Reds @ Astros...Game 2

• Ironman92

  

  Oswalt vs Cueto....nice!
  
  Game 1 was a win but didn't really seem like one....you take those
  
  Oswalt has 11 losses and on his way to 1987 Nolan Ryan....but Oswalt is 23-2 versus the Reds and is on display for a new team.
  
  If the Reds make Oswalt work more than the Stros make Cueto work......Reds will win...and vice versa
  
  Reds 4
  Stros 2
• osu45804

  

  Today's Lineup:
  
  Phillips 4
  Cabrera 6
  Votto 3
  Nix 7
  Bruce 9
  Stubbs 8
  Hernandez 2
  Janish 5
  Cueto 1
• Azubuike24

  

  Verified that Cueto is starting? LeCure heading back to Louisville? Glad to hear he's feeling better at least.
• osu45804

  

  Got the lineup off the Reds twitter page
  
  Also Gary Matthews Jr. opted out of his Reds contract and Becomes a free agent.
• Heretic

  

  Guess that means no one has to worry about the 2010 version of Patterson/Tavaras eating up valuable playing time.
• justincredible

  

  osu45804;431509 wrote:Also Gary Matthews Jr. opted out of his Reds contract and Becomes a free agent.

  
  Shucks.
• osu45804

  

  Cubs beat St. Louis.... Now tied for 1st again
• justincredible

  

  osu45804;431567 wrote:Cubs beat St. Louis.... Now tied for 1st again

  
  Sweet.
• dave

  I'm pretty excited to see what this team can do tonight with the chance to take over 1st place again. Janish gets rewarded with the start after missing a sign, I guess that's Dustyball. Rolen should be available to pinch hit, so Gomes, Rolen, Hanigan, Heisey is a pretty solid bench if they can keep Oswalt from going real deep.
• osu45804

  

  According to John Fay's twitter page during pre-game Rolen is running the bases and pretty close to full speed
• osu45804

  

  Votto 2 Run Bomb! 2-0 Top 1st
• mhs95_06

  Marty Brennaman putting out mis-information saying that Stubbs Kd on a ball. Looked to me it was the best of the three to hit(the first two were called on the low outside corner, and the one he swung at was more on the inner half)!
• osu45804

  

  Ramon plays long ball too.. 3-0 Reds
• dave

  Who is this Oswalt bum?
• mhs95_06

  That is three of Ramon's homers this year against Houston!
• osu45804

  

  Nix 2 RBI Double w/ 0 out still... 5-0 Reds
• osu45804

  

  Hernandez RBI single but is tagged out trying to make it a double... 6-0 Reds
• mhs95_06

  Okay Johnny Cueto, with a 6-0 lead, pound the zone with strikes, don't even get to 3 balls on another batter!
• mhs95_06

  Reds with 8 hits, a pair by four different players, all 6 runs scored by those same players, and 6 RBI, a pair each by three of those players. Nix doing well in the #4 spot, and Hernandez, the only one with two RBI producing hits doing well in his first game back catching! And it looks like Cabrera and Votto are in top form.
• dave

  Cueto looks real good. He's approaching that elite level of pitchers in the NL.
• osu45804

  

  whatever Cueto had hopefully the other starters can catch it lol
• dave

  haha no kidding
• osu45804

  

  Oswalt's Final Line -- 5 ip, 9 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR. Never gave up more than 4 ER lifetime vs. Reds til tonight
• mhs95_06

  Cueto holds the Astros scoreless thru 7 innings on 100 pitches, 3 hits, and a walk. And Dusty sends him out for the 8th. I don't know if that's a good idea!
• mhs95_06

  I was pleased to see Phillips make a fundamentally good dart like toss to Cabrera to make sure of the force out, and Cabrera drops it and everyone is safe. Hope that doesn't contribute to a big inning and another loss when the Reds were ahead by 6 or more.