Game Thread #94: Reds (45-49) at Brewers (51-42)

Strange

More than halfway through the season and both starting pitchers, even though they’ve been on their respective teams all year, haven’t started against their opponents yet.

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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 4:54 PM CDT 0 recs

Counsell leading off

No Jeff Keppinger for the Reds, but that’s only because they’ve replaced him with Adam Dunn (sadly not at short).
box

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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 4:56 PM CDT 0 recs

Elias Says...

REDS HAVE COMEBACK WIN IN MILWAUKEE
The Reds came from three down to defeat the Brewers in Milwaukee on Friday, 6-5. It was the Reds’ first road win of the season in which they trailed by three or more runs, leaving the Braves, Rockies and Mets as the only teams that have not won in that manner on the road this year.

Ick.

LOSERS SCORE FEW RUNS ON FRIDAY
The 15 losing teams in the major leagues on Friday combined to score only 23 runs, an average of 1.53 per game. That’s the second-lowest average on any day this season on which more than one game was played. On April 27 the 15 losers scored 18 runs, 1.20 per game.

Well, I feel better that our team was one of the best losers!

link to full article

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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 5:15 PM CDT 0 recs

To paraphrase...

LOSERS DON’T SCORE

yeah, big surprise there :).

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 12, 2008 5:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

so

kirbir would’ve sent Braun packing if he showed up looking for love last night?

by sheeter on Jul 12, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

wow Branyan like

3-0

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 6:15 PM CDT 0 recs

Bigger HR

by molitorfan on Jul 12, 2008 6:15 PM CDT 0 recs

not a good start

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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 6:15 PM CDT 0 recs

I went in the kitchen for about 30 seconds and there is yelling on TV

I whip back and there is Dunn trotting around the bases. Damn Seth.

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 6:17 PM CDT 0 recs

right as i tune in

goodbye. i’ll be going now

by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 12, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

Grit

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 6:21 PM CDT 0 recs

Anybody heard

anything about Suppan? Is this McClung’s last start for a while?

by sheeter on Jul 12, 2008 6:22 PM CDT 0 recs

tv guys

said he’d be back right after the all star break

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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 6:22 PM CDT up 0 recs

thanks

I would guess that means McClung to the ‘pen, can’t see them putting Bush out there with the way he’s been pitching

by sheeter on Jul 12, 2008 6:25 PM CDT up 0 recs

That was outside

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 6:25 PM CDT 0 recs

Fark, nice play

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 6:28 PM CDT 0 recs

Dam, Hart looked safe with that angle

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 6:31 PM CDT 0 recs

tie goes to the runner

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

Much better inning

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 6:34 PM CDT 0 recs

Branyan had one to drive there.

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 6:37 PM CDT 0 recs

i wish mike rivera would play more

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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 6:39 PM CDT 0 recs

Swing Kendall.

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 6:40 PM CDT 0 recs

delayed steal?

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 6:45 PM CDT 0 recs

Weird play there

A 2-6-3 CS?

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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 6:46 PM CDT 0 recs

It’ll be interesting if FSN has a better replay later

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up 0 recs

His forearms look unnaturally long

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 6:51 PM CDT 0 recs

sigh

by Rawiswar on Jul 12, 2008 6:55 PM CDT 0 recs

Volquez has 45 pitches through 2 2/3

How many pitches does Baker let him throw? I bet he gets up to 135.

by Rawiswar on Jul 12, 2008 6:56 PM CDT 0 recs

The most he's thrown this year is 118

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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

So, was the roof closed during the first?

There goes my theory. Oh, well, small sample sizes are fun.

(I wasn’t home. Yes, I missed the first part of a McClung start, shock!)

by morineko on Jul 12, 2008 6:57 PM CDT 0 recs

No idea, but if it means anything, the HR by Dunn wasn’t a long one.

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

Open

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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

PRINCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 7:06 PM CDT 0 recs

Seen enough of Seth. CV for the 6th

by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up 0 recs

hahahaha

he had no idea where that was

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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 7:06 PM CDT 0 recs

lol

I thought he was showing some attitude, but you’re right.

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hopefully the Reds picked up on his confusion

And don’t think he was showing them up.

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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

I tuned in just in time to see that

That was funny.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up 0 recs

Prince looked confused at the plate

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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:06 PM CDT 0 recs

Well, this is certainly an improvement.

Hello, wakened bats!

by morineko on Jul 12, 2008 7:06 PM CDT 0 recs

Volquez settles down

I was hoping he might get rattled

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:10 PM CDT 0 recs

Minor league stuff

Michael Brantley’s back in the starting lineup for Huntsville. Zach Braddock got absolutely shelled at Brevard County.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:13 PM CDT 0 recs

I wonder if he’s the PTBN. He’s got some nice numbers.

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:23 PM CDT up 0 recs

I heard some media guy that covers the Reds say that he was calling him “Babe Bruce” for a while. Meanwhile, in Chicago, the new nickname for Fontenot I keep hearing is the “mini-Babe Ruth.”

by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:25 PM CDT up 0 recs