Wrong 'em 'Royo! Stagger Lee Gomes throws three! Reds win, 7-0.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 13, 2009 10:01 PM EDT in Game Threads Comment 40 comments

CAN I GET A DAMN JONNY GOMES SHIRT YET??? (AP Photo/David Kohl)

Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game

Jonny Gomes. Gomes went 3-4 with 3(!) home runs and 5 RBI. Just amazing. Bronson Arroyo, though, threw a complete game shutout, giving up only two hits and a walk. Great game for both of them.

Key Plays

Adam Dunn made his return to Cincinnati and got a hit in his first at-bat. Amazingly enough, it was a single.
In the second inning, Laynce Nix hit a double and Jonny Gomes followed that up with a home run. Two batters later, Ryan Hanigan also hit a home run, only his second of the year.
In the fourth inning, Adam Dunn walked. Ah, that's more like it.
Maybe seeing Dunn reminded the Cincinnati outfielders that they were actually allowed to hit. Nix started off the bottom of the fourth with a single, and Gomes hit his second home run in as many at-bats.
Improbably, Gomes homered once more in his next at-bat in the sixth inning. Three home runs for Senor Gomes!
Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips took a look at each other and reminded themselves that they were the leaders of this ballclub. So in the seventh inning, Votto drew a walk, and Phillips drove him in with a deep double. 7-0, Redlegs.
Gomes came to the plate in the eighth to a standing ovation, but unfortunately struck out looking. Hey, just like Adam Dunn!

Other Notes

This is the second time Jonny Gomes has hit three home runs in a game. He also did it on July 30, 2005 against Kansas City. He's the first Red to accomplish the feat since Joey Votto hit three against the Cubs on May 7, 2008.
Hanigan's home run gave him two on the year. Gomes had more than that in just this game.
That was Hanigan's first RBI since June 13.
Bronson Arroyo only gave up two hits, to Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman. Zimmerman's kept alive a 16 game hitting streak.
This was Bronson's second shutout this year, and the fourth by a Reds pitcher this season. Aaron Harang and Justin Lehr have the other two. The Reds only had three shutouts in the past two years combined, and haven't had four shutouts in a season since 1996 when they had five (John Smiley had two, Mark Portugal, Kevin Jarvis, and Roger Salkeld each had one).
As a team, the Reds have 11 shutouts this season, second most in the Majors behind the San Francisco Giants, who have 15.

Final - 8.13.2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington Nationals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Cincinnati Reds	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	7	8	0
WP: Bronson Arroyo (11 - 11) LP: Collin Balester (1 - 2)

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Wrong'em 'Royo!

Joe Strummer is very pleased, I’m sure. Nicely played.

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 Aug 13, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If you're lookin' for honey...

then you don’t go killin’ all the bees.

"Taco fillings!"

by Lucky Pierre on Aug 13, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like playin the Natinals

by jsl413 on Aug 13, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was @ the game last night and man it was SO GOOD!!! I have been to almost 30 games this year and this was by far the most exciting that I have been to (well the 3rd game of the cubs series was nice to) but man it was a great feeling!! GO REDS

by needlesoap on Aug 14, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Arroyo is just alright with me

What’s that 3 CGs this year…
I wish Rolen was playing
I wish we had our 2010 SS or 2B guy.

Yeah the Nats ain’t very good but nights like this get my hopes up for 2010,

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin

by Madville on Aug 13, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Did anyone see Prince Fielder's homer tonight? Christ.

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 Aug 13, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sweet mother of Mary.

He hit that ball really fricking hard.

"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."

by ZJiff30 on Aug 13, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jonny's on the phone on BBT

"Even if he is average, I’d still take him over Willyevergetonbase Taveras." - Randy in Chatt on redsminorleagues.com

by RedsMasochist on Aug 13, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good job.

He’s, surprisingly, kind of soft spoken.

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 Aug 13, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah I expected him to be a little different

he said Cincinnati baseball fans were intelligent! Thanks Jonny!

by Red_Poodle on Aug 13, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Thanks

Just what this post needed!

by Brendanukkah on Aug 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We need a picture for Arroyo too

"Even if he is average, I’d still take him over Willyevergetonbase Taveras." - Randy in Chatt on redsminorleagues.com

by RedsMasochist on Aug 13, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does this look like a man who takes non-MLB approved supplements?

"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."

by ZJiff30 on Aug 13, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

only Adderall

Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.— Bill Terry

by nycredsfan on Aug 13, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Goodroyo pic

"Even if he is average, I’d still take him over Willyevergetonbase Taveras." - Randy in Chatt on redsminorleagues.com

by RedsMasochist on Aug 14, 2009 2:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fantastic

/first time, long time

The UK kind, not the furry kind. . .

by NYCCats on Aug 14, 2009 3:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This image

wins the internet for the night.

"Taco fillings!"

by Lucky Pierre on Aug 13, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it is baseball games like this that keep me rooting for the Reds

this single game will keep me sustained until the end of the season. they could lose every game for the rest of the year and i’ll still look back and say, “crazy season. that game where Gomes homered 3 times and Arroyo tossed a 1-hit shutout was one bastard of a game.” it’s an incredible phenomenon.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 13, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

2 hit shutout

Crap, I just ruined the rest of the season for you.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ah

still a bastard of a game though

by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 13, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

this is why I stick with them. Just like they were 26-20 at one point, they make me believe only to kick me in the crotch with an 8 game losing streak.

BTW Scrabbles, I loved the Reposter and was going to comment on Hal’s article. If he believes Walt’s already called about Hardy, so do I. If he could manage to pull that off and trade for him, I’m going to be excited for next year, regardless of pitching and LF

Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.— Bill Terry

by nycredsfan on Aug 13, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah t will keep me going too

nice to feel so in control. I think Gomes has mor ethan played his way onto this roster for next year.

Btw, after the game, did Dusty say he’d only seen Barry Bonds hit 3 homeruns in a game. Didn’t he see Votto do that too??

by Red_Poodle on Aug 13, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget

This is the same team that nearly let him get away by not having him on the 25 man right away, even though all he did in ST was hit grand slams and drive in runs. I really hope Gomes is back next year but we won’t know for sure until the final roster cut in the spring.

by wishfuldrifter on Aug 14, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

holy shit we had a game tonight?

i honestly did not know that. whenever i don’t watch, we do sweet. that’s it—no more watching til we lose.

by GrooveLeg on Aug 13, 2009 11:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Great recap filled with good trivia

Just wanted to say, once again, Gomes is great and he is most of my family’s fave player (dunno how that happend buit they love him). I hope he sticks around for a while. There definitely needs to be a Goms shirt!

Side note, I watched BBT to see Jonny G, and they showed the list of longest homeruns hit this year. I was well pleased by the sight of Joey Votto’s name on that list (I thnk they had him in at 469)

by Red_Poodle on Aug 13, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

4 plays from tonight's game on SC's top 10

Jonny Gomes #1
Nix’s catch #3
Reds fan hat catch #10

Zimmerman play #5 or something

by jsl413 on Aug 14, 2009 12:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i think Bronson should keep taking his magic pills.

Bloop

by justin007000 on Aug 14, 2009 2:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Arroyo de Bronson

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin

by Madville on Aug 14, 2009 3:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

estos son tic tacs

by GrooveLeg on Aug 14, 2009 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So what are the odds that Dusty sits Gomes tonight?

First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...

by btcoop71 on Aug 14, 2009 8:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This hasn't been mentioned in a while

but Willy Taveras has 1 walk since the All Star Break (94 PA). He has 3 walks in his last 231 PA. Since May 15th, he’s batted .195/.214/.223. I know he’s hurt, or whatever, and this is basically kicking him when he’s down, but I hadn’t looked at his numbers recently. Damn, he’s awful.

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

by Slyde on Aug 14, 2009 9:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

onbly 1 walk since the All-Sar break!

That is terrible and completely unacceptable for the lead-off hitter. I don’t know how may C-Dick has had recently, but I know it’s more than that and his OBP is certainly higher. I klnow everyone at RR knows, it is just insane that Dusty does not recognize it.

by Red_Poodle on Aug 14, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dickerson had 2 walks on Tuesday

and 6 since the All Star break, in 43 PA.

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

by Slyde on Aug 14, 2009 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

By keeping Taveras on this team, Bobby C, Walt, and the Duster can not say they are serious about winning

A team focused on winning does not continually run a guy like that out there.

First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...

by btcoop71 on Aug 14, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is he actually hurt?

I didn’t follow the game thread last night, I just figured he was sitting to sit.

by wishfuldrifter on Aug 14, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think he's really hurt that bad, if at all

Maybe before the break but not anymore. If he is that’s all the more reason not to play him.

I was looking at Bruce’s fangraphs page today and saw the link to this

It’s kinda depressing but at the same time gives me some hope that Bruce will come back raking and Cueto is just tired and needs a rest. Bruce got injured 5 weeks ago tomorrow. I kinda hope we see him for at least a couple of weeks in September.

Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.— Bill Terry

by nycredsfan on Aug 14, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs