Game 37 - Cincinnati Reds (Edinson Volquez) at Houston Astros (Wandy Rodriguez)

• Midstate01

  

  It's times like these I realize how spoiled we are with our IF
• SportsAndLady

  

  Votto flies out
• gerb131

  

  Votto out but no dp so its up to BP
  BP with a bloop 1st and 3rd
  Come on JONNY
  And Jonny robbed tied at 3.
• Midstate01

  

  Well Gomes...
• SportsAndLady

  

  Wow...what a play by their 2nd baseman Downs to save the run from scoring
• Midstate01

  

  Balls
• mhs95_06

  Looked like Jonny had given the Reds the lead, but a BP-esque play for the force-out nixes that!
• gerb131

  

  Ondrusek isn't playing I like the way this guy pitches.
• gerb131

  

  gerb131;765541 wrote:Ondrusek isn't playing I like the way this guy pitches.

  
  Bite my tongue. Double by Pence 2 walks=loaded
• Midstate01

  

  Stoopid Stubbs!
• gerb131

  

  Fly out to end it tied at 3
• Midstate01

  

  Whew!! Good pitch tho, let them put it in play and see if your d can get an out
• mhs95_06

  That double by Pence I don't think was aided in any way by bad, lazy, or sloppy play by Stubbs. Pence was hustling all the way and looking for an opportunity and when the ball took an obscure bad hop on the last one to Stubbs, nearly getting thru his wicket, Pence picked it up right away and continued for 2nd, and the off-balance that Stubbs had gotten from correcting to corral the hop made him unable to peg out Pence at 2nd.
• gerb131

  

  Quick 1,2,3 by the Reds in the 8th...
• gerb131

  

  On comes Masset
• Midstate01

  

  I think it was lazy. He never even came towards the ball. He stood there with his legs apart and waited on it. Thus putting himself in terrible position to make any sort of quality throw.
• SportsAndLady

  

  It'd be huge to win this game
• Azubuike24

  

  Don't wanna jinx it but the non-April Nick Masset is starting to show. When the guy has it working, he's got the best overall variety of stuff on the staff.
• Midstate01

  

  I'd say we deserve to 10 hits to 4. But need someone to come up big.
• Midstate01

  

  Azubuike24;765571 wrote:Don't wanna jinx it but the non-April Nick Masset is starting to show. When the guy has it working, he's got the best overall variety of stuff on the staff.

  
  When on, his stuff is nasty!!!
• gerb131

  

  Masset is nasty this time around. First 2 retired easily and the 3rd
• mhs95_06

  gerb131;765563 wrote:Quick 1,2,3 by the Reds in the 8th...

  
  Yes, only 6 pitches, resulting in Masset not being ready yet, so Dusty resorted to a seldom used strategy to give him more time to get ready. Usually they do that when they plan to put an opposite armed pitcher in to see if there is a pinch hitter, and who it is!
• thavoice

  Didnt see the stubbs play...was it nonchalant or do ya thik he was a little gunshy after the dive the other night that got by him for a triple where he missed the ball by a foot or so?
• gerb131

  

  thavoice;765577 wrote:Didnt see the stubbs play...was it nonchalant or do ya thik he was a little gunshy after the dive the other night that got by him for a triple where he missed the ball by a foot or so?

  
  Hard to say. Pence didn't waste time getting out of the box.
• mhs95_06

  Midstate01;765567 wrote:I think it was lazy. He never even came towards the ball. He stood there with his legs apart and waited on it. Thus putting himself in terrible position to make any sort of quality throw.

  
  Maybe so. Usually it is an infielder who waits and "lets the ball play him", but in the outfield a more common mistake is to charge hard and if there is a bad hop, it turns into 3 bases. So yes maybe a bit more of forward gait may have been better for Stubbs. Just an example of how going hard all the time puts so much more pressure on the defense!