6H, 1BB, 1K.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Votto has GOT to break up that double play. No excuse not to when he's running on the play. Very poor baseball IQ shown by Joey on that play IMO.

[Homer Bailey]

Weathers in. Hold your breath.

[Reds Fanatic]

Flores grounds out to 2nd.

[mbgrayson]

Pitch count after 6:

Fogg 102 (64 strikes)
Redding: 106 (68 strikes)

LOB
Nats: 5
Reds: 7


Weathers in for the Reds. Nice start by Fogg, a QS.

[Reds Fanatic]

Harris pops out to 3rd. 2 outs.

[Reds Fanatic]

Wily Mo pinch hits and flies out to left. 1-1 mid 7th.

[Reds Fanatic]

Saul Rivera in to pitch.

Patterson hitting for Weathers.

[Homer Bailey]

Dusty will do his best to try and get Pattersonin the lineup for the rest of the game.

[Reds Fanatic]

Patterson lines a single to center.

[Homer Bailey]

Something is wrong with my tv. It looked like Patterson singled. What really happened?

[lollipopcurve]

That may be the first line drive single to center for Patterson this year.

[WVRedsFan]

Dusty loves that center field defense whether or not he has any runs or not. As if...

I give up

[mth123]

Patterson lines a single to center.

In the same game where Fogg pitched well. It must be a sign. The end is near.

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston sacrifices Patterson to 2nd. 1 out.

[WVRedsFan]

One more thing. Why do you use your best hitter to bunt. Yes, there are book reasons to bunt, but what if you used your head and let him hit?

Now there's 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bruce flies out to the wall in left. Patterson goes to 3rd and Dukes is hurt. Laying on the track holding his knee.

[WVRedsFan]

Dukes hurt, but catches Bruce's fly ball at the wall.

2 out as Patterson goes to third.

[WVRedsFan]

Are the skull caps the Nats are wearing some kind of fad?

[Reds Fanatic]

Dukes is being carted off the field.

[Kc61]

One more thing. Why do you use your best hitter to bunt. Yes, there are book reasons to bunt, but what if you used your head and let him hit?

Now there's 1 out.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I sensed (from the tv picture) that Dusty had some words with Hairston after that at bat. Could the Reds have taken the bunt sign off and Hairston not picked it up? Again, I could be wrong, just the way it looked from the tv picture inside the dugout.

[Reds Fanatic]

Harris moves from 2nd to left and Belliard is in to play 2nd and a new pitcher is coming in.

[Tom Servo]

Second night in a row Charlie Manning makes Junior look bad.

[Reds Fanatic]

Charlie Manning in to pitch.

Junior strikes out swinging on a high inside pitch. 1-1 after 7.

[edabbs44]

One more thing. Why do you use your best hitter to bunt. Yes, there are book reasons to bunt, but what if you used your head and let him hit?

Now there's 1 out.

Best hitter?

My Lord.

[Reds Fanatic]

Mike Lincoln in to pitch.

[Homer Bailey]

Lincoln????? Really????

[Reds Fanatic]

Bernadina strikes out swinging. 1 out.

[WVRedsFan]

Best hitter?

My Lord.
Exaggeration, of course. I meant a good hitter, one who was 2-3. I'd take my chances on this day with Jerry.

[Reds Fanatic]

Guzman strikes out looking. 2 outs.

[Homer Bailey]

I stand corrected about Lincoln. Nice job by the pen so far.

[Reds Fanatic]

Belliard grounds out to 2nd. 1-1 mid 8th.

[TheBurn]

Good job by Lincoln there...

[lollipopcurve]

Lincoln sharp

[Reds Fanatic]

Joel Hanrahan in to pitch

Phillips attempts to bunt and grounds right back to the pitcher. 1 out.

[Reds Fanatic]

Dunn grounds out to 1st. 2 outs.

[Reds Fanatic]

Votto walks.

[Reds Fanatic]

Edwin singles to right. 1st and 3rd.

[Homer Bailey]

pinch hit for Bako PLEASE

[Homer Bailey]

LOL everyone one of my gut feelings is wrong. RBI from Bako!

[Reds Fanatic]

Bako singles to right. 2-1 Reds! 1st and 2nd.

[Tony Cloninger]

I was in complete agreement....you have Smokey Burgess as your main PH and Ross as the other catcher....why are you not PH for Bako?

Good thing they shifted Belliard over....like Welsh said. Talk about luck.

[mbgrayson]

After 8, the score is Reds 2, Nationals 1 .

Francisco Cordero coming in for the third game in a row, and the 5th in the last 6 days. We used him with 3 run and 2 run leads. Hopefully he will hold up: He often struggles on his third game in a row.

[Reds Fanatic]

Valentin strikes out swinging. 2-1 Reds after 8.

Cordero coming in for the 9th.

[Reds Fanatic]

Its the former Reds inning.

Young, Kearns and Boone due up.

[Bob Borkowski]

By the way, Reds Fanatic

You are doing GREAT work with these game threads.

Very much appreciated.

[Kc61]

Cordero has struggled when pitching third game in a row. This is one of those spots. Hope he has it tonight.

[Reds Fanatic]

Not a good way to start the 9th.

Young walks.

[Tom Servo]

Uh-oh, leadoff walk to Da Meat Hook.

[Reds Fanatic]

Kearns lines a single to center. 1st and 2nd.

[Tom Servo]

Ears now with the base hit.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Cordero's 3-2 breaking ball to Dmitri... very, very dumb.

Just throw a fastball/throw a strike there. Very, very, very dumb IMO. Walking the leadoff hitter is disaster in that situation.

[Reds Fanatic]

Boone sacrifices the runners to 2nd and 3rd. Bako thought of going to 3rd but throws Boone out at 1st. 1 out.

[Kc61]

This is a problem. Dusty was smart to rest Burton tonight and go with Lincoln in the eighth. But Cordero on the third consecutive night just doesn't seem to do well.

I don't know who the alternate would be tonight, and Coco is paid well to do this, but hope he gets through this.

[Reds Fanatic]

Flores with a sac fly to the track in right. Junior makes a nice over the shoulder catch. Tie game 2-2.

[Blitz Dorsey]

I've been hard on Griffey's D, but that was a very good catch.

[Tony Cloninger]

Cordero should be able to do this for 3 days in a row....and someone please tell Edward to stay on the bag during those bunt plays....good grief he just does not get it sometimes.

[Kc61]

Flores with a sac fly to the track in right. Junior makes a nice over the shoulder catch. Tie game 2-2.


And Coco lost a strikeout there on a very questionable call. Blown save, tie game.

[redsrule2500]

BLAH! Cordero is so overpaid. Hilarious having 4 of the first 4 players in this inning be ex-Reds. lol

[mbgrayson]

This is the 3rd time this season that Dusty has asked Coco to go three days in a row. He has given up runs every time.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Cordero just needs to sack up and be able to pitch three days in a row. I have 48 million reasons why. Three days in a row for a good closer should be nothing. No wonder the old-school guys laugh at guys like Coco Cordero.

[Tom Servo]

Dusty's been running CoCo out everyday of late. An earned run was bound to happen.

[redsrule2500]

Cordero just needs to sack up and be able to pitch three days in a row. I have 48 million reasons why. Three days in a row for a good closer should be nothing. No wonder the old-school guys laugh at guys like Coco Cordero.

Pitching 1 inning 3 days in a row isn't even close to what a starter does...so yeah seems dumb.

[Reds Fanatic]

Harris grounds out to 2nd. 2-2 mid 9th.

Hairston, Bruce and Junior due up.

[Kc61]

Cordero just needs to sack up and be able to pitch three days in a row. I have 48 million reasons why. Three days in a row for a good closer should be nothing. No wonder the old-school guys laugh at guys like Coco Cordero.

I agree. Three in a row shouldn't be this much of a problem. But it seems to be. And, of course, Coco is probably now out tomorrow, so it's a double whammy. Blown save tonight, unavailable tomorrow.

If I were Dusty I would not use Burton in this game unless absolutely necessary. Let Burton be available to close tomorrow, maybe even go two innings.

If it goes extras tonight, I'd use Bray or Affeldt, even if the hitters are right handed. Maybe even Maj.

[Reds Fanatic]

Yet another former Red in the game. Lopez in to play 2nd. Belliard moves to 3rd and Boone to 1st.

[Blitz Dorsey]

George Grande has done way too many TV games in a row. I miss Thom, but not enough to turn on my radio.

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston singles to left.

[Homer Bailey]

Please don't make Bruce bunt Dusty.

[mbgrayson]

Pitching 1 inning 3 days in a row isn't even close to what a starter does...so yeah seems dumb.

It's harder to have to warm up every night, and come in for high pressure situations. This is Coco's 6th outing since June 28th. That is a lot of pitches, when you count warming up every time.

In any event, Dusty should be learning not to use him in one runs games when he has pitched two days in a row. Cordero now has 4 blown saves, and three of them were when working three straight days.

Also, in the 'lets bash Dusty' mode, I wondered even last night why Dusty didn't rest Cordero with a three run lead in the 9th.

[Kc61]

Hairston with his third hit of the night. I know, he's going to slump at some point, his baseball card says so, let's trade him, bench him, whatever. It can't continue.

Guy is playing great.

I wouldn't bunt with Bruce here. Turn him loose.

[mbgrayson]

Yet another former Red in the game. Lopez in to play 2nd. Belliard moves to 3rd and Boone to 1st.

Lopez was the pinch runner for Dmitri Young.

[Strikes Out Looking]

It's harder to have to warm up every night, and come in for high pressure situations. This is Coco's 6th outing since June 28th. That is a lot of pitches, when you count warming up every time.

In any event, Dusty should be learning nor to use homin one runs games when he has pitched two days in a row. Cordero now has 4 blown saves, and three of them were when working three straight days.

Also, in the 'lets bash Dusty' mode, I wondered even last night why Dusty didn't rest Cordero with a three run lead in the 9th.

Because a certain owner is in the win now mode.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Hairston 14th stolen base.

[Tom Servo]

Hairston!

[Reds Fanatic]

Hairston steals 2nd. His 14th steal of the year.

[Reds Fanatic]

Bruce strikes out swinging on a pitch in the dirt. 1 out.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Boy, Bruce is a sucker for those balls in the dirt. That's not good.

[Tom Servo]

End it, Junior.


Boo intentional pass.

[Reds Fanatic]

Intentional walk to Junior. 1st and 2nd.

[Reds Fanatic]

Pitching change.

[Kc61]

Let's just make believe Bruce got the bunt down. Same situation. Now Acta will make a pitching change as the tension builds.

[Reds Fanatic]

Luis Ayala in to pitch.

[_Sir_Charles_]

I'm still baffled by that attempted bunt by Bruce. He's NEVER done it successfully. Unless Dusty has seen him do it well a BUNCH in batting practice...that's not the right call. You don't work on things at that stage of the game.

But that being said...Bruce and Votto SHOULD know how to bunt well. Period.

[Tom Servo]

BP!

[Reds Fanatic]

Phillips singles to left. Throw home goes past the catcher. Reds win 3-2!!! :beerme: Reds 3rd win in a row and they will go for the sweep tomorrow. Tonight's win moves the Reds up to 4th place.

[_Sir_Charles_]

PHILLIPS!!! And this one belongs to the Reds!

[Kc61]

Hairston would have been out by a mile at home if not for the Nats miscue on the throw home.

Phillips is playing great baseball in recent weeks.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Boy did I ever get home at the right time. :D

Shame Josh didn't get the W. Cordero certainly didn't deserve it.

[mbgrayson]

Phillips is 'clutch' again tonight.

But don't overlook the part played by Jerry Hairston Jr. He was 3 for 4, and scored two of the Reds three runs.

They have shown a cool graphic on TV the last few games; Hairston is darn near leading the league in OBP for a lead-off hitter. That is why the Reds are SO much better when he plays. His OBP is double what Patterson's was in the #1 hole. Lineups DO matter....

[Tony Cloninger]

I think hairston hurt himself....and I do not think he should have been sent....the ball got to the OF fast and he seemed to be playing or got a great jump.

I don't know if that's extreme confidence in JH speed...or lack of confidence in AD ability to bring in one run.

[redsrule2500]

Well that was fun! Probably one of the most enjoyable games all year, IMO!

[redsrule2500]

Phillips is 'clutch' again tonight.

But don't overlook the part played by Jerry Hairston Jr. He was 3 for 4, and scored two of the Reds three runs.

They have shown a cool graphic on TV the last few games; Hairston is darn near leading the league in OBP for a lead-off hitter. That is why the Reds are SO much better when he plays. His OBP is double what Patterson's was in the #1 hole. Lineups DO matter....

Please mail this to Dusty.

[WVRedsFan]

Wouldn't it be nice to play Washington every day? :)

It's still a concern to me that we continue to not score runs. Many will say we scored enough to win, but we are facing what is close to the worst pitching staff in the National League and we still struggle.

Oh well, a win is a win.

[kaldaniels]

I know I know ifs and buts don't count.

BUT...if the Reds had just 2 more wins, the only teams in the NL with more wins than them would be the Phils,Cubs,Cards,and Brew. Just a thought as I looked at the standings tonight.

[redsrule2500]

8.0 games back of wild card!!