After splitting the first two games at Wrigley Field, the Cincinnati Reds (52-49) and the Chicago Cubs (50-52) will compete tonight to decide which team takes control of this four game series.
Details:
- First pitch: 8:05 pm ET
- Location: Wrigley Field
- Weather: 76 degrees and partly sunny
- TV: Bally Sports Ohio
- Radio: 700 WLW
Starting Pitchers
| Name | IP | ERA | xERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIP | K% | BB% |
| Tyler Mahle | 105.2 | 3.92 | 3.73 | 4.03 | 3.70 | 1.24 | 29.2% | 9.4% |
| Zach Davies | 102.2 | 4.30 | 5.68 | 4.65 | 5.29 | 1.49 | 15.5% | 11.9% |
REDS
Although he’s had a couple of bad starts this season, Mahle has been one of the most consistent pitchers on the team this year. One of those rare bad starts came on July 16 against the Brewers when he allowed five runs on six hits in 5.1 innings. He did, however, strike out eight that day. He rebounded by pitching five innings of two-run baseball in the win against the Cardinals last Friday night.
Mahle has faced the Cubs twice this season, both at Great American Ball Park. It didn’t go well in May when he allowed six runs in five innings, including three home runs. On July 3rd, however, he allowed just one earned run on five hits with seven strikeouts in five innings.
CUBS
Zach Davies has not had the best of seasons. In fact, he’s been one of the worst pitchers in the league, according to Baseball Savant.
The 28-year-old right-hander’s most recent start in Arizona was probably one of the best of his season, as he surrendered two runs on seven hits. He walked two, but struck out a season-high eight batters.
Part of the reason why Davies’ stats are terrible is that he had a horrific start to the season. He gave up 20 runs in 19.0 innings in April. This month, he’s only given up nine runs in 19.1 innings. He’s started to improve, but his walk rate is still at almost 12 percent. He also doesn’t strike out a lot of batters, as his 15.5% strikeout rate is in the bottom six percent of the league.
Davies has four pitches, but really only relies on two: the sinker and the change up. His sinker has averaged 87.7 this season, while his change up averages 78.1 mph. His change up has always been his best pitch, and consequently his whiff rates have consistently been in the lower-to-mid 30% range throughout his career.
Lineups
Cincinnati Reds
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Chicago Cubs |
| 2B Jonathan India | CF Rafael Ortega |
| LF Jesse Winker | LF Kris Bryant |
| C Tyler Stephenson | 1B Anthony Rizzo |
| 1B Joey Votto | 3B Patrick Wisdom |
| 3B Eugenio Suárez | 2B Matt Duffy |
| SS Kyle Farmer | RF Jason Heyward |
| CF Tyler Naquin | C Robinson Chirinos |
| RF Aristides Aquino | SS Nico Hoerner |
| P Tyler Mahle | P Zach Davies |
Kris Bryant has a career .389 average with three home runs off Mahle. Anthony Rizzo also has hit two home runs off Mahle as well.
Meanwhile, Joey Votto has hit .355 against Davies in 31 at-bats, and Jesse Winker has a .556 average against Davies in nine at-bats.
Stat of the Day
At 37 years old, Joey Votto of the @Reds is the oldest NL player to homer in 4 straight games since Barry Bonds did it at age 41 in 2005.
— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) July 28, 2021
Votto is on one of his hot streaks where you want to watch every one of his at-bats, and it’s even more impressive now since he’s nearly 38 years old.
News and Notes
The Reds have been active in the trade market in the past 24 hours and Redleg Nation has you covered with all the news:
Luis Cessa and Justin Wilson from the New York Yankees
Mychal Givens from the Colorado Rockies
And it looks like two of the three new relievers will be in Chicago tonight:
Reds manager David Bell said Justin Wilson and Luis Cessa are at Wrigley Field for tonight's game with the Cubs. Mychal Givens will not be active for tonight's game, but is expected in tonight.
— C. Trent Rosecrans (@ctrent) July 28, 2021
Thanks Ashley. Let’s have fun tonight….winning.
Outstanding. Go Reds
Bury the stupid Cubs and get to 4 over .500
Here’s to a Reds win. Hooe Votto gets another dinner. Whenbus Castellanos returning?
I can not believe that Baez didn’t get suspended and only got fined. There is no difference at all between what he did and what Amir Garrett or Nick Castellanos did and got suspended for. The difference was the other team reacting to it. What a joke! Michael Hill needs to answer questions about this.
MLB network addressed this yesterday. I agree. Baez should have been suspended.
But Cliff Floyd and Carlos Pena – both ex players- spent 10 minutes on this issue. Both said Baez was out of control and at first look is over the top. They then said place it in context and spent 2 minutes showing highlights…er …..lowlights of Garrett gesturing to cubs over 5 different games since 2018. It was bad optics-Garrett taunting repeatedly Baez but I think the difference maker was Garrett repeatedly taunting Anthony Rizzo. Garrett was over the top taunting Rizzo.
Garrett needs to pitch well and let his performance do the talking.
Baez was worse. Garrett was very stupid but Baez was worse.
No Baez, Contreras or Happ. I’m good with that. Hopefully some Cubbies get traded tonight as well
OK Mahle, for the love of Pete (Rose), NO WALKS PLEASE! Believe in yourself and your stuff! Throw strikes, pound the zone, pitch to contact and let those 7 guys behind you help YOU be successful. Go Reds! Score early and score often!
Observations from last night’s game since this old man (68) had to bail after the 7th inning! 1) Vlad was good and deserves to stay in the starting rotation, 2) Garcia needs to be sent back to wherever and 3) Votto is simply amazing!
Garcia is gone already, Was DFAed as part of the Yankees transaction
Thanks! Missed that news! Osich???
gone as well, When Givens gets here a third will go too
I like the fact that they didn’t just go get one reliever and call it a day. They got 3.
two of which has been very solid this season. One has not but does have a track record of being solid.
None of the three are great but each can be league average at least.
If this team had only had a league average pen all season they would be right there with the Brewers in the standings. Probably a couple of games ahead of them.
Lets hope it is not too late.
One more comment before the game starts! The Dirty Birds lost this afternoon to the soon to be Cleveland Guardians! Let’s win tonight and leave the Cards in our dust!
No Accountability from MLB. Reds will be riding high right now having seen the reinforcements and realizing that we are all in. This may be the end of the trades, but it isnt the end of the trade effort, sure that Krall is reaching out to teams. He cant force the other side to trade of course.
Indy, i see Mahle away, but I also see Zach Davis numbers, Over or Under?
Nice the Reds have upgraded or hopefully upgraded their bullpen with these new 3 guys. Their track record and stats show pretty okay. It did not work out for Edgar Garcia, and the last 8 relief appearances by Josh Osich, did not work out either. It was good they were DFA’d. Though its good Bell is a players manager, and remains positive about them, he tends to stick with some of these pitchers too long, and seems to believe that some magic is going to happen, and they will “suddenly” be reliable. Glad the Owner and/or GM took Garcia and Osich away from him.
Took them away???? It was their failure that put them on his staff. It was there cost cutting that has hindered the performance of this team since opening day. What Bell has done with the injuries and what he was handed for a bull pen is very good. Regardless of all the second guessing that is posted on this comment board daily.
Reasonable minds can differ on tinker bell, lol.
Also….got to give kudos to the Reds players for hanging in there, and winning some games (especially last night) when Castellanos, Moustakas, and Senzel are injured. Must be nice for the Brewers, other than Devin Williams, I don’t think they have any of there lineup injured, unless I am missing something. I have followed the Reds for a long time, and injuries follow the Reds every year! That is just a fact and reality. Always good to have decent enough backups ready to play!
Is anyone else getting bothered by Suarez continuing to bat 5th behind Votto? He has -2.1 WAR, he provides no protection to Votto. With the season at 100 games, I think it’s safe to say Geno won’t turn his season around. If he’s gonna play he needs to bat 7th or 8th….the only thing he does is provide the occasional home run, but most the time he is a rally killer. I appreciate what he has done in the past, but this is getting embarrassing.
Made that recommendation last night! Move Geno to 7th or 8th in the batting order! Less chance he will kill a rally!
Does Votto look like he needs protection right now?
As hot as he is, only a matter of time the league stops pitching to him to get to Suarez.
Very bothered
I’m not sure people really understand how bad Suarez has been this year. It took me a while to understand because I genuinely like the guy. People see his 19 homers and 50+ RBIs and think it is fine for him to be in the 5 spot but he is literally the worst everyday offensive player in baseball. NOTE: I put Farmer in brackets simply because he is who most fans consider the “worst” hitter in the everyday lineup.
Wins Above Replacement (WAR): -2.1 (worst in MLB) [Farmer 0.6]
Offensive WAR: -1.0 (worst in MLB) [Farmer 0.4]
Wins Above Average Player (WAA): -3.5 (worst in MLB) [Farmer -0.5]
Runs Better than Average Player (RAA): -33 (worst in MLB) [Farmer -4]
Runs Worse than Avg Player as Hitter (Rbat): -24 (2nd worst in MLB behind Kevin Newman) [Farmer -8]
Do you all understand how bad a player has to be swinging 99% of the time to have 19 HRs and 50+ RBIs and be dead last in most of these categories? I get it, there are no better options currently on the roster but he needs to be in the 7-8 spot and not in a key position in the lineup.
All true
Senzel was #2 pick and great 3b
See what things look like in a week
Im done with Suarez
Dont understand argument hes a bad 5 hole hitter but an ok 7 hole hitter
You can hit or you cant and he cant
@Old-school I only said 7-8 hole because Senzel and Moose are not healthy and Bell refuses to give Lopez an opportunity. Suarez needs to be hidden someplace where he doesn’t have some combination of India, Winker, Castellanos, Votto, and Stephenson on base directly in front of him. I am all for Moose at 3B and Senzel in CF when they both return. Since Moose is way behind, I agree with putting Senzel at 3B.
Everybody on here knows Suarez stinks. You arent telling us anything we already know. Send those numbers to Bell because apparently he doesnt know.
Nice work BZ
If he’s going to play I say bat him 9th. He will get better pitches to hit in front of the top and have the least ABs possible. Pitchers get hit for in the 8th spot so better hitters there of course.
Just tickled pink about it. 🙂
Brewers made their countermove grabbing Escobar from the Dbacks. A good stick to help their offense.
Good to know the relievers are there and available and the Reds aren’t playing short handed.
Gotta get the best outta Mahle right now.
Glad to see Stephenson in the line up against a RH’er. Is this something Bell is finally trying or is Barnhart part of an unannounced trade package?
People are talking about Votto’s catch and throw double-play last night, but no one is talking about the catch and tag that Stephenson made which was Gold Glove caliber. I’ve had my doubts about TySteve’s D to this point, but that was a stud play.
Didn’t even consider that Barney could be moving. It’s certainly possible. Would hate to see him go but love to see him get his shot with somebody.
LIke I said in another post, if so that mostly likely means Farmer to backup catcher and Barrero to SS. Don’t want Barnhart to go but I’d be good with that.
Just looked Barrero up. He’s hitting .281 and leads the Bats in HRs. Lopez is still hitting .333 with a .900+ OPS. Hard to see the logic in leaving them down for much longer.
Lot of great stories to this season
India Roy chase and Castellanos dominance and winker All star great
Miley too
But Joey Votto now is dominating the narrative. Different player and could get to 60 career WAR
Rose and Robinson great Reds careers but played elsewhere
Bench my #1 red ever
Votto is closing in on solid #2
5.5 games behind wild card. SD lost to As
Yes indeed with this win tonight we be 5 games behind if I’m correct on the math and how the system works
Tuned in to see that terrible 3rd strike call to India. What a joke. Cowboy barked about it. Said if that’s a strike all night the pitchers could have some fun.
Then that terrible call to Winker that went our way. That’s it for me tonight. No more commenting on the terrible zones across the board and lack of accountability.
Again, don’t have TV coverage but have my laptop and a generous supply of antacid tablets since I don’t know which version of Mahle will show up tonight!
Joey Gallo traded to the Yankees. In a roundabout way this helps the reds. Earlier there were rumors of him getting moved to SD with Hosmer getting sent back. Obviously, that got struck down. Now SD is still above the Luxury tax threshold. making it harder for them to get pieces
Look what I found in my glove, guys!
Got “lucky” there.
Saved by the Ivy.
Caught a break there. Mahle wasn’t fooling Wisdom there at all.
Mahle WAS on track for the less than 10 pitches that inning.
Is Mahle nibbling again? Gets first two batters out and follows that up with giving up a single and a ground-rule double! Frustrating pitcher to watch/follow!
The single was a great hit by a great hitter. The double (we were lucky it stuck in the ivy) was a cookie. And then he’s off nibbling and a 4-pitch walk.
Mahle’s inability or unwillingness to throw in the zone is getting tiresome to watch
And now a walk so he can have a 20+ pitch 1st inning!
I agree. He has so much potential but he doesn’t trust his stuff. This consistently leads to him at about the 80 pitch mark through 4.
Bad strike zones always annoy me but inconsistent strike zones are the worst. Pitchers and hitters can adjust to bad strike zones but everyone is at the mercy of the umpire with an inconsistent strike zone.
Cowboy was saying how the guy had a consistent, if large zone. Then expressed his surprise that inning with Mahle not getting the calls. I’d say that’s the definition of inconsistent.
Jason Heyward. The Cubs Suarez
LOL
I think Baez has more Ks.
Major can’t throw strikes again. -heading for another 5 inning game
Dude is just NOT EFFICIENT period
AA with the save! Mahle owe’s him dinner.
seeing that “44” go into the ivy gave me a bad memory
Eric Davis #44 running in to the wall at about 12 mph. I get it.
“Babe” Votto.
I can breathe again! For one inning at least!
Votto!!! Awesome!!! The other way!!!
Votto is just making my 2002 mint 9 rookie card more valuable
Oh youbetcha he is
Nope. That didn’t actually happen. 5 games in a row just isn’t possible. Has to be a replay from a couple nights ago with the image digitally changed.
Un-freaking real!!
That man’s out of his freakin’ mind. And it is a beautiful thing to see.
Maybe you shouldn’t pitch to Votto? Is the wind blowing out at Wrigley tonight?
Suarez swinging for the fences again. They are NUTS walking him. lol
Baseball malpractice to walk Suarez.
Its Joey Votto’s world and we are just living in it.
Like Louis Armstrong said “What a Wonderful World”!
That’s some elite company for JV there. And some of those guys played in the dead ball era as well. And at 37.
I’m really thinking a Jim Thome type late career with the universal DH next season. I believe I’d take that.
Thome! There you go….I’ve been trying to think of a few guys to compare #s with Joey and HOF chances. Thome got 500 though didn’t he?
612 for Thome….omg. Would’ve guessed 520 or something
But but but….. The man is a GREEK GOD
Glad to see you posted it. I had your back.
Sorry I was late… Had to step out during the actual HR
Oh, and for Bet on Red …
But … but … but … but … but
Did Sadak just say what I thought I heard? AA’s power in the 8-hole tells you a lot about the line-up? What in the world does he mean?
Just tuned in. See Votto is still eating his Wheaties.
By the bathtub full apparently
This is where the Reds FB page will post something like, “Employee #19 clocking in for work.”
Come on AA! Put the bat on the ball! It’s Zach Davies not Jacob deGrom or Cy Young!
Anyone remember when I said 3-4 weeks ago that Milw would pick up Escobar))
Not that I can recall, but I’ll trust you did say it. They are playing to win from what I can see.
Vaguely…
I assumed you meant Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
One would think opposing teams would throw more lefties at the Reds. This streak has driven HR rate against RH’ers to about 1 every 11 ABs vs against LH’ers, it’s about 1 every 42 ABs. And his BA is about 90 pets higher as well. And all of this with virtually no protection batting behind him. I’d consider IBB’ing him and taking a chance with Suarez .
We’ll know if Votto is back to MVP form if he starts hitting lefties again.
That would be something. Maybe he should take Suarez out to the woodshed and knock some sense into his head.
This ump is horrible and very inconsistent, If you didn’t know better you would think he was a Cub fan.
Mahle has some extra velocity tonite, but he’s a mess vs righties. The slider is always a foot outside? Start it on the inside corner and let it run and they might swing at it.
Throw some splits to righties too. Its frustrating watching him
New bullpen guys stretching
Jon india !
Some guy names Joey Votto has homered in five straight games. That name sounds familiar. Wasn’t there a player by that name that RLN posters were constantly castigating management for not retiring him?
Thank you, as if Joey Votto needed your comments for motivation. Can’t be too bad when you become the first since Barry Bonds to accomplish a power feat, especially doing it without substance enhancement.
+ infinity
Run saving snag by India … furthering his RoY campaign.
Mahle at 41 pitches thru 2 innings! AGAIN! Another 5 inning outing at best!
He just does not like hitters to make contact. He needs to hang out with Miley.
Winker for the blast…. the Ivy for not holding it.
Glad we paid off the ivy tonite. Keep theirs and spit ours out
WInker to Ivy… How much money you need? Ivy: Na fam get me some water.
When Castellanos comes back …
Reds have best top 4 lineup in mlb
India
Winker
Castellanos
Votto
And then the fall off the cliff with Suarez.
More like falling off the edge of the world
Bounces of the game….Winkers double comes out of the ivy…India scores
IBB to Votto. What a surprise!!! lol hahaha Batting order doesn’t matter though.
At least Votto’s OBP will go up big time with Suarez hitting behind him. 🙂 Up to .370 now.
Crooked numbers are good. See they finally got wise and walked JV.
How do you get jammed on 89 on the inside corner? Then he’ll turn around and can’t get anything away?
Bottom line if they don’t throw a complete cookie down the middle then he’s out and even then he might hit .260
I don’t recall many IBB to the 4th spot to face the 5th better.
Reggie Jackson at his peak, maybe?
IBB to Votto is a “compliment” , but talks a lot for the 5th in the LU.
It can’t be clearer for JB or whoever is making the decision the rivals are playing in their favor that decision
Bell is on another level that us plain folk just can’t understand
So Suarez kills another opportunity. Guess that #5 slot matters after all. Imagine that.
I’m not even surprised anymore. I’m almost to the point of not being disappointed. It’s become the norm. And that’s just plain sad.
Barrero 2-3 with a 3 run hr. The thing is I really doubt Barrero or Senzel could move Geno. Moose could, but who knows when he’ll be back and he’s not that great either
They’ll be forced to do something next year with all the guys coming back and Barrero coming on. Farmer putting together a great 2nd half too
I think Farmer will go on the IL eventually. He’s giving it everything he’s got but he’s wearing down. If they’re going to trade Barnart they’d better save him.
Agreed. That’s why I keep hoping they’ve found a trading partner to take him on, Moose too for that matter. Shoving, etc. I’d lose with the young guys than lose with overpriced veterans. I’d like to think Senzel realizes his potential but I’m starting to think his body is going to prevent that. Oh well, today at least the FO took some positive steps and there’s still time for more.
Shoving=Shogo. Apple strikes again.
Mahle drives me crazy pitching
It’s a real challenge to watch sometimes. I normally figure when it’s a Mahle game I won’t be around for the end.
Jose barrero going off in AAA big time
I thought Senzel playing but not
Million dollar arm . 10 cent head
Cubs broadcast talking about how righties can just ignore anything but fastballs. Its hard to pitch that way and he’s going to need the offseason to fix it.
Jim Deshais (sp?) was a pitcher so he’d know. Of course so was Brantley/Welch
I really enjoy listening to Cowboy break down some pitching ! That guy knows his stuff for sure – very knowledgeable !
It’s Nuke Laloosh from Bull Durham!
Now they may walk Joey right now regardless of who is behind him but everybody and I mean everybody knows if Eugenio is behind him they are going to.Reds will winregardless of the lineup,the owner or the manager.This team plays against the other team and some of their own every night and are 3 over 500. Neither team has much of a chance to make the playoffs but that walk was in the 3rd inning with 2 outs of a 2-0 game.That just as much about Suarez as it is Joey and thats just a shame it has come to this.
Yeah. I’d just about pitch around anybody with runners on when Suarez comes up next but especially Votto, Like I said, if he’s going to play bat him 9th in front of the top so he has the least amount of ABs.
I think there will be a Sam Lecurish move to the Bullpen next year when green gets up here. He is just not pitching efficient as a Starter.
Nah. He needs to work on his stuff vs righties in the offseason and he’ll be better. He’s pretty good vs lefties. Ton of these guys are 5 inning pitchers now anyway
Mahle being pitch inefficient is reason #1 he can’t be in the bullpen in my opinion
Mahle just finds a way to be lucky better than good but if always luck then maybe good
Innings
Strikeouts
Wins
He leads team in top 2/3 in all categories
Tyler Mahle- The 3-2 kid.
Full Count Mahle
Mahle splits:
righties .265 / 13 hrs / .859 ops
lefties .180 / 3 hrs / .549 ops
Thats fixable. Maybe go back to the curve vs righties? He’s Kevin Gausman vs lefties w/that split
You might protect Joey w/red adjective hot Farmer. Just a thought
A 12 year old could play Stratomatic and figure that out
Maybe someone should send Bell a copy of the game. Still dice & player cards or has it been automated. Don’t want to make it difficult for him.
Farmer doubles
Can we bunt abd just add on
I know that is heresy. But add on
Nope
Naquin strikes out
Naquin is awful in june july
Sub .600 OPS
Naquin looks tired. He’s never played everyday like this. Shogo is worse though. Senzel or Barrero to SS and Farmer to the OF
Twitter has kyle farmer #3 batting avg in nL since ASB
Some reds players just bust it and dont give up
Fun team
But- play the best guys
This inning is proving the Reds need for at least one out fielder.
AA doing his best Geno impression there. SMH!
Aquino might not be Willie Mays
Keep running him out though
Slow slow and slower gets em again.
Brewers can pitch and Bucs can’t hit or pitch.Going to be really hard on everybody else to even get close to the Brewers.Got to feel for the Bucs and their fans right now.
You’re right about that.
As frustrating as it may be to be a Reds fan (at times), imagine how it must feel to watch the Pirates every day.
Thats dumb imo. I didn’t watch the Reds last September. I’d already given up plus 1-0, 2-1 wins aren’t entertaining enough for me.
Its supposed to be entertaining or find something else to do
Naquin has to catch that ball.
He either didn’t see it or misjudged it but yeah it should have been caught.
They were saying it looked like he didn’t see it. I’m thinking that’s the case because you are correct. He has to catch that one. AA had his back (and Mahle’s).
Aquino showing off the Glove
Mahle just keeps going to the same location and not getting the call. AA saves him.
Aquino has K’d twice tonight, but has made 2 great grabs in RF
Nobody but AA catches that ball. His height and long arms save the day.
Nick is tall, but AA has wheels on him. I think you’re right. They’re shallow for the pitcher
Have you seen AA in the dugout? I’m sure you have. He towers over everyone except Tyler Steve doesn’t he?
Aquino has made two very nice catches tonight. I don’t think he’s a Gold Glove outfielder, but compared to Winker and Naquin, he’s a reincarnation of Roberto Clemente.
I think he would get better and better with more playing time. He could be a decent CF too.
Is anyone else watching and getting that stupid Jägermeister commercial over and over and over and over …
I might be a little tired of seeing it.
I’m in Skyline country. I would actually be curious to see the Jager commercial 🙂
No, i get Subway refresh. never seen a Jagermeister commercial. Skyline sounds good.
Mahle is so frustrating so annoying when he pitches.
Well I hate to tell you all but the Brewers have another 3 game series against the Pirates on Monday. Then they play S.F. and the Cubbies and then …..they get the Pirates again. The Reds are going to have to go on one long winning streak here .
They have 2 more series w/Pitt. 7 more and probably 6 wins atleast. The Reds aren’t catching them. They can get to within 5 of SD with a win. Thats maybe 15-1 at best
Milw 2 more series with Pitt within next 2-3 weeks
I think I said that..
To me Naquin’s footwork looks all messed up. He seems to be severely off balanced when he’s swinging.
The female sideline reporter for the Cubs…wow
This has to be one of the worst home plate umpiring displays all year. This display should get this umpire a few weeks off. Nothing consistent at all.
Good call to hold up India there.
Good job by House with the stop sign. Time for the Other Kid to grab a little lightening.
Like that?
Stephenson just finds a way to get runners home one way or another.
Stephenson is 5 hole hitter when Castellanos comes back
Very good
Agreed. Top 5 going R-L-R-L-R with any one of them being able to hit for power and all of them having a better than average command of the strike zone.
Of course, that means he has to play and then there is the black hole of 6 to 8 to contend with. But still, that’s a great top 5.
Pitched around Votto again. Hmmm 🙂
Stephenson great double, but he beat the ball if he slides straight in?
What is it with our baserunning? He slid late and went around when he didn’t have to
Yeah, the slide looked wonky for sure. Good throw by Bryant. Surprised to see the play that close.
“Everyone at the park two hours before game time. We’re going to work on fundamentals”.
How about working on the “mentals”! This is not a high baseball IQ team!
Im out
Go reds
Late baseball again
Bring a win home
Aww. Suarez Ks there. Shucky darn! That’s unusual especially with a runner on. 🙂
Wish Reds continue to pursue shortstop – not to move Farmer out of lineup , but to get Suarez out of lineup . He is just brutally bad .
Move Farmer to third and keep his stick in there .
Sick of watching SirStrandalot do the same thing night after night after night .
Ridiculous he continues to get put in lineup , but I expect nothing else from our so called manager .
I’m guessing they didn’t like something about Barrero last year. I missed most of the games when he played for some reason. Maybe he pouted or was immature or something?
He just wasn’t very good. Of course Rookie and small sample size.
Worst thing about it right now if they’re going to walk Votto all the time because Geno is #5 then that will eventually cool down Votto who of course is RED HOT. David Bell needs to find ways keep hot hitters hot, not find ways to pour cold water on them and make it tougher.
I’m shutting it down for the night. I watched the entire game yesterday and turned off the light WAY too late for me. Probably watch the 6th, but this is my last comment post for tonight.
As always, it’s a pleasure and a privilege to hang out here with all of you. Not sure how much I’ll see tomorrow. Afternoon meetings to contend with.
As people around here say, “Have a blessed evening.”
Punisher going yard this at-bat.
Ughhh. He tries to be patient, but they call bs strikes on him half the time and then he’s in swing mode. That 2-1 was about ankle high and they called it a strike
Lol. There is no reason to ever throw him a fastball.
Yeah, but he’d atleast be walking a ton if they called the zone correctly. I’d take .230 if he had 30 HRs and 70 walks
They have to keep playing him because that’s the only way they are going to find out if he is legit. He is no Suarez.
yea I am not knocking AA today with that travesty of a Zone today. At least he wont be the umpire tomorow
Not sure it matters who the UMP is all that much. Nearly all are terrible calling balls and strikes.
Terrible call on AA there on strike two. Terrible ump.
I think I could strike 5 batters out with this strike zone. This guy is horrible.
If AA could learn to consistently hit a breaking pitch – just make contact with breaking balls – then you’ll have a ball player.
Mahle battles himself more then the hitters.His best inning was the 5th against the top of the order no less.I like him but oh those wasted pitches early.
Doubleplay!! He’s closer then most think….thats my opinion anyway. Not a #1, but somewhere between #2-#3 hopefully. Solid 3.40 type guy
I agree Indy.Guy has the stuff.
Mahle made it into the 6th inning basically with one pitch. Gave up zero runs. Got to hand it to him. He battles.
Looks like they got him to quit throwing the stupid slider away that nobody was swinging at and had him go fastball inside. He started jamming some guys.
Got a little lucky early, but nice outing. Last 2 innings very nice!!
Gutsy outing by Mahle!
6 innings…103 pitches…shoutout ball for Mahle
Strap in for 3 innings of bullpen. 4 runs is probably not enough.
Nah…..we’re going to be sucCESSAful tonite!!
Yep we got rid of the garbage and hoping Doolittle is next. I would luke to see a shutdown closer like Hand though.
Nah, Bell will go Wilson before Cessa. Maybe he’ll surprise me as he did with Stephenson tonight.
IRM, you win. Bell surprised me.
Gonna try the new guy. 🙂
Awww ….. you’re just saying that because it’s true.
Mahle getting a 6th inning could be important. Things like that greatly increases the chances that he will get the “W.”
VA would have been my feelings yesterday. NOt today though
you can’t arrange every start, but when there’s a chance, Bell needs to try to line up Mahle starts to road only as much as possible. Use the off days when you can
Boy Barrero is having a monster game. 4-5 and 6 rbis.
Definitely no reason to waste assets on a SS.
95 on the corner….no call. These adjective umps??? More then half of them completely SUCK
What’s up with this Cessa guy….not walking the leadoff hitter?? He obviously didn’t get the memo
I’m not sure how I feel about this.
What a bummer we couldn’t get a couple of arms back when Antone went out again. We’d be tied w/SD now and maybe 3 back of Milw
Just throwing strikes out there
I didnt think it was possible.
All right Cessa. Do it again. He hasn’t pitched in several days.
You know the rules. 1 inning only.
LIttle League?
well pitcher spot may answer that anyway
Four run lead pitching well. Leave him in there.
Suarez…. 2-day hitting streak.
On FIRE! Up to .174 now.
Poor Farmer. He’s durable isn’t he?
Come on AA. Put the ball in play. OOPS.
Alright…. Shogos first home run….. comes now
Shogoi with the RBI
Reds have some relievers who have struggled this season, but this guy Maples is …. Not good.
I was just praying he wouldnt hit India in the head.
Take a break and come back to see Bell is managing again. I don’t see PH’ing for Aquino or pulling Cessa for that matter. If it was a defensive play, PH for Naquin and go to Akiyama. Aquino looks like a better defensive choice than Naquin. Oh well, Bell can’t let the game unfold without his “help”.
India looked like a SS there.
Two scoreless innings from the two new guys.
That’s a big ol WOW!!!!
Votto now:
.276/.373/.548/.921
Two behind team lead in HR
Three behind team lead in RBI
By the way you know the two he’s trailing.
BUT BUT BUT…… extend him again
I guess old man Votto is ready to retire to his rocking chair on the front porch.
Like I said …. Its Votto’s world and we are just living in it.
Joey going on a Schwarber binge. Unbelievable
What in the world has gotten into Votto? He’s currently on an MVP-type pace if he can keep it up …
Just may want to not pitch to Joey but I guess at 5-0 in the 9th its ok but 7-0 looks better for the good guys.
Stay Hott Votto.
My o my Joey.
Now I can still wear my Votto jersey! (As if I was ever going to stop)
I’m going out on a limb here – but Mr Votto’s going to be NL Player of the Month for July.
Now he’s just showing off.
Farmer might have a say about that as well.
Jeepers creepers. Where has Farmer been all of our lives?
If Votto keeps this up, opposing pitchers are just going to intentionally walking him! Votto will get the “Bonds Treatment”
Joey only hit 12 & 15 in 2 full seasons 2018-19, but he scored from 1st on that double in Milw like 6 weeks ago and he was actually moving pretty fast! I knew he must be feeling alot better then previous years.
This adds a whole different dimension to their offense as opposed to him swinging as a last resort and basically trying to foul off pitches til he can walk.
Shogo with an RBI Double. Told you that seeing those trades come in would light a new fire in the team.
I took the Reds tonite $$
Mahle is really good on the road and the Cubs seem to be flat. Too bad we let them steal it Monday
I also took the reds HRE under, and a Joey gets 6+ total bases and reds win parly. It looks like they all are coming through.
Just lost the HRE under
Joey went from .821 ops to .921 in 1 week. Wink is at .926
Leadoff hitter over .400 obp followed by 3 guys over .900 ops and you have something
What is his WAR? He was at .7 I believe last week. Got to be over 1 by now
1.5 with an OPS+ of 125
Yep. When Casty comes back…Man! When great things like this happen I always think back to the 76 Reds. Rose, Griffey, and Morgan all in the top five NL in OBP and then Bench, Perez, and Foster behind them not to mention Concepcion and Geronimo. Awesome. Let’s live in the moment and enjoy it. It’s special.
Hendrix getting his last opportunity before heading down the road to Louisville? Barnhart hasn’t even PH the last two days. Catching is tough and maybe they’re just resting him. But it could be he’s on the way out now when they can get something for him vs. declining the option because everyone knows the Reds can’t afford him. Let’s just hope if they move him, it’s a real good return.
Well if we have to sacrifice the money for Barnhart to help us afford Casty I’m for it. Tyler Steve will continue to get better all the time.
Works for me. Just not like Bell to keep Barnhart out the game two days in a row.
he will be in tomorow. Day game after night game
If he’s out tomorrow we know something’s up for sure.
Hendrix will probably be sent down but he is hitting 98/99 so that plays if he can throw something else for strikes.
He’s a keeper in the long run at least I think.
Hendrix needs more work in Louisville. For all us night owls remember day game tomorrow
I don’t want to be paranoid but let’s not mess around here. 8-2 is enough.
It is silly isn’t it that we just never seem to have an easy game regardless.Of course we are all shell shocked from this season to begin with after some of the games we have just gave away
We both can relax now! Looking forward to the next game with Luis C.
Luis C. can pitch the first 8. Then Luis C. can come in and pitch the 9th. 😉
Sounds Great!!
Mr. Votto is certainly having fun right now. Mojo is a real thing and his is off the charts! After that punk’s antics on Monday I couldn’t be more excited! I think these guys were slightly annoyed by Mr. Baez’s actions and they are doing their talking with their bats. Keep it going tomorrow!
Gray recovered pretty well from an almost disastrous 1st inning.
Now completed 6th and delivered.
Time to test our renewed BP