Fresh Fish@ Redlegs 4-29

[CarolinaRedleg]

Get your Red hot lineup right here...

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[traderumor]

Maybe Hermida comes out of slump against former team?

[CTA513]

Vazquez vs the Reds (from espn.com)

Cairo: 2 for 9
Renteria: 13 for 33 with 3 doubles, 1 triple and 7 rbis
Hernandez: 6 for 24 with 2 doubles, 1 hr and 2 rbis
Phillips: 0 for 5
Gomes: 1 for 8 with 1 double and 1 rbi
Hermdia: 4 for 12 with 1 double, 1 hr and 1 rbi
Votto: 2 for 3 with 1 rbi
Hanigan: 2 for 3
Bruce: 1 for 6 with 1 hr and 1 rbi

[reds44]

lol.

[medford]

Interesting. Considerring who the Fish have going the next two nights, this would be a pretty big win if the Reds want to win this series.

[edabbs44]

Hermida 4-12 with a bomb vs Javy career wise. I guess that's the reason?

Even I am struggling at this point.

[fisch11]

Hermida is due...:D

[LincolnparkRed]

Hermida is due...:D

To get a bus pass back to Louisville

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[edabbs44]

To get a bus pass back to Louisville

rimshot

What the hell is a rimshot?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_thhLPTkF7vc/S5_lmrK1MsI/AAAAAAAABDE/3edCbs9vUw8/s200/MrsBroflovski.jpg

[_Sir_Charles_]

Looks like Dusty's getting fed up with the reporters second guessing all his line-ups.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2011/04/29/baker-on-lineup-heisey/

He should probably avoid RZ gamethreads then. :O)

[_Sir_Charles_]

Travis needs to get a good start here tonight. 3 out of his last 4 have been kinda stinkers (1 was halfway decent). With Cueto & Homer coming back...his spot in the rotation may be on the line.

[kbrake]

Anyone else constantly have problems with the games in HD? I don't know if its FSO or my cable provider.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Leadoff triple from Bonifacio. Horrible play by Bruce. Bad route maybe or just badly misjudged.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Hard liner to Stubbs. Hard hit balls. 1-0 Marlins.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Whoa? Hanley batting .197 with ZERO dingers?!?

[CTA513]

Looks like Dusty's getting fed up with the reporters second guessing all his line-ups.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2011/04/29/baker-on-lineup-heisey/

He should probably avoid RZ gamethreads then. :O)

:runawaycry:

[edabbs44]

Leadoff triple from Bonifacio. Horrible play by Bruce. Bad route maybe or just badly misjudged.

Both. Jonny like.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Solid double down the line for Hanley. Wood looks horrible.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Good lord. BB. Who's the long man? Maloney's down at L'ville.

[CTA513]

Good lord. BB. Who's the long man? Maloney's down at L'ville.

Probably Fisher

[_Sir_Charles_]

Stanton flies out to Votto in foul ground for the 2nd out.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Buck...dinger. *sigh* 4-0 Fish.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Single to center for Helms. Price heading to the mound.

[CTA513]

Wood putting his name in the go to AAA hat for when Cueto and Bailey return.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Travis may be punching his ticket to Louisville here tonight.

[kbrake]

Everyone hitting the other way and he continues to pitch away. Buck nearly doubles so he comes back in the exact same spot.

[_Sir_Charles_]

He's also not changing speeds. Fastball after fastball for the most part. He's mixing up the location quite a bit...but come on.

[reds44]

I hope Travis enjoys Louisville this time of year.

[_Sir_Charles_]

The depressing part of this is the fact that the Marlins are a pretty piss-poor offensive club right now.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Walk #2. Boo-birds out.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Fisher warming.

[_Sir_Charles_]

I'm so tired of these 1st inning holes we're always having to dig out of. Just frustrating.

[_Sir_Charles_]

40 pitch first inning thus far.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Single up the middle from THE PITCHER! 5-0.

[_Sir_Charles_]

1st & 3rd, 2 outs, Bonifacio up again.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Grounder to Janish to end the inning. Well, that sucked. 5-0 Florida after a half inning.

[Big Klu]

Should have been out of this inning with no runs allowed (I think the Bonafacio triple should have been scored an E9), but Wood needed to suck it up and minimize the damage, which he failed to do.

[CTA513]

Fisher and Smith will get some work tonight. maybe even Janish. :D

[_Sir_Charles_]

I'm afraid to look it up, but I'd have to say its an absolute certainty that we lead the majors in 1st inning runs allowed. Heck, it wouldn't surprise me if we've doubled up the 2nd place team in that category.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Stubbs k's looking. Nice pitch. Huge bender.

[_Sir_Charles_]

BRUUUUUUUCE! :jump: 5-1

[mbgrayson]

After 1 inning, Marlins 5, Reds 1.

Wood at 46 pitches, 28 strikes.
Vazquez at 17 pitches, 11 strikes.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Somebody will need to take over the pbp....baby in lap making it VERY tough to type.

[mbgrayson]

Wood makes it through the 2nd with only a ground single up the middle. Middle 2nd, 5-1 Marlins.

[TeamBoone]

Maybe Hermida comes out of slump against former team?

Why is it that Heisey is getting hardly any playing time?

[kbrake]

Hermida K
Cairo weak fly out (I think)
Ramon ground out to 3rd.

5-1 fish.

[mbgrayson]

Reds 2nd:

Hermida Ks swinging.
Cairo flies out to shallow right.
Ramon grounds out to third.

After 2 inngings, Marlins 5, Reds 1.

Wood at 65 pitches, 39 strikes.
Vazquez at 28 pitches, 18 strikes.

[kbrake]

mbgrayson

Feel free to continue with the half inning summaries. Much better than mine haha.

[mbgrayson]

Marlins 3rd:

John Buck Ks looking.
Wes Helms flies out to Bruce in right.
Scott Cousins Ks on a check swing.

Mid 3rd: Marlins 5, Reds 1.

Wood at 83 pitches, 53 strikes.

[mbgrayson]

Reds 3rd:

Janish lines out to 3rd.
Wood flies out to left.
Stubbs flies out to the track in the right field corner.

After 3 innings: Marlins 5, Reds 1.

Wood at 83 pitches, 53 strikes.
Vazquez at 39 pitches, 26 strikes.

[edabbs44]

single JV, double bonafacio. 2nd and 3rd. brutal performance.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Wood is done. Fisher coming in.

[mbgrayson]

Marlins 4th:

Vazquez lines a single to right.
Bonafacio doubles into the right field corner.
Infante lines out to Hermida in left, Vazquez holds at 3rd.

Dusty has seen enough: Wood is done at 91 pitches, 57 strikes after 3 and 1/3 innings.

[_Sir_Charles_]

3.1 ip / 8 hits / 7 runs / 2 bb / 3 k's / 1 hr

:explode::barf::thumbdown::bang:

Solution....:alcohol:

[kbrake]

What a terrible outing. I'd say the odds of Mike Leake staying in the rotation once Bailey and Cueto come back just went up.

[mbgrayson]

Marlins 4th (Part 2):

Carlos Fisher in with 1 out, runners on 2nd and 3rd.
Hanley Ramirez hits a hard one hopper off Phillips glove into short center, both runners score. Scored a single.
Ramon guns out Hanley trying to steal 2nd.
Sanchez lines a single to center.
Stanton lines out to Bruce in right.

After 3 and a half, Marlins 7, Reds 1.

Fisher at 10 pitches, 7 strikes, and not fooling anyone.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Wood versus Pitt./Ariz./Flor.

11.2 ip / 23 h / 19 er / 5 bb / 10 k's

And that's against some Juggernaut offenses.

[muddie]

3.1 ip / 8 hits / 7 runs / 2 bb / 3 k's / 1 hr

:explode::barf::thumbdown::bang:

Solution....:alcohol:

I'm all about that solution.

[_Sir_Charles_]

back to back BB's. Bruce & Votto.

Say what you will about Jay, but he's starting to turn the corner due to actually seeing some decent pitches now. Very nice move by Dusty.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Hermida :jump: Finally off the schnied! First hit as a red...dinger. 7-4 fish

[mbgrayson]

Why would Dusty start Hermida over Heisey....hmmmm....

[Tornon]

Javy didn't like that that ball went out

[757690]

That hit by HamRam last inning was huge.

[757690]

Any know how good the Marlins bullpen is?

[Tornon]

That hit by HamRam last inning was huge.

Because you mean the Reds will only win by 2 now instead of by 4?

[mbgrayson]

Reds 4th:

Bruce walks
Votto Walks
Phillips pops out to Infante in shallow right.
Hermida hits a three run HR off Stanton's glove into the 1st row in right.
Cairo grounds out to 2nd.
Ramon Ks swinging.

After 4 innings, Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Fisher at 10 pitches, 7 strikes.
Vazquez at 61 pitches, 38 strikes.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Any know how good the Marlins bullpen is?

Have the Marlins even USED the bullpen this season? :O)

[_Sir_Charles_]

Solid 1-2-3 from Fisher

[mbgrayson]

Marlins 5th:

John Buck flies to deep right.
Wes Helms Ks swinging.
Scott Cousins grounds out to Phillips.

Middle of the 5th: Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Fisher at 23 pitches, 15 strikes.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Janish getting robbed tonight. 2 hard hit line outs to infielders.

[CTA513]

I guess Fisher isn't the long man tonight as Valaika is hitting for him.

[_Sir_Charles_]

I guess Fisher isn't the long man tonight as Valaika is hitting for him.

I don't know that Fisher even has any experience as a "long man". I certainly don't recall him going more than 2 before.

[CTA513]

I don't know that Fisher even has any experience as a "long man". I certainly don't recall him going more than 2 before.

Last season he went 3 and 2/3rds against the Nationals and 3 and 1/3rd against the Cardinals.

[mbgrayson]

Reds 5th:

Janish lines one to Ramirez at short...nice play.
Valaika (for Fisher) pops out to shallow right.
Stubbs walks on 4 pitches.
Bruce hits a hard one hopper to 1st on the 1st pitch.

After 5 innings, Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Fisher at 23 pitches, 15 strikes. (Out of game)
Vazquez at 74 pitches, 44 strikes.

[CTA513]

future closer Jordan Smith walks the pitcher on 4 pitches.

[757690]

future closer Jordan Smith walks the pitcher on 4 pitches.

Well, that does remind me of Graves and Cordero. ;)

[Quatitos]

future closer Jordan Smith walks the pitcher on 4 pitches.

Obviously he was just setting up the double play ;)

[WebScorpion]

Cairo looks very stiff out there, but he charges the ball and gets rid of it quickly to start the DP. Nice! :thumbup:

[mbgrayson]

Marlins 6th:
Jordan Smith in to pitch....

Vazquez walks on 4 pitches.
Bonafacio Ks swinging.
Infante hits into a 5-4-3 doubleplay.

Mid 6th: Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Jordan Smith: 8 pitches, 4 strikes.

[CTA513]

Votto starts sniffing glue and gets tossed out easily at 2nd.

[_Sir_Charles_]

What was Votto thinking?

[mbgrayson]

What was Votto thinking?

Hatcher was giving him the go sign at 1st....

[Quatitos]

I'd place blame about 50/50 with Votto/Hatcher

[_Sir_Charles_]

Hatcher was giving him the go sign at 1st....

Please tell me you're joking.

[mbgrayson]

Please tell me you're joking.

Nope. Saw it on one of the replay angles.

[757690]

Nope. Saw it on one of the replay angles.

I didn't see it, but most 1B coaches give what looks like a go sign, but really is just a round first and judge for yourself sign. The play is right in front of the runner, it usually is on him on whether or not to go to second.

[mbgrayson]

I didn't see it, but most 1B coaches give what looks like a go sign, but really is just a round first and judge for yourself sign. The play is right in front of the runner, it usually is on him on whether or not to go to second.

That could well be. Hatcher was slowly windmilling his arm around, in sort of a laid back way. Of course Votto had the play right in front of him when he made the turn, and could have easily gone back to 1st.

[mbgrayson]

Reds 6th:

Votto singles, out at trying to take 2nd.
Phillips singles to left.
Hermida flies out to center.
Cairo flies out to left.

After 6 innings, Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Vazquez at 86 pitches, 52 strikes.

[mbgrayson]

Marlins 7th:
Jordan Smith still pitching.

Ramirez bounces out to Cairo.
Sanchez flies out to left.
Stanton Ks on a foul tip.

Mid 7th: Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Jordan Smith at 20 pitches, 14 strikes.

[WebScorpion]

Smith looked really good tonight after that 4 pitch walk to start it off. He started most batters off with a first pitch strike and went after them. Fisher didn't look bad either...I was expecting much worse considering the year he has up until now. Has he actually decreased his leg kick? I always thought it was a little higher than that... :dunno:

[Gallen5862]

Thanks for the PBP and Inning Summaries.

[mbgrayson]

Reds 7th:

Edwin Mujica in to pitch.

Ramon fouls out to Sanchez.
Janish grounds out to 3rd.
Renteria (for Smith) walks.
Stubbs flies out to right.

After 7: Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Mujica 20 pitches, 11 strikes.

[mbgrayson]

Marlins 8th:
Nick Masset in to pitch.

Buck grounds out to 3rd.
Helms Ks swinging on a wicked curve.
Cousins grounds out to Phillips.

Mid 8th: Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Masset at 7 pitches, 6 strikes.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Since his early season escapades....Mr. Masset has been VERY good. As expected.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Phillips with the 2 out walk.
Gomes PH'ing for Hermida with the LH'er Dunn on the bump.

[_Sir_Charles_]

fly out to center for Gomes to end the inning. Heading to the 9th, 7-4 Fish.

[mbgrayson]

Reds 8th:
Mike Dunn in to pitch for Florida.

Bruce hits a towering fly to shallow center.
Votto Ks swinging.
Phillips walks.
Gomes (for Hermida) flies out to the track in center.

After 8 innings: Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Dunn at 22 pitches, 12 strikes.

[757690]

I know it seems counter intuitive, but down by 3 or more runs, you want the bottom of your order up in the 9th. If the heart of the lineup comes up, they will have a chance to drive in the tie or winning run.

[mbgrayson]

Marlins 9th:
Bray in to pitch.

Donnie Murphy (for Dunn) flies out to shallow center.
Bonafacio pops out to Votto in foul territory.
Infante doubles past Cairo into the left field corner.
Ramirez strikes out swinging.

Mid 9th: Marlins 7, Reds 4.

Bray 19 pitches, 12 strikes.

[WebScorpion]

Nunez has 7 saves in 7 opportunities.
He's due for a blown save. ;)

[CTA513]

Janish finally gets a hit after having 2 hard hit balls go for outs.

[WebScorpion]

Janish finally gets a hit after having 2 hard hit balls go for outs.
Yea, I thought it was gone for a second. :D

[CTA513]

Heisey K's on a pitch (change up or splitter?) that had a ton of movement.

[WebScorpion]

Great AB by Heisey, even though he Ked. 10 pitches after starting off 0-2.

[edabbs44]

single stubbs, bruce is up as the winning run

[WebScorpion]

Stubbs steals second! Sweet!

[CTA513]

Bruces strikes out looking to end the game.

[mbgrayson]

Reds 9th:
Nunez in to pitch for the Marlins.

Cairo flies out to right.
Hernandez doubles to center, off Cousins glove.
Janish doubles over Bonafacio's head, Ramon scores.
Heisey strikes out swinging on the 10th pitch of the AB.
Stubbs singles to left, Janish scores.
WIth Bruce hitting, Stubbs steals 2nd.
Bruce Ks looking.

Marlins win 7 to 6....

[WebScorpion]

Oh man...they sure made it exciting. :clap: Just one hit short. :(

[NJReds]

Love Bruce, but you have to take the bat off your shoulder with 2 strikes.

[edabbs44]

He was completely fooled. Good pitch, but you gotta get that ball in play.

[traderumor]

Game Headline: Fish Fry Wood

[traderumor]

Fisher warming.
He had to pitch tonight, I guess. Good game for pun lovers :)

[traderumor]

Observations: Wood had no cutter tonight, thus the ball stayed on the outside and was easy bait for shooting line drives the other way. I think that is why it seemed to be away, away, away. Without the cutter, he's just a hittable 2 pitch lefty.

Before the game, teams were OPSing at 1.023 in the first inning against our starters. That means every team is hitting like Joey Votto did in his MVP year in the first inning. There is also 10 SBs allowed in the 1st inning.

As a result, I'm smelling a scouting report floating around against the Reds. Going away, away, away, righties take 'em to RF and try to catch the jet stream to the moon deck. Also, be aggressive out of the gate, you're probably going to see a lot of fastballs.

I know some of the first inning woes is probably statistical anomaly, but then I'm thinking it is also advance scouting that has picked up on a trend. Regardless, the starters need to make an adjustment. Right now, I see batters attacking big time early, diving out over the plate and taking the ball the other way.

[Tony Cloninger]

The 2-2 pitch to Bruce did not look that great to me. Breaking ball that was a little high and then came down over the outside corner but still good enough to have to swing at.

The pitchers should pitch inside more anyways and what you just stated traderumor...seems spot on to me.

[GAC]

redhawkfish and I were at the game. Simply great field level seats about 4 rows back down the RF line.

Wood was pitching to contact. They were nailing him. At one point in that inning I said "Is there such a thing as pitching for the cycle? Because Wood has done so." LOL

91 pitches in 3 innings. Not good.

Bruce did take a bad route to the ball hit by Bonifacio to lead-off the game. Jay didn't look good there. His HR was a rocket. I kinda like him in that #2 spot. I think he's seeing better pitches.

Hermedia got lucky on the HR. The RFer had it in his glove, and it should have been caught. Oh well, that's the breaks.

After being down 7-1 we fought back, made a game of it, and we had a chance in the 9th. Would have liked to had that game because tonight is gonna be a tough one with Josh Johnson on the mound.