Reds month of May games thread

[*bengalfan74*]

(05-09-2019, 11:43 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Two things.
1) I left out the word "routine" in my post. Two runs on a two out, ROUTINE ground ball to second base because, unlike common sense, the shift is designed on the hitter hitting HIS pitch and pulling the ball hard . . . instead of over a century's worth of proven success of forcing the hitter to hit the PITCHER'S pitch.

2) You called it a night after the fifth inning. The Reds offense took the night off after the 2nd inning . . . the Reds just can't knock out a pitcher when they have them on the ropes. Anderson was at 46 pitches after 2 innings, he then pitched the next 4 innings on just 50 pitches giving up only one hit. He went from having a pitcher up in the pen with only one out in the 2nd to pushing through 6 innings. If not for MLB manager's fear of the pitch count rising above 100, he easily could have come out to pitch the 7th inning.

The Reds have played 37 games thus far so 333 innings if they batted in all 9 so say 325 innings. I'd love to know how many of those 320+ innings  they have multiple hits in ? 20 ?

We have two guys with respectable batting averages - Iglesias .287 Casali .275 Votto is below the Mendoza line again .210 with 6 RBI's Puig is at .197 Barnhart just keeps fading .179 ! Casali needs to be the starting catcher, Dietrich and Winker need to be in the lineup. I hope Senzel stays at leadoff.

If Puig and Votto don't pick it up and fast this season is going to be over before mid June !