Midstate01
Posts: 14,766
Apr 26, 2011 10:22pm
Quit stealing my material welsh!!
Midstate01
Posts: 14,766
Apr 26, 2011 10:22pm
TBone14;751107 wrote:I don't watch a lot of Reds games...but is it normal to let a pitcher bat and then not let him come out for the next inning? Is Leake a good bunter? Or are they short on pinch hitters? Enlighten me.
Usually a great bunter.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Apr 26, 2011 10:23pm
I understand why Dusty left Leake in to bunt, but I wouldn't have done that. Would have used a pinch hitter
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mhs95_06
Posts: 8,167
Apr 26, 2011 10:26pm
Dusty hoarding his pinch hitters for a possible 15 inning game, but I agree with Dusty in that situation!
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Apr 26, 2011 10:29pm
lolDusty hoarding his pinch hitters for a possible 15 inning game, but I agree with Dusty in that situation!
All I know is he better pinch hit for Renteria when he comes up.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Apr 26, 2011 10:29pm
oh and Aroldis was filthy as usual.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Apr 26, 2011 10:39pm
Absolutely NO REASON Renteria should have been hitting there. NONE.
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mhs95_06
Posts: 8,167
Apr 26, 2011 10:40pm
Leake gives up 2 HRs in 7 innings, but the killer was the 3rd HR given up to lose in the one other inning by the bullpen. Pitching gave up the 3 runs they are averaging giving up to the Brewers this season, but for the first time in 5 games, it wasn't good enough to win.
se-alum
Posts: 13,948
Apr 26, 2011 10:40pm
Reds deserved to lose it. Janish gets on to start the 8th, then 3 unproductive at-bats by Leake, Stubbs, and Bruce.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Apr 26, 2011 10:40pm
why pinch hit for Renteria....because he is 0-3? Hermida has yet to gain a hit as a Red........maybe save my pinch hitter for him if it comes about.....but regardless...2 hits ain't getting it.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Apr 26, 2011 10:43pm
Ironman92;751127 wrote:why pinch hit for Renteria....because he is 0-3? Hermida has yet to gain a hit as a Red........maybe save my pinch hitter for him if it comes about.....but regardless...2 hits ain't getting it.
Because my dog is a better option than Renteria.
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mhs95_06
Posts: 8,167
Apr 26, 2011 10:44pm
wildcats20;751123 wrote:Absolutely NO REASON Renteria should have been hitting there. NONE.
Who of the 5 right handed pinch hitters you have on the bench are you going to put up instead? You've got away with the defensive liability that Renteria is at SS(compared to Janish) without it giving away any runs, I'd just as soon have Renteria bat there as any of those 5 on the bench.
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mhs95_06
Posts: 8,167
Apr 26, 2011 11:24pm
mhs95_06;751113 wrote:Dusty hoarding his pinch hitters for a possible 15 inning game, but I agree with Dusty in that situation!
Dusty is no Sparky, who, in the 7th game of the 1972 WS, put his premier pinch hitter, Hal McRae, up in the 5th inning to hit for his starting pitcher, Jack Billingham, who had given up no earned runs and trailed only 1-0. He got the game tied, but didn't get the knock-out blow he was looking for, and then the next pitcher gave up the game losing runs in the 6th inning. I remember it well!
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Apr 27, 2011 11:26am
No more game threads for me..pretty sure the Reds are 0-3 or 0-4 when I start a game thread.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Apr 27, 2011 12:13pm
Ironman92;751127 wrote:why pinch hit for Renteria....because he is 0-3? Hermida has yet to gain a hit as a Red........maybe save my pinch hitter for him if it comes about.....but regardless...2 hits ain't getting it.
Renteria has been very solid all season with the bat. I would have left him in as well.