Reds vs. Marlins - 9/19/09

[HeatherC1212]

GO JOEY!!!

[_Sir_Charles_]

New pitcher. Dan Meyer.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Gomes Ph'ing for Francisco.

[redsfandan]

UC is up 21-18 in the 4th qtr. Let's have 2 Cincy wins.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Gomes flies out to center. 2 down.

Rolen pinch hitting for Bruce

[_Sir_Charles_]

Another pitching change coming. Lindstrom I think.

[HeatherC1212]

This is like a lineup dance from the managers in this inning, LOL

[redsfandan]

This surprises me. Hopefully Rolen can take advantage of him.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Wow...that was close. I thought he was gone.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Pop out to short. Ball game.

[redsfandan]

Damnit. Well it was a good game pitched by Arroyo.

[_Sir_Charles_]

I think I probably would've left Bruce in there, but it's hard to argue against Rolen. Bruce has more pop and he hits fastballs well. Oh well. Nicely played ballgame on both sides IMO.

[HeatherC1212]

I think I probably would've left Bruce in there, but it's hard to argue against Rolen. Bruce has more pop and he hits fastballs well. Oh well. Nicely played ballgame on both sides IMO.

It's hard to say in retrospect but Rolen usually gets a big hit when you need one so I don't blame Dusty for going with him at that time. The Reds are definitely showing that none of these contending teams are going to just walk into Cincy and get a win without a fight. That's good to see. Let's get the series split tomorrow.

[Spring~Fields]

Final Florida 3, Cincinnati 2

Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: Cincinnati
- D. Stubbs homered to deep center

Top 5th: Florida
- J. Cantu homered to left

Bot 7th: Cincinnati
- R. Hanigan homered to deep left

Top 8th: Florida
- R. Gload homered to deep right, E. Bonifacio scored

Florida Batting
2B - C Coghlan (24, B Arroyo); R Paulino (7, B Arroyo).

HR - J Cantu (16, 5th inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 0 Out), R Gload (5, 8th inning off B Arroyo 1 on, 1 Out).

RBI - J Cantu (89), R Gload 2 (28).

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Ramirez 1.

GIDP - N Johnson, C Ross.

Team LOB - 2.
Fielding
DP - 1 (B Sanches-H Ramirez-N Johnson).

Cincinnati Batting
2B - J Votto (26, R Nolasco).

HR - D Stubbs (8, 1st inning off R Nolasco 0 on, 0 Out), R Hanigan (3, 7th inning off R Nolasco 0 on, 2 Out).

RBI - D Stubbs (14), R Hanigan (10).

2-out RBI - R Hanigan.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Phillips 1, J Francisco 1.

GIDP - L Nix.

Team LOB - 4.

Fielding
DP - 2 (B Arroyo-P Janish-J Votto, J Francisco-B Phillips-J Votto).

Pitching

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA  
R. Nolasco      7.0 4 2 2 1 10 2 1.30 5.34            (W, 12-9) 
B. Sanches      1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.33 1.86             (H, 8) 
D. Meyer        0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.14 3.02             (H, 18)
M. Lindstrom    0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.63 5.79             (S, 15)
  
 Cincinnati 
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA  
B. Arroyo     8.0 6 3 3 1 6 2 1.31 4.04               (L, 13-13)
R. Ramirez    1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.71 5.14

Pitches-strikes - R Nolasco 96-66; B Sanches 14-9; D Meyer 4-3; M Lindstrom 8-5; B Arroyo 117-75; R Ramirez 10-6.

Ground balls-fly balls - R Nolasco 2-11; B Sanches 2-1; D Meyer 0-1; M Lindstrom 0-1; B Arroyo 10-9; R Ramirez 1-1.

Batters faced - R Nolasco 26; B Sanches 5; D Meyer 1; M Lindstrom 1; B Arroyo 29; R Ramirez 3.

[_Sir_Charles_]

It's hard to say in retrospect but Rolen usually gets a big hit when you need one so I don't blame Dusty for going with him at that time. The Reds are definitely showing that none of these contending teams are going to just walk into Cincy and get a win without a fight. That's good to see. Let's get the series split tomorrow.

Yeah, I agree. I don't disagree with Dusty there. But considering the situation, the young kid usually doesn't feel the pressure as much and a big hit there can really turn him around. But Bruce's been struggling and Rolen's pretty dependable with pitchers from both sides. Like I said, I don't disagree with it...but I PERSONALLY would've taken the other path.

Regardless, some nice pitching by the Reds tonight. Stubbs showing some MORE pop and patience at the dish. And Hanigan showing everyone that he's not going to just HAND the starters role back over to Hernandez. Double-digit RBI'S baby! hehe. :O)