Reds @ Cubs - Game 2

• justincredible

  

  Phillips
  Janish
  Votto
  Rolen
  Nix
  Bruce
  Stubbs
  Hernandez
  Volquez
  
  Fukudome
  Castro
  Lee
  Ramirez
  Byrd
  Soriano
  DeWitt
  Hill
  Wells
• jordo212000

  

  I'm ready, it's been like 3 days since I've got to watch a game. How has Heisey looked the past few days?
• justincredible

  

  Heisey has looked great in what I've seen. Not sure what he looked like yesterday, though.
  
  Also, how bad is Jeff Piecoro?
• SportsAndLady

  

  Random question...if you could go to the monday game of Carpenter vs Leake or the Tuesday game of Cueto vs Garcia which would you choose?
• justincredible

  

  Tuesday, as Cueto > Leake. Reds have a much better chance of winning that game.
  
  I'll be going Tuesday for sure. I'd be going Monday as well if I didn't have to pick up my damn wife at the airport at 7:30. Bah.
• justincredible

  

  Cardinals series is almost sold out. Florida series is filling up fast. It's amazing how easy it is to fill up the ballpark when you put a competent team on the field.
• mhs95_06

  mlb gameday showed Volquez' first pitch was a strike!
• mhs95_06

  After walking the lead-off batter on 4 pitches, Volquez retires the next three on weak ground balls and uses 14 pitches for the 1st, compared to Wells who had 11 pitches for the 3 he faced.
• mhs95_06

  Another weak ground ball for the Cubs to lead-off the 2nd, but it finds a big hole in the 3.5 gap.
• osu45804

  

  WOW NIX!!!
• justincredible

  

  Incredible catch for Nix. Nice.
• justincredible

  

  Leadoff double for Stubbs. Hopefully the benching put a charge into him.
• mhs95_06

  Great play by Nix and it makes Byrd's gamble look poor. But I think it was a good gamble. If Nix catches it and Bryd holds, the pitcher is up with two outs. If he holds and Nix doesn't catch it, but keeps it it front of him, Bryd doesn't score and the bases are loaded with the pitcher still up, but just one out. I think Byrd did the right thing!
• osu45804

  

  RBI Single Ramon 1-0 Reds
• justincredible

  

  Looking good so far.
• mhs95_06

  Reds catchers with the first RBI of each game in the series, and with 3 of the 4 so far in the series. I like the Reds catching situation. Ideally you'd have a right handeded hitting one and a lefty. But the Reds have one for Spanish speaking pitchers, and one for English speaking!
• osu45804

  

  Well damn......
• mhs95_06

  Now, I didn't like Hernandez gamble on Phillips drive down the right field line as he is doubled off. He probably doesn't score unless Fukudome misses it completely, and he still gives up the DP if he catches it, and the pitcher is not the next batter.
• osu45804

  

  Well tie game
• justincredible

  

  Minimal damage for how the inning started.
• mhs95_06

  justincredible;444666 wrote:Minimal damage for how the inning started.

  
  Yes, key was coming back from a 3-1 count to get the pitcher leading off.
• mhs95_06

  Reds left handed hitters are wearing out the SS's glove with those line shots!
• osu45804

  

  Send Bruce down NOW!!!
• mhs95_06

  Bruce blows a pretty good situationj on the first pitch with a weak grounder to 1B to end the 4th with two on.
• mhs95_06

  Volquez again comes back from 3-1 down to get Byrd for the first out of the 4th.