Reds don't lose!

by Brendanukkah on Jul 1, 2009 10:49 PM EDT in Game Threads

Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game

The pitching staff. Johnny Cueto, Arthur Rhodes, David Weathers, and Francisco Cordero combined for nine scoreless innings, only two hits allowed, and eleven strikeouts. There was the ugly matter of six walks, but hey, a two-hit shutout!

Key Plays

Cueto walked three men in the second inning, but was not haunted by them. Gerardo Parra was caught stealing, and Cueto struck out Chris Young and Jon Garland to escape the danger.
In the third inning, Danny Richar led off with a single, then Chris Dickerson hit a double. It would have been ambitious to have Richar try to score from first, but Mark Berry waved him around anyway, and he was out.
The only offense of note came in the sixth inning. Chris Dickerson singled to lead off, went to second on a ground out by Hairston, then was off and running on a single by Votto and beat the throw home. You can't spell "Canada Day" without "R-B-I" (if you're Quebecois).
The Diamondbacks threatened in the seventh inning when Arthur Rhodes came in. Gerardo Parra bunted his way on to lead off the inning, and Chris Young walked. Miguel Montero sac bunted them over, so there were runners on second and third with one out. Then Rhodes went to work. He struck out pinch-hitter Ryan Roberts, walked Tony Clark to load the bases, then got Felipe Lopez to fly out to right, ending the threat.

FanGraphs

Other Notes

Johnny Cueto has no losses against the Diamondbacks.
This shutout was the Reds seventh of the year. Only San Francisco and their rotation of Cy Young winners has more in the NL.
The Reds have not won a game 1-0 since August 8, 2007, but there were three other games tonight that ended with that score.
The Diamondbacks have lost 9 of 11. Never forget.
The Reds are .500 again (38-38). They're .500 at home (18-18) and .500 on the road (20-20). Still only three games out of first place though. One senses that one NL Central team will get hot for a ten day stretch, and at the end of the year it will have been the difference maker.

Final - 7.1.2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arizona Diamondbacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Cincinnati Reds	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	9	0
WP: Johnny Cueto (8 - 4) SV: Francisco Cordero (19) LP: Jon Garland (4 - 8)

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Maybe Cherry's old school and he pisses on his hands before he goes to bat.

And just forget to tighten the belt.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jul 1, 2009 10:58 PM EDT reply actions

9 of 11 never forget! hahahahahahahaha!

Baseball worshiped here.

by Daedalus on Jul 2, 2009 12:32 AM EDT reply actions

Good summary

and interesting stats. That is bizarre that there were 3 1-0 games tonight. That has to be a record or something.

I was amused by Votto’s quote over on the Fay blog: “Happy Canada Day to me and the Cincinnati Reds”. Happy Canada Day indeed! I’ll bring the maple leaf flag down next time I go to GABP if it produces wins like this.

by Red_Poodle on Jul 2, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions

Per Baseball Tonight

There were three 1-0 games in the NL, tying the record. And the SF-STL game was 1-0 in the 8th, but SF blew it.

"Don't let the brain interfere with the heart" -- Albert Einstein

by jch24 on Jul 2, 2009 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Exactly to the point

“One senses that one NL Central team will get hot for a ten day stretch, and at the end of the year it will have been the difference maker.”

Thats why all the goats this month, Tavaras, Nix, Arroyo etc will be needed in the final push and still need to feel a part of the team. Hanigan needs the rest.

And most of all the Reds will be in it. Thats something that hasn’t happened for years.

by Outside Observer on Jul 2, 2009 8:57 AM EDT reply actions

yep, it hasn't happened in 3 whole years

and one could argue that continuing to play said goats is hampering their chances of winning right now and these wins are just as important as September wins.

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

by Slyde on Jul 2, 2009 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions