The Cincinnati Reds (45-42) will try to rebound from a tough loss last night in the first of seven consecutive games against the Milwaukee Brewers (53-36). The two teams will square off tonight again at 8:10 PM. The Reds enter play 7.0 games back in the NL Central behind the Brewers.
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Starting Pitchers
Wade Miley has been everything the Reds could have asked and more. They need one more big start from him tonight. This lineup should be a fairly good matchup for Miley. He has a career 5.92 ERA against the Brewers. Miley has not faced the Brewers in 2021, but last year he did not allow run in 5.0 innings (1 start, 1 relief). Miley had a 2.67 ERA in 7 starts at then Miller Park in his lone season with the Brewers in 2018.
Brewers left-handed SP, Eric Lauer started the season in the rotation, got moved to the bullpen, and he now seems to have settled back into the rotation. His last two starts have been really good: 12.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 6 BB, 10 K. Those starts were at home against the Rockies and at the Pirates. Hopefully the Reds offense came ruin his mojo. Lauer made back-to-back starts against the Reds last month (both Reds wins): 9.0 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 8 BB, 9 K. The Reds also rocked Lauer in his lone start against them in 2020: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K.
Starting Lineups
| Reds | Brewers |
| 1. Jonathan India (2B) 2. Jesse Winker (LF) 3. Nick Castellanos (RF) 4. Joey Votto (1B) 5. Eugenio Suárez (3B) 6. Aristides Aquino (CF) 7. Kyle Farmer (SS) 8. Tucker Barnhart (C) 9. Wade Miley (P) |
1. Luis Urias (3B) 2. Willy Adames (SS) 3. Christian Yelich (LF) 4. Avisail Garcia (RF) 5. Tyrone Taylor (CF) 6. Jace Peterson (2B) 7. Keston Hiura (1B) 8. Manny Pina (C) 9. Eric Lauer (P) |
The Reds have been weird this year against left-handed pitching. The Reds are 10-7, but they have a .688 team OPS vs LHP, the sixth worst in MLB. Even more perplexing is that the Reds have some really good individual wRC+ vs LHP: Castellanos (146), Stephenson (143), India (140), Farmer (135) and Aquino (125). Winker, Votto, Naquin and Barnhart all don’t hit LHP well, but you would expect that. The big stinker for the Reds has been Suarez. From 2018-2020, Suarez had a 149 wRC+. This year he is at an abysmal 27 wRC+.
Tyler Stephenson being out of the lineup tonight is just brutal. He has been a great hitter vs LHP. The reasoning given by Bell is that Barnhart has been Miley’s personal catcher.
Conclusion
The Reds obviously really need a win tonight. Their prospects of having a winning 7-game stretch against the Brewers really go down if they can’t get it done tonight. Tonight’s pitching matchup looks good for the Reds. The time is now. Go Reds!
I hope the benefits of Barnhart catching outweigh the benefits of Tyler S hitting. Let’s win.
Thanks Nick. TS not starting goes against Matchup Bell’s nature. I wonder if it is a request made by Miley. I would have never thought Miley would go all Steve Caralton to get his catcher. Maybe Bell is hiding that TS’s hand is less than right after getting plunked the other day.
Could be but I believe I read where Tucker has caught all of Miley’s starts so far.
If it’s a personal catcher issue then Sit Votto. It’s not that hard
+500
+501
Bell does righty -lefty matchup batting until he gets to the big $ players.
+502
Barnhart has caught 13/14 miley starts
Catching situation is great. Just need the DH in 2022 Stephenson bat can play 145 games at C/1B/DH
Votto can DH 40 games next year
More and more of the baseball traditionalists, including me, are going to the side of the DH. There’s just not enough hitting to begin with these days.
DH maybe not in our favor tonight.
yup, DH has joey written all over it
So if he were DH, JV would suddenly hit LH’ers?
Joey isnt sitting against lefties till 2023…but baby steps with the DH in 2022. The whole reason Matt Davidson and Scott Heineken were on the roster were because they didn’t threaten Votto. What if the Reds traded a single A flyer to the Rockies for CJ Cron – a proven 1b RH bat with a .900 OPS against lefties and legit RH bench bat?
That would threaten Votto and cause WW3.
Suarez is playing 3b this year and next year no matter what. No idea where Moose goes in 2022- probably DH so Stephenson can platoon except when Miley pitches.
As if it’s not bad enough to keep TS on the bench against a lefty, Bell has decided a guy who (literally) hits like a pitcher against lefties should bat 5th. I hope it works out, but there’s no baseball-related reason that can possibly justify it. Winning is obviously not the top priority for this organization.
They want to win there way which obviously hasn’t nor will work.
Lance Mccalister retweeted an “umpire auditor” twitter post
Last night home plate umpire was responsible for 9/10 worst calls in all of MLB. All 9 were balls called strikes by 3 inches out of the zone. Two of those were Jesse Winkers final at bat
C trent has a different umpire auditing tweet and its worse
Brewers got 0.12 net favored runs based on home plate umpire
For all the dialogue- objective bad umpiring in big series should be a bigger issue. Votto and Winker got really bad calls
Wow … just … WOW!! It’s worse than I even imagined.
I’m fine with Barnhart catching. I just dont see why Stephenson cant play first and Votto sits against the lefty tonight. Why not send Lopez back to AAA where he can play every day. Bringing him up to sit the bench is a waste.
I have a feeling Bell and krall are at odds over Lopez and Heineman.
Bell is and always will be clueless
45-42
@ Frankie, Counsell has done more with a lesser team, by far.
I always wonder with the people who bash players and managers/coaches on a frequent basis – if their job had fans following their work performance, would those fans be bashing that person’s performance?
AllTheHype
The Brewers were picked to be better than the Reds by every projection system around. Very few people or projection systems felt like they had less talent – they all seemed to think they had more talent.
PECOTA from Baseball Prospectus had the Reds at 79-83 and the Brewers at 89-73. https://www.mlb.com/news/2021-pecota-projections-breakdown
Counsell has done a fine job. Bell has his team outperforming what everyone thought they would do and it’s still not nearly enough and half of the fan base thinks he should be fired.
Good luck tonight guys. Reds fans everywhere are in your corner!
I assume everyone here are baseball fans in general so I highly recommend you check out the HR the reliever from San Diego hit off Sherzer last night. 28 yr old rookie who grew up in San Diego didn’t even have his own gloves or bats to hit with. The guy who does the call for the Padres has his own HOF moment, it was just perfect.
Anyway, here’s hoping for good luck tonight. Go Reds!
Thats like the Reds AA catcher who took Bieber deep in spring training. If you have a bat- you are dangerous as joe nuxhall frequently said
Got to love something like that if, as you say, you are a baseball fan. And I am. I found a wool cap from the Negro League Museum at an antique mall. Over 20 team logos represented and I even messaged with the NLM’s FB page. It’s been 20+ years since they produced it. Quite a find for a baseball fan.
I said this on another post but will shorten it up.Bell is told who to play and when to play them.He is well aware of Joey’s numbers against lefties and how far Eugenio has fell since 2019 but the front office say they are to play.They also know we need pen help and have needed a legit short stop since the start of the season.Bell wants to win just like we do and knows this is not his best lineup but he has to win playing the players he is told to play.Bob is old school and he will have it his way and he owns the team and writes the checks if we win it will be his way.This is all on ownership.Its amazing to me we are above 500 so lets enjoy the wins and not let the losses bother us so much.Its not going to change unless Bob changes.
Yup .
And Bell option for 2022 gets picked up and probably sooner rather than later. All star break would not surprise me
Exactly.
I am endlessly confused by Bell’s lineups and tonight is a good example considering the stats Nick has presented. I’ve have been quite critical of Bell for this and other reasons but you are saying he really isn’t managing the team (except for the myriad double switches and in game nonsense)? That’s a little far for me but if so; just about everything pertaining to this team should not be supported in anyway from now forward.
If Bob is picking the players who play, he’s doing a heck of a job getting this team above .500.
Having bailed last night after the Reds batted in the top of the 3rd (and I use the term batted loosely), I went back and looked at the box score and the play-by-play on ESPN. 1) Mahle was his own worst enemy by walking 4 batters, one HBP and a botched fielding attempt. To his credit he gutted it out thru 6 innings. The reality is if he hadn’t issued the 4 walks he likely could have pitched the 7th inning! 2) The Reds batters were atrocious early in the game with the bases loaded. 3) The winning blow (HR) by the Brewers was typical of many past Reds bullpen failures in that the home run was preceded by a bloop single. Other times it’s a walk or error before surrendering the HR. It appeared that the team as a whole was not focused from the get go! Hopefully they will rebound tonight with Miley on the mound. Miley generally pitches to contact and will make the worst hitting team in the NL earn their runs, if any! Go Reds!
what is all this you tubing the kids are carrying on about?
what is the RED’s record when on you tube?
the last reds you tube game was the 20 to 4 beat down from the Giants at home. That is the only other game i think
Well the lesson is that if you throw a no hitter, then you get to say who catches. Did I mention that the last you tube reds game announcers were horrible. Hope it isnt the same crew. Reds need to jump on this guy who has been lulled into a false sence of security facing COL and PIT.
Smells like a winner tonight!
Or, if you’re Nirvana, it smells like teen spirit … or, if you’re Weird Al, it smells like Nirvana 🙂
I’m Weird Al, but the 80s stuff!
Speaking frankly, Frankie, I think my favorite is “Frank’s 2000-inch TV”
We should trade moose (if possible though he still hurt) for Story, trade Suarez for Bryant and Nick and Aquino for meadows and shogo for some pitchers. Also sucks tonight game won’t be on tv so means no reds live pregame tonight because it’s on YouTube so dumb
You forgot Doolittle for Trout
Plus a boat load of ca$h!
We can all dream of miracle trades, can’t we …
Shogo for shohei otani while we are listing trades that are never going to happen
Suarez for Story? The Rockies may go for that, maybe. But Moustakas, not going to happen. He costs too much and hasn’t played a full year with Cin yet. And if you’re trading Castellanos & AA both, I’d say you’d want more than Meadows. Shogo? Who is trading pitchers for another part time player? Way too optimistic I think. Or you expect to find a sucker as clueless as the Reds FO.
Stat jus showed that Bell is only 7 games under .500
How many games have we lost against the Rocks and Friars?
7 pitches in and the kid slaps another one through the oppo side.
You think with WINKER being in the league for a few years Plesac would know his name isnt WINKLER.
Henry Winkler aka The Fonz.
Nick 6 for 29 in July and Wink is worse. This is not the time for a slump
Suarez gets a chance early.
Cmon Geno. I know stranding 8 is hard to top, but I believe in you. 2 here and you have 3 more at-bats
Reds are playing! Ready, set….COMPLAIN!
Anyway, I’m very confused Stephensen isnt in the line-up tonight. That said, Reds are the second in the NL for the wild card to a team everyone had already punched a ticket for the postseason before the season started. Very happy I get to watch the Reds be in that conversation, and heres to meaningful baseball! Heres to something to complain about!
Thanks, Geno … (hard eye roll)
not going to bench him in MIL where there are not enough reds fans to boo him off the field but the only thing Suarez managed to do there is degrade MIL catcher’s batting ability. Swung at ball 4
Again, maybe not such a great idea to bat someone who literally hits as well as a pitcher in the middle of the lineup. I mean, if winning is a priority.
Absolute madness to bat someone who’s not hitting his weight in the No. 5 spot! Tough to watch Geno take apparent strikes and then wail away at balls well outside the strike zone. The Reds have now stranded 8 runners in the first 2 innings of last night’s game and inning 1 tonight!
Aquino may have been the better choice to hit in the 5 spot tonight.
Nothing to see here . Suarez strikes out with runners on . He is brutal and Bell keeps sticking name on lineup card . Stupid , stupid , stupid , stupid managerial
decision . Bell is hard- headed .
Adames is basically the difference between these 2 teams. If they still had a .600 ops SS and ours was .900 then its anyones ballgame
I wonder if Stephenson is hurt. He got hit right on his hand while batting on Wednesday. It could be a day to day thing.
Tucker is Miley’s catcher per Bell. Stephenson is fine
He has helped them for sure.Guy will be there for awhile.
alright, can already tell this ump is better then last nights one. Miley doing Miley things. Already put 700 WLW broadcast over the YT broadcast
Nice DP to wrap the inning.
Tucker said Tyler who?
People keep saying they won’t sit Suarez because he makes too much money. That might be the reason, but I don’t quite understand why teams behave this way. If the Reds win, absolutely nobody cares if they’re overpaying a guy who isn’t playing much. If the Reds lose, everyone gets mad about the overpaid guy who plays every day and isn’t producing.
Angels not just sat but released Albert Pujols, who makes more and is a for sure first ballot HOFer. From what I understand, locusts did not instantly descend on Southern California.
I thought I heard something like that, but assumed it must have been a dream.
Angels also started Pujols at 1B for the previous 4 years when he was worse than a replacement level player. They only released him this year because it was his last contract year, and the possibility of recouping value has passed. Like or not, that’s what happens with big contracts and I expect the same with Geno.
If Winker and Nick C. can’t hit chalk up another loss and a very long weekend.
This is bizarre indication of future of MLB.
YouTube broadcast is giving gambling odds on Adames total bases while he is hitting with the over under at 1.5 . Are you serious?
Indy needs a full time job with RLN.
Insta double would’ve paid off)))
We could probably increase the revenue here at the site if we had some gambling-adjacent content….. lol
If you could get a game cast screen aligned with the game thread and maybe an option to bet with Indy handicapping his best bets of the day….you could beat MLB.
A 6 pitch inning by their pitcher and would have been 5 if not for the error on Tuckers’ grounder.Miley swings at the first pitch as well.Guess I will go for now.Just doesn’t seem we are ready tonight.Maybe they were good pitches to hit.
This is an awful broadcast.
Constant MLB marketing with 4 screens of a chat and highlights and a poll and then constant commercials. If this is the future of MLB- I am out. Horse -racing might come back
Unwatchable.
The Reds hitters are very hard to watch right now. Miley needs to pitch a shut out to get to extra innings.
I am out. This media is terrible.
Ill listen to the radio.
Good luck with those 25 year olds paying attention.
Living in Central Florida don’t have a lot of options to follow the Reds. No radio and only on TV if the MLB Network gets tired of showing the Yankees! Just follow the delayed play-by-play on ESPN website!
It’s like watching cnbc with 5 split screens..
A ticker at the bottom ..4 talking heads on split screens, a poll in the right corner,some links to gambling and a player in the dugout being interviewed.
Oh..by the way…a baseball game as the 6th option
Jesse went to left field for a hit in his 1st game after the day off.
Right back to pull happy and rolling over ever since.
Meatball right down the middle and Nick does nothing. If we can’t score on Houser/Lauer then forget it. Woodruff/Peralta coming up and we’ll get 2-3 of them after the break. Trying to stay positive, but Geno just curbs my enthusiasm.
Hate to kick you while your down but Reds get Mets for 3 after Milwaukee series. Reds will get Degrom.
Not playing any audio and it seems like that’s a good choice. We’re watching other stuff, so I’m basically monitoring the game anyway. I wonder how many more YouTube games we’ll have to endure this year.
Winker now south of .300. Hard to believe. Offense needs a jump start from somebody.
The question is whether he’ll be above .300 again.
Really fast game today. those of you who comment on Sadak every day now can truly understand what poor broadcasting is.
Sadak sees his homework and comes at you with facts. These guys have no facts. Plesac saying Lorenzen was suppose to be closing for the Reds. No he was suppose to be a starter.
I will never criticize Sadak again.
As Earl Weaver used to say when he managed the Orioles back in the 70’s & 80’s we need a BLOOP & a BLAST!
Trying to get to the break as quick as they can. Yikes
Lauer leaving cookies up there to be bashed, to each batter this inning save votto, barnhart finally made him pay. Aquino just got beat back to the bag….maybe… in addition to the poor announcing, the camera work for yt needs work too… got the lead anyway
Anyone who bet the game’s first run would be Barnhart driving in Suarez is due for a nice payout.
Yelich comes up with the ball right in front of him, but AA gets thrown out anyway. 2 men in scoring position and Miley is basically a slow Shogo w/the bat. Beautiful clutch hitting by Tucker atleast…..all year he’s done it!
Fundamentals. They sort of really matter when you play every single day
Reds need a new third base coach as well? Maybe they can bribe Vince Coleman to come to work for them and teach them to run the bases. Sure been a bunch of games derailed this year by poor base running.
Ronald Acuna is hitting .281
Freddie Freeman .271
Bryce Harper .278
JT Realmuto .263
Winker and Castellanos will be ok.
Tyler Mahle took 51 pitches to get through 2 innings. Wade Miley took 53 to get through 4 innings.
No wonder we have bullpen problems. Mahle could learn from Miley about what it means to pitch.
Mahle’s a nibbler far too much
Like a vegetarian with a single stalk of celery!
Catcher has a banged up hand. Hit-n-run here
i would agree except India is playing banged up, might reduce his speed
Time for Nick C. to get off the schneid … can’t let Winker working a BB out do him.
Nope …
Wade Cyley
A first grader would know that Votto is the worst player on the roster to bat 4th!!! I just don’t understand the problem why Bell and management can’t see that in front of their eyes. UNBELIEVABLE. !!!!!!!!! We will never win with Votto in the lineup anymore.
The worst player on the roster to bat 4th? Art Warren has had 1 career at-bat. It came in 2015 at the Seattle Mariners complex in rookie ball. I’d bet a lot of money that he would be worse at hitting 4th than the *checks notes* above-average hitting Joey Votto.
Nice scoop by India
Votto is pressing and cannot even make decent contact against lefty pitching! Would like to have had TS up there in that situation!
What a play by Miley! Then he buckles down and strands 2. Cmon offense? Lauer just throwing 92-93 and half werer right down broadway. He can’t even get his breaking stuff over and we’ll still doing next to nothing?
The late great Joe Morgan on Youtube. We all flapped our elbows in little league in tribute!
These announcers sound like a group of dudes who don’t realize they are on a Zoom call.
+500
Farmer is generally useless with a bat tonight!
Aquino walks, Farmer swings at the first pitch, which isn’t even close to being a strike. These guys just don’t care what’s going on, they’re going to do whatever they feel like doing.
Yep! It’s called plate discipline! Know the situation and adjust! If a pitcher is struggling and just walked the batter in front of you, you might want to be selective and take the first pitch!
This offense is sad and getting worse everyday.
If our offense is sad what is Milwaukee’s?
I’m thinking Miley is going to have to throw a shutout.
Brewers +120 live. I’d take it if I wasn’t a Reds fan. Teams see our starter 3x and yet Bell can’t give them a quick hook because they’re still better then the pen. We’re losing again. The offense is doing nothing against a mediocre pitcher. Did nothing yesterday. Did nothing against KCs starters
Adames hits the over with 3 total bases…..as if I woke up today wondering the over under on Adames TB against the Reds. I woke up hoping the Reds could win. MLB provides the updates during the game after he singles.
Hard to believe Plesac once played for Brewers. (Tongue in cheek) The way he talks them up you would think he is still on the payroll.
Yelich back to mvp form is like Geno back to 2019. Its not happening. Back injuries rob you of that explosion. You have to hit with your arms and its not the same
A couple more runs would be nice and would keep Hader’s boney butt on the bench in the bullpen!
Chubby Shogo with a little league triple!!!
Nice start to the inning! 🙂
+5,000
Nice!
Miley helping himself. Let’s get him in.
Wade says, “OK you mooks. I’ll do it myself.”
Now let’s see India bring him in (hopefully without extreme effort on Miley’s part).
Can Miley play third?
Miley just may shut them out.Dude is money.Does he have a team option for next year?If so just pay him and lets move on.Just a pro.Hope the younger players watch him and I am sure his work ethic and the way he prepares is why he can get the most out of what he’s got to give.
$10 mil option
I’m thinking he’s actually under contract for 22.
Yep. $10M. Then UFA in 23.
Club option
Wade Miley is making a huge statement
you tube announcers “miley AB because bullpen bad”
Miley: ” silver slugger is mine”
Put the ball in play all three at bats.
Can he play 3B? JK
Right, announcers 75 pitches, while shutting out a team through 6.
Good at-bat. Jesse’s seen them all. Rbi here!!
Jesse battled…. and won there
Big, big hit. Great at-bat and ended the right way.
Jesse Winker
Da Wink drives in Da Hulk!
+500
Now thats funny.I like it and lets get another one or two and let Da Hulk take a breather
Do you remember when Joey Votto was respected enough to get a IBB. Craig Councel remembers
Joey has hit righties its the right move.Make em pay Eugenio.
What an embarrassing strikeout! They intentionally walk Votto to get to you and you whiff on strike 3.
Did you really expect anything else but a K?
Not really expecting, but still disappointed. I think he needs another benching. I wouldn’t start him until the 2nd Milwaukee series is over. He needs a real wake up call, and or less responsibility.
Agree. He is really hurting the team right now. I would sit him a couple games and start Lopez. See what happens. Long term, I do home Geno gets straightened out, but we can’t continue this way and expect to catch a team like the Brewers.
home=hope
Nope.
The Suarez situation is getting harder to watch everyday. Bell isn’t helping anybody by continuing to run him out there especially Suarez himself.
Only reason Suarez doesn’t strand 8 every night is the guys in front of him. If you do your thing then he’ll do his.
79 pitches I keep him in till he is gassed
Let’s hope Suarez goes home on the break and flushes the bad mojo out of his body. Lord he is a hot mess.
Geno strikes out with 2 runners in scoring position! Shocking!
Imagine if just half the runners that Suarez left stranded over the last two days had scored. Totally different outcome last night. Now imagine it for the whole season to date. Tell me again why he has to play. LAA as way smarter than the Reds
Why were the LAA smarter? Pujols started at 1B for the prev 4 years when he was worse than replacement level, and they finally released him in his contract year. Let’s hope we aren’t stuck with Geno starting until 2024 like the LAA did with Pujols.
Took them too long granted but do you think the Reds would have done it.
Must not ever pinch hit for Suarez. It would hurt some feelings.
Nice throw by Winker. Makes up for last night
What has Suarez gotta do to get benched ???!!!! This is beyond ridiculous – Bell is a complete joke for continuing to pencil his name on that card in the starting lineup . He wouldn’t be starting on any other team in MLB except for this farce of a manager .
He could bat .000 for the entire year, and they would still pencil him in the line up. Long ago I realized there was no rhyme nor reason for it,..unless he has the goods on someone high up. Blackmail,..it has to be. That’s the only way you could allow one player to lose season after season for you. I can’t think of any other reason they would play him.
What does he have to do to bat 7th or 8th if he is going to play? Betting him 5th is beyond stupid.
Nice defensive play by Da Wink!
Broadcast just put up Reds lowest batting averages in reds history with qualified at bats,
Suarez 2000 4th lowest.
2 guys in 1800’s 2nd and 3ed
Suarez 2021 at .178 or whatever worst in history of REDLEGS.
Suffice it to say FSO/Bally Sports would never report that but its official.
Eugenio is officially and historically the worst hitter in Reds history and its not getting better. Send that memo to Phil Castellini and his marketing team to try and polish that lipstick on a pig
Suarez 2
There you go! Insulting farm animals again! I’m calling PETA!
Probably not….but I am at least going to ask the question. ANY possible way the Reds could trade Suarez before the trade deadline of July 31st? He needs a change of scenery, and the Reds could use some relief pitching. Or…is his contract too big for some team to take on?
Geno needs to be benched more than 1-2 games. Quite frankly, he should be platooned. He was awful last season also. You gotta swallow the pride and forget about his contract. He hurts this offense.
Omg….the defense this inning!!!! Wow!!!
Look back at those two plays if the Reds hold the lead.
Why are they so Jekyll and Hyde on defense? Frustrating
Reds flashing the leather this inning.
Defensively, at least, we could do much worse than Kyle Farmer at SS. He can pick and toss.
Totally agree. He takes alot of crap on here but where would they be without him. Suarez would have 30 errors by now at Short.
I’ll give him that! Just wish he was a better hitter to offset the void in the No. 5 spot of today’s batting order!
got to think that Moustakis displaces Suarez straight up when he comes back.
Or even Senzel? If he’s ever available?
Kind of ironic, huh? Senzel had to learn new positions because he was blocked at third by Suarez. Now that Suarez has apparently lost his mojo, Senzel isn’t available. He — Senzel — has to be wondering what he has to do to catch a break!
Or him… forgot about him for a minute.
Watching on MLB Network … these guys do make Sadak sound better. Like, way better. So many voices. So many words. So little content. And these are the MLB analysts they choose to call the game? Heaven help us all.
One of them is former Red Danny Graves.
Brewer’s manager had just playin serious. IBB to 4B to face the weakest 5B of the league and certainly worked.
Now JB was outplayed by the opp mngr.
Counsel is the real deal as I see it.
No question. He always has them in it, even when the talent isn’t first-rate.
Now wait a minute, Tom. That doesn’t fit the narrative for defense of David Bell. But i think what you say is true of good to great managers.
It will be very interesting to see if Miley comes back for the eighth. He’s at 88 pitches. Bell has been letting the starters get close to 100.
Why not pinch hit Naquin against right hander, plus he is a better centerfielder.
Probably a scheduled day off … you know … rules.
At this point, I’m convinced most of these decisions have nothing to do with statistical probabilities, and everything to do with Bell having some sort of ulterior motive.
Here is where Bell is in between a rock and a hard place. He loves Heath Hembree with the sparkling 5.14 era Brach needs some rest. I’d go AG if they had Yelich/Chris Farley back to back, but Vogelbach is hurt. No easy answers. Injuries and a front office that turned off their phones. If another GM called our front office they’d get a disconnected dial tone.
I wondered where Mr. Farley was.
Do we at least give Wade a chance at the 8th?
Tore his hammy a week ago against the diamondbacks. would the strangest play. Tore it rounding third and came up lame 50 feet away from the plate and the D backs just sit there and stare as he limps to the plate.
With the extra long break, There is no pitch count for Miley, either he can get 6 outs or he cant. That is the only factor here I think
Good point. I forgot he’ll get an extra few days no matter what.
MIley ain’t coming out.
He’s the best Reds pitcher and its not close
You called it.
Strickland would by far be the best arm in the Reds bull pen, he is the Brewers 4th or 5th guy. It is hard to beat somebody under those conditions.
I was surprised the Reds didn’t try him out.Guy was pretty good for the Giants
I don’t know what makes me more nervous. Miley going through the Brewers order for a 4th time, or Bell going to anyone else in the bullpen.
I’d lean toward the BP. We do have a No-No from Miley. That speaks something to me.
You right Indy but its the hand he has to deal with along with everything else every night.We have been good in low scoring games lately and I go with Hembree to close and see what happens.If it works it works.If not we play tomorrow any way.
Even my wife said that wasn’t a strike. Counsel is going to get tossed yet. These umps just keep getting worse.
This ump….lolllllllll. He’s as bad or worse then the clown last night, but its working for Miley!!
Is that Plesac that sounds like a chain smoker with a cold?
You mean the guy who cant stop talking about the Brewers?
That part of Geno I love! And an interference DP to boot … kind of like hitting a bonus ball number on a pinball machine.
How many are going to get tossed here?
Loved the pin ball machines and could beat em up back in the day.Hand and eye co-ordination was really good 50 + years ago.Now I would drop the quarter several times before getting it in the slot.Do they still have those things?
That seems like a terrible interference call.
It’s the rolling into Farmer that did it.
Yep Adames is a SS he knows better. If he’s thinking about protecting Farmer he sticks it into the bag.
Those boos are sweet music.
Now don’t waste it, Reds!
I agree. I’d be furious if I was a Brewers fan.
Me too, but as a Reds fan i’m happy
Adames had his hand up and rolled 4 feet over the bag with no reason.
No way reds turn double play but runners cant just roll continuously thru second base 4 feet to side of SS with their hands up
We re witnessing the performance of the year by Wade Miley
Geno’s defense is B- C+ at 3B. He booted that one in KC the other night, but that play was unreal. I doubt more then 5-6 guys make that play.
It’s Jekyll and Hyde for him. He’ll make a great play like that and then boot one any high school player should make.
You have to be able to grab the base when your slide is complete and he went 10 feet past it. Player safety issue
Adames has to stay on the bag by rule.
how noone has been tossed in the last two days is beyond me. Good Job by the umps on calling that blatant interference /s
Wade Miley IS A MAN!!!!!!!!!
He’s the Hulk incarnate for our Reds.
I heard that!
I am LOVING letting Miley hit! Let him go out there and see if he can retire the Brewers in order.
Oh yeah
+1
I’m guessing if anyone gets on, Miley will be relieved. I imagine Bell will have both Hembree and Garrett up. Seems as though Hembree has become the “closer,” at least for the moment.
Captain Jack has tats to cover up the bruises.re
My wife just said India needs hash mark tattoos representing how many HBP’s he’s endured. And he’s got one less than Farmer.
Lefty Jace Peterson coming up 3rd. Navarez hitting .320 on the bench and Tellez the power hitter they picked up. AG for the save if they need him. You don’t want a righty there
All their big sticks are lefty. I’d go AG here without a doubt
Just seems like Garcia loves Reds pitching.
That dude is a real pain! Lol
The Hulk new he was out with the first batter he let on. Great night and he won’t be the loser in any case. Let’s see if we can manage to get 3 outs before they score 2 runs or more.
It will be a nail-biter. 😉
Double H better rock it like Triple H
Man—he did it!
A little help from Blue behind the plate but it’s poetic justice.
Miley busted his tail
What a gamer
Bullpen has to close this out
No more excuses. Season on the line now and Hembree accepts that responsibility
Payback…..lollllllllllllllllllllll
These guys are HORRRRRible
My thoughts exactly!
That’s awful umpiring and make up for last night. Terrible call. No way that’s a strike out and I’m a reds fans
I love this ump. He has called a great game. Lol
I expect a large amount of “3 blind mice” being played by the organist for the rest of the series.
That’s what I’m talkin about, Hembre!!!
Wadey Miley the stopper, back to six out. Solid outing by HH as well
HH isn’t that great, but he will strike some fools out)) 29 ip 50 Ks
Gotta say, Hembree looked like a real closer there. He dominated.
He wasn’t afraid
Mahle should take notes
Mahle battles and I really like him, but he should have challenged the Brewers—the LAST place hitting team in the league
4 inches off the plate!!! For crying out loud we need the robo-zone. And I’m happy with this one, except it cuts both ways.
Sorry – I had to pause it and I’m a little behind.
Yep- what’s sauce for the goose…
Nice job Hembree. I’m glad they went with him.
Cheers to a great win!
Wade Miley awesome
Stop the something is wrong with Winker narrative.
Backfired last year and will backfire to those advancing that narrative again this year. Phil Ervin isnt coming back. Winker is an All star.
Downs happen. Winker will be back up.
Reds win. Gutsy performances by several, especially Miley (India, Winker and Barnhart too). Hembree nice job closing it out. Reds needed this game. Great rebound from last night !!!
And the leather showed up in spades!!!
But why they gotta be so inconsistent on D?
I sure will take it tonight and hope that this is a turning point for their mindfulness in the field
One of life’s great mysteries…
It’s nice to see Hembree coming along. When they recover from injury, he can join Antone and Sims as an alternate closer until something more permanent is worked out in that department.
That’s got to be a major boost for our guys. 6 back now. Tough games coming, but we’re showing we can do it.
I would love for them to take the next two from this fragile Brewers team going into the ASB
With the BrewCrew, the Reds need to take a lead into the late innings.
Wade, Farmer, Wink, and Geno all had sparkling defensive plays! Really crucial win there. I think we get Woodruff & Peralta so you can’t go 0-2 vs the back of their rotation
I enjoyed the tube…sadak needed a night off
HH picked up Miley.Got to love those two and the BIG BOY pants they brought with them tonight.HH should close so give him the ninth with the lead.
I combined 2020-21 for HH. 17 hrs allowed in 47 innings;;;lol. Thats his kryptonite, but AG is probably worse. Why not til Antone gets back. Maybe Warren sometime with a 2-3 run lead?
I love pitchers that pitch…not throw.
They either have it or they don’t. Miley certainly has it, so far, this season.
This was an “interesting” game for me.
For some reason, there was a YouTube streaming interruption and I’m not watching the last half of inning 8.
So it’ll be nice to watch the rest of the game knowing that the Red’s won.
Pitching, defense, and a tiny bit of offense. The Reds out-Brewered the Brewers tonight.
Wishful thinking, but could you imagine back in 2012, NL Series Game 5 versus the Giants. Game 5 starting pitcher for the Reds, Wade Miley (with the way he pitched tonight)
Nice W Miley was on it.
If pitching can stay in the 3’s.
Like has since end of May.
This team can still be a Problem.
What do the Reds do about Suarez?
Peanuts.. get your peanuts here.