mhs95_06;1209625 wrote:When the Reds are playing well a lot of runs come without the benefit of HRs. Tonight they have got no runs without HRs. Can they in the 9th to salvage this game and avoid a 4 game losing streak?
Very good game to watch. Both starters gave up 4 earned runs. The unearned run due to the only error of the game, plus the stolen base due to pitcher inattention, made the difference in a 5-4 game. Three of the Reds recent four loses were one run games. Both bullpens gave up no earned runs, but the Reds allowed two inherited runners from the starter to score, while the Twins bullpen inherited a bases loaded one out situation from the first reliever who was in-effective, and got out of it with no runs. In the 6th and the 9th the Reds singled to center with a runner on 2nd and 1 out, and they held the runner at 3rd. Both times the offense that has trouble scoring runs without HRs, failed to get the runner in from 3rd with less than two out.
This is the kind of game that usually determines who wins the series, the close, competitive ones that are determined by fundamentals! Four of the Twins five runs scored on plays where a hit was not involved(2 SF, ground-out, and bases loaded walk).
