9/11/11 - Reds at Rox

[Tom Servo]

:usa::usa::usa:

Stubbs 8
Renteria 6
Votto 3
Bruce 9
Heisey 7
Hernandez 2
Frazier 5
Valaika 4
Volquez 1

[mbgrayson]

After two innings, Reds 0, Rockies 0.

Volquez at 31 pitches, 18 strikes.
Pomeranz 28 pitches, 18 strikes.

[mbgrayson]

Renteria hits into a 6-3 doubleplay to end the 3rd.

Drew Stubbs, who had just walked, made absolutely no attempt to try to break up the doubleplay, he just jogged out of the baseline to avoid the throw. Saw a similar play by the Reds yesterday, I think it was Votto. When did it become OK to stop playing baseball hard? Why is Dusty allowing this, and why does the team culture allow this? Would this happen if there was a stat for breaking up doubleplays?

[Ron Madden]

Renteria hits into a 6-3 doubleplay to end the 3rd.

Drew Stubbs, who had just walked, made absolutely no attempt to try to break up the doubleplay, he just jogged out of the baseline to avoid the throw. Saw a similar play by the Reds yesterday, I think it was Votto. When did it become OK to stop playing baseball hard? Why is Dusty allowing this, and why does the team culture allow this? Would this happen if there was a stat for breaking up doubleplays?

I don't know. I thought Renteria's grounder was fielded right on top of second base, not much of a chance to break up the DP IMHO.

[mbgrayson]

I don't know. I thought Renteria's grounder was fielded right on top of second base, not much of a chance to break up the DP IMHO.

It was hit fairly close to the bag. Still, it looked like less than a 100% effort to me....

[mbgrayson]

After three innings, Reds 0, Rockies 0.

Volquez at 51 pitches, 29 strikes, with 0 hits, 3 Ks and 3 BBs.
Pomeranz 42 pitches, 23 strikes, with 1 hit, 1 K, and 2 BBs.

[Ron Madden]

Hell of a play by Frazier.

[mbgrayson]

After four innings, Reds 0, Rockies 1.

Volquez at 70 pitches, 41 strikes, with 2 hits, 3 Ks and 3 BBs. (Wigginton HR).
Pomeranz 51 pitches, 29 strikes, with 1 hit, 2 K, and 2 BBs.

[mbgrayson]

After five innings, Rockies 2, Reds 0.

Volquez at 99 pitches, 56 strikes, with 4 hits, 3 Ks and 4 BBs.
Pomeranz 63 pitches, 36 strikes, with 2 hits (both Valaika), 2 K, and 2 BBs.

Drew Pomeranz's MLB debut is done. He was replaced with a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 5th. He had his appendix out in August, and only had one outing, for three innings in AA, since then. The Reds made him look very good.

Volquez has been his usual self. Decent stuff, but not good control. Very pitch ineffcient. It just shouldn't take 100 pitches to get through 5 innings.

[Ron Madden]

What happened to Valaika ?

[mbgrayson]

What happened to Valaika ?

They haven't said. It was odd: middle of the inning, out in the field, nothing that I could see. Cairo in to play 2nd.

[mbgrayson]

After six innings, Rockies 2, Reds 0.

Ondrusek at 7 pitches, 6 strikes.
Hamel in for the Rockies, 11 pitches, 8 strikes.

Ondrusek in for Volquez. Volquez threw 99 pitches, gave up 4 hits, 3 Ks and 4 BBs, and 2 earned runs.

[CTA513]

Hernandez hitting just over .200 since the All-Star break.

[Ron Madden]

That hit Hernandez right in the catchers mitt. Passed Ball.

[mbgrayson]

Hernandez hitting just over .200 since the All-Star break.

And today has given up 3 SBs, and 2 passed balls.

[mbgrayson]

After seven innings, Rockies 4, Reds 0.

Ondrusek at 29 pitches, 17 strikes.
Hammel in for the Rockies, 23 pitches, 17 strikes.

[Ron Madden]

And today has given up 3 SBs, and 2 passed balls.

I swear it wouldn't bother me a bit if Hernandez never made another start the rest of the season.

[mbgrayson]

Reds relievers lead the league in walks, and are 7th or 8th in IP, according to Chris Welsh.

[mbgrayson]

After eight innings, Rockies 4, Reds 0.

Arredondo got the Rockies 1-2-3, but threw 21 pitches, 12 strikes.
Hammel for the Rockies, 32 pitches, 22 strikes, over three innings.

[mbgrayson]

Rockies win 4 to 1.

Votto HRs in the 9th, with nobody on. Hammel pitches his 4th inning, for the save. He pitched 4 innings on 45 pitches. Nobody worked the count, just hacking away.

Reds looked like they were just going through the motions.... lackluster. Game in 2 hours, 31 minutes. They must have a plane to catch.

[Big Klu]

Congratulations to Joey Votto, who has tied substitute analyst Sean Casey and current teammate Brandon Phillips for 19th place on the Reds' all-time home run list.


Updated Reds HR list (players in italics are active):

Reds 100-Home Run Club
1. Johnny Bench - 389
2. Frank Robinson - 324
3. Tony Perez - 287
4. Adam Dunn - 270
5. Ted Kluszewski - 251
6. George Foster - 244
7. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 210
8. Eric Davis - 203
9. Barry Larkin - 198
10. Vada Pinson - 186
11. Wally Post - 172
12. Gus Bell - 160
13. Joe Morgan - 152
13. Pete Rose - 152
15. Lee May - 147
16. Dan Driessen - 133
17. Reggie Sanders - 125
18. Ernie Lombardi - 120
19. Sean Casey - 118
19. Brandon Phillips - 118
19. Joey Votto - 118
22. Frank McCormick - 110
23. Dave Parker - 107
24. Chris Sabo - 104
25. Dave Concepcion - 101

[Ron Madden]

Today's Boxscore.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_11_cinmlb_colmlb_1&mode=box&c_id=cin

[SirFelixCat]

Thanks for another wasted trip here in Denver, Reds.

**** you and your lack of effort today. :thumbdown:


In other news, my wife is now 0-10 lifetime seeing the Reds live.

[cumberlandreds]

This was late in the season, get out of town day when you are out of the playoffs game. Get it over quick and go home. I'm sure the season can't get over quickly enough for a good portion of these guys and they don't really care at this point.