That was hours ago. They’re still playing now. 6-6 in the 15th.

From the Fayplacement:

Edwin Encarnacion (chipped bone/left wrist) has had a little setback in his rehab and will have an MRI on Monday, Baker said. Encarnacion remains sore after hitting and working out the past few days. “That’s a very delicate area,” Baker said. “A lot of little bones in there. He might have over-hit. But how do you know what’s over-hitting until you do it?”

Dusty also got kind of testy when asked about the lineup.

"I get tired of hearing that, I really do," Baker said. "First it started, how come Nix ain’t playing every day? … Whoever’s doing good, how come they ain’t playing that day? It don’t work like that. We’re a team and everybody’s gonna play.

Except Janish…

Dusty also stated that Taveras was his CFer.

I’m watching the Dodgers-Phillies game on ESPN. They were fretting about what was going to happen to Juan Castro when Manny gets back.

They interviewed Torre, and he said he’d make sure Castro got into a couple of games a week, even if everyone stayed healthy.

And knowing Torre…he will. I didn’t appreciate that about him when he was in NY. In fact, I was often annoyed at how he handled the bench. But he understood that every guy on the roster had to get regular playing time, if they were going to be any use.

I think they may have lost in even more heartbreaking fashion than we did.

The scrappy, hustling David Eckstein hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 9th, sending it to extra innings. Nine extra innings.

They finally put Josh Wilson on the mound in the top of the 18th. Wilson, the infielder. Who last pitched in a blowout against Cincinnati (when he was a D-back). He gave up three runs, and the game.

both pitchers give up zero runs and are working on 15 inning plus scoreless streaks.
Unlike last year where Homer was horrible both at MLB and AAA- since his 1st 2 starts- Homer has been lights out at AAA. I find it very encouraging he has bounced back from his call-up and then call-down with strong performances.
Once Volquez comes back- the Reds will have 4 dominant pitchers at the AA/AAA levels with still a pretty young MLB rotation. Which way will Walt go- deal one or two of the Minor League starters or deal an Arroyo or Harang to open space for Maloney or Bailey in the rotation.

I was disappointed by the game today as well. I’m sure the other drivers on the road wondered what I was doing as I listened on the radio. The problem is that there is no way to solve this problem right now. It’s just a weak lineup. It’s even kind of weak with Votto and Encarnacion. There’s no one in Louisville who could help with the offense. But deep down I’m okay with this because I didn’t think they’d be this good right now anyway. And I think it’s a poor choice of words to call the Cubs pathetic. They have underachieved, true, but they are still a good team who is also a bit banged up as well. I think it speaks better of the Reds being able to compete well with them both at a time when they are missing key players as well as coming off of a tough road trip. And as for Lincoln, it was a good signing at the time. He had a pretty good year last year, but hasn’t been able to get it going this year. But I hope he does.

Okay. I’ve calmed down a bit and I might be more reasonable.

Lincoln was much better last year. By my memory, he actually had a stint in the middle of last season for like 2 months where he was nearly unhittable and got his stats to respectability.

I thank Kenny Williams for taking KGJ off our hands and actually giving us, possibly, our future closer, in Masset. The dude had nasty stuff. Seriously.

I also agree that Jocketty did pretty well to get Owings out of Arizona. While I’d like to pursue better options in the 5th starter role, I do appreciate Owings many talents. I wouldn’t mind seeing him going down to triple AAA and working at LF and LOOGY.

Face it. The loss of Votto has affected every area of this organization and we’re still in contention. While I sympathize with Joey’s problems, I had high hopes early on with his production (which has been pretty consistent all season) and really felt that his combination of production with the pitching we had, would put us into contention. Without Joey, I have become very negative, and the Reds are making my concerns legitimate.

Bruce is in a funk. Nix isn’t getting any pitches to hit now. The bullpen has to defend a lead nearly every night. It’s stressful on the entire team. While I respect their efforts, it’s falling short.

Factor in that Reds fans have been waiting a long, long time……………you can understand the frustration, and desire for management to make a move.

I may be a new poster, but my Father bought our first color TV for the ’75 Playoffs.

I’ve rejoiced and suffered for a long time.