9-4-24 Reds vs Astros 6:40 PM

[LiferJim]

Yes lined right to 1B who stepped on bag for the DP. It was hit very hard.

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France 7 for his last 7 now.

They gave the third baseman an error I think, though I’ve seen less be called hits. Official scorers don’t seem very consistent to me.


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[Kingspoint]

I see India made a Statement in that first PA.

[VR]

Phillips finishes with 6 scoreless. Lovely.


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[KeefeCato]

I'd take Elly, Steer. India and Stephenson out. In the 6th. Friedl as well. 5 guys on the bench now.

[Redsfan6272]

Turned the game on, and it's 11-1!!! Now 12-1.. who are these Reds that are hitting??

[Ron Madden]

Bottom 5

Defensive switch from first base to third base for Zach Dezenzo.
Defensive switch from right field to left field for Ben Gamel.

Defensive Substitution: Jon Singleton replaces third baseman Alex Bregman, batting 4th, playing first base.
Defensive Substitution: Jason Heyward replaces left fielder Yordan Alvarez, batting 2nd, playing right field

Amed Rosario reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Mauricio Dubón

Jonathan India walks. Amed Rosario to 2nd

Elly De La Cruz strikes out swinging. 1 out

Tyler Stephenson strikes out swinging. 2 outs

TJ Friedl singles on a ground ball to center fielder Chas McCormick. Amed Rosario scores. Jonathan India to 2nd

Spencer Steer singles on a ground ball to third baseman Zach Dezenzo. Jonathan India scores. TJ Friedl to 2nd

Pitching Change: Kaleb Ort replaces Forrest Whitley.

Wild pitch by pitcher Kaleb Ort. TJ Friedl to 3rd. Spencer Steer to 2nd


Ty France grounds out, shortstop Mauricio Dubón to first baseman Jon Singleton. 3 outs

CIN 12
HOU 1
After 5

[Dave C]

7,8,9 hitters have been on base 4 times and have scored 4 runs. That seems important.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

*********** THIS DAY IN REDS BASEBALL / THE REST OF THE STORY ********************

Maybe the most bizarre incident to ever occur on a baseball field ...

Been saving this one up for a few weeks. Allow me to take you back to this night, 53 years ago. September 4, 1971 . I was eight years old, a month from turning 9. It had been exactly two weeks and one day since I had seen my first Reds game, a 6-0 shutout of the Pirates at Riverfront. But on this night , the scene was Chavez-Ravine, Dodger Stadium . Oh, how I hated the Dodgers!!! The Dodgers had won the series opener by a run the night before. This was the middle game of a three game set. It was a Saturday night. I was in my grandparents' kitchen, eating cheese and crackers and tomato and drinking my favorite, a glass of chocolate milk. My pawpaw was eating the same thing, except he was drinking his favorite sud, a tall Pabst Blue Ribbon.

I had my trusted Panasonic tuned to the game and was listening to Al Michaels and the Ol' Left-hander call the action. It was the bottom of the fifth inning. The sun had disappeared from view on the comfortable 75 degree night in Dodger Stadium. From my recollection, Al Downing was facing Jim McGlothin that night. In fact, it was Downing, I believe, who led off the bottom of the fifth by walking. Maury Wills followed with a single. Then Bill Buckner hit a grounder to third. Perez stepped on the bag, forcing out Downing. Next up, was Dodger CF, Willie Davis. And this is where all of the weirdness begins .

With Davis at the plate and Buckner and Wills on at first and second, respectively, I remember Al Michaels describing what happened next. It was truly a surreal moment, in what had to be one of the most bizarre nights in baseball history . As the Reds shortstop made a move towards second base for a possible pickoff attempt of the speedy Wills , a massive sack of something fell out of the sky like a missile, landing about 10 feet or so from the Reds shortstop , almost at the exact spot where he had previously been positioned.

Everyone--- announcers, players, fans, and ME, were in a state of disbelief. What was this bag that fell from the sky? Who dropped it , how did they drop such a huge bag, and why did they drop it? When it fell to earth between second and third base at Dodger Stadium , it exploded like a bomb, shooting its powdery contents across the infield. The grounds crew came out, examined the substance, determined its nature , and cleaned it up. The shortstop , who was still visibly shaken after the game, was somehow able to remain of sound enough mind to help turn a 6-4-3 double play off the bat of Davis to end the most bizarre inning in MLB history. Btw, the bizarreness doesn't end there. Around the same time that the bag shot down from the sky, a chicken was seen running amok in the outfield grass. Yes, a huge bag of something rockets to the ground and a farm animal is seen grazing in the outfield of Dodger Stadium, all in that one "Twilight Zone" half-inning 53 years ago this very night.

And now...for THE REST OF THE STORY. That Reds shortstop might very well owe his life to his counterpart on the Dodgers. That's right, on this night one shortstop likely saved the life of another, as the Reds shortstop would have been pounded into pancake batter if the bag had landed on him. Had Maury Wills, one of baseball's best base stealers, not singled and advanced to second base, the Reds shortstop would have been positioned precisely where the huge bag landed, and would have likely died in the most bizarre and grotesque fashion. Instead, the speedy Wills prompted the Reds to try and keep him close to the second base bag and , thus, tragedy was averted.

And now you know...THE REST... OF THE STORY. Well, you will know the rest of the story when someone tells us who the Reds shortstop was that cheated death that night and what in the hell was in that mysterious bag that fell from the sky that Saturday night, exactly 53 years ago.


Oh, it was almost a sidenote on this night, but the hated blue won the game 2-1 . Downing , who three seasons later, would surrender Aaron's 715th HR, won his 17th , besting McGlothlin. There were only nine hits in the game but one REALLY BIG MISS ...Thankfully!!!

[Ron Madden]

Top 6

Yainer Diaz reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Santiago Espinal

Jon Singleton called out on strikes. 1 out

Victor Caratini called out on strikes. 2 outs

Mauricio Dubón singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jake Fraley. Yainer Diaz to 2nd

Ben Gamel walks. Yainer Diaz to 3rd. Mauricio Dubón to 2nd.


Zach Dezenzo singles on a ground ball to center fielder TJ Friedl. Yainer Diaz scores. Mauricio Dubón scores. Ben Gamel to 3rd

Pitching Change: Brent Suter replaces Nick Martinez

Chas McCormick singles on a ground ball to left fielder Spencer Steer. Ben Gamel scores. Zach Dezenzo to 2nd

Shay Whitcomb flies out to center fielder TJ Friedl. 3 outs

CIN 12
HOU 4
MID 6

[KeefeCato]

Woodie Woodward and sack was flour or sugar I forget which.

[Ron Madden]

Bottom 6

Jake Fraley doubles (14) on a line drive to center fielder Chas McCormick

Santiago Espinal flies out to center fielder Chas McCormick. 1 out

Amed Rosario reaches on a fielder's choice out, shortstop Mauricio Dubón to third baseman Zach Dezenzo. Jake Fraley out at 3rd. 2 outs

Jonathan India strikes out on a foul tip. 3 outs

CIN 12
HOU 4
End Of 6

[Ron Madden]

Top 7

Defensive switch from third base to shortstop for Santiago Espinal.

Defensive Substitution: Will Benson replaces first baseman Ty France, batting 6th, playing left field.

Defensive switch from left field to first base for Spencer Steer.

Defensive Substitution: Rece Hinds replaces center fielder TJ Friedl, batting 4th, playing center field.
Defensive Substitution: Luke Maile replaces catcher Tyler Stephenson, batting 3rd, playing catcher.
Defensive Substitution: Noelvi Marte replaces shortstop Elly De La Cruz, batting 2nd, playing third base.

Jason Heyward strikes out swinging. 1 out

Yainer Diaz grounds out, shortstop Santiago Espinal to first baseman Spencer Steer. 2 outs

Jon Singleton homers (13) on a line drive to right field.

Victor Caratini strikes out swinging. 3 outs

CIN 12
HOU 5
MID 7

[Ron Madden]

Bottom 7

Pitching Change: Héctor Neris replaces Kaleb Ort

Noelvi Marte strikes out swinging. 1 out

Will Benson flies out to center fielder Chas McCormick. 2 outs

Rece Hinds strikes out swinging. 3 outs

CIN 12
HOU 5
After 7

[Ironman92]

Good yawning

[Ky Fried Redleg]

I wonder what the record is for the fewest people browsing in a game thread with two or more innings remaining?