Reds August 2023 thread

[CJD]

Last night was a great night.

Williamson rebounded from a bad game against the Cubs. I think the Reds pulled him too early last time out, personally, (he left with 2 on, 1 out in the 5th inning and Farmer allowed 2 more in, making Williamson's line look even worse than it was), so I was really happy to see him pitch into the 7th inning.

He has been incredibly effective for over a month now, posting a 2.45 ERA in the month of July along with his 1.35 ERA performance last night. He even hit a career high in strikeouts!

The offense showed signs of life, with TJ Friedl getting a CLUTCH hit with RISP.

I was beginning to worry we'd never get a hit with a guy on 2nd base ever again!

Going into this game, we were 7 for 40 (0.175) with RISP in the 6 game losing streak, and 3 for 27 (0.111) in the final 5 of those 6 games.

They still weren't good with RISP last night (1 for 6), but at least the one really counted...

Let's build on this. Today is Weaver day which...ugh...But we'll see if the team can recapture the magic they had when they won 8 straight Weaver starts, rather than the trend of losing 3 of his last 4 starts.