Reds Vs. Diamondbacks: Game 3

• osu45804

  

  Hopefully we can get some offense out of someone not named Jay Bruce or Joey Votto .... Hoping Phillips can break out of his slump he's been in lately... Hopefully Bailey can continue what he did his last start out as well.
  
  Starting Pitchers:
  
  Joe Saunders ( 2 - 5 ) 4.88 ERA Vs. Homer Bailey ( 3 - 3 ) 4.70 ERA
  
  Reds Lineup:
  
  Phillips 2B
  Cabrera SS
  Votto 1B
  Gomes LF
  Cairo 3B
  Stubbs CF
  Bloomquist RF
  Hanigan C
  Bailey P
• SportsAndLady

  

  Where the fuck is Bruce?
• dave

  Saunders is a lefty that RH batters rake. Not a bad move, although I can't say I'm too excited to go to the park to see this lineup.
• osu45804

  

  From John Fay:
  
  Rolen has stiffness in his upper back and neck. Did it on second last at-bat last night. He's day to day.
  
  
  Also... Willie Bloomquist is a career 0 - 11 vs. Saunders
• mhs95_06

  osu45804;485080 wrote:From John Fay:
  
  Rolen has stiffness in his upper back and neck. Did it on second last at-bat last night. He's day to day.
  
  
  Also... Willie Bloomquist is a career 0 - 11 vs. Saunders

  
  How many days did Votto miss with his "stiff neck"? Wasn't it like 10 or so?
• SportsAndLady

  

  I'm hoping Rolen misses 10 games..he needs a rest, he's been awful.
• justincredible

  

  Rolen could use the rest so hopefully he is limited in his playing time between now and the playoffs.
  
  Why in the world would Dusty start Bloomquist (0-11) over Bruce? I get that Bloomquist is a righty, but 0-11. Oh for eleven.
• Heretic

  

  ^^
  It's one of those "gut feeling/toothpick told him to" sort of things.
• dave

  Why risk injury to Bruce? He just came back, we all know how bad he can look against LHP, those swings could reaggravate the injury.
  
  
  Pads are about to lose to the Rockies, so the Reds will be tied for 2nd best record.
• dave

  http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/article_91b42cf4-c10f-11df-80ea-0017a4a78c22.html
• justincredible

  

  Bruce is 2-3 with a HR against Saunders. Two for three.
  
  
• mhs95_06

  Is Homer's shoulder a problem again? Most he can muster so far is 88-89 on his fastballs.
• mhs95_06

  There's 4 90 mph fastballs to K LaRoche.
• osu45804

  

  Double from Cabrera and Triple from Gomes 1-0 Reds
• osu45804

  

  Followed by a hit (Error in CF) from Cairo 2-0 Reds
• mhs95_06

  Reds taking advantage of shoddy defense! Three poor plays by the LF, and the error by the CF.
• osu45804

  

  2 Run BOMB Drew Stubbs!!! 4-0 Reds
• justincredible

  

  Heretic;485141 wrote:^^
  It's one of those "gut feeling/toothpick told him to" sort of things.

  
  The toothpick was right.
• wildcats20

  

  Bailey's got it goin' nice again.
• wildcats20

  

  That was a strike?? Uhhhhhhh
• osu45804

  

  Double by Cabrera and single by Votto
  
  5-0
• osu45804

  

  Bailey does look really off
• wildcats20

  

  wildcats20;485293 wrote:Bailey's got it goin' nice again.

  
  Well maybe not with 69 pitches and not even through 3.
• osu45804

  

  Bailey should be out of this game now, no sense of blowing this 5-0 lead.... Which is now 5-2
• mhs95_06

  With the Wood and Bailey performances the last two nights, Harang and Leake might be in the chase to be play-off starters!