6/22/11 Reds vs. The Yankees (Game 2)

[reds44]

Anybody out there?

[reds44]

Heisey
Phillips
Votto
Bruce
Gomes
Hernandez
Cairo
Janish
Cueto

[redsfaninbsg]

Everyone has given up it seems. Nice inning by Cueto.

[reds44]

Cueto made A-Rod look silly.

[Red in Chicago]

Everyone has given up it seems. Nice inning by Cueto.

Or they think this is tomorrow's thread (6/23 in the subject):lol:

[reds44]

Or they think this is tomorrow's thread (6/23 in the subject):lol:
Haha whoops! I just went off the date of the last game thread and added a day. That doesn't work today.

[reds44]

Heisey with a PH HR!

Oh wait.

1-0.

[kaldaniels]

200 Million plus payroll (right?) and they have to run ilk like Gordon out there as a starter. Mind boggling.

[reds44]

Nice park.

[reds44]

Swisher is a giant female hygiene product.

[Red in Chicago]

i hate nick swisher almost as much as i hated his father...

[kaldaniels]

Posada and Swisher both just snuck em over the wall today.

[kbrake]

How's it going guys? Been awhile since I've been on Redszone much. Everyone on suicide watch?

[reds44]

Hey! Another run!

[Red in Chicago]

Oh Jonny

[kaldaniels]

Gomes sees Heiseys HR.

[kaldaniels]

Welsh uses the word "pelt" to describe Jonny's hair. :lol:

[kaldaniels]

Ramon with a single. The Reds need to knock Gordon into Kentucky tonight.

[CTA513]

So far this guys offspeed stuff isn't really impressive.

[Kc61]

Reds just get so little out of the bottom of the order.

[Kc61]

Cueto walks the pitcher. Unbelievably tight strike zone.

[CTA513]

4 pitch walk to the pitcher.

:laugh:

[redsfaninbsg]

Four pitch walk to the pitcher and three of them were strikes.

[redsfaninbsg]

Seriously, that's a joke. Those pitches are clearly strikes.

[Kc61]

Cueto throws out Gardner on grounder to the box. Runner to second.

[Kc61]

Granderson flies to Gomes.

[Kc61]

Tex lines to Votto.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned what Fay said in the second inning with Marty. He said he gets the feeling that the Reds are close to doing something with Cozart because the organization is losing credibility with the fans by standing pat with SS.

[Kc61]

Heisey up. Gordon gets a borderline strike. Wow.

Heisey lines to Swisher.

[Kc61]

Phillips up. Gordon gets a borderline strike. Wow.

Phillips then gets a lucky call. Should have been called out on strikes.

Phillips goes full. Payoff pitch, fly out to left.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

DirecTV out due to monster storm hitting Centerville. Hope this stays away from GAPB.

[Kc61]

Votto up. Still doesn't look right up there. Swings and misses.

Votto then gets a lucky call. Borderline pitch looked good.

Votto pops out to right.

[CTA513]

Votto had a couple of pitches to hammer and could only foul them back.

[Kc61]

Prediction: Votto will destroy the Orioles.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

Votto had a couple of pitches to hammer and could only foul them back.

He gets a day off tomorrow in Baltimore, or Balmer as the locals call it

[Kc61]

ARod fouls it off. ARod takes inside. ARod grounds to Cairo, flashing some leather tonight.

[reds44]

DirecTV out due to monster storm hitting Centerville. Hope this stays away from GAPB.
Hopefully hits 5 Yankees outs from now.

[Kc61]

Swish up. Swish takes a nice curve at the knees. Swish takes a ball. Swish takes inside, then grounds out to BP.

[Kc61]

Martin up. Takes nice curve at the knees. Takes a fastball in. Fouls off slider. Cueto at fifty pitches in the fourth inning. Martin takes inside, 2-2. Martin takes inside, very close pitch. Martin pops to Votto.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

Swish up. Swish takes a nice curve at the knees. Swish takes a ball. Swish takes inside, then grounds out to BP.

This rhymes

[CTA513]

1-2-3 inning for Cueto and his pitch count is still pretty low considering the strike zone and going against a Yankees team that is good at working the count and fouling off pitches.

[Kc61]

This rhymes

I'm trying.

Bruce up. Bruce fouls the first one. Bruce flies to center on the second one.

[reds44]

The Reds are about three inches from having 3 more homers.

[OldXOhio]

1-2-3 inning for Cueto and his pitch count is still pretty low considering the strike zone and going against a Yankees team that is good at working the count and fouling off pitches.

I don't understand what any of this means

[Kc61]

Up at the plate now is Gomes who homered earlier.

He takes a strike. He takes a ball. He flies to short right and Swish makes an awkward catch.

[jojo]

Welsh uses the word "pelt" to describe Jonny's hair. :lol:

Jonny's hair is worse than his glove.

[OldXOhio]

We've got 3 hits already!!!!

woot woot

[Kc61]

Razor takes a strike. Razor takes a strike. Razor takes a ball. Close pitch. Razor pops a foul out of play. Razor takes a low fastball.

Razor grounds to short. Later, folks.

[reds44]

Can Cueto make 2 stand up?

[reds44]

Cueto is starting to that strange turn again.

[OldXOhio]

In case you haven't seen the thread on ORG, Fay reporting he "senses" that Cozart gets called up for the BAL series.

[CTA513]

So I'm guessing Dickerson and Garcia kissed when the kiss cam went on them?

[reds44]

Janish got a hit!

[CTA513]

Heisey with a 2 run homer

[Red in Chicago]

Hi C

[reds44]

Heisey!!!

4-1.

[reds44]

Such a quick bat.

[CTA513]

Does this mean Gomes will hit a 2 run homer since both guys have done the same thing so far?

[edabbs44]

Heisey and Gomes. Gomes and Heisey.

It would be refreshing to see the rest of the lineup do something.

[reds44]

Heisey and Gomes. Gomes and Heisey.

It would be refreshing to see the rest of the lineup do something.
Think we know who is DHing and who is in LF Friday lol

[Brutus]

Holy Homers, Heisey, Batman

[edabbs44]

This guy is the epitome of a career minor leaguer.

[kaldaniels]

I thought Heisey can't hit RHP.

[Brutus]

Shockingly, Heisey's season OPS is now .800. I wouldn't have guessed.

[reds44]

That was dirty.

[nate]

Just got home and turned on the game but Cueto has really changed his windup.

As you were!

[reds44]

Cueto just hit 97.

[CTA513]

Just got home and turned on the game but Cueto has really changed his windup.

As you were!

Now we know who to blame if the Reds end up losing.

;)

[reds44]

Cueto strikes out the side.

Cueto is good.

[mth123]

Cueto looking studly.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

Cueto!

[CTA513]

1-2-3 inning for Cueto
Should be good for another inning maybe 2 depending on how the 7th goes and how long they want him to go since he had to be bumped a day due to neck stiffness.

[Kc61]

Ok, Reds let's add on some runs here. First hitter will be Votto.

Let's break out of it, Joey.

Votto facing a new pitcher, the lefty Boone Logan. Great baseball name.

Votto takes ball one. Votto takes ball two. Votto fouls. Votto swings late.
Votto pokes a foul. Votto fouls. Votto weakly grounds to second.

[WVRedsFan]

Votto slumping badly. Seems off his rhythm at the plate.

[kaldaniels]

Shockingly, Heisey's season OPS is now .800. I wouldn't have guessed.

A 2 HR game after limited AB's so far...I can see a big jump after tonight.

[Kc61]

Bruce facing the lefty. 4-1 Reds.

Bruce takes strike one. Bruce pops a foul.
Bruce takes a ball in the dirt. Bruce strikes out swinging.

[Kc61]

Boone Logan is out. Corey Wade is in. Jonny Gomes coming up. Commercial.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

Too bad Cueto won't pitch against the Indians, if the rotation holds.

[CTA513]

Both Votto and Bruce making an out means Gomes couldn't copy Heisey again.

[Kc61]

Game resumes. Gomes up with two outs.

Phillips, Votto, and Bruce are 0-9 this game. C'mon guys.

Gomes against Wade. Gomes fouls. Gomes fouls. Gomes takes a ball outside. Gomes grounds a single up the middle.

[Kc61]

Razor up. Man on base. Two out.

Razor takes a ball on a big looping curve.
Razor watches a number of throws to first.
Razor takes a strike. Gomes runs. Gomes out.

[reds44]

Gomes trying to steal went about as well as it did for Mike Leake.

[Brutus]

A 2 HR game after limited AB's so far...I can see a big jump after tonight.

I figured it jumped a bit, but just noticed that his pre-game OPS is listed at .744. So yeah, 56 point jump haha

[Kc61]

Seventh inning. Cueto facing Alex Rodriguez. Alex singles to right.

[Kc61]

Swisher. Ball in the dirt goes to backstop. ARod to second. Wild pitch.

[Kc61]

Swisher still up. Two balls, no strikes. Cueto at 87 pitches.

Ball three. Swisher takes ball four. Two Yanks on, no out.

[Kc61]

Russell Martin up. Russell takes a strike. 93 mph. Bray and Ondrusek up in pen.
Price comes out. Wonder if it's the stiff neck.

[Kc61]

Cueto stays in. Martin at 0-1 with two on.
Martin takes ball one inside. Cueto chats with Razor.
Martin at 1-1. Pitch is low. 2-1.
Ball three. 3-1. Strike two swinging. Full count. Big pitch coming for Cueto.

And it is . . . a foul. Still full count.
And it is . . . strike three.

[reds44]

Big K there.

[NJReds]

Cano to pinch hit. Cueto seems real uncomfortable on the mound right now with his body language. Lots of meetings with the catcher as well.

[Kc61]

Cano up. ball one. Two fouls. Two men still on, one out. Reds by three.

And Cano. . . hits a grounder. Votto to Cueto. Ball loose.

Bases loaded.

[reds44]

Jesus Christ THROW THE BALL TO FIRST VOTTO.

[NJReds]

Reds continue the trend of doing all of the little things wrong this year.

[reds44]

What the hell was he doing? Just flip it to Cueto.

[Kc61]

Error to Cueto. Bases jammed with Yankees. Cueto ties his shoes. Cueto at 100 pitches.

Pena up. Grounder to Votto, gets the out at home. Two out.

[reds44]

Alright. One more.

[NJReds]

Cueto making some quality pitches here. Posada in to PH.

[CTA513]

Good job by Cueto to pitch around that mess.

[Kc61]

Now Girardi puts up Posada. Pinch hitting for Wade.

Bases loaded.

Posada grounds out to BP.

[reds44]

Johnny!!! That's what we call an ace.

[NJReds]

Cueto pitched like an ace to get out of that jam. He came in tight to three LH hitters and got two groundouts to the 1B and one to 2B. Nice job.

[OldXOhio]

Jesus Christ THROW THE BALL TO FIRST VOTTO.

Whenever Joey decides to wake the hell up out of this funk would be fine with me.

[Kc61]

Cueto pitching one of his best games. Showed good poise there when the bases got filled. Let's get him some more runs.

Reds will have Ramon Hernandez leading off the bottom of the seventh. Pitcher for NY is Hector Noesi. Never heard of him.

[Kc61]

Dusty shakes Cueto's hand. I think Johnny is out. Cano stays in at second, Pena to short.

Razor takes a strike. Razor swings and misses.
Razor takes a ball. Razor fans swinging. Hard fastball, tough pitch.

[reds44]

Cards down 3-0. Reds could realistically pick up a .5 game on both STL and MIL tonight.

[Kc61]

Cairo up. Lines a single to right field.

[Kc61]

Janish the batter now. Has a hit earlier.
Paul at .232. Throw to first. You really think Cairo is stealing?
Paul takes a strike. Paul lines one to left for a hit. First and second.

[reds44]

Great now Janish will be playing for another month.

[CTA513]

Janish with another hit giving the Reds shortstops 3 hits today.

[Kc61]

Cueto walks to the bench. Gets a hand. Pinch hitter will be Scott Rolen.

[CTA513]

Great now Janish will be playing for another month.

Pauls mom likes this idea.

[reds44]

Cueto with a 1.63 ERA.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

So, according to Fay, the Reds are close to calling up Cozart. Then Janish goes out and gets 2 hits. ($@@&){%*+^

[Kc61]

Bray and Masset in the pen. Rolen the hitter. Rolen fouls back.
Lefties up for Yanks, could be Bray next inning.
Rolen takes strike two. Nice curve ball.
Rolen belts one. In play.

[reds44]

Scottie!

5-1.

[CTA513]

Janish now .006 OPS behind Renteria

[NJReds]

I have to say, I like Paul O'Neill as an announcer on YES.

[Kc61]

Rolen with a double. 5-1 Reds. Second and third for the Reds. Batter Heisey.

I agree with NJ Reds. O'Neill is pretty good. Knows the Reds pretty well.

Heisey taps to catcher, runner out at the plate. First and third, two out.

[Brutus]

Not that I'm at all complaining or downplaying Cueto's performance, because I'll take these games any day, any time, any place. That said, Leake's FIP in the early game was better than Cueto's in the night game :)

[reds44]

Heisey LOVED IT lol

6-1.

[CTA513]

Heisey makes up for not getting the runner in from 3rd by hustling to 2nd and giving Phillips a RBI infield single.

[NJReds]

Good hustle by Heisey to beat the throw and the Reds go up 6-1.

[Kc61]

Phillips grounds to short in the hole.
Heisey beats throw to second.

Hit for Phillips, run scored.

[CTA513]

Votto is missing so many hittable pitches

[mth123]

Don't care if its garbage time. A dinger from Joey would make me happy.

[Kc61]

Votto takes a strike. Votto down to .316. Votto takes one low. 1-1 count.
Votto fouls.

Two on, two out, 6-1 Reds.

Votto takes ball 2. Votto lines a single to left. Bases loaded.

[reds44]

Beautiful piece of hitting.

[NJReds]

Good to see Votto with a line drive.

[CTA513]

Votto singles but Gardner was playing in so Heisey had to stop at 3rd.

[reds44]

Hit Heisey leadoff from now on. That way his first AB is like a PH.

Makes sense lol

[Kc61]

Bases loaded for Bruuuuuuuce.

Reds by five.

Jay swings at a low one.
Jay hit by pitch.
Seven to one.

[CTA513]

painful RBI, but I'm sure Bruce will take it.

[reds44]

Jesus that sounded like it hurt.

[kbrake]

Offense should be good for a week or so.

[Kc61]

Reds have batted around. Up comes Jonny Gomes.

Gomes swings at a high pitch and flies to right.

Reds by six going to the eighth.

[reds44]

Heisey needs to shave that crap on his face.

[Brutus]

I wish they'd pace themselves. Don't want to spoil their appetite.

[BearcatShane]

Reds have outscored the Yanks 12-10 this series.

[Kc61]

Some team dressed like the Reds with seven runs. Now hopefully the bullpen holds up.

Reds pitcher is Bray facing Bret Gardner.

[Kc61]

Rolen at third. Heisey in left. Stubbs in Center.

Gardner flies to Heisey.

[Kc61]

One out, batter Granderson. Facing Bray.

Bray falls behind two and zero.
Bray down 3-0.
Bray walks Granderson. Not good, Bill.

[CTA513]

bad walk

[Kc61]

Tex. One on, one out.
Bray still out there.

Tex takes a high strike.
Tex takes a high ball.
Tex fouls, also seemed high.
Tex fouls, pitch looked like a strike.
Tex fouls to right.
Tex pops a foul out of play.
Tex takes inside. 2-2.
Tex strikes out swinging.

[Kc61]

Dusty will not let Bray pitch to ARod. Yankee announcer says this is strange. He don't know Dusty.

Masset in to pitch to Alex R.

[Kc61]

Rodriguez up with one on, two out, Yanks trail by six runs.

O'Neill says that Masset is a question mark.

Ball one to Rodriguez. 96 mph.
A Rod knocks in a run with a long double.

[Kc61]

Swish up against Masset. ARod on second. 7-2 ballgame.

Swish takes a strike. Fastball down the pipe.
Swish takes a strike. Off speed at 88.
Swish fans on a big sweeping curve ball.

[Kc61]

Ramon H. Ball. Strike. Hit to left.

[Kc61]

The hits keep coming for the red hot Reds.

Now Stubbs up. Ball, strike, ball, force play.

[Kc61]

Stubbs steals second.

[Kc61]

Janish the batter, Stubbs on second base. Yank announcers say Stubbs was out.

Janish flies to center, Stubbs to third.

[Kc61]

Rolen up with Stubbs on third. Two out.

Rolen takes a ball outside.
Rolen takes ball two outside.
Rolen takes ball three outside.
Rolen takes strike one.
Rolen lines a single.

Eighth run for the Reds.

[Kc61]

Heisey with his third homer.

[CTA513]

Heisey with HR #3

[reds44]

Heisey!!!! What a man!

[NJReds]

Heisey needs to shave that crap on his face.

Maybe he should keep it ... seems to be working for him. :eek:

[edabbs44]

Heisey is a lunatic.

[TheBurn]

Amazing!

[Kc61]

So maybe Heisey needs to lead off.

Stubbs hits sixth.

Cozart hits eighth.

[redsmetz]

Nice-y Heisey.

[edabbs44]

Reds averaging almost 5 runs per game this series. Offense is potent.

[reds44]

So maybe Heisey needs to lead off.

Stubbs hits sixth.

Cozart hits eighth.
I hate hitting young hitters eighth, but I think that's what you have to do.

Actually, hit him 9th Friday.

Heisey
Phillips
Votto
Bruce
Rolen
Stubbs
Gomes
Catcher
Cozart

[Kc61]

Reds showing their scoring imbalance have ten runs this game.

Phillips walks. Hector out of the game. New pitcher coming in.

Good idea to hit Cozart ninth at Baltimore.

[reds44]

Heisey now 6-24 with 3 homers since he started seeing "extended playing times."

*Even grin*

[WVRedsFan]

Reds averaging almost 5 runs per game this series. Offense is potent.Ha! 15/3=5 runs per game. Outscore the yanks by 15-11, but lose 2 of 3. Dang newfangled math.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

The hits keep coming for the red hot Reds.

Now Stubbs up. Ball, strike, ball, force play.

Classic case of the Reds tacking on runs when it doesnt matter. Hence the lofty offensive numbers. How about some of this in those 2-1 games?

[Kc61]

Classic case of the Reds tacking on runs when it doesnt matter. Hence the lofty offensive numbers. How about some of this in those 2-1 games?

I was being sarcastic.

Votto up and hits an excuse me grounder to third. Ninth inning coming.

[WebScorpion]

Heisey with HR #3That dude's pretty good as a starter. ;)

He is really seeing the ball well. You can tell on the pitches he doesn't swing at...they're pitches that normally fool him but he picks it up before he even has to check his swing.

[edabbs44]

Thank God they are breaking out against the vaunted Gordon and Noesi duo. This weekend should be more of the same, doesn't look like there is much in the way of top arms being thrown at them.

However, ESPN says Hellickson and Price on Monday and Tuesday. These guys will need to earn their paychecks. Hopefully the lineup shows up in those games.

[reds44]

Thank God they are breaking out against the vaunted Gordon and Noesi duo. This weekend should be more of the same, doesn't look like there is much in the way of top arms being thrown at them.

However, ESPN says Hellickson and Price on Monday and Tuesday. These guys will need to earn their paychecks. Hopefully the lineup shows up in those games.
It's not like the Jays were throwing Cy Young this weekend.

[CrackerJack]

Reds averaging almost 5 runs per game this series. Offense is potent.

Sarcasm?

As usual it's either 2 runs or 9 or 10 runs once a week. We've seen this before.

More guys need to have big nights, more often, like Heisey has tonight (of course not to this extent, not needed).

Can only hope the boom-or-bust stuff stops in the second half for the most part, somehow.

[Kc61]

Heisey deserves much credit for getting the Reds out of the worst hitting slump in a long while.

Wonder who pitches with the 8 run lead.

It's still Masset.

Martin the catcher up. Masset falls behind 2-0. Martin takes a strike.
Fly out to Bruce.

[edabbs44]

It's not like the Jays were throwing Cy Young this weekend.

"Should" meaning that a plus hitting team "should" be smacking guys like these around the field. The lineup needed to get a game like this under their belts. But Mon/Tues will be a nice test for them. They beat up Lincecum, it will be nice to see them hit some good pitching.

Then again, they'll probably put a 5 spot up this weekend, combined.

[Kc61]

Robinson Cano up. Yanks with impressive lineup. Cueto gets much credit for shutting them down tonight.

Cano singles to center. Hard ground ball.

[reds44]

keithlaw

I think he'll hit. Avg to above avg regular. RT @tjap12: @keithlaw Chris Heisey isn't a big deal, right?

[edabbs44]

Sarcasm?

As usual it's either 2 runs or 9 or 10 runs once a week. We've seen this before.

More guys need to have big nights, more often, like Heisey has tonight (of course not to this extent, not needed).

Can only hope the boom-or-bust stuff stops in the second half for the most part, somehow.

Total sarcasm.

[Kc61]

Pena up. 1-1 count. Cano takes second base.

[edabbs44]

keithlaw

I think he'll hit. Avg to above avg regular. RT @tjap12: @keithlaw Chris Heisey isn't a big deal, right?

KLaw is an idiot. Don't you know what he said about Billy Hamilton???

PS: I like Law.

[Kc61]

Strike two swinging for Pena.

Strike three swinging.

[HeatherC1212]

One more out and then I can breathe again.... :eek:

I love me some Chris Heisey. He's all over my Twitter feed from his great game tonight and it's really fun, LOL :lol:

[reds44]

KLaw is an idiot. Don't you know what he said about Billy Hamilton???

PS: I like Law.
My favorite part of that thread is people acting like he was wrong.

Billy Hamilton of the .233 batting average and .621 OPS variety.

[Kc61]

O'Neill singing the praises of Masset's stuff, wonders why he gives up hits.

Former Red, Chris Dickerson, coming up. Strike call. Pop foul. Ball outside.

Chris fans swinging.

Reds win.

[HeatherC1212]

WOOOOT!!!! :jump:

I know it's only one win in the series but seeing Cueto mow down the Yankees all night was REALLY fun. :D

Time to get some more wins in Baltimore! As much as I love the O's, this could be a good series for the Reds with their pitching issues over there. :)

[CrackerJack]

Cueto = nails

[reds44]

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[kaldaniels]

Pie in the face for Heisey?

[kaldaniels]

Pie in the face for Heisey?

Affirmative.

[jojo]

Heisey acquired 12 bases and still left 2 runners on..... This is very frustrating.