10-5-22 Reds vs Cubs 4:10

[Ron Madden]

India has been scratched, Lopez is replacing him as DH and leading off

[Ron Madden]

Ashcraft gets the Cubs 1-2-3 in top of the 1st

[Sea Ray]

Congrats to India and Farmer for being the last men standing from Opening Day to Closing Day.

Not so much. I guess India's "not standing" after all

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I can be a melancholy day. It used to mean summer was over and fall was here. For quite a while, it also meant time to go back to school.

But since about 1995, it’s also a reminder that the Reds are a second rate club. They seem to approach being consistently good, but then drop back into a multi-year losing trench. Most of the time they seem to shoot themselves in the foot. Or a pandemic hits.

But here’s to looking forward to 2023. Maybe they’ll dhow some progress. My rational side says naaaaahhh, but my fan side gee maybe, you never know.

They'll show progress in 2023. There's nowhere to go but up

[SomeCallMeTim]

E6, sorry Barry.

[Bourgeois Zee]

Interesting fact about those 1969 Expos-- none of the three rookies had an ERA+ over 100 (indicated a league average starter). I'm not sure the last team to do that, if any.

The '68 Mets were really close-- Nolan Ryan had a 98 ERA+ his rookie season. Jerry Koosman and Jim McAndrew were both exceptional.

EDIT TO ADD: Doing the legwork, it looks like the 1944 Cincinnati Reds were the last team with three rookie starters to pitch 100 innings or more and enjoy an ERA+ of 100 or more.

27-year-old (and future MVP winner) Jim Konstanty, 32-year-old Tommy de la Cruz, and 26-year-old Arnold Carter were the last trio to do it.

Interestingly, it was de la Cruz's sole season in the big leagues and one of only two for Carter.

[Ron Madden]

Lopez fly out LF

Fraley line drive single to LF

Farmer fly out LF

Solano reaches on fielders choice, fielded by the SS, Fraley to 2B on the SS error.

Fairchild HBP bases loaded

Steer called out on a check swing strike 3, It didn't look like he swung at the ball.

no score after 1 inning

[Ron Madden]

Happ strikes out

Reyes single moves to 2B on WP

Hoerner walks steals 2B

Higgins walks

Bote hits a 3 run HR

Morel grounds out to 3B

Ashcraft has thrown 40 pitches

Cubs up 3-0 middle of the 2nd

[SomeCallMeTim]

3 for the Cubs should do it.

Looks like the last time Reds have scored more than 4 was 2 weeks ago against the Red Sox.

[Ron Madden]

Siani pops up to SS

Barrero works a walk

Romine bloops a single to RF, Barrero goes 1st to 3rd

Lopez strikes out

Pitch trickles a couple feet away from the catcher an Battery scores easily.

Fraley strikes out

Cubs 3
Reds 1

end of the 2nd

[Ron Madden]

McKinstry grounds out 2B

Suzuki walks

Wisdom fly out LF

Velazquez grounds out to 3B

Cubs lead 3-1 middle of 3

[Ron Madden]

Farmer fly out RF

Solano line out 1-3

Fairchild Triples to CF

Steer RBI Single, Fairchild scores

Pitching Change wit a 2-2 count on Siani
Alzolay now pitching for Chicago

Suzuki robbed Siani of extra bases with a leaping catch in RF

Cubs 3
Reds 1
end of 3

[Ron Madden]

Reyes pops out to SS

Hoerner fly out to CF

Higgins strikes out

Cubs up 3-1 middle of 4

[Ky Fried Redleg]

In the only 100+ loss season in Reds' history(up to this point) , the terrific Mario Soto was the losing pitcher in loss # 100. Mario ended the season with a sub 2.8 ERA and had 14 wins. Not bad for a team that had only 61 wins on the season.


Mario probably would have won 22 games that season had the team not been so anemic offensively.

[Ron Madden]

Barrero strikes out

Romine fly out to the wall in RF

Lopez little pop up to 1B

Cubs 3
Reds 2

after 4

[TheBigLebowski]

Watching this, for no other reason than it’s the last game of a miserable season, and I want to be certain it actually ends.