Reds vs Braves......HUGE Series Game 1

• karen lotz

  

  CinciX12;436314 wrote:Bad words. Stop trying to do what you are doing.

  
  
  I don't get it. You say Reds aren't getting any respect. I try to give them respect. I get told not to???
• darbypitcher22

  

  a critical seires nonetheless, being a short 3 games before the Reds head off to Pittsburgh and Chicago, who's been playing much better since the break
• Tiger2003

  

  karen lotz;436335 wrote:I don't get it. You say Reds aren't getting any respect. I try to give them respect. I get told not to???

  
  I agree with what your saying....But I don't get how they are not getting any respect. All of the MLB reporters are saying they are going to make it into the playoffs, and they have one of the best lineups in baseball..What more do you want.
• Rotinaj

  

  Tiger2003;436545 wrote:I agree with what your saying....But I don't get how they are not getting any respect. All of the MLB reporters are saying they are going to make it into the playoffs, and they have one of the best lineups in baseball..What more do you want.

  
  I want about tree fitty.
• osu45804

  

  Today's Lineup
  
  Phillips 2B
  Cabrera SS
  Votto 1B
  Rolen 3B
  Gomes LF
  Bruce RF
  Stubbs CF
  Hernandez C
  Cueto P
• karen lotz

  

  ^^^^
  
  Should be good for about 13 runs off Medlen. Is the game officially sold out yet or has it at least met the blackout requirements so I can watch the Braves telecast?
• dave

  why would there be blackout requirements?
• karen lotz

  

  dave;436869 wrote:why would there be blackout requirements?

  
  
  I watch Braves games on MLB.tv with their broadcasters through my PS3. Since I'm in the Reds TV market, if the game isn't sold out I can't watch it.
• se-alum

  

  karen lotz;436892 wrote:I watch Braves games on MLB.tv with their broadcasters through my PS3. Since I'm in the Reds TV market, if the game isn't sold out I can't watch it.

  Does TBS carry Braves games anymore? I was just thinking about that, and don't recall seeing any Braves games on.
• karen lotz

  

  Nope. Turner sold the team in 2007 and they haven't been on TBS regularly since then. It sucks.
• mhs95_06

  Braves and the ump really making Cueto work with 55 pitches thru 3 innings, although 4 pitches of them shouldn't count with the IBB. Runner on 2B with one out 3 innings in a row finally gets the Braves a run to take the lead. The shame is in that scoring 3rd, Cueto had Prado, the lead-off hitter in the 3rd, struck out, but the ump didn't call it! The pitch trax showed the whole ball within the box on the low outside corner. With Prado out, there would have been none on and two out for Chipper who singled in Prado for the run who was undeservedly on 2nd with one out! Electronic strikes are badly needed for fairness in the game!
• mhs95_06

  Reds get a cheap, but legit, run on a two out single, balk, and a blooper that falls, the take then lead with a gapper by Votto to RCF. Good thing there were two outs on both those hits as neither runner would have scored on each of those hits had they not had the two out jump on balls in the air to the OF.
• karen lotz

  

  Ump also missed the balk call moving Phillips to second so he could score on Cabrera's weak pop up. It wouldn't have mattered as it turns out since Votto doubled but it seems like the balk has gotten Medlen out of his rhythm. He had been going pretty well up until that point.
• karen lotz

  

  It might be time to sit Glaus for a while. He has fallen off hard at the plate and is still clueless at first. Sit him for a couple weeks to get his legs back healthy and then see what he can do.
• mhs95_06

  And Rolen sprays one past Glaus at 1B to get Votto in with a third big two out RBI to make it 3-1. Cueto needs to keep his focus and try to be more pitch efficient with a two run lead. Need at least 6 innings out of him.
• mhs95_06

  karen lotz;437151 wrote:Ump also missed the balk call moving Phillips to second so he could score on Cabrera's weak pop up. It wouldn't have mattered as it turns out since Votto doubled but it seems like the balk has gotten Medlen out of his rhythm. He had been going pretty well up until that point.

  
  I thought they got the balk correct as he stepped back, but not far enough to get behind the rubber.
• karen lotz

  

  mhs95_06;437155 wrote:I thought they got the balk correct as he stepped back, but not farenough to get behind the rubber.

  
  
  I thought the home plate called the pitches correctly.
• mhs95_06

  Cueto getting better! This time the one out runner is on 1B rather than 2B!
• mhs95_06

  Cueto gets out of the two on two out situation, but he's up to 72 pitches, and effectively an average of 17 per inning.
• Tiger2003

  

  Nationals 5 Phillies 0... After 5
  
  Oswalt has hit 2 and walked 2. Has given up 7 hits. Oswalt was rocked by these same Nationals back on Memorial Day!
• mhs95_06

  McCann with a Votto-like 2 run homer to LCF for a 3-3 tie in the 5th.
• karen lotz

  

  Thanks go out to Thom for that HR. As pitch was being delivered he said that Cueto has handled McCann with ease so far tonight.
• Tiger2003

  

  Phillies cut the lead to 5-1... On a solo HR by Jayson Werth. Phillies have a runner at 1st with one out. Nationals are doing a pitching change.
• mhs95_06

  Game getting away from Cueto and the Reds with the HBP of the pitcher to load the bases for the Braves with no out!
• mhs95_06

  This will be a real test for Bray to face Heyward, Chipper, and McCann, two lefties and a SH with 1st and 3rd and one out in a one run game!