Can the 7th and 8th inning guys hold the 3 run lead until Chapman comes in?
Can the 7th and 8th inning guys hold the 3 run lead until Chapman comes in?
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Mattheus with a 1-2-3 scoreless 7th
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Does Skip really? And yet the Reds are ranked 25th in baseball in pinch hitting with a .187 AvG with the 9th most PH-ABs (35-187)
Hoover in for the 8th with a 3 run lead
He gives up a leadoff HR to Braun
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
I have had enough of JJ Hoover for one lifetime.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
This is ****ing ridiculous
Chris Welsh brings up not using your closer against the heart of the order.
C. Trent Rosecrans @ctrent 9s9 seconds ago
Aroldis Chapman is up in the #Reds bullpen with no outs in the 8th
Tom Servo (09-06-2015)
Someone play devil's advocate for me and explain why you would not put Chapman in against the 3, 4, and 5 hitters in the 8th, and let Hoover pitch the 9th?
I'm not being sarcastic. I really want to understand the thought process.
Big Klu (09-06-2015)
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