GDT - April 18th vs. Milwaukee Brewers 7:10

[JHockey14]

[glow=red,2,300]April 18th Game Day Thread[/glow]

Cincinnati Reds vs Milwaukee Brewers

Great American Ballpark - 73F,Partly Cloudy, 11 mph Winds

[glow=red,2,300]Gameday Line Ups[/glow]
Cincinnati Reds.......................................Milwaukee Brewers
Corey Patterson CF .216...........................Rickie Weeks 2B .203
Jeff Keppinger SS .328..............................Gabe Gross CF .107
Ken Griffey Jr. RF .286..............................Prince Fielder 1B .241
Brandon Phillips 2B .271.............................Ryan Braun LF .246
Adam Dunn LF .182..................................Bill Hall 3B .203
Edwin Encarnacion 3B .235........................Corey Hart RF .291
Joey Votto 1B .351..................................JJ Hardy SS .180
Paul Bako C .351.....................................Ben Sheets P .000
Bronson Arroyo P .333.............................Jason Kendall C .341

[glow=red,2,300]Starting Pitchers[/glow]
............................................
B Arroyo 0-1 5.17 ERA..........................B Sheets 2-0 1.17 ERA

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

Cincinnati Reds(7-9)
5th in Central Dvision 4gb
8th in Wild Card 2.5gb

[glow=red,2,300]Player to Watch[/glow]
Bill Hall career vs reds: .310, 51r, 77h, 21 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR (Career vs Arroyo: 1/13, 1bb, 9K)

LETS GO REDS!!!!

[JHockey14]

[glow=red,2,300]Home Sweet Home[/glow]

[The Duke]

I'd like to see Hopper in there again, CPatt is on the decline in a hurry and the reds could sure use a real leadoff hitter.

[awnawboi21]

Apr 18, 2008 6:05:30 GMT -5 The Duke said:

I'd like to see Hopper in there again, CPatt is on the decline in a hurry and the reds could sure use a real leadoff hitter.

I agree, and I was in favor of CP getting a shot. Maybe Dusty's hoping he was just scrub-like in Chicago and will bounce back a bit?

[The Duke]

CP can still be a valuable defensive replacement and pinch hitter/runner, but I just don't like his avg/obp in the everyday lineup, and Hopper has proven time and again he deserves a shot to start every day.

In 22 at bats, Hopper has yet to strike out this year.

[stone19uk]

After a day off I look for BP to have a good series against the Brew Crew and get back on track. .358 5 HR 24RBI and 102B lifetime vs the Brewers. I look for those career #'s to get even better after this series.
BP could use this series to jump start his season after cooling off a bit.

[The Duke]

I think it was a good call on Dusty's part to give Phillips that day off as he has clearly been pressing trying to get something started the last week or so. He does his best (as most do) when they let things come to them and take advantage of what they can and don't try ot force anything.

[awnawboi21]

Apr 18, 2008 12:17:45 GMT -5 The Duke said:

I think it was a good call on Dusty's part to give Phillips that day off as he has clearly been pressing trying to get something started the last week or so. He does his best (as most do) when they let things come to them and take advantage of what they can and don't try ot force anything.

Yeah, being in a slump and then facing a pitcher that your stats are pretty putrid against really doesn't do much for the psyche.

BP will bounce back nicely in this series.

[powerofcincy]

I'm gonna be at this game, and thus far we haven't lost while I was there this year...let's hope the streak continues.

Of course, I'm gonna be there on Saturday and Sunday too...

[victor2111]

Hopper gets another start!!!!!! YeS!

Lineup
Norris Hopper CF
Jeff Keppinger SS
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Joey Votto 1B
Paul Bako C
Bronson Arroyo P

Batters vs Sheets
Hopper 3-4
Keppinger 2-4
Griffey Jr. 4-17 3HR
Phillips 4-9 2Doubles
Dunn 6-33 1HR 1Double
Edwin 1-5 1HR
Votto 2-5
Bako 2-14 1Double
Arroyo 0-3

Other Reds vs Sheets:
Patterson 9-40 1Double
Freel 3-11 1Double
Valentin 2-9 1HR
Hatteberg 2-9 1Double

[The Duke]

That should be the everyday lineup right there. Every. Single. Day.

[victor2111]

Apr 18, 2008 14:22:10 GMT -5 The Duke said:

That should be the everyday lineup right there. Every. Single. Day.

Agree!

[awnawboi21]

Apr 18, 2008 13:36:37 GMT -5 powerofcincy said:

I'm gonna be at this game, and thus far we haven't lost while I was there this year...let's hope the streak continues.

Of course, I'm gonna be there on Saturday and Sunday too...

That works, I'd gladly take a sweep...lol

[awnawboi21]

I like the lineup today. I agree that Hopp definitely deserves some PT in a big way.

Looking at the starters' pasts versus Sheets, you can really see exactly how much time Griffey has missed....Dunn has 2x the official ABs vs. Sheets compared to Griffey....

[psuhistory]

I would agree with seeing how this lineup works through a whole series against a good team. Though I like him more than most, having Patterson on the bench would immediately improve what seems to be a weakness. I don't know if this is the case statistically--I'm too lazy to check, as usual--but it seems like our bench play has been pretty weak...

I didn't get to watch the game yesterday--my cable deal somehow didn't include it--but hope to see at least a couple of wins this weekend; seems like I've only been able to catch the really frustrating losses during this last week...