Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….
FINAL
Cincinnati 3
Pittsburgh 4
W: J. Hanrahan (1-4)
L: B. Bray (5-3)
BOX SCORE
POSITIVES
–Good work by Aroldis Chapman and Sam LeCure out of the bullpen; three shutout innings.
–Brandon Phillips had two hits and a walk. Todd Frazier and Paul Janish, of all people, had two hits.
NEGATIVES
–With two on and no outs in the ninth, and the Reds down by one, Dusty Baker ordered Drew Stubbs to bunt. Even if it had worked, the Pirates would have walked Joey Votto.
Dusty Baker was intentionally trying to take the bat out of the hands of his best player with the game on the line. Moronic.
–Nick Masset continues to stink.
NOT-SO-RANDOM THOUGHTS
–Is this season over yet? Most frustrating Reds season in memory.
–We’ll have a post about it later, but Walt Jocketty and Dusty Baker are evidently returning next year. If that’s the case, I quit. I can’t take another year of this nonsense.
I’m not saying either of them deserve to be fired. I just can’t deal with more of the same.