Reds vs. Giants 3-10-11

[redsmetz]

Surprised there wasn't a thread started, but I thought I'd get one up.

End of two, Reds & Giants are scoreless. I'll find the line-up momemtarily

Reds:

Drew Stubbs cf
Brandon Phillips 2b
Joey Votto 1b
Scott Rolen 3b
Jonny Gomes lf
Jay Bruce rf
Ramon Hernandez c
Paul Janish ss
Juan Francisco DH

Bronson Arroyo P. Arroyo is scheduled for four, followed by Volquez for three and then Aroldis Chapman for two.

Here's the Giants line-up:

Torres, CF
Sanchez, 2B
Huff, DH
Ross, RF
Sandoval, 3B
Burrell, LF
DeRosa, SS
Belt, 1B
Whiteside, C

Bumgarner started as Pitcher, still in.

[redsmetz]

Torres just homered, 2-0 Giants. I have to double check and see what inning we're actually in right now.

Update: Sanchez just followed up with a dinger himself, 3-0 Giants.

[redsmetz]

Gameday doesn't seem to be working, so I can't bring things up to date on the earlier inning, but I believe it is Top of the 3rd.

[redsmetz]

Bronson's getting tatooed here right now, Huff homers, 3 in a row. 4-0 Giants. Ouch.

[redsmetz]

It is just spring training, but make sure I never start a thread in the regular season, folks.

[redsmetz]

Going to the middle of the inning, 4-0 Giants.

[redsmetz]

Hernandez, Janish & Francisco to start the inning

[redsmetz]

Working the count full, Hernandez K's, Janish up

[redsmetz]

Janish grounds out (sorry didn't here where), 2 down.

[redsmetz]

Francisco fouling them off, still a 2-2 count.

Swing & a miss, down on strikes, end of 3, 4-0 Big guys.

[redsmetz]

If I remember correctly, it should be Burrell, DeRosa & Belt leading off the 4th.

[redsmetz]

Burrell shoots one off the wall, thrown out trying to stretch it into a double, Gomes to Phillips.

Next ground out by DeRosa, Janish to Votto.

[redsmetz]

Belt grounds to Votto who shovels it to Bronson, 3 up, 3 down, still 4-zip, the other guys.

[redsmetz]

I've added the Giants line-up in the 1st message.

Stubbs, Phillips & Votto up here.

[redsmetz]

Stubbs down swing too, 5 K's for Bumgarner.

[757690]

It is just spring training, but make sure I never start a thread in the regular season, folks.

This is a good thing, Bronson's getting his homers out of the way in the spring ;)

Don't let this stop you from starting threads :thumbup:

[redsmetz]

Broken bat blooper for Brandon, first base runner for the Red dogs.

[redsmetz]

Brandon picked off, thrown out trying to complete the steal. Two down

[redsmetz]

This is a good thing, Bronson's getting his homers out of the way in the spring ;)

Don't let this stop you from starting threads :thumbup:

The thing with Spring Training is you never know what the guy's working on. Whatever it was, it needs some perfecting. :)

[redsmetz]

Joey called out on strikes, 6 K's for Bumgarner, facing only the minimum with BP being eliminated from the bases.

[redsmetz]

Volquez in pitching, Whiteside flies out to center on first pitch. I think some subs may be in as I overheard the PA announce Valaika, but I'll confirm.

Torres flies to Gomes, two down.

[redsmetz]

Sanchez battling Volquez to full count, walks on ball four. Burress? pinch running for Sanchez, probably will remain in the game.

"Va lake ia" in at 2nd according to Giants announcer.

Huff grounds to Valaika, three down. 4-0 Giants

[redsmetz]

Burress stays in game, Terry Evans now in Center and Santiago Casia pitching. Evans will bat 1st.

[redsmetz]

Rolen, Gomes & Bruce here in bottom of 5th.

[redsmetz]

Spelling corrections: Burriss @ 2nd, Casilla pitching for you kids keeping score at home.

Rollen one hops the wall, stand up double for a stand up guy. No Brucie on that or is that a Brucie?

Miguel "Speedy" Cairo into pinchrun for Scott, Gomes bounces to short, one away.

[redsmetz]

Jay "Brucie" Bruce strikes out, seven on the day for our beloved Reds.

[redsmetz]

Hernandez up now, grounds to short, end of 5 innings, still 4-0 Giants.

[redsmetz]

Ross, Sandoval & Burrell leading off, Volquez still pitching. Cairo remains at 3rd. Volquez is throwing strikes.

[redsmetz]

Ross pops out to Votto, almost collide, I think the announcer said.

[redsmetz]

Sorry, had a little power hiccup, last I heard was Sandoval had a ground rule double, I assume he scored as I see we're down 5-0. Actually, I see a pinch runner, Ford, scored.

[redsmetz]

I see Rohlinger is pinch running for Burrell, so that's how the run scored.

[redsmetz]

Belt K's, 5-0 Giants at the end of the 6th?

[redsmetz]

New pitcher for SF, Javier Lopez, 3B is Ryan Rohlinger, SS Mike Fontenot, 1B is Brad Eldred, Darren Ford is now in CF, Terry Evans moves from CF to RF, Thomas Neal (Neil) in LF.

Janish leading off, singles to CF, I believe

[redsmetz]

I'll be heading home at 5 p.m., so hopefully someone else can get the feed from the Giants and give the PBP.

[redsmetz]

Francisco K's, Heisey into bat, PH for Stubbs.

[redsmetz]

Heisey into a DP, 4-6-3, after 6, still 5-0, the other team.

[medford]

San Fran scored when the pinch runner stole 3rd, and there was an error on the Reds somehow. Not sure if it was a passed ball along w/ the stolen base, or the ball sailed into LF trying to nab him at 3rd.

[redsmetz]

San Fran scored when the pinch runner stole 3rd, and there was an error on the Reds somehow. Not sure if it was a passed ball along w/ the stolen base, or the ball sailed into LF trying to nab him at 3rd.

Thanks, Medford. Crazy reboot on the computer. Volquez should pitch one more inning.

Changes: Frazier at 1B , Heisey remains in game in CF, Hermida in LF. Renteria in at SS, not sure who the RF'er is and I thought I heard a change at catcher.

[redsmetz]

Looks like Fred Lewis is in RF, Hernandez still catching.

[redsmetz]

BTW, Whiteside reached base on a HBP, moves to second either on a straight steal or moving on catcher juggling ball.

[redsmetz]

Burriss singles, Whiteside scores, 6-0. Dusty coming to mound for Volquez.

[redsmetz]

Argh, I'm trying to work while I do this and kept inputting a number at a carrier's website and it kept saying it couldn't find the document. I finally realized it was the wrong carrier. Sheesh.

[redsmetz]

Horst in to pitch for us, Mez catching.

[redsmetz]

Batter (forgot who) flies to deep right, runner advances. Sorry, folks, I'm multi-tasking and I've lost track of the changes (Culberson flied out, Burris advanced to 2nd).

[redsmetz]

End of 7, 6-0 Giants - sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame, but I have to run. Gameday is now working.

[757690]

Chapman in to pitch.
Gives up single, then what Giants announcers called a misplay on flyable to left by Hermedia, scoring the first batter.
Next hitter advances the runner to third with a ground out to Valaika at second

[757690]

K
6-3
To end the inning.

Giants 7-0

[757690]

K
3 pop up
K

Giants 7-0

Chapman line

2IP 2H 1R 0BB 3K

[757690]

Valaika grounds to 2B, wild throw, Valaika on second
Frazier moves Valaika to third with a ground out to SS
Cairo HPB
Hermedia up first and third, one out

[757690]

Hermedia k looking
Up to Lewis to prevent the shutout
6-3

Final Giants 7-0


A big thanks to Redsmetz. :)

[redsmetz]

Hermedia k looking
Up to Lewis to prevent the shutout
6-3

Final Giants 7-0


A big thanks to Redsmetz. :)

Not a problem. Very strange that a thread hadn't been started and then that power outage and getting our brains beat out. Good thing this one didn't count.

[Homer Bailey]

Thanks Joe and 757690 for the updates. 3 weeks from today we will be one game into the season.

[Ron Madden]

Here's the Boxscore from mlb.com.

http://reds.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_03_10_sfnmlb_cinmlb_1