Reds July 2023 thread

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(07-31-2023, 01:20 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I consider anything above 4 runs to be a good offensive outing. Some may disagree, but that's where my bar is at. If you average 5 runs per game, you are an elite offense in my opinion (We currently average 4.82 per game, 10th in the majors. The best offense in the majors averages 5.77).

Even before today's game, they have been very exciting. They scored 6 against LA two games ago, they scored 7 and 9 vs Arizona prior to the Milwaukee series, They got 5 and 10 off of the Giants (granted, the 10 was a loss because our pitching imploded in that game), and they've won 8 or their last 11.

It's just the Brewers. We have played them 6 times since the break and lost 5 of those games, being shut out 3 of the 5 times. 

We won't play the Brewers again in the regular season, so our offense will be back to the exciting offense it has been since Elly was called up.

I would agree, but that's also because I think a good pitching outing is 3 allowed runs or less.
If your SP is getting a quality start (6+ innings, 3 or less earned runs) and your bullpen doesn't allow a run (which is the expectation), 4 runs should be enough.