Eat me in St. Louis. Reds lose, 3-0.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 25, 2011 10:38 AM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Brandon Phillips. In a game after which Yadier Molina said, "That's the way you have to play, you have to have fun," the award is given to the Red who has the most fun. He also hit two doubles, and no one else did much of anything. Honorable mentions go to Joey Votto and Nick Masset.
Key Plays
- It has to be said that Tony La Russa made all the right moves in this series. He decided to start Jake Westbrook on three days rest for the first time in his career, and Westbrook - who had been awful in his previous starts - repaid that decision by holding the Reds scoreless and scattering only three hits.
- Edinson Volquez got the start instead of Sam LeCure, and also had a good outing. He held the Cardinals scoreless through five innings, overcoming his first inning nightmares and struck out seven in the first four innings.
- In the sixth inning, however, Volquez began to tire. He got Albert Pujols to pop out, but Matt Holliday hit a double. Volquez intentionally walked the hot-hitting Lance Berkman, and got Daniel Descalso to foul out. Unfortunately, Yadier Molina then hit a home run, and that was all the scoring for the game. Cardinals win, 3-0.
Other Notes
- Albert Pujols tweaked his hamstring in the seventh inning and left the game.
- The Reds have lost 9 of 11 and were held scoreless for the first time this season. The Cardinals are in first place and the wire to wire dream is in ashes.
- The Cardinals are 11-0-1 in home series against the Reds since 2006. I hate them.
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I'll start with this...
I can be down on the reds. They played like shit all weekend and were still in every game. I feel sorry for the cards when we are actually playing good ball and have al of our pitchers back. I’m still just as excited about this season as I was since before it began!!
by BiggerRedMachines on Apr 25, 2011 10:53 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
ESPN seemed to be fixed on the idea
that Volquez tweaked something in his landing leg midway through the 5th. valentine thought maybe the groin, hershiser the hammie. EV appeared to hyper-extend a little too much on a pitch where Punto (i think) bluffed a bunt on a ball in the dirt. EV did a little hop after the pitch and the guys noticed a change in his delivery after that.
hopefully that’s not what happened…
"i would’ve just been like. Votto rapes all, cubs suck and cards are WLBs." -- Big Stein
It's funny, I remember them talking for a while about this
But didn’t see anything from the writers this morning. Hopefully it’s a complete non-issue.
I'm not happy with the Reds lately
But I’m not jumping off of my office building, either. The pitching is improving and the defense still looks great.
Baserunning and hitting is a problem. Hopefully Dusty will go ballistic on the idiotic moves by the runners and the bats come around.
There’s plenty of time to get things together and all of the pieces are still there.
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get. ~Homer Simpson
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Apr 25, 2011 11:08 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I get frustrated then I remember what the Reds record was last April.
It is working so far. But, if this stuff continues through May then I’m going to stay freaking out.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. ~ Winston Churchill
by BigBabyBruce on Apr 25, 2011 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Seasons tend to grind along
There are, however, some years when the parts that need to get going just … don’t. The explanations are manifold and in a peculiar way, understandable.
When it’s such a long season, consider the difference between .270 and the MVP trophy is about 1.2 hits a week. Depending on who gets that hit, and when, and what was the result, you can go 4-2 for the week, or 3-3. Or 2-4.
It’s maddening and we tend to look at the season coming down to one three-run home run in a game when if we’d scored 8 in the first, it would not have mattered.
#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
agreed
one of the big things that needs to change, bat wise, is Jay needs to step his game up. I have complete faith in Jay, even though his persistent struggles concern me. I know he is going to be a formiddable hitter at some point we just need that sooner rather than later.
this is true
Jay Bruce is a huge key right now, because the post-Votto part of the batting order isn’t very scary.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
by justin007000 on Apr 25, 2011 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Just gotta move on from that one.
Very rough, very painful series.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
This series proved a couple of things
Our pitching staff is solid, including the bullpen, even if they implode occasionally. Second we are evenly matched with the Cards and could easily have won the two games we lost. In fact we should have won on Friday given th amont of opportunities we had.
Speaking of 1-13 RISP—we have no cleanup hitter. It allows Votto to be walked more than an incontinent dog which, obviously, is not a good thing. With Gomes at cleanup, we are going to be stranding alot of runners. We need to protect Votto, that’s the next important thing to accomplish.
Which is why even with Bruce's struggles he needs to bat 4th.and then put Gomes behind him.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. ~ Winston Churchill
by BigBabyBruce on Apr 25, 2011 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
speaking of incontinence
i had some white castles last night. and today the restroom closest to me is out of order.
white castle always sounds like a great idea. until a couple of hours later.
There's a reason they call them sliders
WC is never a good idea.
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get. ~Homer Simpson
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Apr 25, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
skyline cheese coneys are very similar to sliders in consistency
steamed buns are never a good idea!
they would have $0.25 hot dog night once month at basketball games in college
$2.00 later and you were full. until about 4 hours later.
I have never had WC ever that I liked, even when I was fresh out of the nearby saloon
#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
I am surprised that Dusty hasn't moved Hernia to the #4 spot
He is a “Clutch RBI man”
Or that Dustman hasn’t moved BP back to fourth and Cairo to 2nd.
(I mean Cairo CAN play SS).
MADS and ASH - Taking out the Trash - 2012
I have a feeling BP at cleanup is going to happen.
And as long as he doesn’t change his approach at the plate, I think I would prefer that to Gomes.
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
by DocRam on Apr 25, 2011 11:49 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I really hope it doesn't.
BP has found a spot in the lineup where he excels. He has already said that he changes his approach when he bats cleanup.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. ~ Winston Churchill
by BigBabyBruce on Apr 25, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
if he changes his approach
hit him with a tire iron.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
by justin007000 on Apr 25, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
then who hits #2?
I don’t think they’d put a catcher in there.
Let's not kid ourselves. It's really, really, bad.
by Cy Schourek on Apr 25, 2011 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I completely enjoyed last night's game (except for Yadier)
2 pretty good teams playing pretty good baseball. I do wonder how, with that sinker, anyone EVER scored 9 runs a game of Westbrook. He looked like he was throwing a knuckleball out there. And, EV, well he was grand. The look on his face after Molina’s HR was complete and utter disbelief, which is exactly the kind of look I want my starter to have: “Who the hell is THAT guy to hit THAT ball off of me.”
They’ve hit a bit of a rut, but pitching and defense will keep them close all year and EV can be half the guy he was last night, well, I’m confident they’ll be in the thick of things all year.
Yeah, Westbrook was much improved
His biggest problems so far this year were that his sinker wasn’t sinking and he wasn’t throwing strikes.
An 89 mph fastball up in the zone tends to get hit a lot, esp. on a 3-1 count.
Last night he was mostly throwing strikes and keeping that sinker down in the zone.
Billy Hamilton: Snax
Devin Mesoraco: Snacks
Westbrook will be that pitcher 11 times out of 21.
Face him again next week and he might not get the side out.
#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
You need to not watch Westbrook again until he's out of a Cardinals uniform.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
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