Loading ...The Astronomicals come to town tonight to begin a short two-game set against our heroes. Aaron Harang returns to the mound, where he’ll face someone named Chris Sampson. I think he played college basketball for Virginia in the early eighties, but I’m not sure.
Rosencrans advises that Edwin Encarnacion isn’t playing again tonight. While I can’t argue with keeping Freel and Hamilton in the lineup, I fully expect Encarnacion to be dealt before the July trading deadline. Just a hunch.
Thoughts? Here’s an open game thread to discuss whatever’s on your mind.
I would seriously hate to see encarnacion be traded unless they get something fairly impressive. As for the game tonight, i’m a little scared, the reds dont always do well against pitchers they dont know very well. Lets see though. GO Redlegs
As for Edwin, he is at best in the dog house of Narron. If that is the case, I am sure Jerry is being the a ok to leave EE out of the line up from the man above. I say take anything you can for EE cause he isnt going to have more value then he does right now.
Ralph Sampson…Virginia 1982.
For Houston
Biggio
Lamb
Berkman
Lee
Scott
Lane
Everett
Ausmus
Sampson
For the Reds
Freel
Hamilton
Dunn
Junior
Phillips
Hatteberg
Gonzalez
Ross
Harang
Rosencrans says that Moeller has been DFA’d. Hopper will be called up to replace him. That’s interesting, I wonder if they have something in the works on a larger scale. The team hopes Moeller accepts the demotion. We’ll see.
I’m on the blackberry and away from a radio, so I’d appreciate any play by play updates you guys and gals can provide.
A question: anyone know who is pitching for Houston tomorrow?
Who’s the umpire behind the plate? I remember him from earlier this year. He takes FOREVER to make a call. I almost thought he didn’t call strike 3 on Berkman.
Good news about Moeller. Hopper isn’t anything special, but he gives the team more flexibility than they would have when they’re saddled with a third catcher.
Why the hell would the Reds settle on Freel at third base? I mean come on! This is ridiculous
Chad – both teams were 3 up, 3 down in the first inning.
Extra Innings and MLB.tv have spoiled me. I’m away from a tv, computer, or radio and can’t access the game, and it is killing me.
There was a time when, if I could see 3 games on tv a year, I considered myself lucky. I grew up with Marty on the radio and attending 3 to 5 games a year. But now? I can watch virtually every game.
I’m spoiled, no doubt, but it has deepened my love for this team.
Nice play Junior
2nd inning – Griffey jumps at the wall and steals a HR from Luke Scott. 2 out in the inning.
I’d like to see us beat the tar out of Houston the next two nights. I really dislike Houston.
LETS HIT
Thanks, Greg.
BTW, there is NO WAY that we trade Encarnacion at any point, any time soon. No way. Just my 2 cents. He’s dissapointed a bit, but he is a chip for the future.
Come on Brandon!
HR PHILLIPS, REDS 1-0!!!!!
BRANDON IS HEATING UP!
Mr. Hatteberg, with a line drive. I’m liking this lineup. Hopefully we see some continuity with it throughout the season if we can stay healthy. This is a lineup that works against R and L
BP thinks we are still playing the Brewers.
Did he hustle around the bases?
anyone here
@ chad
I think he ran harder this time.
double plays are a killer.
How is Harang looking?
Harang looks pretty good so far
2 nice plays by Junior so far!
Ross couldn’t have hit that with a 9-iron
Williams tomorrow for Houston. Harang is in cruise control I hope
Is Ross still looking awful?
Why won’t Narron start Javi? Ross is giving us nothing but automatic outs…
Rosss looks bad. He must catch the pitchers well enough not to tinker. MB and JV didnt look comfy last nite.
AWFUL – struck out in his only time up this inning.
Through 3 IP
Sampson 2H, 0BB, 2K, 1ER on Phillips HR
Harang 1H 0BB, 3K, 0ER
2 walks for Harang this inning – that’s not like him.
Harang having issues in the 4th – bases loaded and only 1 out via a single and two walks.
Nice strikeout pitch! Big out! Let’s get out of this now.
back-to-back strike outs to get out of the inning!
Got Him!!!
BIG strikeout! Harang shaky but works out of it somehow.
Harang strikes out 2 in a row with bases loaded… That’s getting out of a jam (that he put himself into by walking 2…)
Wow, Harang needed 30 pitches to get that inning. (Was at 36, now at 66 through 4.) May be a shorter night for Harangatang than initially expected.
HAMILTON!!!!
Homer!!!
Harang is good for 120ish
Gotta love the kid!
Man crush on Josh Hamilton!!!
No Jeff, he’s mine!
Narron sticks with his starters too long. I wouldn’t give Harang 120 pitches tonight. I think Arroyo also is not yet stretched out to 7 innings.
Fine, I’ll crush from a distance.
hopefully he will have a fast 5th.
This Josh Hamilton story has got to be one of the best baseball tales of all time. My mom, a casual Reds fan, called me yesterday to ask about him. Where’d we get this guy? I didn’t realize how much I loved his story until I had to lay it out for my mom, who ate it up.
Congrats to Josh, congrats to the Reds for picking him up, and congrats to us for being able to watch a superstar in the making.
Yeah, I said it.
Jeff, you can have Dunn. He’s been available ever since Kearns was traded…
How nice is it to have Phillips and Gonzalez up the middle? Solid defense and very nice to watch.
Fast innning
Wonder what the Devil Rays (and the Cubs for that matter – they claimed him and traded him to the Reds) are thinking about Josh Hamilton now?!?!
Rays have to be pissed and the Cubs Duped!
the cubs make me laugh and throw up at the same time
How do you walk David Ross?
Ross Did Not strike out….wow
wow he didnt strike out.
My buddy is a Cubbie fan he is lost already for this season. 4-2 Reds are against Cubs of 1st 6 of 16 meetings. He cant take it.
So, this Josh Hamilton guy? What’s his story?
Why do I feel like the Reds don’t have enough offense yet?
Harang gives up a double to start the 6th, then ball one to Berkman. How many pitches has he thrown now?
Ross is hitting .100 – he’s up to 3 digits! Woohoo!!
Because they don’t, Jeff.
81 I think, 2-2 to Berkman
87 pitches i think
But, it seems like the Reds are in cruise control because Harang is pitching well. I have a bad feeling
Carlos Lee scares me here. This is the situation where Harang will sometimes make a bad pitch to screw up a good start.
Does Phillips get an inside-the-parker on that hit last night, if he had hustled all the way? I didn’t see it, I’m just going on Rosencrans’s article about Phillips dogging it.
Ground ball RBI by Lee. 2-1 Reds.
How was that not strike three?
Other than the 2 HR’s, Sampson has been equally impressive, and he’s only thrown 60 through 5 innings.
Okay, there’s strike three….
Hamilton’s up this inning.
Lee and Berkman good at bats to take more pitches out of Harang. 6 IPs and nearly 100 pitches.
i wish freel could do everynight what he did last night
Did I read that correctly? Did Hamilton really hit another homer?
Where did he hit it?
Alright, let’s get some insurance runs. Freel leads off the 6th with a single!
Great at bat by Freel
i can hear the natural theme music playing in my mind everytime hamilton comes up
Went opposite field. It was long gone. Left fielder stopped running after about 3 steps
Chad Hamilton blasted to Left
George Grande is back. Joy.
He can’t shut up about how great Brad Ausmus is. Quite a contrast from Thom.
Sampson is hurt….that sucks
good sac bunt by Hamilton
Allegedly
Hamilton’s HR in the 4th inning was an opposite field HR.
I don’t know, Chris. Thom had a pretty big man-crush on every single D-back during that series.
Freel got beaned on an Asmus pick-off throw down.
Lidge is up and ready in the BP for ‘Stros
Yeah, Thom did. But he’s so much better than George it’s ridiculous.
Freel swung at a pitch that almost hit him in the …Farney. There were 2 strikes and it was a nasty running fastball, so I’ll excuse him. It just looked hilarious.
Thom stayed to long in Zona
Nothing doing for the Reds that inning.
Harang’s at 101 pitches. Hope he’s on a short leash this inning in a 1-run game.
Harang out Santos in. Harang had a very good outing. Should hold up.
Oops, I’m wrong. Harang doesn’t go out there for the 7th. Santos on the mound for Cincy.
I saw that crazy swing by Freel, Chris. Very funny.
Anyone else surprised that Narron didn’t send him out there to start the 7th?
Narron is legendary for leaving his pitchers in a batter or two too long and blowing quality starts.
This Santos isn’t bad. He’s been a surprise.
Sorry, I’m voting for George + Chris vs Thom + Anybody right now. When I want to relax with a ballgame at night, I don’t want to hear my homer announcer berate all my favorite players on my favorite team. Thom needs to let the color commentator analyze the plays. What Thom does works a little better on radio because the way the Reds do it, there’s often just one guy at the mic at a time.
well I am surprised especially with Harang due up 4th in the bottom half. He has been very strong vs the bottom of the Stros line up too. But who is say. Perhaps he will allow Santos, Saaraloos, Coffee, Stanton and Weathers get the confidence up.
Nice inning by Santos.
Cormier was warming up. Hopefully just getting his work in, but it’s not the time for that.
Randy, I was surprised for exactly the reason you stated. Also, I didn’t hear that anyone was warming up in the ‘pen, but I was also putting my kid to bed for the night.
I think Arroyo’s not quite stretched out to 7 innings yet. Perhaps they shouldn’t be skipping the 5th starter so everyone can get an extra day of rest early in the season. But I guess when your 5th starter is so skipable, you don’t have much choice.
I can’t believe Ross popped o ut.
EE the prototypical pinch HITTER. Not taking any pitches in this AB
EE is going to bat for Santos. Ross needs to have intensive batting practise.
Javaman in
A rod hit another homerun just now, thats 9
EE almost raised his trade value there.
Come on, Java Man. He needs a few solid outings here to get that ocnfidence back up.
oh boy here we go, Todd! Way to hit weak hitting Palmeiro
PLUNK!
Smart play Hatteberg!
No win for Harang. Way to go, Coffey.
I’m so sick of the bullpen blowing wins for this rotation (this year and last).
Don’t hit Orlando Palmeiro and you don’t have that problem, Coffey!! Thanks for nothing. You will NEVER be a closer
Basehit. Squared game, blown save. Lee at bat blah blah blah
Bring in Cromier or Coulangus or me!
coffey is impressive
Coffey’s confidence HAS to be completely torn apart now. Two blown holds/saves in one week . . . yikes.
Anyone see tonight’s attendance figures? Looks empty at GABP.
Gosh, who would’ve thought that a mid 80s fastball right over the plate would be hittable . . .
Bull Pen killing us tonite
Cormier showing his true colors at last. The silver lining is that we probably only need to witness one more of these debacles before the Reds braintrust finally gets rid of him.
Death is less painful I think
Man I guess I was naive enough to think we weren’t going to have to worry this much about our bullpen this year, or did we just not utilize the right guys?
Good God Oh yeah, Reds don’t have enough offense. Not glad to have been right on that one. Oh, and Ryan Freel, stop counting the damn stitches and throw the ball!
should have put Coulangus in
Maybe we can deal Hamilton and Encarnacion for a couple of middle relievers to fix the bullpen.
Bite your tongue, Tom. That could happen.
Ugh, how many more times do we have to see Cormier *ahem* pitch before we cut him?
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Majewski%2520&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=400008
Well, that was a steaming pile of dog crap.
Not to put too fine a point on it.
Just when you get pumped up about this team, we come crashing back to earth
Ugh. Another wasted game. This team is so frustrating, and it’s only April.
I am fed up with Coffey. He has been HORRIBLE since the all-star break last year (and Cormier hasn’t been much better). Everyone complains about Weathers, but Weathers has been pretty damn good since the all-star break last year.
p.s. I can’t imagine that anyone in the world would rather listen to George Grande over Thom Brennaman.
Anyone else get a bad feeling when Berkman stepped into the box righthanded last night?
Coffey:
Pre All Star: 3.52 46IP 1.10H/IP 5HR .282BA
Post All Star: 3.66 40G 1.06H/IP 2HR .264 BA
I don’t know about runners inherited, but it seems his second half and first half were pretty similar to me.
The only good thoughs I can figure is that Bray and Medjeski are recovering and will prove out to be a better balance to the trade last year. We have 2 roster spots ready for them now in Cromier and Coffee perhaps.
p.s. I can’t imagine that anyone in the world would rather listen to George Grande over Thom Brennaman.
Well, I do. And I’ve not been paid by George, nor am I related to him.
Same here, at least George sounds like he’s on our side
Y’know it’s a flat out shame that we hate to have this conversation….
uh, HAVE to have, not ‘hate’….
Preach..don’t be a hater…
…or a haver.
Thom B isn’t paid to be “on our side” he’s paid to call the game as he sees it. George G. is a homer and doesn’t know what he’s talking about.