Cueto goes to 11! Reds win, 8-4.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2009 11:40 PM EDT in Game Threads Comment 11 comments

Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game

Joey Votto. The Irresistable Force went 2-3 with a double, a home run, three RBI, a run scored, and two walks. Dude's good.

Key Plays

Johnny Cueto got off to a rough start. He walked Andrew McCutchen, then gave up a run-scoring double to Andy LaRoche. It seems like it's been awhile since we've harped on all the first inning runs the Reds have given up. They gave up a lot.
In the second inning, the Reds used the same walk-double strategy to even the game. Scott Rolen drew the walk, and Darnell McDonald hit the double. Walks to Ramon Hernandez and Drew Stubbs loaded the bases, but Paul Janish flew out to end the inning.
Scott Rolen homered in the third. Know what? I haven't really missed Edwin since we traded him.
McDonald led off the fourth inning with a single, and went to third on Ramon Hernandez's single. Then he scored on a passed ball. After Cueto and Stubbs made outs, Paul Janish walked, and he and Hernandez scored on Joey Votto's double. Votto was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a triple.
Cueto ran into trouble in the sixth inning. He gave up a leadoff single to Garrett Jones, and a walk to Brandon Moss one out later. Then Delwyn Young hit a three run homer to bring the Pirates within one run.
The Pirates hadn't counted on El Nino Destructor, however. In the bottom of the sixth, Ramon Hernandez doubled to lead off, and Willy Taveras came in to run for him. Then Juan Francisco hit a double to right field and Taveras scored. ROAR! Francisco then scored on successive sacrifices by Stubbs and Janish. ROAR!
Votto homered in the eighth inning. Such a giver.

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via www.fangraphs.com

Other Notes

Brandon Phillips had been 0-16 before singling in the eighth. If he gets five RBI tomorrow, he'll finish with 100 on the season.
Francisco Cordero pitched a scoreless ninth, but it was not a save situation. He's still one save shy of 40 for the season.
Joey Votto's 25th home run gave him a career high.
With the win, Johnny Cueto joins fellow starting pitchers Bronson Arroyo, Homer Bailey, Edinson Volquez, and Justin Lehr to not have a losing record.
Since both the Brewers and Reds won, the Reds have clinched fourth place in the NL Central.

Final - 10.3.2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	6	0
Cincinnati Reds	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	1	X	8	11	0
WP: Johnny Cueto (11 - 11) LP: Zach Duke (11 - 16)

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Edwin who?

Oh, yeah. I haven’t missed him, either. Think the pitching staff has?

The man who will one day be President is, at this moment, lying in his cradle, trying to find some strategic way to get his big toe in his mouth.

-Mark Twain

by poojols on Oct 3, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't miss him as much as I thought I would

But then again, I’m sure that’ll change when Z-Stew starts lighting it up for the Jays.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Oct 4, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The anger over that trade was never about losing EdE

It was about the money and losing Stewart.

I will say, though, that Rolen’s defense has been nails this year.

I'mma let you finish, but....

by nycredsfan on Oct 4, 2009 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We're number 4

We’re number 4!

That’s an improvement over last year, right?

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Oct 4, 2009 12:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

why did St. Louis decide to start stinking now?

if they had done their part against the Brew Crew, we could be number 3! I’m happy with 4, though, after that dismal August

by Red_Poodle on Oct 4, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and july, and june

The Reds need a new manager, one like Putin.

by justin007000 on Oct 4, 2009 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, last year we finished in fifth place (same as the year before that)

We also have already won three more games than last year. w00t!

by Brendanukkah on Oct 4, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We are going to surprise next season.

We match up well with our division.

by Dude Rock on Oct 4, 2009 4:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Today is the last game of the season.
I hope that some enterprising mod will go back to the first of the year and review our various predictions re:
Player accomplishments, team placement and accomplishments and etc.

Lets win win one today for ol’ Mads!

Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....

by Madville on Oct 4, 2009 8:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i second that request

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 4, 2009 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Things I learned today from Baseball Reference

Charles Comiskey, the stingy owner of the White Sox that threw the 1919 World Series to the Reds, used to be a player and manager for… the Cincinnati Reds!

I’d never heard that before.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 4, 2009 10:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs