Reds Vs. Diamondbacks: Game 1

• osu45804

  

  Reds coming off the sweep of the Marlins.....
  
  Starting Pitchers:
  
  Daniel Hudson ( 3 - 0 ) 1.59 ERA Vs. Bronson Arroyo ( 12 - 7 ) 3.94 ERA
  
  Reds Lineup:
  
  Phillips 4
  Nix 7
  Votto 3
  Rolen 5
  Bruce 9
  Hanigan 2
  Stubbs 8
  Janish 6
  Arroyo 1
• Azubuike24

  

  Hudson has been really good since the trade. With that said, Arroyo going tonight is a great way to start the trip, and the Reds have a distinct pitching match-up advantage in game 2 and game 3. 2 of 3 at minimum in the desert or else this team may be in trouble. The Cardinals have Garcia against Bush tonight, which is hugely favorable to St. Louis, and they have Wainwright going Wednesday at home, where he's untouchable.
• osu45804

  

  Leake is out of the starting rotation for now..... Reds told Leake he's in bullpen for now. "I'd rather go every 5th day. But whatever I can do to help the team."
  
  The Reds are listing their rotation as:
  
  Bronson Arroyo today
  Edinson Volquez tomorrow
  Travis Wood Thursday
  Homer Bailey Friday
  Johnny Cueto Saturday
  Arroyo Sunday
• Azubuike24

  

  How it should be. Good to see.
• jordo212000

  

  Makes sense that Leake would go to the bullpen. He has struggled over his past few starts and they need to manage his innings.
• Ironman92

  

  I need about 3 more consecutive or like 5 out of 7 very good starts from Homer before I trust him.
  
  I do agree with watching Leake closely and as long as Homer is doing well let him take those starts and innings.
• gerb131

  

  Bronson should have a good game tonight if he can keep from loading the bases in the 4th for like the 3rd straight game.
  I see Harang gave up 5 to the Clippers, not so good.
• se-alum

  

  Yea, don't mind moving Leake to the bullpen at all.
• gerb131

  

  Both of those balls were smoked.
• stroups

  

  Jesus, Arroyo better figure something out quick
• osu45804

  

  Pretty pathetic start
• wildcats20

  

  Brucey smoked that to right
• osu45804

  

  Pretty terrible when 8 of your first 9 outs are by strikeouts.....
• justincredible

  

  Reds are going to K 80 times tonight.
• osu45804

  

  WOW!!! Serioulsy?????
  
  Stubbs clearly hit the side of the 3rd base bag... taking away a run is terrible
• wildcats20

  

  ^^This.
  
  You can see how his leg/ankle bended awkwardly. He hit the base and it was very obvious.
• osu45804

  

  Brewers beat the Cardinals 3-2
• wildcats20

  

  A win tonight would be huge with the Cards loss, 2 game lead with 2 more in Arizona.
• patriots34

  Rolen about to hit a bomb right now!
• patriots34

  Well a base hit and RBI will work too!
• osu45804

  

  Game SHOULD be tied right now... but 3 straight his to begin the 6th has it 2-1 w/ Reds having runners on the corners w/ 0 out
• wildcats20

  

  Correct.
  
  Got something going here, need to keep swinging at hittable pitches.
• wildcats20

  

  Got the run in, but seriously need to do better than that.
• osu45804

  

  Bruce smashes it but it results into a DP.... BUT the run scores 2-2
• justincredible

  

  Maybe my eyes are going bad tonight but I didn't see any evidence of Stubbs hitting the bag with his foot.