Only 43 pitches for Volquez to finish 2 innings.
Only 43 pitches for Volquez to finish 2 innings.
After Baker went too long with Volquez last start, it would have been nice for him to get an extra day before the next one. EV doesn't have it tonight. Wonder if Dusty is still going to ride him over 100 pitches -- ya know, give him that extra long opportunity to win 20.
Nearly another HR. A FB drives Bruce to the wall. This should be a VERY short night for Edinson. "Fairly" high pitch count last time out, late in the year, and he obviously doesn't have it tonight. This would be a good night to have a light load on Edinson.
Milwaukee 2nd Inning Summary
- M. Cameron flied out to deep center
- C. Counsell walked
- J. Kendall homered to deep left center, C. Counsell scored
- D. Bush struck out swinging
- R. Durham flied out to deep right
- End of Inning (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
After two
Pitches-strikes - E Volquez 43-23, Ground balls-fly balls - E Volquez 2-3 Batters faced - E Volquez 10
Volquez 4.55 ERA over last 10 starts--tired or regressing to what might be career norms?
The Milwaukee announcer just referred to Keppinger as 'the Reds slick-fielding shortstop'. HUH???
Rem
Phillips rips a single to left. 2 outs though.
And the 2 out rally was rather shortlived. Votto grounds out to second.
Cincinnati 3rd Inning Summary
- C. Patterson grounded out to second
- J. Keppinger grounded out to third
- B. Phillips singled to left
- J. Votto grounded out to second
- End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
after three complete Milwaukee 3 Reds 1
IBB - P Bako (by D Bush).
Pitches-strikes - E Volquez 43-23; D Bush 40-25.
Ground balls-fly balls - E Volquez 2-3; D Bush 5-4.
Batters faced - E Volquez 10; D Bush 13.
What do I win?was waiting for the first potshot at the Dust for Volquez's struggles tonight.
I assume you're on board with Dusty's quest to help EV get twenty wins, all the way up to 120 pitches here in September?
Now, to be fair to Edinson, we've seen this before. Early struggles then settling down for a dominant rest of the game. If I recall correctly, he stated something about if he warms up really well that it doesn't translate to the game or something along those lines.
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