3/6/11 Reds vs Cubs

[_Sir_Charles_]

per Fay:


Reds lineup vs. Cubs (3:05 p.m. start, on WLW):

Edgar Renteria 2b
Paul Janish ss
Fred Lewis lf
Juan Francisco 3b
Yonder Alonso 1b
Chris Heisey rf
Ramon Hernandez c
Dave Sappelt cf
Devin Mesoraco dh

Johnny Cueto p

This is the second time Renteria has played second.

Todd Wellemeyer starting for the little bears.

[Redsfan320]

I'll do some pbp for this one, although it may not be until the 2nd or 3rd inning.

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DeWitt 4
Castro 6
Colvin 0
Soriano 7
Pena 3
Smith 5
Jackson 8
Hill 2
Adduci 9

Wellemeyer 1

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We are go
DeWitt up

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4-3
1 out
Castro up

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6-3
2 out
Colvin up

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Fo5
3 out
Top of 1st over
Renteria up

0-0, tie

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1B
Runner on 1st
0 out
Janish up

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1B
1B->3B/ Renteria
Runners on 1st and 3rd
0 out
Lewis up

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[_Sir_Charles_]

1st to 3rd, it's what we do. Apparently Renteria got the memo. :O)

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Jackson

Soriano Adduci

Castro DeWitt

Smith Wellemeyer Pena

Hill Colvin

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BB
1B->2B/ Janish
Bases loaded
0 out
Francisco up

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[_Sir_Charles_]

I know we scored, but I hate that approach from Francisco. Wellemeyer is all over the place and he's up there hacking. Swung & missed on the first 2, then a sac fly. Now Alonso's swinging on the first pitch too. Frustrating.

[Redsfan320]

SF9, RBI
3B->H, R/ Renteria
2B->3B/ Janish
Runners on 1st and 3rd
1 out
Alonso up

SCORE CHANGE: 1-0, Reds

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2 out
Runners on 1st and 3rd
2 out
Heisey up

CS 2-4 (2)/ Lewis
3 out
Bottom of 1st over
Soriano up

1-0, Reds

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6-3
1 out
Pena up

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[_Sir_Charles_]

Renteria with a nice snag at the unfamiliar 2B.

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4-3/ Thom calling the play "Brandon Phillips stuff"
2 out
Smith up

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1B
Runner on 1st
2 out
Jackson up

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BB
1B->2B/ Smith
Runners on 1st and 2nd
2 out
Hill up

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[_Sir_Charles_]

First walk by a Reds starter in 11 innings. First one from the entire staff in 24 innings.

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7
3 out
Top of 2nd over
Heisey up

1-0, Reds

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[WebScorpion]

Who is on the radio with Thom?

[_Sir_Charles_]

Who is on the radio with Thom?
Kelch I believe

Yep, Jim Kelch.

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Ks
1 out
Hernandez up

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[WebScorpion]

Kelch I believe

Yep, Jim Kelch.
Thanks! He makes me miss the cowboy... ;)

"..hoping they're gonna be the Reds of last year this year." ugh.

[_Sir_Charles_]

He can be dry, but I absolutely love his knowledge of the Reds minor league guys. He was the Bat's main announcer IIRC.

[Redsfan320]

Good question posed by Jim: When is the 1st round of cuts coming?

9
2 out
Sappelt up

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[_Sir_Charles_]

Dave "hitting machine" Sappelt. Nice

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1B
Runner on 1st
2 out
Mesoraco up

Sapp have any chance of making the team if he keeps this up?

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[_Sir_Charles_]

Bench's thoughts on Grandal & Mesoraco apparently glowing. Nice to hear.

[WebScorpion]

Dave "hitting machine" Sappelt. Nice
You know, as I listen I think it's more that he and Thom's voices are so similar I miss the distinctive difference between the cowboy and one of the others. It's reminiscent of Joe, I guess. :(

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Ks
3 out
Bottom of 2nd over
Adduci up

1-0, Reds

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And my pbp is done. I have dumplings to eat. Mmm, dumplings.

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[_Sir_Charles_]

Thom's spot on regarding Cueto. He's VERY pitch efficient thus far this spring. If he continues that it'll be a HUGE lift to the club IMO.

[_Sir_Charles_]

3 pitch K to Adduci
1 pitch ground out to Yonder from DeWitt
Castro pops up to Yonder.

3 ip, 1 hit, 0 r, 1 bb, 1 k

[_Sir_Charles_]

Coco warming. Herrera, Burton, Fisher, Thompson & Joseph expected today.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Renteria, Janish, Lewis due up. New pitcher for Cubs......Coleman.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Renteria flairs a single to RF. 2 for 2.
Janish with another single to CF. 2 for 2. Edgar to third.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Lewis K's. 1 down.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Francisco doubles down the line. GRD. Both runners score. 3-0 Redlegs.

Edit....Janish sent back to 3rd. 2-0 reds.

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Sent Janish back! I knew it! I HATE the GRD rule! Use logic! Case-by-case basis!

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[_Sir_Charles_]

Just more RBI opportunities for Yonder now. :O)

[_Sir_Charles_]

BB to Yonder. Bases jacked with 1 down for Hi-C.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Single to center from Heisey, 2 runs score. They're not taking THAT one back. :O) 4-0 Redlegs.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Razor up, 2 down, 1 man on.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Sorry, I missed that Yonder was out on the throw to third during Heisey's single. 2 outs.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Ramon K's on a foul tip to end the inning. But the Reds play add on. 4-0 good guys.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Cordero on the bump. Surprised by this...Coco's #2 on the active save leader list. Behind Rivera.

Colvin lines out to Sappelt in center
Soriano K's on a checked swing
Pena K's swinging.

Solid inning from Coco.

[WebScorpion]

I want to see these guys play so badly, I just paid for MLB.TV. Oh, I've got it bad... Ugh. Yay!!! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-confused010.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)

Now for the really funny part... the game is not on MLB.TV today!! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-angry017.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bottom of 4th. 4-0 Reds.

Sappelt (1-1) Grounds out to Castro
Mesoraco (0-1) Grounds out to Castro...again.
Renteria (2-2) Line shot but right at the RF'er. 3 down.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Top of 5th. 4-0 Reds

Pitching: Burton

Smith (1-1) High pop out to Lewis
Jackson (0-0) Fly out to Lewis
Hill (0-1) You'll never guess. Fly out to Lewis. :O)

Nice 1-2-3 for Jared.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bottom of 5th. 4-0 Reds

Pitching: Trey McNutt (#3 prospect for Cubbies)

Janish (2-2) pinch hitter: COZART! DINGER! :jump:
Lewis (0-1) pinch hitter: Hermida k's looking.
Francisco (1-1) pinch hitter: Cairo walks
Alonso (0-0) pinch hitting: Frazier k's
Heisey (1-2) pinch hitting: Dorn double to LF. Cairo scores. 6-0 Redlegs!
Hernandez (0-2) pinch hitter: Denove. Wild pitch, Dorn to 3rd. Denove walks.
Sappelt (1-2) pinch hitter: Felix Perez walks

pitching change...this is F.U.N.! :O)
Scott Rice pitching

Mesoraco (0-2) pinch hitter: Hanigan up with bases loaded, 2 outs...single to center. 2 more plated! 8-0 Redlegs!
Renteria (2-3) pinch hitter: Valaika grounds out to short to end the inning.

Well, that was fun. *grin*

[WebScorpion]

Zach attack!! Cozart goes deep! :beerme:

[WebScorpion]

nm.

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Our second string is waaaay better than the Cubs second string. ;)

[_Sir_Charles_]

Our second string is waaaay better than the Cubs second string. ;)

No doubt.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Top of 6th: 8-0 Louisville Bats :O)

Pitching: Herrera

LF: Hermida ... uh-oh. Could be an adventure out there.
CF: Perez
RF: Dorn
3B: Cairo
SS: Cozart
2B: Valaika
1B: Frazier
C: Denove

[_Sir_Charles_]

Adduci grounds out to Valaika. 1 down.
DeWitt grounds out to Cozart. 2 down.
Castro grounds out to Cairo. 13 in a row sat down. 8-0 it remains.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bottom of 6th: 8-0 Reds

Pitching: Rice

Cozart (1-1) lead off walk
Hermida (0-1) B2B BB. Here we go again! :O)
Cairo (0-0) wild pitch, both runners advance...B2B2B BB. That's a lot of B's. Bases jacked.
Frazier (0-1) grounds into DP 6-4-3. Cozart scores. 9-0
Dorn (1-1) k's looking.

Bad ab's from Frazier & Dorn there. Rice couldn't find the plate and they both bail him out by swinging at garbage.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Top of 7th: 9-0 Reds

Pitching: Fisher

Colvin flies out to Hermida
Soriano K's swinging
Pena grounds out to Cozart.

This is a joy to listen to. 16 in a row sat down.

[_Sir_Charles_]

What a difference in philosophies. Every Red has been subbed for, thus far every Cub position player is still in there.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bottom of 7th, 9-0 Reds

Kyle Smit pitching
Camp replaces Soriano
Moore replaces Pena

Denove walks to keep today's theme going strong.
Perez singles to left.
Hanigan up. Wild pitch, both runners advance. Flies out to right. Both runners hold.
Valaika grounds out to short. wild throw from Castro but Moore digs it out. Denove scores. 10-0 Reds
Miguel Rojas up. K's swinging to end the inning.

[WebScorpion]

What a difference in philosophies. Every Red has been subbed for, thus far every Cub position player is still in there.
Cubs are playing split squad games today. I don't think they have as many players with them. ;)

[_Sir_Charles_]

Cubs are playing split squad games today. I don't think they have as many players with them. ;)

Good call. I forgot.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Top of 8th: 10-0 Reds.

Daryl Thompson on the mound
Rojas in at short

Smith walks to break the string.

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Cubs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 0 runs
Reds 11 hits, 9 walks, 10 runs

That'll do pig, that'll do.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Jackson goes deep....Hermida pulls it in at the wall. 1 down.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Hill sends Perez back to the wall. Thompson not fooling anybody. But 2 down none-the-less.

[WebScorpion]

Jackson goes deep....Hermida pulls it in at the wall. 1 down.
I wish I could have seen that...We could use a left fielder with a glove AND a bat. ;) Especially a lefty. :D

I just got MLB.TV today and I'm already complaining. :laugh:

[_Sir_Charles_]

Adduci smokes one too, but it also is pulled in by Hermida. 1 walk, 0 hits, but far from a good inning from thompson IMO. They had him dialed in.

[mth123]

I wish I could have seen that...We could use a left fielder with a glove AND a bat. ;) Especially a lefty. :D

I just got MLB.TV today and I'm already complaining. :laugh:

Unfortunately, neither Hermida or Lewis is much of an upgrade from Gomes. Lewis is probably the best of the three defensively, but he's below average IMO.

[_Sir_Charles_]

I wish I could have seen that...We could use a left fielder with a glove AND a bat. ;) Especially a lefty. :D

I just got MLB.TV today and I'm already complaining. :laugh:

Thom & Jim both said he played it badly but managed to make the catch. I'm assuming they mean his route. From the sounds of the announcers and the comments from Dusty, Hermida would be more of a liability defensively out there in left than Gomes would be.

[_Sir_Charles_]

LaMarre hitting for Hermida...promptly K's on 4 pitches.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Cairo singles to left

[Quatitos]

Thom & Jim both said he played it badly but managed to make the catch. I'm assuming they mean his route. From the sounds of the announcers and the comments from Dusty, Hermida would be more of a liability defensively out there in left than Gomes would be.

I think it is mostly from him never really playing left much before, so he's not used to how the ball comes off the bat. Even with that his range would be better than Gomes and as he got used to playing in left field the routes would get better.

[_Sir_Charles_]

I think it is mostly from him never really playing left much before, so he's not used to how the ball comes off the bat. Even with that his range would be better than Gomes and as he got used to playing in left field the routes would get better.

Absolutely. That's what I meant by it. And I don't know if he'll get enough playing time to improve much by opening day.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Frazier k's
Dorn k's to end the inning.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Joseph in for the 9th. 10-0 Redlegs

LaMarre in right
Dorn over to left (Hermida out)

DeWitt pops out to Denove in foul ground
Castro singles past Valaika
Colvin K's swinging
Camp walks
Moore K!

And this one belongs to the reds!

[Quatitos]

Absolutely. That's what I meant by it. And I don't know if he'll get enough playing time to improve much by opening day.

I could see him starting in AAA and if he gets going good bringing him after a month or two, kind of like how Gomes was handled in 2009. Getting everyday playing time would allow him to get some improvement on his routes. Although I don't know if there would be any room for him in AAA to get playing time in LF.

[WebScorpion]

...and this one belongs to the Reds! :thumbup:

(they didn't say it, but what the heck) ;)

[_Sir_Charles_]

I could see him starting in AAA and if he gets going good bringing him after a month or two, kind of like how Gomes was handled in 2009. Getting everyday playing time would allow him to get some improvement on his routes. Although I don't know if there would be any room for him in AAA to get playing time in LF.

Well, that's the thing. We've got Frazier, Francisco & Alonso too. All 3 have been tagged for LF at one time or another and all 3 STILL have no set position that I can see. This is the season IMO that we settle those 3 bats down into a regular fielding position. This merry go round needs to stop with these 3. If Hermida doesn't make the big club...I think we'd be better served to cut him loose.

[WebScorpion]

I could see him starting in AAA and if he gets going good bringing him after a month or two, kind of like how Gomes was handled in 2009. Getting everyday playing time would allow him to get some improvement on his routes. Although I don't know if there would be any room for him in AAA to get playing time in LF.
Maybe they could send him to AA and let Alonso play at AAA every day. :thumbup: That way we could have two hitters polishing their left field skills for the second half. :D

[_Sir_Charles_]

Maybe they could send him to AA and let Alonso play at AAA every day. :thumbup: That way we could have two hitters polishing their left field skills for the second half. :D

Now THAT'S a possibility, but one I don't think Hermida will take a liking to.

[Ron Madden]

Here's John Fays recap of the game.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2011/03/06/reds-10-cubs-0/

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What dooo you know- Reds win!

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