Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle….
FINAL
Cincinnati 3
Philadelphia 5
W: J. De Fratus (2-0)
L: S. Marshall (0-1)
S: J. Papelbon (8)
BOX SCORE
POSITIVES
–Jay Bruuuuuuuuuuce continued his hot hitting, going 2-4 with a two-run homer. That blast cut the lead to 3-2; later in the game (8th inning), Joey Votto homered to tie it up.
–Logan Ondrusek and Sam LeCure each pitched a perfect inning of relief.
NEGATIVES
–Sean Marshall and Jonathan Broxton permitted the Phils to re-take the lead, but neither of them pitched particularly poorly, depending on your perspective.
–Todd Frazier went 0-4, and he’s now 0-for-his-last-19.
NOT-SO-RANDOM THOUGHTS
–I guess the winning streak had to end at some point.
–Tony Cingrani started, and was just okay: three runs allowed on five hits in five innings.
–Let’s hope for Good Bronson tomorrow.
Glad Cozart got an extra AB, though. RT @redlegnation Game over. Reds lose. Thom: “Votto left in the on-deck circle.”
— Chad Dotson (@dotsonc) May 18, 2013
I feel sorry for beat writers because i know they can’t ask Dusty why he’s so infatuated with L/L splits no matter the numbers. He’d pout.
— Redplacementlvl (@RedPlacementLvl) May 18, 2013
Since this seems to be coming up, it sure looks to me like Cozart is just having bad BABIP luck. .202 is unsustainably low.
— Jason Linden (@JasonLinden) May 18, 2013
I’d say 0.03% of Reds fans understand exactly how good Sean Marshall is. Completely underrated.
— Chad Dotson (@dotsonc) May 18, 2013