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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: 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 [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap: I Choo-Choo-Choose Shin-Soo Choo

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL Cincinnati 4 Miami 0 W: M. Leake (3-2) L: A. Sanabia (2-6) BOX SCORE

POSITIVES –What about that Shin-Soo Choo? Choo went 4-5 with two homers, three runs scored, and two RBI. That’s nine homers on the season for Choo, who’s hitting .322/.465/.589. Yeah, he’s good.

–Another good [...]

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[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: Sweep!

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL Milwaukee 1 Cincinnati 5 W: B. Arroyo (3-4) L: W. Peralta (3-3) BOX SCORE

POSITIVES –A strong outing by the old man, Bronson Arroyo, who tossed six and two-thirds innings of shutout baseball. He did get into a spot of trouble in the seventh inning, but Dusty Baker [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap: The Brandon Phillips Show

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL Milwaukee 3 Cincinnati 4 W: A. Simon (3-1) L: Y. Gallardo (3-2) S: A. Chapman (8) BOX SCORE

POSITIVES –In the sixth inning, with the Brewers threatening, Brandon Phillips performed a classic BP defensive gem, turning a double play to end the inning. In the bottom half of [...]

Titanic Struggle Recap: THIS is why we watch Reds baseball

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….

FINAL Atlanta 4 Cincinnati 5 W: J. Broxton (1-1) L: C. Kimbrel (0-1) BOX SCORE

POSITIVES –Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable. Before we dig into the specifics, let me show you what we tweeted just before the beginning of the ninth inning:

This is going to be a fun walkoff win.

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