Reds Vs. Pirates: Game 3

• osu45804

  

  Pitching Matchup:
  
  Johnny Cueto ( 10 - 2 ) ERA 3.32 Vs. Jeff Karstens ( 2 - 6 ) ERA 4.42
  
  Today's Lineup:
  
  Phillips 4
  Heisey 8
  Votto 3
  Gomes 7
  Nix 9
  Francisco 5
  Hernandez 2
  Janish 6
  Cueto 1
• justincredible

  

  Redlegs take the rubber match. Cueto is pitching too well at the moment to allow the 'rates to beat him.
• osu45804

  

  Hopefully we're still in the race mid-late August and September and Dusty stops giving Rolen a day off when there is a scheduled day off the next day. Even if it is a day game after a night game, he is too important to this team to be getting so many days off.
• Azubuike24

  

  Last time Cueto took the mound at PNC it was his best start ever. Hopefully it's more of the same. Happ going for Houston does give them a chance against St. Louis though.
• GoPens

  

  Even though the numbers don't show it, Karstens has just about been the Pirates most consistent starter so hopefully a good pitching matchup. Go Bucs!
• se-alum

  

  When are they gonna go ahead and send Stubbs down getting Dickerson back up?? It's obvious, at the moment, Heisey is a better player than Stubbs, both offensively and defensively. Let's get Dickerson up and see what he can do.
• osu45804

  

  Reds down 1-0 after a HR in the 1st
• chicago510

  

  No tv for this game?
• osu45804

  

  Nope no TV.....
  
  2 Out RBI Single by Janish ties it at 1-1
• wildcats20

  

  That HR was hit by none other than McCutcheon....calling I92
• osu45804

  

  Sac Fly from Ramon scores Gomes
  
  2-1 Reds Top of the 4th
• osu45804

  

  Ground out RBI by Francisco to make it a 3-1 ballgame in the bottom of the 5th
• SportsAndLady

  

  That's fine, ground out RBI's are fine against the Pirates.
• osu45804

  

  Reds will see Carpenter, Garcia & Wainwright for the Cards series
• osu45804

  

  Cueto MAY be done after 6 Innings with 3H 1R 2BB 6K's and 106 Pitches
  
  Still 3-1
• se-alum

  

  Votto gets his 2nd double of the day scoring Heisey(who has another 2 hits today).
• se-alum

  

  Gomes double scores Votto. 5-1 Redlegs
• osu45804

  

  5-1 Reds Jonny Gomes RBI
• justincredible

  

  Votto is good.
  
  Heisey should remain in CF indefinitely. Unless he gives Baker a reason to bench him, i.e. a Stubbs-like megaslump, he should be the starting CF from here on. If Dickerson is brought up you can slide Heisey to the right and start Dickerson in CF if he can come close to his AAA numbers. Bruce is also essentially worthless at the moment and needs to ride the pine for a while.
• Heretic

  

  Things getting ugly now. Karstens was able to survive for five innings, but the shaky middle relief is turning it from a close game into something a bit more out of reach.
• osu45804

  

  Triple by Nix brings in another run 6-1 REDS
• se-alum

  

  Janish w/ a 3-run bomb. 9-1 Redlegs
• se-alum

  

  I think Dusty should go ahead and pull Votto and perhaps Heisey.
• justincredible

  

  Dammit Bray. The guy was batting .198!
• Heretic

  

  justincredible;441693 wrote:Dammit Bray. The guy was batting .198!

  
  Yeah, but after getting recalled from the minors, he's been batting .600 (or is after that home run, since he's 3/5 after returning). And besides, Bray sucks. He doesn't Stephen Jackson-suck (11.57 ERA with an ungodly 2.71 WHIP), but he still sucks.