Reds at Braves, game 1

• mhs95_06

  After a swinging bunt single by Rolen to lead off the 2nd, Lewis' drives an RBI double to LCF, but Reds fail to add on by getting Lewis in. Then they fail to score Leake when he leads off the 3rd with a double. Leake with 3 scoreless innings so far with 45 pitches with good help from his defense with a double play to cover his lateness covering 1st base and a good play by Lewis and Phillips catching Prado trying to stretch a double.
  
  4th will be key for Leake with the first two up being Jones and McCann, who Leake pitched around after the big 1st inning double play, and walked them both.
• mhs95_06

  Reds have to make them pay for the blown inning ending double play ball on the throw into CF by Hanson.
• mhs95_06

  Good strategy by Dusty and good execution of the suicide squeeze by Janish with the added benefit of getting Ramon to scoring position, where he dies as Leake can't hit the breaking balls like he hit the "get ahead" fastball the first time around. 2-0 Reds going to the key bottom of the 4th.
• Midstate01

  

  Chipper should have been out on strikes but apparently has the smallest strike zone ever.
• mhs95_06

  Double plays are wonderful things - still 2-0 Reds!
• mhs95_06

  And Hanson is out of the game, in favor of a lefty, with 2 on and 2 out in the 5th with 98 pitches and Bruce coming to bat!
• mhs95_06

  And Bruce's squibber off the pitcher's glove scores the 3rd run making it 3-0 going to the bottom of the 5th.
• Midstate01

  

  Take runs any way we can get them!!
• Ironman92

  

  Good fortune for Bruce.
• Midstate01

  

  Nice job leake
• justincredible

  

  Where is lotz? It's funny that he isn't here. Derp.
• karen lotz

  

  Didn't want to break up the circle jerk.
• karen lotz

  

  Plus I'm watching the game, don't need to read play by play.
• Midstate01

  

  The braves are making some high school level mistakes, and for that we thank you!!
• Midstate01

  

  Does this guy dye his beard?!?
• mhs95_06

  Rare error charged to the first baseman on a ground ball to SS that the throw bounced. Gonzales didn't deserve the error with his great play that had the ball there in plenty of time on the hop from deep in the hole. With Ramon out by so far if the play is made they could hardly give him a hit, so I guess by default they give the error to Freeman, but that usually doesn't happen. But the Reds can't get a run with even two errors in the inning, both failing to get an out, with the 2nd one being another bad throw to 2nd on a bunt.
• justincredible

  

  karen lotz;783694 wrote:Plus I'm watching the game, don't need to read play by play.

  
  I'm making fun of tiger dickhead.
• karen lotz

  

  justincredible;783701 wrote:I'm making fun of tiger dickhead.

  
  Fuck you asshole!!
  
  /tiger'd
• karen lotz

  

  So far this game is setting up nicely for a repeat of this...
  
  http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8181161
• Midstate01

  

  karen lotz;783705 wrote:So far this game is setting up nicely for a repeat of this...
  
  http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8181161

  
  No it's not.
• mhs95_06

  Third time Hinske goes to LF, and finally gets a hit on the worst contact of the 3. Gomes ought to be taking note of going to the opposite field!
• karen lotz

  

  Midstate01;783707 wrote:No it's not.

  
  Not after that sac fly.
• Midstate01

  

  mhs95_06;783708 wrote:Third time Hinske goes to LF, and finally gets a hit on the worst contact of the 3. Gomes ought to be taking note of going to the opposite field!

  
  Gotta make contact to go opo
• mhs95_06

  Midstate01;783711 wrote:Gotta make contact to go opo

  
  That's just it - trying to go the other way keeps you from pulling off the ball and helps make the contact especially on breaking balls.
• Midstate01

  

  mhs95_06;783715 wrote:That's just it - trying to go the other way keeps you from pulling off the ball and helps make the contact especially on breaking balls.

  
  But he's swinging at sliders 3 feet outside.