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Titanic Struggle Recap: This ship may be Leake-ing

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL Cincinnati 4 NY Mets 0 W: M. Leake (4-2) L: J. Niese (3-5) BOX SCORE

POSITIVES –Great start by Mike Leake: seven shutout innings, allowing three hits. I’ll take that every time, thank you very much.

–Todd Frazier had two hits, including a double. Looks like Frazier may [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap: Bruuuuuuuuuuuuce

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL Cincinnati 4 NY Mets 3 W: J. Cueto (2-0) L: S. Marcum (0-5) S: A. Chapman (9) BOX SCORE

POSITIVES –Two more extra-base hits for the scorching-hot Jay Bruce: an RBI double, and the go-ahead homer in the sixth. Joey Votto had two hits, a walk, and a [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap: Wait…you mean the Reds aren’t going to win every game?

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 5 W: J. De Fratus (2-0) L: S. Marshall (0-1) S: J. Papelbon (8) BOX SCORE

POSITIVES –Jay Bruuuuuuuuuuce continued his hot hitting, going 2-4 with a two-run homer. That blast cut the lead to 3-2; later in the game (8th inning), Joey Votto homered [...]

Two innings

[View this as a companion (like minds!) with Chad's excellent post about the Reds closer's role in a historical context. If you're tired of reading how the Reds are under-utilizing Aroldis Chapman, avert your eyes. Warning: this post does involve the use of the advanced metrics of Innings Pitched and Sarcasm.]

Since Opening Day, the Cincinnati Reds [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap: I wanna keep playing the Cubs, okay?

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL Atlanta 7 Cincinnati 4 W: P. Maholm (4-3) L: B. Arroyo (2-4) S: C. Kimbrel (10) BOX SCORE

POSITIVES –Alfredo Simon was dazzling in his two innings of work, striking out all six batters he faced.

–Brandon Phillips doubled, singled, and knocked in a run. Zack Cozart had [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap: Bless You Cubs

Let’s recap today’s titanic struggle….

FINAL Cincinnati 6 Chicago (N) 4 W: L. Ondrusek (2-0) L:  C. Marmol (2-2) S: A. Chapman (7)

POSITIVES – The Reds put together a great eighth inning at the plate, scoring four runs with only one hit — four walks, one HBP, one single by Jay Bruce and [...]

Deep Breaths and Bold Thoughts

The off-day seems like a reasonable time to take a detailed look at where the Reds stand with one-sixth of the 2013 season in the record books. Sample sizes remain too small to offer meaningful extrapolation forward, but we can certainly make comparisons of the situation now to that of a month ago. And [...]