reds vs brewers 9/9/08

[Spring~Fields]

Cincinnati Inning Summary

- M. Stetter relieved C. Villanueva
- J. Votto ground rule double to deep right
- G. Mota relieved M. Stetter
- B. Phillips struck out looking
- E. Encarnacion walked
- B. Shouse relieved G. Mota
- J. Bruce reached on fielder's choice, J. Votto to third, E. Encarnacion to second on second baseman R. Weeks' fielding error
- J. Hairston Jr. hit for W. Castillo
- J. Hairston Jr. grounded into fielder's choice, J. Votto out at home, E. Encarnacion to third, J. Bruce to second
- R. Hanigan grounded into fielder's choice, J. Hairston Jr. out at second
- End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error)

[WVRedsFan]

Karosene Bray next on the mound.

[flyer85]

doesn't matter how it worked out, it was dumb ... replacing a hot hitter for a guy that has hardly played in the last 5 weeks.

[WVRedsFan]

Bray K's Fielder.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bray in. Weathers warming up. *confused* No Roenicke, no Herrera, no Adkins?

[OnBaseMachine]

Bray K's Fielder on a nasty slider.

[Kc61]

I'm pretty sick of all the criticism of Dusty. But I wouldn't have hit Hairston there. He's just back, hardly has been up, I would have stuck with Castillo or gone with Keppinger.

[_Sir_Charles_]

doesn't matter how it worked out, it was dumb ... replacing a hot hitter for a guy that has hardly played in the last 5 weeks.

Oh, don't get me wrong...I agree completely. Castillo should've hit. But I don't blame Hairston for anything in that AB.

[WVRedsFan]

Bray faces one batter and yeilds to Gasoline Weathers.

[Tony Cloninger]

Some of it is pretty warranted.....some of it borders on pure hatred.

I don't agree with PH for castillo.....would have loved to see if he would have done that with patterson.

[OnBaseMachine]

Wilkin Castillo was 6-for-7 in this series and got pinch hit for. Dusty has made 20 boatloads of awful moves this year but that may have been the worst. What's next, Bako for Bruce?

[OnBaseMachine]

Yet another error on EdE.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Dusty is on record as saying the bullpen is overworked. So he uses Burton, Bray & Weathers. I give Dusty the benefit of the doubt most of the time and I try not to criticise him (he gets enough of that from everyone else here), but I don't get that. Use the kids.

[WVRedsFan]

Bray faces one batter and yeilds to Gasoline Weathers. And immediately an error.

[Spring~Fields]

doesn't matter how it worked out, it was dumb ... replacing a hot hitter for a guy that has hardly played in the last 5 weeks.

Don't you just love this manager's decisions and choices from spring training forward. Two more years we have to endure poor choices and decisions.

He claims to have some hitting coach ability and he can't even handle Brandon Phillips and his swinging away let alone bat him in the right place in the order and he led Patterson off again tonight................ C. Patterson CF 0-3 Actually o-4 without that bloop to Cameron