3/28/10- Reds v. Dodgers

[Chip R]

2-1 L.A. after 6.

[Chip R]

2-1 is the final.

[Spring~Fields]

LA 2, Reds 1

Cincinnati   AB   R   H   RBI    BB   SO 
Stubbs, CF   4    0   1    0      0    1 
Janish, SS   4    0   0    0      0    1 
Phillips, 2B 4    1   1    0      0    2 
Fcisco, 3B   4    0   0    0      0    3 
Balentien,RF 4    0   2    1      0    1 
Nix, LF      4    0   1    0      0    1 
Cairo, 1B    2    0   1    0      0    0 
Sutton, 1B   1    0   0    0      0    1 
Hanigan, C   3    0   0    0      0    1  
Arroyo, P    1    0   0    0      1    0 
Cordero, P   0    0   0    0      0    0  
Castillo, PH 1    0   0    0      0    0 
Ondrusek, P  0    0   0    0      0    0 
Totals       32   1   6    1      1   11

Reds Batting
2B: Nix, L (3, Kershaw), Stubbs (5, Kershaw), Phillips, B (2, Kershaw),
Balentien (4, Kershaw).
TB: Stubbs 2; Phillips, B 2; Balentien 3; Nix, L 2; Cairo.
RBI: Balentien (3).

Reds Fielding
DP: 2 (Francisco, J-Phillips, B-Cairo, Sutton-Janish-Sutton).

Reds Pitching

Cincinnati IP  H R ER BB SO HR  
Arroyo     6.0 5 2  2  0  2  0 
Cordero    1.0 1 0  0  0  1  0 
Ondrusek   2.0 0 0  0  0  1  0

Reds/Dodgers
Groundouts-flyouts:
Kershaw 6-4, Ortiz, Ra 1-0, Troncoso 1-0, Ayala 0-3, Arroyo 8-8,
Cordero 2-0, Ondrusek 4-1.

Batters faced:
Kershaw 24, Ortiz, Ra 3, Troncoso 3, Ayala 3, Arroyo 22, Cordero 3,
Ondrusek 6.

Spring training preparation progress
OBP SLG OPS
Aaron Miles
.185 .160 .345
Brandon Phillips
.244 .229 .472
Chris Burke
.286 .294 .580
Orlando Cabrera
.295 .243 .539
Miguel Cairo
.294 .367 .661
Drew Sutton
.379 .360 .739
Jay Bruce
.286 .475 .761
Jay Bruce Spring 09
.348 .483 .832
Scott Rolen
.381 .382 .763
Chris Dickerson
.356 .452 .808
Layne Nix
.267 .621 .887
Wladimir Balentien
.351 .543 .894
Joey Votto
.385 .512 .896
Ryan Hanigan
.364 .571 .935
Juan Francisco
.389 .588 .977
Ramon Hernandez
.481 .500 .981
Johnny Gomes
.340 .705 1.045
Drew Stubbs
.349 .750 1.099
Paul Janish
.385 .739 1.124
Does not include today's game

[Hoosier Red]

SF- what's so eye opening about Bruce's numbers? maybe I'm losing it in the glow of Janish's 1.124 OPS

[SirFelixCat]

Ondrusek 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Hard to keep this kid outta the BP to start the season, imo. That's what...8 IP and no runs?

[Sea Ray]

This offense ain't lookin' too impressive. I know it's just Spring Training and all but I'd feel better if they were scoring a few more runs

[Spring~Fields]

SF- what's so eye opening about Bruce's numbers? maybe I'm losing it in the glow of Janish's 1.124 OPS

Bruce is someone that we all like and that we are counting on.

Last spring he did what he did on the heals of the previous season.

At the end of spring of 09, I asked if anyone is concerned about Bruce, most denounced the implication. (Doesn't matter so much about what I think, but, it does matter what Jay Bruce actually does) Bruce had a rough 2009 season.

So far Bruce, inspite of the discussion regarding his time off in 09 and coming back at the end of last season, doing well, is having a tougher spring this year than last, it may or may not mean that he will struggle again in 2010. Then again it might. I think that we are going to have to be more patient with him than we anticipated.

I don't think we are seeing that improvement that we had hoped for from what we saw at the end of last season. Of course I want to be wrong, I want him to do well.

[Spring~Fields]

This offense ain't lookin' too impressive. I know it's just Spring Training and all but I'd feel better if they were scoring a few more runs

I think that you're right to be concerned. Some of those guys had some short falls to begin with, and regardless of spring training, they have a MLB past, I think there are some possible red flags up there.

[Topcat]

I think that you're right to be concerned. Some of those guys had some short falls to begin with, and regardless of spring training, they have a MLB past, I think there are some possible red flags up there.

All Bruce needs to do is be relaxed at the plate and let his natural skills take over. When and if he stops over thinking at bat he will be a true star in MLB.