First Place Reds @ Braves

• se-alum

  

  It's a 7:10 start at Turner Field.
  
  Harangatang(2-5 6.02) vs Kawakami(0-6 5.79)
  
  The lineup I'd like to see:
  
  Heisey
  Phillips
  Votto
  Gomes
  Rolen
  Bruce
  Cabrera
  Hanigan
  Harang
  
  I would guess Stubbs and Hernandez will get a start though.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  I think its back to our regular lineup. Hanigan has been catching Harang so I think we'll see him tonight.
  
  Lefties are absolutely crushing Kawakami and I like to hear that. Last year in Cincinnati Jay Bruce went 2-2 off Kawakami with 2 HR's. Votto was also 2-2 with 2 doubles against him in that same game.
  
  Unfortunately I wonder if this means Dusty will give Nix the start over Gomes, not just because of the matchup but also to give Gomes the day off. Lets hope that Dusty's tendency to ride a guy while he's hot wins over his tendency to play the matchup. Gomes has been hitting righties pretty well lately anyways.
• thavoice

  Harangatang has thrown better since.........the media speculation of him going to the BP. They hounded dusty about it for a few days....then he started to throw better.
  
  Coincidence?
  
  Sometimes it takes an extreme for a player to get over his CRI issues and just play.
• Midstate01

  

  In years past, it was beating the team that we “should" beat that hurt us most. If this team can take advantage of these next 3 series, then we will be in good shape.
  
  Beat the teams with worse records then us
  win series' and eliminate losing 2 or 3 in a row
  win a few games on the west coast.
  
  If we can do those things, we will be in it at the end.
• jordo212000

  

  se-alum wrote: It's a 7:10 start at Turner Field.
  
  Harangatang(2-5 6.02) vs Kawakami(0-6 5.79)
  
  The lineup I'd like to see:
  
  Heisey
  Phillips
  Votto
  Gomes
  Rolen
  Bruce
  Cabrera
  Hanigan
  Harang
  
  I would guess Stubbs and Hernandez will get a start though.

  Why wouldn't you continue to bat Cabrera leadoff?
  
  Mooney: Wonder if Dusty would consider giving Heisey the start in left if Gomes gets the day off? Stubbs is the better player out of he and Nix. Neither have been hitting much, but Stubbs at least is getting on base
• Mooney44Cards

  

  I'd love to see that. With Heisey playing well, Nix has become almost expendable.
• RiverRat13

  Stubbs has been hitting all of May. He has an OPS of 1.128 over the last week. His stats have been very good overall in the #7 slot. He has a slash line of .302/.375/.535 (910 OPS) in 43 AB as the seventh hitter in the line-up.
• se-alum

  

  jordo212000 wrote:

  se-alum wrote: It's a 7:10 start at Turner Field.
  
  Harangatang(2-5 6.02) vs Kawakami(0-6 5.79)
  
  The lineup I'd like to see:
  
  Heisey
  Phillips
  Votto
  Gomes
  Rolen
  Bruce
  Cabrera
  Hanigan
  Harang
  
  I would guess Stubbs and Hernandez will get a start though.

  Why wouldn't you continue to bat Cabrera leadoff?
  
  Mooney: Wonder if Dusty would consider giving Heisey the start in left if Gomes gets the day off? Stubbs is the better player out of he and Nix. Neither have been hitting much, but Stubbs at least is getting on base

  I just liked Heisey's approach as a leadoff hitter yesterday.
• jordo212000

  

  RiverRat13 wrote: Stubbs has been hitting all of May. He has an OPS of 1.128 over the last week. His stats have been very good overall in the #7 slot. He has a slash line of .302/.375/.535 (910 OPS) in 43 AB as the seventh hitter in the line-up.

  agreed. I was just mainly talking in general. Stubbs is still hitting .198 despite all of his hot hitting in May.
  
  Dating back to May 14th he is 3/14 or .214, (albeit he has 5 RBIs) so he still hasn't been hitting a ton lately. I like the fact that he takes a walk and does whatever it takes to get on base
• SportsAndLady

  

  Orlando Cabrera 6
  Brandon Phillips 4
  Joey Votto 3
  Scott Rolen 5
  Jay Bruce 9
  Jonny Gomes 7
  Drew Stubbs 8
  Ramon Hernandez 2
  Aaron Harang 1
• stroups

  

  lets go redlegs
• SportsAndLady

  

  That was a sweet fucking play..hope hes not hurt
• SportsAndLady

  

  Heyward=dirty
• stroups

  

  haha phillips swallowed his dip............. I have done that before and that is a sickening feeling. I guarantee I would of ralphed in front of everybody in the stadium.
• speedrush1189

  Harang the gas can....... He is lucky BP made a sick ass catch or it would be 2-0. BTW, BP play had better be one of the top 3 plays of the night on SC.
• stroups

  

  Chipper is getting old............... young Chipper would of put that ball in the upper deck
• Rotinaj

  

  Im not watching the game live at the moment but watching the gamecast but from what i see this ump is calling an absolutely terrible game for Harang..Multiple called balls are in the strike zone from what im watching.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Harang...you're killin me
• speedrush1189

  Got out of it. This guy for Atlanta has control issues. Should be able to scratch a few across and def should be able to get to the pen...... if Harang can keep us in it.
• charliehustle14

  Koakami sucks, but has been lucky thus far.
  
  Votto hammered that ball and I'm pretty sure if his bat hadn't broken, that ball would have reached the wall or gone out.
  
  And then Rolen creams a ball into the alley that would have scored BP easily, but it bounces over the wall and BP has to return to 3rd.
• mhs95_06

  Harang doubles to lead off the 5th. See how many the Reds can get!
• mhs95_06

  Two outs later Harang still on the bases!
• SportsAndLady

  

  Still feel good about this...Votto then hot hitting Rolen up next
• SportsAndLady

  

  Welp nevermind I look retarded
• charliehustle14

  I can't believe we're being shut out by this Koakami fuck.