Loading ...Starters: Lohse (2.53 ERA) vs. Lieber (11.57)
I might’ve predicted that this game would pit the NL’s HR leader vs. the #2. I would not have predicted that those labels applied to Jimmy Rollins and Josh Hamilton.
Given the Reds bullpen, I’m hoping for a big rainstorm after 6 innings.
Lohse looking awesome early.
MLB.TV looking crappy.
Thanks for posting the game thread. I’m on the road, and couldn’t get to it in time.
Lohse still looking good?
Not as much now… 2 on, 1 out for the Phillies
Bases loaded after a perfectly placed ball to center… Still only 1 out.
Phillips makes a great playing, tagging out Rowand and throwing on to first to nail Nunez. Double play, inning over.
…Phillies are now 2-21 with bases loaded on the year.
Dunn struck out swinging. (some things never change)
Phillips grounds out (but not on the first pitch he sees)
Hamilton (the cleanup hitter) takes 4 pitches and walks.
EE hacks on the first pitch, fly out to left. End of inning.
…rooms kinda empty tonight – I think I’ll head out too. Guess all the blown games the past couple of days have taken the wind out of all our sails.
Anyone see that horrible play by Phillips to allow a run to score?
Now Phils are trying to give it back.
I’ve had it w/ Thom. I’ve never heard a more arrogant broadcaster – no guy that ever played baseball above Knothole is as dismissive and hyper-critical as this guy. God forbid a player ever make a mistake, because that little bushy-haired, foghorn-voiced so-and-so (can I use this term on RLN?
Still only one hit for the Reds.
wow, 9 comments after 6 innings? I guess one hit and two errors will do that.
Just watched EdE ground out with the bases loaded. Bummer.
Yeah, dead game thread tonight. Two straight bullpen collapses have demoralized us.
Is the MLB.tv feed blacked out for anyone else?
Not for me, RagTag.
What a shame if the Reds offense blows this incredible start by Lohse.
Nice diving catch by Dunner.
Can’t figure out why MLB.tv would be blacked out for me. I can get other games, just not the Reds.
This “no offense” act is getting pretty tired.
“Pitching and defense” isn’t working out.
Eric Davis in the booth promoting his DVD. #44 doesn’t lack for confidence, does he?
Ross is 4 for 35 on the year, but he gets about 1/1000th the grief Adam Dunn gets. I just don’t understand that.
I think Ross is going to hit, eventually, though.
Ross will hit better than he has been, but I’m not entirely convinced he’s going to hit very well. Last year is starting to look like a small sample size anomaly, and the Reds got taken in.
Why did Narron yank Lohse? Third day in a row he’s pulled a starter during an incredible outing. I know Aaron and Bronson both said they were tired, but Lohse was working on 7 innings of 5 hit, one run ball. And Stanton got spanked last night.
Sigh.
Brantley said he was gassed.
Christ on a bicycle . . .
How many hitters have Reds relievers plunked in the last three games?
Chris Chambliss please call David Ross and Edwin Encarnacion. They miss you.
Wow. What an outstanding start by Lohse. Is he really putting it together, or is this another small sample size anomaly?
If he’s putting it together, he’s young enough to have a good little run over the next 3-4 years. Wonder if Krivsky is already negotiating with him?
(I hope not, for what it’s worth. He scares me.)
Christ on a bicycle? Never heard that one before.
Why not use Javy to pinch hit against the righty? Narron is starting to get on my nerves.
Does putting Myers in the bullpen make any sense? Thom and Chris are talking about how good he’ll be as a backup closer… Welsh now mentioning they’re throwing away a 195+ IP pitcher.
Crush one, Dunner!
I think a hurricane is hitting my place right now in S.D.
Then you do it, BP.
Dave, TV guys point out that Javy can’t pinch hit b/c Moeller is gone. Sheesh.
BP never swinging???
I’ve never seen BP take a called strike three.
This emergency catcher crap is just silly. Javy is an incredible lefty bat off the bench, and Narron’s not gonna put him in because Ross might break his leg in the top of the ninth? Just stupid.
Break out the smokes and have a shot of Jack ready — Coffey just entered the game in the top of the ninth.
Java Man in a 1 run game?
And I’m offering 3-1 odds that he plunks at least one batter. Any takers?
I imagine that Coffey might drive some to intoxication, especially today.
Doesn’t a great SS get that ball?
Thom’s still talking about the Myers situation – and I can’t blame him. It’s like the Reds putting Harang into the pen. Or Homer.
Can the 9th be a chapter to the Josh Hamilton story?
Yeah, that’s an absurd decision re: Myers. Charlie Manuel deserves to be fired.
On another note: Coffey is unstoppable! His ERA is back below eight!!!
Can Hamilton full our butts out of the fire tonight?
Nope
Let’s keep him anyway
EE needs a HR here to play again this weekend.
Surprise surprise, EdE grounds out to third.
It comes down to Scott Hatteberg who started the error fest.
Now batting…Hatteberg, then a bunch of stiffs.
Poor ole EE is in serious trouble. He won’t be a Red in three months.
Lohse can’t give up fewer than ZERO earned runs. What does he have to do to get a win?
JACK CITY!!!!!
Wow.
Hatty homers to tie the game!!!!
Holy Hatteburger!
Nice work, Hat!
At least Lohse is off the hook, now.
Now, let’s make Coffey the winner!
Lohse has the best ERA among all our starters
We need about 2 innings of shutout relief, though. No runs to be scored with Gonzalez, Ross, and the likes of Castro and Hopper on the bench.
Jr – out sick
Conine – MIA
LLM – on ice
Thanks for dumping a bucket of cold water on us, Chris.
Not to be “that guy,” but the Reds better effing win this, because they just cost me a roto save with Gordon. I’m fine with giving one up for the team – just don’t blow it in 5 min.
Col. Angus is on to pitch.
I see that Chris is that guy.
Anyone ever seen Coutlangus’s television debut?
. . . and another reds reliever hits a batter.
“the Reds better effing win this, because they just cost me a roto save with Gordon”
lol, Chris – I seriously hope that you are kidding around…
Gonzalez IS as good as advertised at starting the double play. He really gets rid of the ball quickly.
. and another reds reliever hits a batter.
Might keep them off the plate
Conine, can do be the man?
Funny….WLW promo for Tracy JOnes’ postgame show apologizes to the listener. I hate that guy.
Guess not.
LLM, win this freakin’ game!
Please?
Conine’s alive.
makin some noise
LLM on base.
BUT WE CAN’T PINCH RUN FOR HIM BECAUSE MOELLER’S GONE!!!!!!
That Eric Davis DVD looks really crappy, but I’ll probably end up buying a copy.
Why is nobody allowed to point out that Hatt was a catcher for many years? (They’re saying that Freel is the emergency catcher).
WHat will Narron do, Chris?
Anyone getting the Eric Davis DVD on hitting?
Does Davis quote Billy Demars tips on the DVD?
Freel with a hit to left. Now Adam’s up and time to talk about him.
Welsh pointing out that Dunn lost his mojo after missing a game w/ back spasms.
With Hatt catching there better not be any base runners.
I guess they aren’t giving Dunn a chance to win it.
Gordon nibbling. I think he’s tired.
Hatteberg made up for his error. Can Phillips?
Nobody can run for Javy?
Dunn walks.
Selfish.
Odds that he’s swinging on the first pitch?
Rally hats really look stupid.
Dunn is selfish.
And BP was swinging. And Marty is complaining. So am I.
Marty is pissed off about all the hacking.
So Dunn is selfish for taking, and BP is selfish for swinging. Got it.
Did they almost force out Javy at the plate?
Both Reds atone for their fielding errors!!!!!
Nice!
What about that? We win!
No, that was Freel running into the catcher for absolutely no reason.
Javy made it a little too interesting at the plate.
Is there still time for the bullpen to blow tonight’s game?
Oops. LLM must’ve lost some weight – I confused him with Freel??
Another quality start for the Reds, almost blown, but take the win boys
Nice game winning single by Brandon Phillips!
Anyone listening to the game on the radio? Brantley was doing the play by play just now…and I can’t remember the last time I heard a Reds win without hearing “…and this one belongs to the Reds.”
Even ole Nuxie used to try to say it in these extra inning games when he was at the mike.
and the real shocker, quality relief pitching.
Indeed. Offense still stinks, but maybe this is a get-healthy game.
We aren’t the only team with a closer issue, Rivera is blowing up in Boston
Another bit of turn about. I wish it were against the Astro’s, tho. I’ll take the win, but the blowups against division rivals still hurts.
This makes up for the last two nights (at least a little bit). Meanwhile, the Red Sox have just scored four runs in the bottom of the 8th and are battering Rivera. Even the great ones have bad nights. Great win tonight.
Javier couldn’t be pinch run for because if they didn’t score that inning they didn’t have anybody to catch. I certainly did not wait to see Freel or Hatteberg behind the plate. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe in having three catchers.
With the starting pitching this team has been getting, this team should be making the rest of the division eat their dust.
Bailey pitched five mediocre innings giving up one run. Majewski then blew it up for Louisville in the 6th, Votto is still struggling.
Bats/Tides
It is so nice to see the Reds win tonight. Man Lieber was tough. Hatteberg hit a game winning HR at the end of the book money ball too.
Lohse was taken out because he threw 111 pitches not because Narron is stupid. Man, some of you guys have all the answers. EE has been as bad (OK almost as bad) as Ross and Dunn, yet nobody ever gets on his ass. I don’t get it. I love EE, but he hasn’t been very good so far either.
Starting pitching seems similar to the start of last year. Arroyo and Harang were lights out. Milton was surprisingly good. And the Lizard was contributing good starts. Exception is last year’s team had a lot of offense. Bullpen still blew games, though.
Um..Ross .111-4 hits, EE .154-8 hits, Dunn .302-19 hits. Not quite the same struggle.
I don’t think you can say Dunn is struggling if he’s hitting over .300. That’s not struggling in anyone’s book (except maybe Ted Williams’).
Dunn’s been bad? Nobody’s been on EE’s ass? Have you been following this team at all?
I meant to say as Dunn in the last week. Typing error! Chris, you may have gotten on EE, but some (Devils Advocate) thinks he walks on water.
I thought you were talking about Narron, Marty, Thom, etc., etc. I don’t consider our opinions to be worth discussing.