Loading ...Andy Phillips had not had a homerun all season until 2 days ago. Now he has 2 in 2 days. In yesterday’s game, he went 2-4 with a homerun, run scored, and 4 rbis. Kevin Barker hit his 5th homerun of the season, going 1-5 with a run scored and 3 rbis. Jay Bruce went 4-5 for the Bats while Jolbert Cabrera and Paul Janish had 2 hits each.
Matt Maloney improved to 3-2 on the season by allowing 2 runs on 7 hits while striking out 2 over 7 innings pitched. Bill Bray struggled in his first outing since being sent back down to AAA. Bray allowed 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks in .1 innings pitched. Jon Adkins picked up his 5th save of the season by recording the final 2 outs of the game. Adkins now has a 0.87 ERA in 20.2 innings pitched.
The Smokies scored 5 runs in the 7th and then 6 more in the 9th to blow the game open late. Derrick Lutz pitched .1 innings, allowing 5 runs (3 earned) on 2 hits and 2 walks to get the loss. Justin James did not help matter any. James pitched 1 inning, giving up 6 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits and 4 walks.
Michael Griffin, Tonys Gutierrez, and Craig Tatum each had 2 hits in the game for the Lookouts. Tatum added a double and 2 rbis. Jerry Gil hit his 2nd homerun of the season and drove in 3.
Michael DeJesus led the Reds in hits by going 3-4 with a double and an rbi. Jason Louwsma went 2-4 with an rbi and Juan Francisco had 2 rbis and hit his 5th homerun of the season.
Rafael Gonzalez picked up his 2nd win of the season by going 5 scoreless innings, scattering 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4.
Dayton vs Quad City
This game was postponed
Jay Bruce through 122 ABs in Louisville:
.320 – 5 – 23 with 7 SBs
how much longer is bruce going to toil in AAA while we have corey patterson on the roster?
Matt Klinker’s start was rained out, he’s had bad weather in 4 of his 5 starts. Mesoraco was supposed to start behind the plate last night also.
looking out the window, it looks like dayton won’t be playing tonight, either.
I hear a lot about Jay Bruce and although he is a pretty decent player I don’t really think he’s as spectacular as everyone really thinks. But if he can play better and bat better than Dunn I say do it and make Bruce the everyday LF and bring Dunn off the bench.
I saw Todd Frazier in 2 games when he was in town a few weeks ago, looked great!
Wow, a suggestion to bring up Bruce to play Dunn’s spot. This suggestion doesn’t even require Dunn to get traded.
Why does “everyone” want to trade Griffey or Dunn to “clear up a space” for Jay Bruce. Shouldn’t you just do this suggestion from Matthew H, except replace Dunn’s name with Patterson? Bring up Bruce to be the everyday CFer and make Patterson the bench player?