"And with that, a mighty cheer went up from the heroes of the Diamondbacks. They had banished the awful Micah Owings forever! Because it was haunted."

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2009 12:58 AM EDT in Game Threads

Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game

Micah Owings. 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 hits, 4 K, 2 BB. The only reason anybody scored on him is because he hit a guy and was ejected, and then the bullpen let him score.

Key Plays

On Sep. 12, 2008, Micah Owings is named as the PBTNL to complete the trade of Adam Dunn from Cincinnati to Arizona. Owings swears unholy vengeance.
On May 12, 2009, Owings exacts it.
Also, Brandon Phillips got some RBIs.

via FanGraphs

Other Notes

Votto left the game in the 4th inning with what appears to be some kind of nausea or dehydration.
The Reds equaled a season high for most earned runs scored off of Haren.
Arthur Rhodes allowed a run on Felipe Lopez's double, but the run was charged to Owings. Rhodes still has an ERA of 0.00.
Oh yeah, Owings was ejected after hitting Ryan Roberts in the 8th inning.
With the win, the Reds are one game behind St. Louis in the Central, and have a better record than three other division leaders. They are five games over .500 for the first time since Aug. 25, 2006.
Coco Cordero's 10 saves are the most in the majors.

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And the Reds have the hottest bats in the MLB in May!

by jsl413 on May 13, 2009 12:59 AM EDT reply actions

Why was Owings ejected?

Were the benches warned or anything?

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by BubbaFan on May 13, 2009 1:06 AM EDT reply actions

i was wondering the same thing

i mean, i think he obviously wouldnt be throwing at someone with a 3-0 lead at the time….was there something that happened earlier in the game to draw a warning??

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by Teewrecks44 on May 13, 2009 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions

Phillips seemed to take some exception to an inside pitch from Jon Rauch in the top of the inning. I didn’t realize Owings was ejected though, I thought he was just lifted. It’s all hearsay though: I’d given up and gone to watch Fringe instead… :-(

"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil

by Jim McLennan on May 13, 2009 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions

I am pretty sure he was lifted, not ejected

he sat on the bench for the rest of the game.

tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty

by Colin Auscapee on May 13, 2009 2:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, my bad

Dusty did take him out.

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2009 8:32 AM EDT up reply actions

awesome

reds have great chance for the sweep tomorrow. cueto vs some new guy from AA!

by cokane on May 13, 2009 1:53 AM EDT reply actions

Uh....

Have you been watching this team for the past 8 years? Facing some new guy is usually a recipe for disaster. For some completely random reason I remember us getting smacked down by the world-famous Tim Stauffer in 2005. Before the game, I made the same assumption you do.

by teb7 on May 13, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions

ahem

really?

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on May 13, 2009 8:27 AM EDT up reply actions

2006/2007/2008 need to be included

"I've actually never had a drink before, tonight I might try it out. We'll see."
—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, on turning 21

by obc2 on May 13, 2009 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions

are you volunteering?

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on May 13, 2009 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions

sure

we all know how my charts format.

"I've actually never had a drink before, tonight I might try it out. We'll see."
—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, on turning 21

by obc2 on May 13, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions

SLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYDE

DAMN YOU AND YOUR FACTS

YOU’VE NEVER PLAYED THE GAME

by teb7 on May 13, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Regardless of how it's played out before

this guy tonight has over 8K/9ip and about 1bb/9ip over his minor league career. He’s dominated so far, but has only 6 games above A ball. He’s obviously got good stuff and good control, but is he ready for the majors?

Isn't there a slanket somewhere you should be filling with your farts?

by nycredsfan on May 13, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions

He might be ready for the majors..

but is he ready for THE 2009 CINCINNATI REDS ?

"Nobody's going to die just because they can't find their little yellow basket."

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 13, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions

The Reds are now +4 in Run Diff!

viva la difference!!!

by orex121 on May 13, 2009 2:15 AM EDT reply actions

so, um

our 5th starter just outdueled Dan Haren

I like this team

Isn't there a slanket somewhere you should be filling with your farts?

by nycredsfan on May 13, 2009 8:39 AM EDT reply actions

I guess you've already forgotten the epic battle between Fogg and Zambrano last April?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200804160.shtml

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on May 13, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah, but that was the

DRAGON SLAYER!!!

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey

by JJ on May 13, 2009 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Wow, I had forgotten about that

To be fair, there were so many of those, they kind of ran together.

Isn't there a slanket somewhere you should be filling with your farts?

by nycredsfan on May 13, 2009 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions

MLB network

I was flipping between that and the Brewers game and still managed to see BP’s HR swing about ten times. It was classic back footin’ it. They were amused.

Joey – he starts if its the playoffs, probably gets an IV before the game, but May he should be watching the game from his hotel room.

by ol Pete on May 13, 2009 9:28 AM EDT reply actions

Phillips

I didn’t see what BP did as showing Haren up. He just planted, took his uppercut, and then did his trot. He’s stargazed much worse than that after HRs (and flyouts). Not sure why Rauch felt the need to retaliate.

by ken on May 13, 2009 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

i dont think Rauch was retaliating

the pitch was hardly even inside. i think BP was feelin’ a little too big for his britches.

go look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 13, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

That is certainly possible

If only we had a foolproof system to defuse any tension, like maybe the pitcher tipping his hat if a ball goes too far inside. Then nobody would lose face.

It also occured to me that Arizona may have wanted to retaliate for the prior night, when Phillips went from first to third on a single half-assedly fielded by Chris Young. It was later in the game and we were up something like six runs.

by ken on May 13, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions

thankfully Jonny Gomes wasn't up with the team

he would have distracted that into a ballroom blitz.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on May 13, 2009 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions

and then a post-game concert by Crucial Taunt

by ken on May 13, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions

All their songs sound like "Dream Weaver"

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions

A simple typo and you have the name of my new punk band

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by jch24 on May 13, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions

They sound a lot like "Gus Bell's Taint"

Dream Weaver with a big band orchestra

Never Try and Never, ever Care - That’s the Madville Way

by Madville on May 13, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

God I love that show they do during the games at night

those guys are HILARIOUS and the live look in stuff is fantastic too

Dusty Baker said it was the first [triple play] he’d seen in person. When he was with the Dodgers, they hit into one, but he was in the bathroom.- C Trent

by The Crushinator on May 13, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Couple of notes.

1) I was upset that Dusty pulled Owings after the hit batsman. Even more upset that he ended up scoring and it wasn’t a shut out. If it would have been a shutout, every Reds starter would have started a shutout this season. Harang and Arroyo with one and Cueto and Volquez with two a piece.

2) Did anyone else know that Hernandez could play first that well? The pick of Rosales throw out of the dirt and the diving stop of the last play of the game which would have certainly plated one were awesome. Truthfully, I think Hernandez deserved the JNMHSotG.

Education is what you get from reading the directions. Experience is what you get from not reading them.

by snohio on May 13, 2009 9:52 AM EDT reply actions

Hernandez has been looking sharp at first base in all the games he's filled in

It says a lot when you lose Joey Votto and don’t even miss a step. It’s funny because the knock on him coming over from Baltimore was that his defense was terrible. It looks like he can make a fine transition to first when he stops catching.

And games like last night’s make picking the JNMHSotG really hard. Jerry Hairston and Brandon Phillips both had legit claims as well, but that’s the best kind of challenge to have.

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2009 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Hernandez was money at 1st base

I’m perfectly content with him as the backup 1st baseman

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey

by JJ on May 13, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Hal made a claim

that Hernandez just didn’t give a fuck in Baltimore, because it is such a dysfunctional organization.

Bloop

by justin007000 on May 13, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions

freel must have felt the same way ... can you blame them?

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on May 13, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions

time to move votto to lf, hernandez to 1b, and let ryan catch full time .... right?

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on May 13, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions

But then we'd need a third catcher!

That could never work.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on May 13, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Someone on Hal's blog

Suggested that when Gonzalez comes back, put him at 3B, let Hairston stay at SS (or I’d be willing to play Janish there too), and just keep Nix as your LF. I like it, except that I don’t think Sea Bass will give you the power you’d like out of a 3B. I’m not even that upset about him playing SS again. I just don’t want to screw around with a lineup that’s been giving us so much success.

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah but

With all the hemming and hawing Dusty and co. have done about what a fantastic shortstop Sea Bass is, they’ll never concede that he’s better off playing 3B.

by Obi Juan Kenobez on May 13, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions