Reds August 2023 thread

[cinci4life]

(08-27-2023, 01:14 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: I understand having an opener . . . having two made no sense. If he brings in Lively instead of Moll, Lively probably pitches through the 8th since he wound up being so pitch efficient. Yet another game where Bell's decisions result in more relievers being used than were needed.

He did pitch through the 8th anyway after coming in with 2 outs in the 3rd and in fact got the first out of the 9th. The fact he threw only 66 pitches is a pretty good indicator they had a pitch count in mind for him. So whether he came in before Moll or after very likely had no influence on the number of relievers used especially since our closer blew a 3 run lead in the 10th forcing an extra pitcher for the 11th. You're really making a big deal out of nothing on this one.