Reds 3, Brewers 1 (I'll explain Snake in a moment)Bronson Arroyo: 6.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 3 K. A very solid performance despite the bouts of wildness (57 strikes in 107 pitches), but pitched himself out of a couple jams. A very promising start for the rotation considering Volquez and Cueto haven't come around yet.
Edwin Encarnacion: Maybe feeling his oats a little after last nights grand slam. He went 0-4 and had a THROWING ERROR (AHHHHH!!!!)
Joey Votto: Continues to crush. Smoked an RBI double in the first inning to get the Reds on the board.
Willy Taveras: You sir are quickly becoming my favorite person in the world. On base 3 out of 5 times tonight and scored on Hairston's dinger. Stole second late in the game after a few pitches to Votto with me screaming into the TV.
Paul Janish: The little bugger played nice D (I admit the kid has a cannon) and contributed a double over Cameron's head in center. If he can hit .270, I'll never say anything bad about him again. Gonzo shouldn't see an AB the rest of the series.
Ryan Hanigan: Different catcher. Same result. But, he did gun down Corey Hart at second. Hanigan's start got me wondering. Does Bronson Arroyo only throw to white catchers?
Laynce Nix: Two nights in a row with a late-inning pinch hit double. The guy looks like a cross between a lumberjack and a cage fighter.
Jerry Hairston: We really need this guy to hit lefties if he's going to steal Dickerson's ABs. He'll have to put up last year's numbers and some to justify the platoon for me.
Mike "the coronary" Lincoln: Did anyone else not want Votto to drive in that insurance run in the ninth, therefore not widening the lead to four, therefore not having Mike Lincoln come in to finish the game because there was no longer a save opportunity for Coco? I would rather have Coco pitch with a 3-run cushion than Lincoln with a 4-run cushion. In the end, it was slightly harrowing. They hit him on the button a couple times, but no harm done.
Quote of the Game: Who else but Chris Welsh, who was completely serious when he said, "Kurt Russell was Snake Plissken in Escape From New York, one of the best movies ever made." Don't get wrong, I like Escape From New York, but not that much.
Well, well, well. A three-game win streak. I smell a sweep, especially after handling the Brewers 1-2 starting punch. Two more to go. Wow. A sweep. I haven't even thought about a sweep in so long. It's kind of fun to say when you're not on the other end of it. Sweep. Sweep. Haha. Fun!
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You bring up an interesting point and you have me wondering as well.
ReplyDelete"Does Bronson Arroyo only throw to white catchers?"
Remember he did make some damning comments back in Spring Training this year about wanting to get Ramon Hernandez back while he was at the WBC, but I have no idea as to the ethnic mix of Hernandez. You could be onto something...