6/25/09 Reds vs Jays

[Red in Chicago]

Can someone please post lineups.

[klw]

Willy Taveras 8
Jerry Hairston Jr. 5
Brandon Phillips 4
Joey Votto 3
Jonny Gomes DH
Ramon Hernandez 2
Jay Bruce 9
Paul Janish 6
Chris Dickerson 7


Johnny Cueto 1

vs. LH Brett Cecil

It's the first time Votto has hit fourth this year; he hit there 18 times last year.

[GAC]

Cincinnati
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
W. Taveras cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
J. Hairston Jr. 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
B. Phillips 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
J. Votto 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
J. Gomes dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .340
R. Hernandez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
J. Bruce rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213
P. Janish ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
C. Dickerson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Toronto
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
M. Scutaro ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
A. Hill 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
V. Wells cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
S. Rolen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .330
A. Lind lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
A. Rios rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
L. Overbay 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
R. Barajas c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
R. Adams dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375

[GAC]

chat is open

[reds44]

Joey Votto, man.

1-0

[WVRedsFan]

Votto comes through and drives in Taveras for a 1-0 lead.

[reds44]

Gomes can mash.

2-0.

[WVRedsFan]

Hernandez' time at first seems to have ruined his hitting. Anyway, the two .300 hitters come through.

[VR]

A win tonight would give a bit of life....as StL, Mil, and Chi have all lost today.

[WVRedsFan]

Bruce - 2 run double. 4-0.

[VR]

Bruce - 2 run double. 4-0.

to left no less.....good for him.

[reds44]

Well that was a nice first inning.

[Homer Bailey]

Bruce goes to the opposite field! See how well that worked kid!:D

[GAC]

Man! That was nice to see.... Bruce going with the pitch to LF.

[Chip R]

Boy, I was wrong. I thought this offense was as dead as Michael Jackson.


Too soon?

[reds44]

Boy, I was wrong. I thought this offense was as dead as Michael Jackson.


Too soon?
JESUS lol

meanwhile, Cueto is having issues.

[Kc61]

Yes.

Jays get a homer and a single. Cueto has slipped a bit lately, hope he gets on track.

Mr. Gomes is one of the few Reds who can hit. Impressive.

[WVRedsFan]

Boy, I was wrong. I thought this offense was as dead as Michael Jackson.


Too soon?

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then.

Cueto hit hard -- must be the park.

[traderumor]

Wire to Dick Pole:

If your pitchers throw the ball down the middle, the other team hits it hard. Pass along to Bronson and Johnny.

[GAC]

Boy, I was wrong. I thought this offense was as dead as Michael Jackson.


Too soon?

God will get you for that Arthur!

Chat is open

[Red in Chicago]

chat is open


God will get you for that Arthur!

Chat is open

GAC, I was wondering if chat was open;)

[traderumor]

Well, looks like Pole got my wire. Now we'll see if Johnny executes.

[Chip R]

GAC is a chat pimp. :pimp:

[Homer Bailey]

Are people starting to see what I've been saying about Alex Rios? (please don't be a jinx for later)

[Homer Bailey]

Cueto's velocity appears to be down a bit

[Big Klu]

Cueto's velocity appears to be down a bit

It's the metric system.

[Chip R]

It's the metric system.


Or the exchange rate.

[reds44]

Votto is just a beast.

5-1

[GAC]

GAC is a chat pimp. :pimp:

I don't charge for advertising and marketing either :p:

[Homer Bailey]

I guess FSN's gun is off as they have him around 88 and Pitch FX has him at 94. So maybe it is the metric system.

[Heath]

I'm guessing Cueto's in the Late June/Early July Dead Arm Half Season Syndrome.

He just has to pitch through it.

[Big Klu]

Jay, LF is your friend.

[Falls City Beer]

I'm guessing Cueto's in the Late June/Early July Dead Arm Half Season Syndrome.

He just has to pitch through it.

He's still pumping in 93 MPH with regularity. Not at all worried about him.

[reds44]

What a play by Janish.

[reds44]

And Cueto beans Lind in the rear....

[Homer Bailey]

That alone is why Janish should play every single day.

[Homer Bailey]

SAY NO TO RIOS!

(He GIDP'D)

[WVRedsFan]

Remember when all of RedsZone wanted Rolen on the Reds?

[Homer Bailey]

I feel like we've been seeing 2008 Johnny Cueto for the past 2 weeks.

[WVRedsFan]

We're dead. No Reds pitcher is pitching well these days.

[CTA513]

Cueto has blown 5 run leads in back to back games.

[Falls City Beer]

I feel like we've been seeing 2008 Johnny Cueto for the past 2 weeks.

At his height and with his propensity for the HR, it's pretty unlikely that he's going to put up sub-3.00 numbers for a whole season.

Overall the pitching was just begging for a correction. I can't see this team finishing with anything but average pitching in the NL.

[dsmith421]

Marco Scutaro is putting together a wonderful career year this season. Leading the AL in runs and walks (!), nearly .400 OPS, and his trademark stirling defense. Ought to be an All-Star.

[VR]

Johnny stuff still there, but once again he's shook up in the cabeza

[Homer Bailey]

Rolen is just sick.

[VR]

Scott Rolen is a super freak.

[BCubb2003]

Johnny stuff still there, but once again he's shook up in the cabeza

The Reds need a cabeza coach.

[Homer Bailey]

Rios just loves proving me right.

[WVRedsFan]

Rolen is the epitome of what a good ball player is. While we covet the Ecarnacions and Gonzalezes of the world, it's the Scot Rolens who play championship ball.

[Blitz Dorsey]

I swear George Grande has a crush on Scott Rolen. I cannot wait until Grande is no longer an announcer for the Reds. His love for the Cardinals and anyone ever associated with them is too much. Why not go announce for St. Louis, George? Oh, they don't want you?

[WVRedsFan]

I swear George Grande has a crush on Scott Rolen. I cannot wait until Grande is no longer an announcer for the Reds.

Former Cardinal. Figures.

[WVRedsFan]

Votomatic! HR gives Reds 6-5 lead.

[reds44]

HE IS JUST A MAN.

Lead.

[Bob Borkowski]

Votto is back!

[BCubb2003]

Joey Votto is so good, you can only wait for the heartbreaking crash to reality. Josh Hamilton good. First week of Jay Bruce good. One night of Deion Sanders good.

[Homer Bailey]

"He turns this place into his home park"

Sweet comment George.

[Bob Borkowski]

We are in the top of the 7th by the way.

[Bob Borkowski]

6-5 Reds going to the bottom of 7.

[Blitz Dorsey]

"He turns this place into his home park"

Sweet comment George.

If Votto was an ex-Cardinal, George would have came up with something even better than that.

[Raisor]

Votto is back!


Hey..

I'm not a lumberjack, or a furtrader,
and I don't live in an igloo, eat blubber, or own a dogsled,
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally, or Susie from Canada,
although I'm sure they're really really nice.

I have a Prime Minister, not a President.
I speak English and French, not American,
and I pronounce it about, not aboot
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack;
I believe in peacekeeping, not policing;
and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal

a tuque is a hat,
a chesterfield is a couch,
and it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed!

Canada is the second largest land-mass,
the first nation of hockey,
and the best part of North America!

MY NAME IS JOE(y Votto), AND I AM CANADIAN!

Thank you.

[alloverjr]

Busy night on here I see. Dis anyone hear why Votto was dropped and why Hanigan didn't start again? I have my suspicions but just wondered if Dusty or the announcers touched on either.

[Falls City Beer]

http://slam.canoe.ca/WrestlingImagesR/rhodes_dusty.jpg

[Bob Borkowski]

6-5 after 7.


Masset is back!

[Homer Bailey]

Janish. Again proving he needs to play everyday.

[VR]

Janish with a nice rip to LC for a double
Dickerson ground out/ PJ to 3rd

[VR]

Havoc!

7-5 Reds

[VR]

Havoc!

WT steals 2nd, no throw.

[Bob Borkowski]

3 hits for Taveras.

[VR]

Havoc!

WT to 3rd on a WP

[Bob Borkowski]

Havoc!

WT to 3rd on a WP

Another squeeze? Brantley asks.

[RedsManRick]

Baker might just have had a bit of a joygasm with that run of events. Who needs plate discipline and power when you can string together a dozen unlikely events with speed and guile?

[VR]

Hairston K's on a very nice pitch from Brandon League

[Bob Borkowski]

Middle of the 8th...Reds 7 Jays 5.

[VR]

BP ground to short....to the bottom of the 8th.

[BCubb2003]

It seems like the Reds went decades without a squeeze, before doing them now quite often.

[VR]

Another squeeze? Brantley asks.

I would have on 3-1 count.

Welsh/Grande inform us that Hairston is 'a much more dangerous hitter'

[Bob Borkowski]

It seems like the Reds went decades without a squeeze, before doing them now quite often.

The Big Red Machine didn't need no stinkin' squeeze! :cool:

[Raisor]

Havoc!



A really bad Anne Hathaway movie.

[Falls City Beer]

http://slam.canoe.ca/WrestlingImagesR/rhodes_dusty.jpg

[reds44]

A really bad Anne Hathaway movie.
Parts of it were good.....

[VR]

Weathers proves his mettle with a scoreless/ ho-hum 8th against the heart of the Jays order.

[Bob Borkowski]

Stormy did good. On to the top of the 9th.

[Bob Borkowski]

Votto Ks...the first time he went out tonite.

[VR]

that strike 2 to Joey was 6 inches outside. The ump missed one 6 inches on the other side of the plate earlier vs. Taveras.(?)

[VR]

Rolen and Scutaro will have to flip a coin for play of the day. That was crazy good.

[VR]

Big confidence builder for Jay if he can get a hit here

[VR]

Good ab for Jay....hit some balls hard, laid off poor pitches.

Result of a k wasn't too bad...that pitch was outside again, and should have been ball 4. Barajas doing a great job of bringing the glove back in the zone....but that wasn't near the black.

[Bob Borkowski]

Bruce Ks looking.

[Homer Bailey]

Does anyone get the outside pitch called a strike more than Jay Bruce does?

[Raisor]

that strike 2 to Joey was 6 inches outside. The ump missed one 6 inches on the other side of the plate earlier vs. Taveras.(?)

evens out, right?

[VR]

Overbay's ball 2 was strike 3 on Bruce. No likey.

He ends up being the obligatory walk for Cordero.

[VR]

evens out, right?

precisely!

[VR]

Barajas flies out...2 down.

[VR]

Cordero gets out #3 on an Adams liner. Reds win. Reds win.

Pick up a game on the division leaders.....save some face. EE, get your butt back up to the bigs, please.

[membengal]

Winner winner Votto dinner.

Nice to have him back. The team is just so much more fun to watch with Votto in the line-up.

[Homer Bailey]

A game that could not have been won with out Mr. Votto.

[DoogMinAmo]

http://slam.canoe.ca/WrestlingImagesR/rhodes_dusty.jpg

Hamilton County Auditor?

[Bob Borkowski]

Busy night on here I see. Dis anyone hear why Votto was dropped and why Hanigan didn't start again? I have my suspicions but just wondered if Dusty or the announcers touched on either.

Please share your suspicions with us.

I heard no comment from the Duster or the announcers.

[Tom Servo]

http://slam.canoe.ca/wrestlingimagesr/rhodes_dusty.jpg
the reds be clubberin'!

[klw]

Votto Ks....

Bust! Send him to Louisville, Bring up Bankston.

[traderumor]

The Reds have so far been able to limit losing streaks to 4 games. The only problem is that there have been two of those in the last couple of weeks. Hopefully last night was not just blind squirrel but the start of some production.

[Raisor]

the reds be clubberin'!

"Oh Tony! They be clubberin that poor man right there, if you will".

[Big Klu]

I've wined and dined with kings and queens, and I've lived in alleys eatin' pork and beans, if you will.

[Falls City Beer]

Pictures of Dusty Rhodes circa 1990 are like non-medicinal Prozac.