Hunter Greene had one of the best starts of his career on Monday night, but he didn’t get to go easy at any point as the San Francisco Giants pitching matched him inning for inning. Well, at least they did until the 8th when the Reds offense finally broke through to end the shutout. It got dicey in the final frame, but Cincinnati held on for a 2-0 win and ended the Giants 7-game winning streak.
| Final | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Reds (4-7) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| San Francisco Giants (8-2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| W: Greene (1-1) L: Doval (1-1) SV: Santillan (1) | |||
| Statcast | Box Score | Game Thread | |||
After a scoreless 1st inning, the Reds got to work in the next one getting two singles to put runners on the corner with one out. After a strikeout led to a second out in the inning the Reds took the bat out of the hands of Jose Trevino as Logan Webb threw over to first and caught Spencer Steer off of the bag so he ran towards second base. Shortly after Jeimer Candelario then took off for the plate and was easily thrown out by first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. to end the threat.
Hunter Greene was doing his job and then some on the other side as he and Webb were locked in another pitchers duel. Greene was dominating the Giants offense and had them scoreless through the 5th inning. Cincinnati would pick up a leadoff single in the top of the 6th inning, recording their first hit since the 2nd inning. A sacrifice bunt moved him over to second base, but back-to-back strikeouts ended the top of the inning.
In the bottom of the inning San Francisco would pick up a 2-out single – just their third hit of the night. That brought Jung Hoo Lee to the plate and the Reds and Greene may have gotten lucky as he crushed a 384-foot fly ball into right field, but in the Giants ballpark it didn’t even reach the wall before Blake Dunn caught it to end the inning. Statcast said the ball would have been a home run in 19 other ballparks.
After Hunter Greene needed just five pitches to get through a perfect 7th inning and keep the game scoreless, Cincinnati’s offense got to work against new reliever Camilo Doval – though it was more like Doval worked against himself. Spencer Steer worked a leadoff walk before Jacob Hurtubise was hit by a pitch. Jose Trevino laid down a bunt to move the runners up a base. That was enough for San Francisco and they brought in Erik Miller and he picked up where Doval left off and walked TJ Friedl on four pitches to load the bases. Blake Dunn came through in a big way on the 4th pitch of his at-bat as he lined a 2-run double into the right field corner to give his team a 2-0 lead.
With a lead to work with, Greene went right back to work and he picked up where he had left off, needing just nine pitches to retire the Giants in order and send the game to the 9th inning. After Cincinnati’s offense went down quietly in the top of the inning, Greene returned to the mound with 83 pitches under his belt and an eye to finish the game for himself and he’d be facing the top of the lineup.
The Reds right-handed starter’s 4th pitch of the inning was a 99 MPH fastball that LaMonte Wade Jr. took for strike three. Four pitches after that Willy Adames hit a lazy fly ball into right field for the second out of the inning. The next at-bat wasn’t as easy as Jung Hoo Lee battled Greene for seven pitches and singled on a line drive on the last one to bring the tying run to the plate. Matt Chapman followed up by drawing the first walk of the game against Greene and that would end the night for the 25-year-old as Terry Francona walked to the mound and called on Tony Santillan to enter the game from the bullpen. He fell behind Heliot Ramos 3-1 and the Giants outfielder laced a 107 MPH line drive into left field on the final pitch of the at-bat, but it was right in line with left fielder Jacob Hurtubise who caught it on a dive coming forward to end the game.
Key Moment of the Game
Jacob Hurtubise making a diving catch with the tying runs on base to end the game. We could also easily go with Blake Dunn’s 2-run double in the 8th inning that led to the only runs of the game. Or maybe even Terry Francona writing Hunter Greene’s name on the lineup card. This is a choose your own adventure night and you won’t be wrong.
Notes Worth Noting
The Cincinnati Reds are responsible for the Giants only two losses this season.
Hunter Greene threw a fastball 100.7 MPH in the 9th inning. We’ve got pitch tracking data back to 2008. That’s only the 8th fastball thrown by a starting pitcher in a game that topped 100.6 MPH in the 9th inning. Justin Verlander did so five times between 2009 and 2012 with Detroit and Sandy Alcantara has done it twice with Miami – once in 2021 and once in 2022. (this note was edited since it was first published as I gathered further information)
Speaking of Hunter Greene…. he lowered his ERA to 1.31 and has given up just 10 hits and walked just three batters in his 20.2 innings this season. He’s also struck out 23 of the 75 batters he’s faced this year.
The two teams combined for 20 strikeouts and four walks in the game. Despite that, both teams were very pitch efficient and the game flew by, finishing up in two hours and nine minutes.
Both starting pitchers were outstanding. Both racked up plenty of strikeouts. But they got very different outcomes on contact. Greene had 13 fly outs on the day with just three ground outs. Webb had eight ground outs and just one fly out. The Reds as an offense only had two fly outs in the game.
Up Next for the Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Reds at San Francisco Giants
Tuesday, April 8, 9:45 p.m. ET
Nick Lodolo (1-0, 1.42 ERA) vs Landon Roupp (0-0, 6.75 ERA)
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen pitching like that. If Greene continues with that much efficiency he WILL pitch at least one no hitter in the future.
You see who Tito picked to close… our best man Santillan.
+50,000
Yeah but Santillan got lucky. I really like him, but he grooved three pitches in that at bat. And that last one was smashed. Could have easily had the same result as Gibaut on opening day. That’s baseball.
YOu bet. Go Big Tony!!!!
We needed this one, and we got it ! Now onward and upward !
Hurtubise and Dunn gettin’ it done.
Yes. I noted that too! May not be pretty (3 K’s each) but they did get it done.
And thats what you need to do in a close game. Play good defense and scratch and claw your way to a couple runs. Logan Webb is a very good pitcher and the Giants are a very good team.
Yes indeed!
Nasty ML breaking stuff thrown by Webb. If these guys can adjust, they can develop into contributors. Great piece of hitting by Dunn & terrific catch by Hurtubise.
Big win for the Reds, big night for Hunter Greene.
So far, the Giants are 2-2 against the Reds, 6-0 against the rest….(well, two series), the Astros and the Mariners…and the Mariners are pretty lousy this year, so far.
It’s so early, but this really was a big win. Hunter made 2 runs stand up.
The Reds are currently 4-7.
Great start against the MLB’s best team…well, yesterday at least.
Watched the game on Prime video out in southern cal. Watching Greene pitch is a treat.
His most “Ace” performance yet. Shutout; on the road; against a good, and hot, team; to stop a dismal stretch by the Reds. Get the final out and it’s the top pitcher in the game effort. He’ll get more chances to do so.
And, a nice play by a defensive OFer to end the game. A hallmark of a good team.
This may be a “marker” game.
Love your optimism Optimist!
Maturity has arrived for Hunter Greene. Lookout baseball. The Reds have an ace pitcher, and a couple more coming along.
Better than his no hitter that didn’t count as a no hitter because he lost?
Much better.
Absolutely, that was the best Greene has pitched. He was in total control. He wanted that out a little too much and had a couple of pitches get away from him; something he’ll learn from. But he was confident, and attacked the hitters. That was a game 1, playoff pitching performance.
So close to getting a Maddux!
Really wanted to see Greene finish the job, especially under a 100, but I’ll take it.
Is it the angle on the broadcast, or does hunter’s 4 seamer have a lot more movement than it used to? Both of his secondary pitches were on tonight too.
Glad the reds won.
3 shutouts today in mlb.
Just seems like the hit totals in todays game were the run totals when i was a kid and young adult. (I’m 76 now).
Its not just the pitching. The defense is just so dominant now with the advance scouting and positioning of the outfielders.
The Giants hit a lot of rockets off Greene but were still shut out.
I still would like the league to impliment a restriction on the outfield shifts. At least take away their ” cheat- cheats” they carry in their back pockets.
My ideas to improve offense (that will never happen, but fun to brainstorm):
– replace the concept of DH with Designated Fielder. Use 8 man lineup, team chooses 1 player on field (usually pitcher) that will not bat. Improves offense by getting more at bats to better hitters.
-abolish the intentional walk and award 2 bases for a 4 pitch walk or HBP. Makes it harder to pitch around best hitters in critical situations. (I think intentional walk when stars bat in critical scenarios is the worst possible thing MLB can allow. We must allow stars to shine. I’m trying to be creative on a way to accomplish this. Another idea: after 4 pitch walk or HBP, team can choose to send pinch runner to first and allow batter to stay at home and start a new at-bat.)
I disagree. It is up to the players, coaches, and other personnel to make adjustments. For example, by becoming a more complete hitter by being able to hit to all fields. Let these things solve themselves through creativity and innovation, not through rules that change the game that much.
That was good baseball last night, which I really appreciate. I know most people love to see high octane offensive performances, but some of us really enjoy good pitching and defense just as much.
Just dropping in to say that at 2am I updated the notes section with regards to Hunter Greene’s 100.7 MPH fastball in the 9th inning. More information came to light, leading to the edit with accurate information.
Well he was throwing fast and he was throwing well and it was downright rare. 🙂 haha
Timely hitting is enough if you run the bases well, defend well, and get pitching like Greene gave his team.
These are the kind of wins I envision a lot of this year with good pitching and finding different ways to score enough runs to win. The “little things” won the game tonight on offense.
One thing that was kind of lost in the game tonight is that Steer is starting to look like Steer again. If we get him throwing again too it will be a good thing.
Steer does appear to be trending in the right direction. He could have got his work in in AAA, but at this point I’m just glad he’s coming around.
+1000 However, it is going to pose a significant issue for the Reds if Steer cannot play on defense over a medium to long haul. Playing him at 1B would put CES on the bench despite needing both of those RH power bats in the lineup on an “everyday” basis. Even using him as a Pinch Hitter would burn him and an additional bench spot to defensively cover the player removed by the PH.
I think you are right, Jim…even though it should be Candy on the bench.
They could try CES at third, Steer at first and DH Candy.
I think CES is destined to be demoted because of his terrible plate discipline which would allow Steer and Candy to cover 1B and DH.
Could be, Mauired.
Great game notes Doug. I couldn’t watch the game but fee like I did after reading your wrap.
As far as play of the day, I’m going with hurtibese diving 9th inning catch. To emphasize that this team must play good defense this year to get better as a team. We are an offensively challenged team – so the defense (and pitching) has to be there night in, night out. Good job Hurt!
+1000! The guy has a habit of getting on base somehow and scoring runs. Keep it up Hurt!
This is a big ballpark. If Greene threw half of his games here, his historic numbers would be even better as many of the homers he is prone to give up would be outs. Great performance on the mound and having three real defensive outfielders was huge during the game.
I had same thought. A fear grows in me that if I’m Hunter, I look forward to throwing half my games at a park like that, or maybe in Seattle.
“….having three real defensive outfielders was huge during the game.”
Yes.
For those not up to hear it, Greene said in his post-game interview with Jim Day that they had the team on the field to play a low scoring tightly contested game.
I said last night that I don’t think Lux would have caught that last ball had he been out there. I’m not so sure Fraley would have either.
Fraley’s defense hasn’t consistently been anything to write home about either.
From Hurtubise’s starting position, the game ending play last night would have been a cross body backhand catch for him. Fraley would have been doing good just to keep the ball in front of him unless he played to do that versus catching it from the get go.
I like the look of the Reds developing outfield with Freidl in center who is off to a good start, and both young guys, Dunn and Hurtubise, on the sides. Defense is key in winning close games.
What a positive result tonight! Greene was an ace. Lots to smile about.
Absolute treat to wake and see a win and a near complete game from Greene. Glad the boyz finally backed him.
Now let’s keep the monkey off our collective backs.
Two sac bunts. Don’t know if those were Tito’s call or the batters. Glad to see them trying some small ball to get a run.
Probably a good call by Tito to bring in Santillian when he did.
Terry Francona post game, “If I managed with my heart I would have left him in there. I think I made the right decision though”.
Kudos to Francona for giving him the opportunity to try to get the CG/SHO. Even after the first batter reached he stuck with him. Not a Bell bashed but don’t think Greene would have even gone out for the ninth last year.
He may not have went out for the 7th last year, certainly not the 8th.
Superlative effort by Greene. Good call by Francona. Nice “W”.
This is the kind of pitching the Reds need more of. Walking no one until the 9th. Getting to the end of the game with barely 100 pitches thrown. Far better than the 90+ by the 5th inning with 4/5 walks that we’ve seen far too often. The team is still not hitting sufficiently but a win is a win. Send Fraley to Louisville and see if he can find himself. Dunn/Hurtubise aren’t doing any worse. Candelario hasn’t bounced back yet either, but I think the Reds are stuck with him. So, take a chance. I think a couple of the bullpen guys aren’t cutting it either, like Gibault and Moll, but it’s early. Francona still doesn’t know who he can count on. McLain still out of the lineup is perhaps prudent but concerning. And Steer hasn’t convinced me that he shouldn’t be on the IL.
How about we don’t walk anyone in the ninth either!
That would be good. Maybe Greene lost focus , too pumped at where he was or something similar. Who knows. But since he was still in the highs 90 to 100+, I don’t think he was particularly tired. Pulling him was the right decision I think
I’ve heard Chris Welch say that loss of control is an indication of fatigue. I didn’t see the game–too ,late for me–but my fear, a fear I expect you may share, LDS, is that if the Reds need games pitched as well as that one because they can’t hit, it’s going to be a long season.
Sadly, that’s true. I’m still hoping that Krall does his job. I know, I know, rather optimistic for me. Maybe Marte, Hinds, Benson, Johnson, or someone else down on the farm keeps it up and joins the club in the late May-early June timeframe.
Maybe he was just pooped.
Maybe he was. OTH, he was under 100 pitches and still throwing at 100mph. More likely focus, overcautious, etc. vs. pure fatigue.
Happy to see Dunn get the big hit, but (having heard McLain was available off the bench) I was hoping (ok, screaming at the tv) to see him pinch hit for Blake there. Thankfully it worked out.
I was not quite as adamant as you; but, I was thinking the same. 😉
A confluence of factors probably kept Dunn in the game. The score was tied. Tito was confident Greene had at least another inning in him. He didn’t want Lux or Fraley (if he was available) in that large outfield late in a close game. Finally he does want to see if Dunn can be more than a platoon and bench player.
Don’t understand why McLain didn’t pinch hit for Lux. Lefty on Lefty and Espinal could have played 2nd.
Maybe Mac wasn’t as “available” as the Reds were indicating before the game???
I really wish a member of the media would have asked francona why he didn’t put Gibaut in to get the last out. I still think he needs to be held accountable for that awful decision. If it wasn’t good last night, why was it good on OD? What has changed since now and then? We have too small a sample size of stats/performance from this year according to many posters. So what changed? The media need to ask those types of questions.
That would be a toxic question from the media. Tito learned from OD. Don’t make him relive it.
Obviously some like toxic.
The only thing I like toxic is The Avenger.
Losing the game was giving him some accountability wasn’t it?
It was, and it’s a little too early in the season for a summary execution.
That’s the difference between this manager and previous. Adjustments! Mistakes are fine. But don’t do it over and over again.
I think an apology is needed in addition. If I were to lose sales deal at work b/c of a preventable and stupid mistake, the company would lose money (equivalent to losing a game), but I would still need to acknowledge it to my co-workers and stakeholders (the fans). That’s my thinking.
But it’s not too early for The Spanish Inquisition!
No one is ready for the Spanish Inquisition!
Honestly, Francona made a mistake in putting Gibaut in to finish the game on Opening Day. He won’t put him in again to finish or close if the game is close, unless it is extra innings and he is flat out of pitchers.
What changed is what happened on opening day. What are you expecting, for the media to spank him and tell him what a bad boy he was on opening day?
Here’s why I’m concerned: For 30 years, this team has faced constant futility. It wears on us fans. We’ve seen managers repeat the same questionable decisions.
Tito, despite his WS wins and future HoF status, made a baffling, bone-headed move on OD, no different than using Kevin Gregg. It echoes past managerial mistakes.
My question aims to uncover whether he’s reflecting and adjusting or if we’re doomed to witness the same errors. After OD, he’s got a lot to prove to regain trust.
Tito made the playoffs 6 out of 11 seasons with Cleveland teams with average payrolls less than $100M. He won two World championships before that with the Red Sox.
He has absolutely nothing to prove, at all.
Ethan L, I share in your frustrations, but doesn’t the fact that he didn’t put Gibaut in show that he made an adjustment from opening day?
And for what it’s worth, on opening day Gibaut got beat by a walk, two very softly hit singles, and he tubed the homerun. I didnt like the decision to use Gibaut either but, if the Chapman single didn’t fall in or the Bailey single was a couple feet to the right, Gibaut has the save. Last night, Santillan tubed the ball hit by Ramos that end the game. It was hit way harder than any of the hits given up by Gibaut on opening day, including the homerun that Flores hit. Does that mean that Santillan did a better job? If that ball last night is elevated at all it is a walkoff home run for Ramos. If Lil Hurt doesn’t make a great play who knows what the outcome is.
Point is, sometimes in baseball you can make the right decision, the right pitch, etc. and get beat. You can also make the wrong decision, wrong pitch, etc. and succeed. It’s just baseball.
I am curious if Tito before he put Gibaut in on OD in did he ask anyone their opinion like Freddie Benavides or Derek Johnson? Did one of them come up to him and say uh coach I don’t think that’s a good idea. I mean it was his first game.
I’m glad to see Dunn, and Hurtubise in the same game. I’ve always been a Fraley fan, but like Winker before him his splits are just too severe.
I wouldn’t scrap heap Fraley, but I would allow the kids to play more so we can see what they do with a legitimate opportunity.
With the 1, 2, 3 being set, and with Dunn, and Hurtubise’s speed, I’d put them in the back of the order 8 Hurtubise, 9 Dunn.
Watching the game it showed that 7.2 inn pitched was his career high,seems like I watched a game where he pitched 8 no hit innings but lost 1-0 in Pittsburgh, maybe he was taken out in the 8th
I believe you are correct but not sure about whether he was relieved. It was an 8 inning no-hitter that didn’t count as a no hitter because he lost 1-0 on the road and the home team did not bat in the ninth inning.
With Greene at 1.31 and Lodolo at 1.42, wouldn’t it be great to see two of our young pitchers chase Bob Gibson’s 1.12 from 1968 or thereabouts? That was the season that caused the mound to be lowered. If two had that low era they’d be pitching off flat ground next year, or maybe out of a depression!!
Nothing like setting the bar high. Though neither are as bloodthirsty as Gibson. As I remember, Gibson was perfectly willing to take the batter’s head off
And few batters were willing to crowd the plate when Gibson was pitching.
So be it!
I would love to see it and with the state of hitting MLB-wide it is certainly plausible.
“Greene had 13 fly outs on the day with just three ground outs. Webb had eight ground outs and just one fly out. The Reds as an offense only had two ground outs in the game.”
Huh?
It was late and my brain is paste.
*runs off to figure out what I was trying to type then fix it*
Fly outs. The Reds only had two fly ball outs in the game.
Anyone have thoughts about Francona bunting in the 8th? It worked but I know folks don’t like sacrifice bunts.
I got a text from a friend who was pretty mad about it.
I think (well, maybe only sometimes) that the Reds will have to also learn to play “small ball”, ie, play for one run, at times. There will always be 8 and 10 run blow outs, but those might be a lot fewer and farther between.
Modern Sabremetric thinking discounts the bunt as having a statistical bad outcome. However, the Manager (whoever he is) is IN the game, and has to judge whether the opposing pitcher has such command that night, that playing “small ball” , ie, playing for just one run, is justified.
Statistical analysis can give you a macro picture, but the games are played one at a time.
I like to think I’m about as sabermetrically friendly as one can be (at least among those who actually understand what goes into all of the stuff instead of blindly following what someone else tells them is good). I have no issue with *some* bunts, even full out sacrifices. With a guy like Jose Trevino at the plate? I’m almost always in favor of it.
The Reds have had a hard time scoring any runs lately period especially against a pitcher like they were facing last night. It was an 0-0 game late, runnners on 1st and 2nd, nobody out with #9 hitter up. I said in the thread NOW IS THE TIME TO BUNT. If it worked, and it did, all that was needed to get a run home was a soft ground ball or a sac fly. The catcher was up too by the way making him a prime candidate for a DP. In my view it was absolutely the right time to bunt. Dunn hitting the double made it even sweeter batting in those two runners in scoring position.
Remember a time when teams scored an average of 5 or 6 runs a game and 20 HRs a year established a player as a plus power hitter. They actually used bunts as a weapon and games were interesting.
If the Reds are going to win a lot of games this year they will have to use that (bunt) as a weapon on a regular basis.
I thought the 8th inning bunt was a 50/50 decision.
On the other hand, I didn’t think the Friedl bunt in the 6th with 0 out and Trevino on 1B was a very good call, whether from the bench or Friedl’s own decision. Because Trevino was the runner, it was still likely to take 2 hits to score him (from 2B) unless the first one was a gapper or dead into one of the corners. The only way a bunt there really made sense to me was if Friedl was bunting for a hit; and, if he was, it was a poor try.
I don’t think Friedl ever has sac bunt on his mind. He’s always trying for a hit when bunting.
You know Melvin,there are different expectations for bunts. Sac bunts and hit bunts. These are executed quite differently.As an old coach, I used to yell at players who thought they should execute every bunt as a hit bunt when what was best for the team was just moving the runner. Now there is obviously no problem busting it down the line to try to get on base on the sac bunt, but that is not the goal.
That’s baseball. Many times bunts have been employed to get a pitcher out of cruise control, to get him to move his feet, to get him to abruptly move out of his follow-through. It may seem like a small thing but it works. A successful bunt, for a base hit or a sacrifice is disruptive. I would like to see it earlier in games, to start innings.
In this scenario, I liked it, for several reasons. There are times that I don’t care for it. There isn’t a one size fits all approach, in my opinion.
Greene was awesome. Too bad he couldn’t go a full 9 IP.
What do you all think about Candy (not the sugary treat) and what are the chances he gets placed into the lineup yet again?
Who do we have yo replace him?
Espinal, only 1 K in 27 PA versus 13 K by Candelario in 44 PA. Espinal’s D is light years beyond Candelario’s, as well.
Would like to Espinal play more since he is more likely to advance the runners.
If Candy is healthy, I can think of 15 million reasons why he’ll continue to start somewhere in the lineup most days!!
How about DH/PH?
Nice to see Hunter get the well deserved win. Knowing how inept at times our hitting has been Hunter looked so calm and in control. I’m glad pitchers don’t seem to be stressing having to pitch so well each and every outing.
I remember early last season when a lot of folks were wondering when Hunter would put it all together and with the 2nd half he had last year and the amazing start to 2025 hopefully that quiets the pundits. He is in such control and looks fantastic.
Great win. Super pitching by HG. Carrying Steer (can’t play in field, not sure if he can hit), McLain (“may be available”, but not really) and Fraley (late scratch) makes the challenge even greater. I’m glad they went with Santillan, but does anyone know why they did vs having Pagan out there?
The team can’t string three hits together, isn’t hitting home runs, and is terrible on the bases. I sure hope some of that gets fixed, because teams won’t hand us walk, HBP, walk, to load the bases every game.
The Reds starters are currently 4th in the MLB in ERA, but we are getting more innings out of our starters.
1 Mets 2.16 ERA
10 G, 50 IP, Avg 5 IP per game
2 Rockies 2.61 ERA
9 G, 48.1 IP, Avg 5.37 IP per game
3 LAD 2.61 ERA
12 G, 51.2 IP, 4.26 IP per game
4 Reds 2.76 ERA
11 G, 65.1 IP, 5.91 IP per game
The starting pitching has been outstanding!
Re: “4 Reds 2.76 ERA
11 G, 65.1 IP, 5.91 IP per game”
The Reds SP also are averaging 87.2 P/GS, 14.7 P/IP (MLB AVG is typically about 16.4), and have a 65.8 Strike% (MLB AVG is typically about 64.4).
They are off to a great start.
What was the deal with Hunter Greene’s glove? I began watching in the second inning and didn’t see why he was forced to change his glove.
They didn’t such much during the game but the post game interview with Hunter he states it had to do with logos on the glove. He was confused because he’s used that glove without incident prior to last night. He said he would be reaching out to MLB.
Thanks, Jason.
To follow up, did the Giants complain about his glove, or did the umpiring crew address his glove independently? I heard Greene’s post-game comments that he had used the same glove without issue for the last two seasons.
At any rate, I’m glad it didn’t bother him. He handled the situation like a pro!
The Giants 100% said something … They themselves had a pitcher using a black glove with bright orange laces (might be distracting) and also one very similar to Hunters red gloves logos but wasn’t addressed by the chumpire crew.
Think he should keep using the new one.
Giants were the hottest team in baseball entering the game at 8-1 and riding a big winning streak. Nothing wrong with winning ugly or by small margins. Get a win today and put the first series in the bag.
Had the Reds not won the game that TOOTBLAN when we had first and third would’ve loomed large. The pattern continues……
TOOTBLANS,not hustling and losing track of how many are on or how many are out are a by product of a losing culture.Didn’t just happen this year and as long as they continue the losing continues.We can talk about who should be playing or not playing or who should be sent down or brought up but thats all it is just talk.Reds did some good things last night but when we stop beating ourselves then we become a better team.No excuses for some of the things we see even in wins.I believe Francona will fix them in time but it will take time.Great job by Hunter and a clutch hit by Dunn.GO REDS
What language id Tootblans?
Acromynish 😉
Acronym for “Thrown Out On The Basebaths Like A Nincompoop”
Oops, Acronymish. Got Ms and Ns crossed
I like acromyns – throwback old-timey feel.
TOOTBLAN came out of the Cubs 15-20 years ago – the “Waving Wendell” era and Ryan Theriot – Wendell Kim, 3b coach, would send everyone home resulting in many, many “thrown out by 6 steps”, etc.. And Theriot would be caught stealing in very inappropriate situations – he didn’t have “go anytime” speed, yet sometimes ran like he did.
Benson and Marte have been called up per the Reds official X account.
Matt McLain has been sent to the 10 day IL and Carson Spiers is optioned to AAA to open the roster spots. Yes, a team may have fewer than 13 pitchers but not more than 13 unless one or more is a qualified 2 way player.
https://twitter.com/Reds/status/1909721757897929198