3/24/10 Giants @ Reds

[SirFelixCat]

Giants:

Rowand, 8
Renteria, 6
Big Panda, 5
Huff, 3
DeRosa, 7
Uribe, 4
Schierholtz, 9
Whiteside, 2
Sanchez, 1

Reds:

Dickerson, 8
O-Cab, 6
Votto, 3
BP, 4
Rolen, 5
Bruce, 9
Vlad the Impaler, 7
Hanigan, 2
Homer, 1

Channel 184 on XM radio (no TV).

[membengal]

Also on WLW and mlb.com audio.

[SirFelixCat]

I missed what happened in the first for the Giants, but it's 1-0 Giants. 3 hits, no K's, no BB's.

Dickerson w/ a lead off double (either a single and a SB, or a double), O-Cab flied out, then w/ Votto up, Dickerson easily stole 3B. 1 out.

Votto up.

[SirFelixCat]

Votto w/ a soft grounder to 2B and they only have a play @ 1B and Dickerson scores. 1-1!

[SirFelixCat]

BP grounds out, 6-3.

Thru 1, 1-1!

[SirFelixCat]

BTW, someone will have to take over in 25 mins. I got the pbp til then.

[SirFelixCat]

Uribe w/ a can of corn. F-8. 1 down. Schierholtz up.

[SirFelixCat]

Hard hit ball, but Dickerson makes the routine play. Bailey pitching well and 'pitching' well, per Marty & Cowboy. 2 down.

[SirFelixCat]

After a full-count walk to Whiteside, he gets an easy combacker to the mound to end the threat. Thru. 1.5, 1-1.

Rolen, Bruce, Vlad due up.

[SirFelixCat]

Rolen walks.

[SirFelixCat]

A long out to RCF for Bruce. Bah. 1 out.

[membengal]

In the SF first, I missed how Rowand got on, but the others hits were a dribbler between 1b and pitcher that Sandoval beat out. Hit real, real, REAL weak according to Marty and Joe. The run scored on a ball from Huff that was blooped just over 3b and hit chalk. Balentin threw Huff out as he tried to stretch it into a double.

That was how the run scored. The two hits I heard were not rockets, far from it.

[membengal]

A long out to RCF for Bruce. Bah. 1 out.

That long out was Balentin. Bruce had Kd.

[SirFelixCat]

My XM was cutting out (had to reposition my antenna). My bad. You'll have to take over now, though. Errands beckon.

[membengal]

I can't take over. Heading to my first baseball practice as a coach. Of 7-8 year olds. My son is 8 and has not played since he was 5. This should be interesting.

[HeatherC1212]

Reds are up 2-1 in the fourth inning (I think) after another Joey RBI ground out. I can't do any PBP since I have to head home from work but I figured I would update the score since I just looked at it. :D

[TheNext44]

Third inning run:

A walk
single by Dickerson
bunt by Cabrera
4-3 with RBI by Votto

Cowboy and Thom discuss at length the benefit of manufacturing runs.

[TheNext44]

Rolen leads of 4th with a single

Reds have had leadoff hitter on in every inning

[TheNext44]

Balentien doubles Rolen in

3-1 Reds

[TheNext44]

Hanigan lines into DP 5-4

Reds 3-1 end of 4

[MississippiRed]

Very nice work from Homer today. 5 innings, 1 run (on a couple of "cheap" hits, according to Brantley). Good job, Homer!

[TheNext44]

easy final inning for Bailey

5 innings 1 run 3 hits 1 BB 0K

Bailey threw a lot of strikes and had the Giants swinging early and often.

[TheNext44]

Janish doubles

Making things interesting, although Cabrera has been solid this spring.

Stubbs PH for Dickerson K's

1 on 1 out

[TheNext44]

Votto flies out to DeRosa in Left.

end 5, 3-1 Reds

[TheNext44]

three up, three down, one K for donly blink or you're miss him, Rhodes.

Burks, Miles and Sutton one two three

End of 6

3-1 Reds

[TheNext44]

Not sure what happened in the top of the seventh, but CoCo gave up a hit, a, unearned run, a Miles error and finished with a K

3-1 Reds going into the bottom of the 7th

[Kc61]

3-2 Reds through 7.

[TheNext44]

3-2 Reds through 7.

Thanks for the correction. my bad.

[TheNext44]

Burton pitching

great play by Janish 5-3
pop up to Miller
HR by Renteria on 1-2 count
Game tied 3-3

[Kc61]

Francisco hits against the lefty, Affeldt, and doubles. Then on an error, Francisco scores to give Reds a one run lead. Now Cairo is on third with one out.

Miles then doubles in an insurance run, 5-3.

Say what you want about Francisco, but since the middle of last year he has hit, hit, hit.

[TheNext44]

NM

[Homer Bailey]

Stubbs 2 run bomb. I think it's safe to pencil him in for 4/6.

[reds44]

Isn't Francisco kind of like Laynce Nix with higher upside?

[reds44]

Stubbs 2 run bomb. I think it's safe to pencil him in for 4/6.
Yeah, he's earned it.

[Spring~Fields]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

SAN FRANCISCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 3
CINCINNATI 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 x 10 10 1

SAN FRANCISCO AB R H BI CINCINNATI AB R H BI
A Rowand cf 3 1 1 0 C Dickerson cf 2 1 1 0
F Peguero cf-rf 1 0 0 0 D Stubbs ph-cf 3 1 1 2
E Renteria ss 4 1 1 1 O Cabrera ss 2 0 0 0
J Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 A Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
B Medders p 0 0 0 0 F Cordero p 0 0 0 0
P Sandoval 3b 3 0 1 0 J Burton p 0 0 0 0
D Biery 3b 1 0 0 0 J Francisco ph 1 1 1 0
A Huff 1b 3 0 1 1 L Nix ph 1 0 0 0
B Belt ph 1 0 1 0 D Herrera p 0 0 0 0
M DeRosa lf 3 1 1 0 J Votto 1b 2 0 0 2
J Guzman lf 1 0 0 0 M Cairo ph-1b 2 1 0 0
J Uribe 2b 3 0 0 0 B Phillips 2b 2 0 0 0
D Ford cf 1 0 1 0 C Burke 2b 2 0 0 0
N Schierholtz rf 3 0 0 0 S Rolen 3b 1 1 1 0
B Bond 2b 1 0 0 0 A Miles 3b 2 1 1 1
E Whiteside c 3 0 0 0 J Bruce rf 2 0 0 0
J Sanchez p 2 0 0 0 D Sutton rf 1 0 0 0
G Mota p 0 0 0 0 W Balentien lf 2 0 1 0
B Crawford ph-ss 1 0 0 0 J Gomes lf 2 1 0 0
R Hanigan c 2 0 0 0
C Miller c 2 1 2 1
H Bailey p 0 1 0 0
P Janish ph-ss 3 1 2 2
TOTALS 34 3 7 2 TOTALS 34 10 10 8

Reds Batting
2B: Balentien (2, Sanchez, J), Janish 2 (3, Sanchez, J, Medders),
Francisco, J (2, Affeldt), Miles (1, Affeldt), Miller, C (2, Medders).
HR: Stubbs (4, 8th inning off Medders, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Dickerson; Stubbs 4; Francisco, J 2; Rolen; Miles 2; Balentien 2;
Miller, C 3; Janish 4.
RBI: Votto 2 (5), Miles (2), Miller, C (3), Janish 2 (6), Stubbs 2 (8).
2-out RBI: Miller, C; Janish 2; Stubbs 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Phillips, B; Cairo.
S: Cabrera, O.

Reds Baserunning
SB: Dickerson 2 (4, 2nd base off Sanchez, J/Whiteside, 3rd base off Sanchez, J/Whiteside).

Reds Fielding
E: Miles (2, throw).
Outfield assists: Balentien (Huff, A at 2nd base).


IP H R ER BB SO HR
SAN FRANCISCO
J Sanchez 6 1-3 4 3 1 2 2 0
G Mota 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 0
J Affeldt (L,2-1) 1-3 2 3 1 0 0 0
B Medders 2-3 3 4 4 1 0 1

CINCINNATI
H Bailey 5 3 1 1 1 0 0
A Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
F Cordero 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
J Burton (W,3-0) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
D Herrera 1 2 0 0 0 1 0

Groundouts-flyouts:
Sanchez, J 6-8, Mota 1-0, Affeldt 1-0, Medders 1-1,
Bailey, H 6-7, Rhodes 2-0, Cordero 1-1, Burton 2-1, Herrera 1-1.

Batters faced:
Sanchez, J 25, Mota 3, Affeldt 4, Medders 6, Bailey, H 18,
Rhodes 3, Cordero 5, Burton 4, Herrera 5.





What Reds Are Doing The Best With Meaningless Stats This Spring?
BA OBP SLG OPS
Janish .333 .381 .722 1.103
Stubbs .294 .351 .706 1.057
Hanigan .353 .389 .647 1.036
Hernandez .313 .476 .500 .976
Gomes .278 .297 .667 .964
Bruce .313 .353 .594 .947
Dickerson .364 .400 .545 .945
Francisco .310 .355 .552 .907
Sutton .333 .429 .444 .873
Nix .250 .280 .583 .863
Balentien .286 .333 .500 .833
Rolen .250 .382 .429 .811
Burke .200 .357 .400 .757
Votto .182 .308 .303 .611
Cabrera .226 .286 .290 .576
Phillips .133 .278 .267 .544
Miles .063 .167 .063 .229
* Listed by OPS and do not include today’s game.
* Top six OBP highlighted in blue