GDT - April 8th at Milwaukee Brewers 8:05

[JHockey14]

[glow=red,2,300]April 8th Game Day Thread[/glow]

Cincinnati Reds @ Milwaukee Brewers

Miller Park - 33F, Rain, 15 mph Winds

[glow=red,2,300]Gameday Line Ups[/glow]
Cincinnati Reds.......................................Milwaukee Brewers
Corey Patterson CF .250.............................Rickie Weeks 2B .250
Jeff Keppinger SS .435...............................Gabe Gross CF .200
Ken Griffey Jr. RF .263...............................Prince Fielder 1B .364
Brandon Phillips 2B .375..............................Ryan Braun LF .321
Adam Dunn LF .176....................................Bill Hall 3B .280
Edwin Encarnacion 3B .125..........................Corey Hart RF .304
Joey Votto 1B .167....................................JJ Hardy SS .105
Paul Bako C .286.......................................Jeff Suppan P .000
Johnny Cueto P .000..................................Jason Kendall C .467

[glow=red,2,300]Starting Pitchers[/glow]
.................................................
J Cueto 1-0 1.29 ERA..........................J Suppan 1-0 2.84 ERA

[glow=red,2,300]Injuries[/glow]
Matt Belisle 15 day DL .........................Chris Capuano 15 Day DL
Alex Gonzalez 15 day DL....................... Randy Choate 15 Day DL
David Ross 15 day DL

Cincinnati Reds(4-3)
2nd in Central Dvision 1.5gb
2nd in Wild Card 1.5gb

LETS GO REDS!!!!

[The Duke]

Tonights game is the first one being boradcast in FSN HD, and it will be the first full start that anyone will get to see Cueto except for the few who were at the ballpark for his first start. Hopefully Votto starts, otherwise that lineup looks good, and I think the Reds shoudl be able to get to Suppan early.

[dukecrunchybagel]

Y'know if Votto is going to play so little under Dusty, Kriv should send him back to AAA so at least he plays all the time.

The problem, of course, is there is a distinct shortage of left-handed bats for the bench. If Votto goes down, who comes up? Green, Cabrera, Phillips, & Hairston are all righties... Drew Anderson maybe?

[sabo3b17]

Ya Duke cant wait for tonights game to see it in HD. And you cant ask for anythign more then to watch cueto in it.

Yes i also agree DCB IF Votto is not going to play much then he needs to be sent down to get constant at bats and not just sit the bench. Drew Anderson may not be to bad of a call up.

[Lark11]

This game should be a good test for the Reds and Cueto. The Brewers have a ton of talent, but they still have flaws. So, I'll be very interested to see how they stack up. Also, Cueto vs. Prince/Braun should be very interesting. The Brewers have more than their fair share of guys who are susceptible to the strikeout, so Cueto may have a nice outing against a tough offense.

[columbusbengal]

How can it be 70 degrees here and 33 there??
Will they have the roof closed (I hope)? I wonder what the temperature is then. I can't imagine Cueto pitching in freezing weather.

[stone19uk]

Something to watch for. I heard on ESPN today that the Brewers are batting Kendall in the 9 hole behind the pitcher. The Brewers thinking is to use Kendell as another lead off hitter to get on in front of the big guys. Kendell is batting well over .400 due in part to having laser eye surgery in the off season. I'm interested to see how this move works out for the Brew Crew in this series.

[Joey Votto]

Lineups Are Out guys.

Corey Patterson CF
Jeff Keppinger SS
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Joey Votto 1B
Paul Bako C
Johnny Cueto P

Rickie Weeks 2B
Gabe Gross CF
Prince Fielder 1B
Ryan Braun LF
Bill Hall 3B
Corey Hart RF
J.J. Hardy SS
Jeff Suppan P
Jason Kendall C

[The Duke]

Other than Hopper not getting any starts, I like this as the every day lineup.

[missbaseball]

Here are the career numbers of reds batters against Suppan.

Ken Griffey Jr. 31 12 2 0 5 12 3 3 .387 .441 .935 1.377
Adam Dunn 20 11 5 0 1 3 8 3 .550 .690 .950 1.640
Corey Patterson 18 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .222 .263 .222 .485
Scott Hatteberg 15 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 .400 .400 .733 1.133
Brandon Phillips 14 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 .286 .333 .357 .690
Ryan Freel 13 5 1 0 0 3 3 1 .385 .500 .462 .962
Edwin Encarnacion 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .364 .727
Alex Gonzalez 9 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 .222 .364 .222 .586
David Ross 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .333 .633
Jeff Keppinger 9 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 .333 .400 .444 .844
Javier Valentin 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286
Norris Hopper 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000
Aaron Harang 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joey Votto 4 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850
Paul Bako 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
Kent Mercker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bronson Arroyo 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Juan Castro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

Enjoy if you wish or ignore if you want.

If someone wants to complain today or later. Look at Pattersons,
Freels and Hoppers numbers.
stats from ESPN.

[bischof21]

Finally, get to watch Cueto on the mound. Here's to hoping a game away from home doesn't fluster him.

[bearcatshane09]

I'm pretty excited to see Cueto, and the lineup Dusty is putting out has hit Suppan pretty good so hopefully were in for s fun night.

[jake2bake4]

Cueto pitches again on Sunday and its in HD also! Man do I love HD, if you don't have it, you need it.

I'm glad to see Votto starting tonight too.

[mrpotamus]

I don't think Hatty would have made that stick on the Fielder hit. Nice 1-2-3.

[Lark11]

We had better be able to put up some runs against Suppan. He's...well....not good.