9.15.11 Cubs @ Reds

[klw]

Beware the Ides of September!

Reds lineup vs. Cubs

Phillips 4
Stubbs 8
Votto 3
Alonso 7
Heisey 9
Frazier 5
Hanigan 2
Janish 6
Bailey 1


Cubs Lineup
Castro SS,
Barney 2B,
Ramirez 3B,
Peña 1B,
LaHair LF,
Byrd CF,
Colvin RF,
Hill C,
Wells P

Do the Cubs have no kids that should be complaining about lack of pt?
Edit: I see LaHair is a callup.
http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4291094

[RedLegsToday]

LaHair is close to 30, isn't he? Not exactly a kid

[Red in Chicago]

Solid performance by homer.

[Tony Cloninger]

I cannot stand this pitcher for the Cubs. He does not throw strikes...throws garbage basically...but even a smart hitter like Alonso is fooled on what was ball 6., I guess I should be mad at the Reds hitters for not figuring this guy out by now.

[oneupper]

Phillips doesn't want Votto to catch him on the REDS HR list!

[Big Klu]

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. Brandon Phillips - 122
19. Ernie Lombardi - 120
20. Sean Casey - 118
20. Joey Votto - 118
22. Frank McCormick - 110
23. Dave Parker - 107
24. Chris Sabo - 104
25. Dave Concepcion - 101

[oneupper]

Heisey!
4-2 Cubs

[HokieRed]

Heisey!
4-2 Cubs

Next year's CF.

[mbgrayson]

After 4 innings, Cubs 4, Reds 2.

Bailey at 79 pitches, 50 strikes.
Wells at 62 pitches, 36 strikes.

Cubs runs from 2 run HRs by Pena and Byrd in the 1st.
Reds runs from solo HRs from Phillips and Heisey.

[redsmetz]

After 4 innings, Cubs 4, Reds 2.

Bailey at 79 pitches, 50 strikes.
Wells at 62 pitches, 36 strikes.

Cubs runs from 2 run HRs by Pena and Byrd in the 1st.
Reds runs from solo HRs from Phillips and Heisey.

Shame two of Bailey's strikes ended up in the seats. Otherwise, that's a nice accounting.

[redsmetz]

BTW, score is tied, sacks are jammed. Don't know how the 3rd run scored, but Alonso walked to force in the tying run. Heisey up after a pitching change, one down. Notre Dame player with long name pitching.

[redsmetz]

Slow roller up the middle, Heisey beats the throw, run scores, bases still loaded. Reds up 5-4, Frazier up.

[marcshoe]

Too much of a Futball mentality there from Samardzija.

[redsmetz]

Too much of a Futball mentality there from Samardzija.

Thanks for typing it out. I was to lazy to do it. BTW, Frazier K'd, 2 down, bases loaded. Hanigan up.

[marcshoe]

I googled something close, then cut and pasted.

[redsmetz]

Ground out. At the end of 5, Reds up 5-4.

[redsmetz]

Colvin strikes out swinging, one down.

[redsmetz]

Hill grounds back sharply to Bailey, throws him out. Two down.

[redsmetz]

Lou Montanez pinch hitting, strikes out swinging. Mid-way through six, Reds 5-4. Marty says Bailey is dealing.

[redsmetz]

Coming up for us: Janish, Bailey, Phillips.

[HokieRed]

Bailey throws this ratio of strikes to balls all the time and he'll be just fine.

[oneupper]

Bailey found his breaking ball. He had no command of it earlier and the cubbies were teeing off on his fastball.

[redsmetz]

Cashner in to pitch. Janish leads off with a walk after fouling off several pitches. Bailey up to bat.

[WVRedsFan]

I'm a little confused. I can understand playing Frazier even if his hitting near the interstate, just to look at him, but Janish? Oh, well. Defense is wonderful and if you have lights out pitching, you can score three runs and win. Of course, the Giants tried that and we see the result. I'd rather see Francisco at third and Edgar at short until we reach .500.

But I'll take a 5-4 lead at this point.

[redsmetz]

Bailey strikes out. One down.

[oneupper]

I'm a little confused. I can understand playing Frazier even if his hitting near the interstate, just to look at him, but Janish? Oh, well. Defense is wonderful and if you have lights out pitching, you can score three runs and win. Of course, the Giants tried that and we see the result. I'd rather see Francisco at third and Edgar at short until we reach .500.

But I'll take a 5-4 lead at this point.

Forget it. At this stage, everyone plays and sits a little. It's a rec league.

[HokieRed]

Dusty's rec league. I like that.

[redsmetz]

Phillips down swinging, two down. Stubbs up.

[redsmetz]

Drew Stubbs, with his 3rd hit of the night, drops one into shallow center, Janish to 3rd. Pitching change for Mr. Votto.

[WVRedsFan]

Drew Stubbs, with his 3rd hit of the night, drops one into shallow center, Janish to 3rd. Pitching change for Mr. Votto.Wish we had a guy in front of Votto in the lineup who would stay put so they have to pitch to him. Wish we had a guy behind him that would make them pitch to him. I'm old enough that my wishes shouldn't hurt me, but I wish...

[Gallen5862]

How is Bailey looking?

[marcshoe]

Who is John Gaub?


. Too political? :p

[WVRedsFan]

How is Bailey looking?
After a shaky start, pretty good.

Wild pitch scores Janish 6-4 Reds!

[redsmetz]

John Gaub pitching, wild pitch, Janish scores. Stubbs to second.

[oneupper]

No problem with Bailey hitting the showers after six. But why did Dusty send him up to bat then?

[redsmetz]

Sorry, my computer locked up. Votto was called out on strikes on a check swing, base umpire ringing up. Aredondo got two out and then hit Ramirez. Bray then got the 3rd out. Still 6-4 Reds.

[redsmetz]

Alonso led off with a walk, Glaub out, Wood pitching now. Leake running for Alonso, Heisey up.

[WVRedsFan]

You just never have enough runs with the pitching staff we have. Never.

[HokieRed]

Tough fate for Bailey. Bullpen will need major work for 2012. I've been thinking two new faces, may need 3.

[WVRedsFan]

Tough fate for Bailey. Bullpen will need major work for 2012. I've been thinking two new faces, may need 3.This.

One of which has to be a closer. This is brutal and has been going on all year. How many extra innings games have we had that the bullpen blew for us?

[WVRedsFan]

Bottom of th 11th. Votto doubles. Bruce up and homers. Reds win.

8-6.

Masset the winner.

[PuffyPig]

This.

One of which has to be a closer. This is brutal and has been going on all year. How many extra innings games have we had that the bullpen blew for us?

Closer has not been that big a problem for us this year.

[WVRedsFan]

Closer has not been that big a problem for us this year.

True, but the $$ concerns me. Not sure we can afford Codero.

[Ron Madden]

Boxscore.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_15_chnmlb_cinmlb_1&mode=box&c_id=cin

[Ron Madden]

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. Brandon Phillips - 122
19. Ernie Lombardi - 120
20. Sean Casey - 118
20. Joey Votto - 118
22. Frank McCormick - 110
23. Dave Parker - 107
24. Chris Sabo - 104
25. Dave Concepcion - 101

It wont be too long before the name of Jay Bruce is added to this list. :)

Bruce has 99 now, not too shabby for as few AB's as he's had to make up his short Reds career.

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[redsmetz]

Sorry for having to drop out on the updates. My computer was very unstable last night. Mozilla was locking up on me and is still slow this a.m. I'm using IE now (and it's old). Glad to see us pull out the win. I tossed & turned last night with my back bothering me and I kept thinking that we'd lost this game.

[Sea Ray]

Closer has not been that big a problem for us this year.

I see where you're coming from but I do think we need to go another direction next year. 6 blown saves is a lot given the lack of opportunities for Coco this year. He clearly no longer has a putaway pitch as shown by that 12 pitch AB in the top of the 9th. He's expensive and you have to figure his skills will erode from here on out.

I'd like to think Boxberger could contribute to this pen next yr but even if he does we'll need more help than that

[marcshoe]

Not that I've lost interest, but I missed the Mentalist finale first time around, so this game ended at ten for me. Sad to see the bullpen blew up, good to see the final result.