July 25, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 3:52 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Padres (38-65) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Pirates (48-54) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | 9 | 11 | 0 |
W: Herrera (1-1)
L: Hensley (1-1)
Boxscore
The Pirates took no time at all jumping to a lead against one of baseball’s worst teams. I know! I thought the Pirates would be one of those too, but they’ve won 10 more games than the Padres.
Pittsburgh also took the time to show off their players who are leading the trade rumors. Both Jason Bay and Xavier Nady homered, contributing 1/3 of the Pirates’ run total. Sure, it was only against the Padres, but don’t let that dissuade you, potential suitors. These players could totally hit homers against good teams to lead you to the playoffs.
Totally.
The Pirates also got a good outing from Yoslan Herrera, who pitched 6 shutout innings, with 4 strikeouts. That effort halved Herrera’s ERA. That’s right. Before the game, his ERA was 19.50 and now stands at 9.75. Sigh. Poor Pirates.
July 24, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 3:17 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Brewers (58-43) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Cardinals (57-46) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
W: Sabathia (10-8)
L: Looper (9-8)
Boxscore
Apparently, C.C. Sabathia is rockin’ it old school. He tossed his third straight complete game yesterday to defeat the Cardinals. It’s his 6th complete game of the year and his 3rd complete game shut-out.
Sabathia’s been scary good since coming to the Brewers, and this most recent complete game was his best outing yet, as it took him only 106 pitches to clinch the series win against the Cardinals. Milwaukee has now won 7 in a row and are only 1 game behind the Cubs. This is shaping up to be one excellent race.
July 24, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 3:02 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Padres (38-64) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Reds (50-53) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | - | 9 | 13 | 1 |
W: Arroyo (9-7)
L: Meredith (0-3)
S: Cordero (21)
Boxscore
Javier Valentin continued his total world domination over Greg Maddux yesterday, collecting a home run off him en route to the Reds win of the game and the series.
Javy wasn’t the only hero, though. RHM and I were in the Victory Field stands in Indianapolis when I noticed the Reds had scored a bunch of runs, 4 to be exact. I pointed it out and said, “Who do you think is responsible for that?” “Dunner.” Right she was. Adam Dunn had a grand slam in 7th inning to provide the margin of victory.
Bronson Arroyo pitched well, allowing 3 runs in 7 innings with 7 strikeouts. And Francisco Cordero didn’t suck. Very much. He actually converted a save opportunity. Granted he need only one out with a 4 run lead and walked the first batter he faced, but he eventually got the out.
With the series over, I guess we’ve determined that the Reds are better than the Padres. Barely. Good to know where they stand.
July 23, 2008
By
Amanda
Posted at 10:49 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Kinghts (49-56) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Indians (49-56) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 8 | 0 |
W: Hamman (1-1)
L: Russell (3-1)
S: Meek (1)
Boxscore
This week on the podcast, the CTS and I take the day off work to visit Victory Field where the Indianapolis Indians took on the Charlotte Knights for a business person’s special. The background noise is all AAA ball, but the subject matter is all NLC.
In addition to a minor sunburn, our seats on the third-base side gave us a great view of the Indians pitchers warming up in the bullpen.
I imagine the CTS took this photo in direct response to me giving him a hard time about taking pictures of the Reds cheerleaders at the last game we went to.
He’s safe!
You can’t beat the up-close experience of a minor league ball park.
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July 22, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 1:24 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Padres (38-62) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Reds (48-53) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
W: Hensley (1-0)
L: Corder0 (4-3)
S: Hoffman (18)
Boxscore
Francisco Cordero blew his 6th save of the season, leading to the Reds 53rd loss.
The Reds should have won the game thanks to an adequate offensive showing and a decent outing from Homer Bailey (although he shouldn’t have started the 7th, but Dusty Baker is the manager). RHM almost missed the end of the game, but didn’t thanks to Cordero blowing.
The investment the Reds made in the offseason is looking pretty bad right now. Of course, so does the team. It’ll be interesting to see what they do at the trade deadline. Will they cling to the bizarre idea that they’re still in it? Or will they finally wake up to reality so that next year isn’t a complete waste, too?
