GDT - April 12th @ Pittsburgh Pirates 7:05

[JHockey14]

[glow=red,2,300]April 12th Game Day Thread[/glow]

Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

PNC Park - 51F, Few Showers, 14 mph Winds

[glow=red,2,300]Gameday Line Ups[/glow]
Cincinnati Reds.......................................Pittsburgh Pirates
Norris Hopper CF .200...............................Nyjer Morgan CF .200
Jeff Keppinger SS .342..............................Freddy Sanchez 2B .214
Ken Griffey Jr. RF .323..............................Nate McClouth RF .391
Brandon Phillips 2B .286............................Jason Bay LF .267
Adam Dunn LF .172..................................Adam LaRoche 1B .129
Edwin Encarnacion 3B .148........................Ryan Doumit C .355
Joey Votto 1B .235..................................Jose Bautista 3B .194
Paul Bako C .364.....................................Luis Rivas SS .269
Bronson Arroyo P .000...............................Ian Snell P .000

[glow=red,2,300]Starting Pitchers[/glow]
............................................
B Arroyo 0-1 5.91 ERA..........................I Snell 1-0 3.75 ERA

[glow=red,2,300]Injuries[/glow]
Matt Belisle 15 day DL .........................Chris Duffy 15 Day DL
Alex Gonzalez 15 day DL.......................Jack Wilson 15 Day DL
David Ross 15 day DL

Cincinnati Reds(6-5)
4th in Central Dvision 2gb
3rd in Wild Card .5gb

LETS GO REDS!!!!

[glow=red,2,300]Players to Watch:[/glow]

[The Duke]

Thankfully, Snell is right handed, and Arroyo is due for a counce back game.

[GMBurchfield]

Just got to keep winning the 3 gam series and splittin the 4 game ones

so far we are 2-0 with a tie in series

[victor2111]

Lineup for tonight

Corey Patterson CF
Jeff Keppinger SS
Ken Griffey RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Joey Votto 1B
Javy Valentin C
Bronson Arroyo P

Starting Lineup vs Snell
Patterson - 0-0
Keppinger - 1-3 1Double
Griffey Jr - 6-11 1HR
Phillips - 3-15 1HR
Dunn - 2-17 1HR 1Double
Edwin - 6-17 1Double
Votto - 0-0
Valentin - 9-16 2HR

[Lark11]

Wow, am I reading that right? Is Dougie Mientkiewicz playing 3rd today??

[Lark11]

C-Pat is off to a remarkable start.

On the season, he's got 11 hits. Of those 11, 5 have been doubles and 4 have been homers. He's only got 2 singles.

He is, most definitely, en fuego!!

[Lark11]

Come on, Griff!!! We need ya here.

[Lark11]

What happened to our offense?

Is it just the weather???

[sabo3b17]

Gosh i hope so lark! Dunn and EE are just absolutely horrible to watch wow. get em on get em over and get out of the inning.

[Lark11]

Well, not the most impressive rally, but we're on the board!!!

[doublej86]

We'll take it anyway we can get it.

[Lark11]

Apr 12, 2008 19:26:43 GMT -5 doublej86 said:

We'll take it anyway we can get it.

Man, where would this offense be without Keppinger? I shudder just thinking about it. Hopefully the weather warms up soon!!!

[doublej86]

Patterson needs to be credited with "making something happen" that inning. Most anyone else in our lineup would have been doubled up on his ground ball but he beats it out to allow the run to score and the inning to continue. He steals second and scores on a single by Kepp. If Patterson hadn't been there, we probably don't score at all that inning.

BTW, he got me an RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored that inning. Kepp got me an RBI and hit. I'll take it for fantasy.

[Lark11]

Apr 12, 2008 19:30:47 GMT -5 doublej86 said:

Patterson needs to be credited with "making something happen" that inning. Most anyone else in our lineup would have been doubled up on his ground ball but he beats it out to allow the run to score and the inning to continue. He steals second and scores on a single by Kepp. If Patterson hadn't been there, we probably don't score at all that inning.

BTW, he got me an RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored that inning. Kepp got me an RBI and hit. I'll take it for fantasy.

Well, Patterson isn't a base clogger, that's for sure.

[mcwax]

Keppinger's slumps don't last long. He has only 1 k since opening day. Also, Patterson only has 2 k's, which is about as important as obp especially with the Reds' offensive woes. Last inning was a good example, putting the ball into play, beating out the double play chance, stealing a base, and scoring. The obp would be none-the-wiser. The old Patterson would have 10 k's by now.