Reds Vs. Diamondbacks: Game 4

• osu45804

  

  Reds looking to take 3 out of 4 against a bad Diamondbacks team. With the team so far ahead with so little games to go I think the Reds should just try to get into some kind of rhythm and get everyone healthy the final 16 games. And work on their playoff rotation as well....
  
  Todays Starters:
  
  Rodrigo Lopez ( 5 - 14 ) 5.13 ERA Vs. Edinson Volquez ( 3 - 2 ) 5.14 ERA
  
  Reds Lineup:
  
  Stubbs CF
  Cabrera SS
  Votto 1B
  Gomes LF
  Bruce RF
  Hernandez C
  Francisco 3B
  Janish 2B
  Volquez P
• baseballstud24

  I don't mind this lineup at all. BP needs a day or two off...Rolen should probably take a week off. Janish deserves the ABs, I'd probably sit Joey and Gomes tomorrow along with Rolen and get Heisey and Cairo some more at bats. Although if Joey sits, Alonso will get the playing time even though he won't be around for the playoffs. Maybe we'll try to show him off so other teams become interested in him.
• justincredible

  

  baseballstud24;485845 wrote:Although if Joey sits, Alonso will get the playing time even though he won't be around for the playoffs. Maybe we'll try to show him off so other teams become interested in him.

  
  Yeah, it would be great if we gave him some games here at the end of the season and he put up some numbers. He'd be a great trading chip in the off season.
• osu45804

  

  If the Reds go 8-8 the final 16 games then the Cardinals need to go 17-1 to tie ..... Seems like it's over huh
• justincredible

  

  If the Reds only win 4 games the rest of the year the Cards would still have to go 13-5. They are toast.
• justincredible

  

  I can't wait to bump the Phillips calling the Cardinals bitches thread after the Reds have clinched. I remember at least one person saying, as a fact, that the Reds absolutely will not win the Central.
• baseballstud24

  Yea...I'm finally comfortable enough to start thinking about the playoffs. I would love to gain home field advantage throughout, but I think getting all of our players healthy is more important. I think Dusty should rest 2-3 everyday starters from here on out.
• Rotinaj

  

  justincredible;485861 wrote:I can't wait to bump the Phillips calling the Cardinals bitches thread after the Reds have clinched. I remember at least one person saying, as a fact, that the Reds absolutely will not win the Central.

  
  And that IS a fact. They will lose 16 straight and you can take that to the bank!!!! But seriously, we're not winning a game in the playoffs with Coco blowing tremendous nutsack game after game.
• gerb131

  

  Have been horribly busy so I haven't seen much of the Reds but I see they are holding there own. Hope more than 18k show up for the playoffs.
• osu45804

  

  Young drops the Inning ending fly ball & Stubbs scores to make it 1-0 bottom 1st
• osu45804

  

  DBacks up & hacking at everything ... Volquez is at 17 pitches through 2 Innings
• osu45804

  

  Volquez battles back w/ a runner on 2nd and 0 out
• SportsAndLady

  

  Reynolds is so god awful..he is what the Adam Dunn haters thought in their heads who Adam Dunn really was...if that makes any sense haha
• osu45804

  

  Nice leadoff double from Votto
• osu45804

  

  Damn Votto should have scored on Bruce's single but holds up at 3rd
• osu45804

  

  Lead off Double and 1st & 3rd w/ 1 out and come up w/ nothing
• osu45804

  

  Volquez losing a little bit of control the past 1+
• osu45804

  

  Well tie game 1-1 and DBacks have 2nd & 3rd w/ 0 out
• osu45804

  

  Infield base hit and Votto cant control the ball and all runners are safe ... Followed by another hit
  
  3-1 DBacks
• charliehustle14

  I don't think I've ever seen a pitcher go from being so good to being complete garbage as quickly as Volquez does at some point in every outing. It's like he suddenly forgets how to pitch.
• charliehustle14

  Get his ass out of there. He's done. When he goes, he goes quickly.
• charliehustle14

  All Arizona has to do is make Volquez work deep in the count. Obviously Young and LaRoach don't understand that concept. But then again, neither does almost the entire Reds line-up vs Lopez.
• osu45804

  

  Volquez walks the 1st two of the Inning ( #7 & 8 hitters in the lineup and they both score) then gets back 2 back K's to end the Inning ( 7 for the game) .... Weird inning, Reds need to do some damage this Inning Lopez has lost his last 7 starts in a row. But of course this is the Reds that show up in cases like this by not being able to hit guys who are struggling.
• SportsAndLady

  

  charliehustle14;486068 wrote:I don't think I've ever seen a pitcher go from being so good to being complete garbage as quickly as Volquez does at some point in every outing. It's like he suddenly forgets how to pitch.

  
  After the 4th inning I was just saying to myself how good his stuff is and how I can never comprehend how he doesn't go 18-6 every year with his stuff. Then I remembered why...too inconsistent.
• charliehustle14

  Janish with a first pitch pop up. Perfect example of our offense today. Man, the Reds make some terrible pitchers look good, that's for sure.