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Titanic Struggle Recap — Redleg Nation Dream Series, Game Five

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Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic Strat-O-Matic Dream struggle….

Final (11 innings)
1975 Reds 5
1990 Reds 3
WP: Rawley Eastwick (1-0)
LP: Jack Armstrong (0-1)

1975 “Big Red Machine” Reds win RN Dream Series, four games to one.
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Star of the Game
–Joe Morgan. For the game, Morgan was 2-4, but the big blow was a two-run [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap — Redleg Nation Dream Series, Game Four

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Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic Strat-O-Matic Dream struggle….

Final
1975 Reds 1
1990 Reds 8
WP: Jose Rijo (1-1)
LP: Fred Norman (0-1)
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Star of the Game
–Jose Rijo bounced back from a disappointing Game One start, dominating the Big Red Machine in Game Four. Rijo pitched a complete game, and came within one out of [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap — Redleg Nation Dream Series, Game Three

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Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic Strat-O-Matic Dream struggle….

Final
1975 Reds 7
1990 Reds 4
WP: Gary Nolan (1-0)
LP: Tom Browning (0-1)
S: Rawley Eastwick (1)
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Thoughts
–The 1975 Reds came out swinging in the first inning, putting up five runs against a shell-shocked Tom Browning. TB must not have gotten enough sleep, what with a [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap — Redleg Nation Dream Series, Game Two

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Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic Strat-O-Matic Dream struggle….

FINAL
1990 Cincinnati Reds 2
1975 Cincinnati Reds 4
WP: J. Billingham (1-0)
LP: D. Jackson (0-1)
S: F. Norman (1)
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Player of the Game
–Jack Billingham. Billingham pitched seven strong innings, allowing no runs while scattering 6 hits. Billingham struck out four, and walked two. At the plate, [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL
Florida 2
Cincinnati 3
WP: Maloney (1-4)
LP: Sanchez (2-7)
S: Cordero (38)
BOX SCORE

POSITIVES
–Smilin’ side of the scoreboard!

–Big Redleg Nation congratulations to Matt Maloney, who picked up his first major league win tonight. Maloney gave up 7 hits and 2 runs over five innings.

–Homer for Darnell McDonald, his second. Darnell went 2-3 [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL
Houston 5
Cincinnati 6
WP: Burton (1-0)
LP: Wright (3-3)
S: Cordero (37)
BOX SCORE

I don’t have the energy for a full recap tonight, but…SWEEP! Always fun to sweep the Astros.

New sombrero picture tonight, but if Drew Stubbs keeps hitting homers, someone is going to have to create a Lame Photoshop Sombrero Pic [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL
Houston 1
Cincinnati 3
WP: Arroyo (13-12)
LP: Rodriguez (13-10)
S: Cordero (35)
BOX SCORE

POSITIVES
–This Bronson Arroyo may turn out to be a decent pitcher after all. Another fantastic start for the long-hair, going 7 innings, and giving up only 6 hits and one run. He struck out six and walked none. Wow.

–Fortunately, [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Time for a recap of today’s titanic struggle….

FINAL
Cincinnati 7
Chicago (NL) 5
WP: Rhodes (1-1)
LP: Marmol (2-3)
S: Cordero (34)
BOX SCORE

POSITIVES
–Drew Sutton hit a pinch-hit, two-run, two-out double in the ninth inning for the winning margin. It was the only extra base hit for the Reds today.

–Brandon Phillips and Darnell McDonald had two hits each.

–Johnny Cueto was [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Time for a recap of today’s titanic struggle….

FINAL
Cincinnati 3
Colorado 4
WP: Betancourt (2-1)
LP: Fisher (1-1)
S: Morales (4)
BOX SCORE

POSITIVES
–Homer Bailey only went 5.1 innings, but he gave up just 1 run on five hits while striking out 6. Unfortunately, he also walked five which means he threw a lot of pitches (more on that later), but still…another [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL — 12 innings
Cincinnati 4
Atlanta 2
WP: Owings (7-12)
LP: Kawakami (7-11)
S: Cordero (33)
BOX SCORE

POSITIVES
–Sweep!

–The go-ahead runs for the Redlegs scored when Micah Owings was beaned with the bases loaded in the top of the 12th. Somehow, that seems appropriate given how strange this season has been.

–Nice start by Cueto: [...]

You can’t stop the Cincinnati Reds

You can only hope to contain them (and the Braves haven’t been able to do that). Six straight wins. Eleven wins in thirteen games. Unbelievable.

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Instead of doing a recap, I really have to upgrade the software for the site tonight. If RN is acting a bit funky, or even if you can’t access it for [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL
Pittsburgh 5
Cincinnati 11
WP: Lehr (4-1)
LP: Morton (3-7)
S: Owings (1)
BOX SCORE

POSITIVES
–Eleven runs? Who needs Joey Votto?

–We loves us some Jonny Gomes here at the Nation. Another fine night: 3-4, a double, 3 runs scored, an RBI. He just keeps producing.

–Wladimir Balentien was 2-3 with a HR, a BB, and [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Reds sweep a doubleheader! Less than 2000 people were in attendance (read the game stories for lots of great anecdotes about the tiny crowds), but I promise, the Reds really won!

Game 1:
Pittsburgh 3
Cincinnati 4
WP: Masset (5-1)
LP: Chavez (0-4)
BOX SCORE

Game 2:
Pittsburgh 3
Cincinnati 6
WP: Cueto (9-10)
LP: Maholm (7-8)
S: Cordero (29)
BOX SCORE

–Two homers for Drew Stubbs, one for [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL — 12 innings
Los Angeles 3
Cincinnati 2
WP: McDonald (4-3)
LP: Cordero (2-4)
S: Broxton (29)
BOX SCORE

POSITIVES
–Bronson Arroyo was very good, once again. Seven and a third innings, two runs on six hits. Can’t ask for much more than that.

–Darnell McDonald! Darnell hit a two run homer in the second that [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap

Time for a recap of tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL
Los Angeles 11
Cincinnati 4
WP: Weaver (6-4)
LP: Maloney (0-3)
BOX SCORE

POSITIVES
–Paul Janish pulled out the big bat today, with his second major league homer to go with a double.

–Brandon Phillips was 3-4 with a double and a leg cramp; Joey Votto was 2-4 with a double.

–Craig Tatum hit the first [...]