Reds @ Pirates....Game 1

• Ironman92

  

  Arroyo vs McDonald
  
  1:35 start folks
• Midstate01

  

  McDonald, and the whole pirates pitching staff, has pitched well this season. Hoping for 2 of 3.
• killer_ewok

  

  Pirates just swept the Cubs. Would love for them to take 2 out of 3 in this series. The Bucco bats came alive today as they scored 10 runs.
• Ironman92

  

  God I pray George Grande and Sean Casey aren't announcing this series.
  
  Please Dear Lord grant me this one.
• Ironman92

  

  I look to beat McDonald and definitely Burnett.....but Morton turns into unhittable Roy Halladay against us.
  
  Game 1 will decide who wins the series.
• jordo212000

  

  Ironman92;1182903 wrote:God I pray George Grande and Sean Casey aren't announcing this series.
  
  Please Dear Lord grant me this one.

  
  If so, be prepared for Grande saying "Buccos" one million times and Sean Casey obnoxiously cackling at everything he says
• Ironman92

  

  jordo212000;1182910 wrote:If so, be prepared for Grande saying "Buccos" one million times and Sean Casey obnoxiously cackling at everything he says

  
  I've already puked twice thinking about it.
• Heretic

  

  Ironman92;1182904 wrote:I look to beat McDonald and definitely Burnett.....but Morton turns into unhittable Roy Halladay against us.
  
  Game 1 will decide who wins the series.

  Really? McDonald's been Pittsburgh's best pitcher this year and Burnett has possibly been better with the exception of that one horrible start where he gave up 12 in 2.2 or something sick like that. While Morton was good against the Reds last year, he's been pretty blah against everyone this year. That's the game I have the least hope of winning.
• Rotinaj

  

  Reds win 9-3. Votto, Bruce and Heisey all homer.
• jordo212000

  

  Ironman92;1182911 wrote:I've already puked twice thinking about it.

  
  It's much worse than we anticipated. Kelch
• Terry_Tate

  

  This game is a loss. No confidence the Reds will win with Stubbs leadoff and no Cozart.
• Heretic

  

  Off to a good start! Apparently getting 10 runs in one game wasn't too much for them. I was worried they'd be exhausted for this series, since a lot of the guys aren't used to things like running from home plate to first base, but so far, so good!
• gerb131

  

  Hanigan dropped a 3rd strike on Alvarez and it cost us 2 runs.
• gerb131

  

  Bronson is going to throw a hundred pitches by the 4th if he makes it that far...
• Midstate01

  

  Turned the game on. Saw the lineup, turned it off. This has the feeling of a few series where the reds play down to their competition after playing so well against great competition.
• gerb131

  

  3-0 on a rbi double by Neil Walker. Welp looks like its outside time as Arroyo just doesn't have it today. Ball is up and it seems his movement isn't what it usually is.
• Heretic

  

  Thank you, Bronson. Pedro needs a good game to get something resembling confidence at the plate and starting out 2-2 with 2 doubles is a nice way of making that happen!
• Ironman92

  

  Lineup constuction.....Stubbs and Valdez doing NOTHING while Hanigan batting 12th has 2 line drive hits
• gerb131

  

  Costanzo continues to get chances and continues to squander them.
  Valdez did foul one off earlier...
• jordo212000

  

  Costanzo = bad
• gerb131

  

  Stubbs swung at 6 balls.
• gerb131

  

  That was pothetic.
• Heretic

  

  Dusty taking out Arroyo for a pinch-hitter with two on and nobody out after four innings where he wasn't effective = smart move.
  
  Dusty using Costanzo as a pinch-hitter in that situation = LOL.
• Midstate01

  

  Costanzo is 1-for-13 with 8 Ks. 0-for-10 as a pinch-hitter. #reds
• jordo212000

  

  Midstate01;1183240 wrote:Costanzo is 1-for-13 with 8 Ks. 0-for-10 as a pinch-hitter. #reds

  
  Too early to determine how good he is