Spring Game Thread 26: Twins at Reds
by BK on Mar 26, 2009 6:30 PM EDT
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The Reds keep shooting themselves in the foot with these night games during the NCAA tournament, don't they?
Micah Owings is pitching for the Reds today, in what's probably his most important start of the spring. Another stellar performance could cement his spot in the rotation, and he's pretty much already guaranteed himself a trip north. Also, this will be the first game of the spring where he's batting, so that should be exciting. The Fay asked Hairston about it, and he said that he'd bat Owings 7th in the lineup. He'll be 9th tonight, because Dusty makes the lineups.
Nick Blackburn is pitching for the Twins. Last time these two faced each other, he pitched two shutout innings to Owings' 3. That was in the second game of Spring Training, so both of them should go much farther in the game. I'd expect to see Owings pitch at least 5 innings if he stays out of trouble.
See the lineups after the jump.
Game time is 7:05pm. Good news for those who want to watch the game! This game will be aired on MLB.TV (if you subscribe to that), and the radio feed from Minneapolis station TRN will also be available, at the very least on GameDay Audio and may also stream for free on their website. Gameday works too. Go Reds!
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Top of the first
FO
GO
BB
1B
1B -CDick throws runner out at home!
no score – bottom of first
Reds fan for 40 years!
Bottom 1st:
T-Virus backwards K
Hairston FO
Votto GO 5-3
Scoreless after 1 full.
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Top 2nd:
Young 1B
Redmond 1B, Young to 2nd
Punto BB, bases loaded w/ none out
Owings rears back and strikes out Blackburn swinging
Span RBI BB
Castilla lines into double play
Middle of 2, Twins lead 1-0.
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Bottom of 2:
BP GO 6-3
Bruce GO 3un
Kep grounds out to a SS with more range than he himself
End of 2, Reds trail 1-0.
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Thanks for the PBP
I am no longer in Florida, and Gameday isn’t loading for me tonight.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Top of 3:
Harris pops out to the deceptively rangy Votto at first, then cries that he is no longer a Red.
Owings, pissed about walking in a run the previous inning, strikes out clean-up hitter Morneau swinging.
Morneau borrows a Kleenex from Harris on the pine.
Cuddyer walks, afraid to swing against the mighty Owings, knowing that Micah will show him up with the bat in the bottom half of the inning. When he arrives at first, Votto tells him that he’s a busher. “Swing the bat, you no-talent hack, eh!”
Owings bears down and coaxes Young to fly out to the mighty C-Dick.
Middle 3, Reds trail 1-0
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Bottom of 3:
C-Dick GO
Ramon Hernandez yanks one to deep left center. TATER!
Owings steps in, feels the good wood in between his sweaty calloused palms, and stares out to the mound. A crack of the bat later, and he’s on 2nd with a double.
Cherry was right…shoulda batted him 7th.
One out, Bottom 3. Owings on 2nd. Tie game
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Willy Mays T-Virus gets all Havocy, takes the next 4 pitches to work a 3-1 count
Then WMT singles in Owings!
Reds lead 2-1 in the bottom of 3.
Now the Havoc begins…
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I like the commentary
Who knew PeteyHendrix was really Marty?
Blackburn is sweating heavily now. He can't keep his mind off that huge lead Willy's working.
He can’t find the plate with his first 2 pitches…then…
Willy CS. HAVOC!
Cherry FO.
End of 3, Reds lead 2-1. Glad you enjoy the illegal, fictionalized dissemination.
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so
we can pretty much gaurantee that everytime T-virus is on first there will be a stolen base attempt 100% of the time. sounds fun…and stupid
The sad thing is
that Dusty already said that this is going to happen, yet will be bewildered when other teams see the steals coming and pitch out every time he gets on first.
"Sometimes I listen for Griffey’s infectious laugh or Dunn’s humor and wit. But they’re gone." - Dusty
Gotta clock out now.
Owings has allowed only as many runs as he has scored.
Enjoy the Havoc!
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What the hey, I'll give an update
Mike Redmond – Single up the middle
Nick Punto – Single to right, Redmond to 3rd
Nick Blackburn – Strikes out on a caught foul tip
Denard Span – Walks
Alexi Casiilla – Grounds into force out, Redmond out at home
Brendan Harris – Grounds out
Going to the Bottom of the 4th, Reds up 2-1
Whole lotta nothing this inning
Votto – Flies out to right
Phillips – Pops out to 1st
Bruce – Grounds out to 1st
End of 4, Reds up 2-1
Pitching change!
Into the game comes the tiny dancer, Danny Herrera
Morneau – Strikes out swinging
Cuddyer – Flies out to center
Young – Strikes out looking
Middle of the 5th, Reds up 2-1
Born in Odessa barely 5 foot 3, the filthiest stuff in the land of free
Danny…Ray..Herrera
He just gets guys out
I think he even yelled at Taveras from the dugout to try and steal second.
by Brendanukkah on Mar 26, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Micah Owings Line
Owings – 4IP; 6 hits; 1 ER; 5 BB; 3 K’s; 21 batters faced AND 1-1 with a double
Not so great, but it probably doesn’t matter at this point.
Not that I have any insight...
But I hope that he does not. What exactly is he bringing to the team that they don’t already have in Gonzalez, Hairston, and Janish?
That being said, this is the Reds (and Dusty), so he’ll probably make the team.
Kep almost never strikes out.
That’s a tiny something…perhaps slighty more important because that skill fits in with Dustbrain’s strategery.
sigh
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by PeteyHendrix on Mar 27, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
He's been heavily rumored to be on the trading block
And he seems more movable than Nick Masset. Unless he’s standing between second and third.
by Brendanukkah on Mar 26, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
well it is a shame if the Reds were going to trade him they wouldn't do it when
he had more value, like in the off season. Oh well i can tell you one thing Keppinger can flat out get traded.
Keppinger officially tells me to suck it..
Man now i miss my mom, good memories.
Rattled by the might of Owings, Nick Blackburn hits the showers
Jesse Crain toes the rubber, knees knocking, pits drenched.
Keppinger singles up the middle and dreams about what he’d look like in Cubbie Blue.
Dickerson singles to right and gives Dusty the finger.
Ramon Hernandez uses his veteran presence to continue his seminar on the three true outcomes. Today’s lesson: striking out.
Dusty decides to cut the batter’s Y quotient in half and sends up Laynce nix to replace Danny Ray Herrera. Nix singles to left to drive in Keppinger, then takes second while Delmon Young is awed by Keppinger’s hustle and scrap.
Willy Taveras walks. Dusty throws his hat on the ground, then realizes that it helps T-Virus’s OBP and justifies his signing. He dusts off his cap, just in time to see Cherry Hudson show Dusty what a leadoff hitter looks like by blooping a hit to left. C-Dick and Nix score (DickNix?). Taveras speedily takes the extra base.
Joey Votto plays some smawbaw and hist a sac fly to bring Willy home.
Jesse Crain ends his suffering, committing sepuku on the mound. Bob Keppel comes into pitch, slips on on stray entrails and uncorks a wild pitch. Cherry to second. Keppel recovers, and gets BP to ground out to end the slaughter.
Reds up 6-1 after five.
Nice.
C-Dick and Nix = Dix
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by PeteyHendrix on Mar 27, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Dusty brings the Lincoln out of the garage
Janish tells Hairston that anything you can do, I can do better, and goes in to play shortstop. Wilkin Castillo goes in to play second base in full catcher’s gear.
Janish scoops up a Mike Redmond grounder, cuz he's slick like that
Lincoln then rings up Punto, actin’ like a puto. How I could just K a man!
The Twins make a lot of substitutions
Like those octuplets, they’re all pretty much interchangeable and indistinguishable.
Jay Bruce strikes out, but he will do better next time
Keppinger grounds out.
Jacque Jams comes in to bat for Dickerson, knowing that he’s only got one or two chances left to make the team. He strikes out.
Should we start taking bets now on what Coco's phantom injury and DL date will be?
I’m going to go with back spasms, April 15th.
"Sometimes I listen for Griffey’s infectious laugh or Dunn’s humor and wit. But they’re gone." - Dusty
by BK on Mar 26, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
biceps tendonitis
retroactive to April 2
My millions are unconventional!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 26, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
black death
2012
"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.
by justin007000 on Mar 26, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Tender ankle
retroactive to march 31st.
by fourrunhomer on Mar 27, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Tender heart
retroactive to birth… or at least a few years ago
I don't need a hot breakfast to have a good time.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Mar 27, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
if he's still with the team on Monday
im so gonna hurl
My millions are unconventional!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 26, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Aw, if one of you guys blows chunks I'm totally going to barf
"Sometimes I listen for Griffey’s infectious laugh or Dunn’s humor and wit. But they’re gone." - Dusty
And Lardass just sat back and enjoyed what he created.
A complete and total Barf-A-Rama.
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by PeteyHendrix on Mar 27, 2009 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Reds win.
And everyone almost looks up from their brackets.
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I was at the game..don't have internet access so just a coouple of comments
1. micah Owenings was extremely unimpressive, except at the bat
2, T-virus looking good in the field and pretty selective at the plate
3. C-Dick strong in the field and was swinging with authority
4. votto stinging the ball
5. Frazier is a good looking young player
6. Danny Ray was awesome
7. Cordero was throwing BP
*. Jerry Jr. exudes confindence
From the game before
1. Cueto VERY impressive
2. masset looked good
3. No friggin’ offensive…we need Adam Dunn.
Dusty is amazingly disinterested in the game per se…..
More photos etc.to come, going to the Yankees game tonight
Go Syracuse!
Why is obc so mean to me when I offer an introduction to a beautiful 25 year old Red's Cheerleader.
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