Reds vs Giants 8/29/08

[WVRedsFan]

What is there left to say? I know my season of posts has become as weak as the Reds offense. Last year I found statistical research far more interesting. This year I just can't bring myself to do it. I remember being interested in lineup construction but this year any thoughts would hav just been killed by the fact that CF leads off, SS is second, etc. Hopefully energy will come back.

Point well taken. This team is simply no fun to watch and discussion has pretty much dried up for now.

And it's a long time until Spring Training,

[Kc61]

I just saw Dickerson's HR over on Gameday. Does his swing always look that nice? Compact but smooth, lefty grace. Good pop

Dickerson seems to wait on the ball quite well. He has good bat speed and swings at the last possible moment. Generates excellent power that way.

He's very productive so far when he makes contact.

But of all these young hitters, Votto is the one who impresses me most. He makes consistent good contact. Bruce overmatched right now.

[OnBaseMachine]

Reds defense making Volquez look bad yet again. Worst defense in MLB.

What happened? I just got in and missed it.

[AmarilloRed]

11-7 now.

[WVRedsFan]

What happened? I just got in and missed it.

Who won the game?

Volquez had trouble keeping SF off base (allowed 8 hits in 6 innings), but some shoddy defense by Phillips and Bruce led to 4 runs in the 4th after we had gone out in front by 4-0 on Edwin's grand slam. All of the 6 runs allowed by Edisonson were earned since no errors were given by the official scorer.

Both teams' defense has been less than desirable, though.

[OnBaseMachine]

Who won the game?

Riverside got crushed. That's the last time I'll watch them play this year.

Official scorers suck. This is two straight starts Volquez has been screwed by the official scorer. You would think clueless official scorer would favor Volquez in this case.

[HokieRed]

Cordero in to turn a sure win into an adventure.

[Spring~Fields]

Final          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E  
San Francisco  0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 7  13 2 
Cincinnati     0 0 4 4 2 0 1 0 X 11 12 0

                     AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg  
C. Dickerson cf-lf   5  3 3  4  0  1  1   .328  
J. Keppinger ss      5  1 1  0  0  0  3   .267  
B. Phillips 2b       3  0 1  0  2  0  1   .263  
J. Votto 1b          3  1 2  1  1  0  1   .288  
E. Encarnacion 3b    4  1 2  5  1  1  2   .251  
J. Bruce rf          5  0 1  0  0  1  4   .252  
J. Cabrera lf        3  3 2  0  0  0  0   .295  
D. Weathers p        0  0 0  0  0  0  0   .000  
J. Valentin ph       0  0 0  0  1  0  0   .252  
F. Cordero p         0  0 0  0  0  0  0   .000  
P. Bako c            4  1 0  0  0  3  6   .203  
E. Volquez p         2  1 0  0  0  2  2   .080  
J. Affeldt p         0  0 0  0  0  0  0   .000  
C. Patterson ph-cf   1  0 0  0  0  0  0   .196
Totals              35 11 12 10 5  8 20

Scoring Summary
Bot 3rd: Cincinnati
- E. Encarnacion homered to deep left, J. Keppinger, J. Votto and C. Dickerson scored

Top 4th: San Francisco
- T. Ishikawa singled to shallow right, P. Sandoval scored, A. Rowand to third
- E. Burriss singled to second, A. Rowand scored, T. Ishikawa to second
- E. Velez tripled to deep right, T. Ishikawa and E. Burriss scored

Bot 4th: Cincinnati
- C. Dickerson doubled to deep left, P. Bako and J. Cabrera scored, E. Volquez to third
- J. Votto hit by pitch, E. Volquez scored, C. Dickerson to third, B. Phillips to second
- E. Encarnacion walked, C. Dickerson scored, B. Phillips to third, J. Votto to second

Bot 5th: Cincinnati
- C. Dickerson homered to deep right, J. Cabrera scored

Top 6th: San Francisco
- E. Velez doubled to deep left, E. Burriss scored
- R. Aurilia homered to deep center, E. Velez scored

Bot 7th: Cincinnati
- P. Bako safe at first on pitcher O. Matos' throwing error, J. Cabrera to third, J. Cabrera scored

Batting Cincinnati
2B - B Phillips (23, B Zito); J Cabrera 2 (6, B Zito, O Matos); C Dickerson (7, B Zito).

HR - E Encarnacion (23, 3rd inning off B Zito 3 on, 2 Out), C Dickerson (4, 5th inning off B Sadler 1 on, 2 Out).

S - P Bako , E Volquez.

RBI - E Encarnacion 5 (54), C Dickerson 4 (10), J Votto (60).

2-out RBI - E Encarnacion 4, C Dickerson 2.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Bako 3, J Keppinger 1, J Votto 1.

GIDP - J Bruce.

Team LOB - 9.

Base Running
SB - C Dickerson (4, 3rd base off B Zito/B Molina).

CS - B Phillips (9, 2nd base by O Matos/B Molina).

Fielding
DP - 2 (B Phillips-J Keppinger-J Votto, J Keppinger-B Phillips-J Votto).


Batting San Francisco
2B - E Velez (10, E Volquez).

3B - E Velez (5, E Volquez).

HR - R Aurilia (9, 6th inning off J Affeldt 1 on, 2 Out).

RBI - T Ishikawa (7), E Burriss (14), E Velez 3 (16), R Aurilia 2 (43).

2-out RBI - R Aurilia 2.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Roberts 1, F Lewis 1.

GIDP - R Winn, E Velez.

Team LOB - 5.

Fielding
E - B Zito (1, throw); O Matos (1, throw).

DP - 1 (E Burriss-E Velez-T Ishikawa).

Pitching

B. Zito    3.1 7 8 7 2 2 1 5.62  (L, 8-16)
B. Sadler  1.2 1 2 2 1 2 1 4.66  
O. Matos   1.0 2 1 0 1 1 0 3.77  
A. Hinshaw 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.86  
T. Walker  1.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 4.53  
 
  
E. Volquez  5.1 8 6 6 3 6 0 3.04  (W, 16-5)
J. Affeldt  1.2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3.39  
D. Weathers 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.34  
F. Cordero  1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.70

IBB - B Phillips (by B Zito).

HBP - J Votto (by B Zito); J Cabrera (by B Sadler).

Pitches-strikes - B Zito 80-51; B Sadler 30-18; O Matos 22-13; A Hinshaw 7-5; T Walker 22-14; E Volquez 110-73; J Affeldt 21-14; D Weathers 14-10; F Cordero 15-11.

Ground balls-fly balls - B Zito 4-6; B Sadler 2-1; O Matos 1-1; A Hinshaw 1-1; T Walker 1-0; E Volquez 4-6; J Affeldt 2-1; D Weathers 2-1; F Cordero 2-1.

Batters faced - B Zito 22; B Sadler 7; O Matos 6; A Hinshaw 3; T Walker 6; E Volquez 26; J Affeldt 6; D Weathers 4; F Cordero 4.

Time: 3:20.
Attendance: 25,445

[OnBaseMachine]

Volquez's ERA is now up to 3.04. It should be in the 2.75ish area if not for some incompetent official scoring in Volquez's last two starts. Seriously, I wish MLB would take care of that stuff instead of letting clueless homers make those decisions.

[Ron Madden]

Dickerson is striking out one in three at bats. That's not an acceptable level. Hope he makes some contact here.

Hi Marty

What about his 12 XBH's?

[OnBaseMachine]

Hi Marty

What about his 12 XBH's?

No kidding. Dude is OPSing 1.078. I think it's acceptable.