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If I know DJ like I think I know DJ (Derek Jeter) he will want to move payroll. And that means we could see Stanton in St. Louis by the end of this month.
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Will Matt Adams be in the lineup for the Braves? Assume he will get a nice ovation when he strolls to the plate the first time. Most should remember his homerun off of Kershaw in the 2014 playoffs.
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WHY IS THIS GAME BLACKED OUT FOR ME??????
This is the 1st game in years that has been blacked out. Whats going on here???
Anxious to see the lineup for tonights game. I do agree with BikeMike’s assessment that DeJong needs to be moved out of the #3 slot. Seems like the league has caught up to him at this point, he seems to keep swinging and missing at low pitches, especially the breaking ones. Hope he doesn’t turn out to be another Grichuk.
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For those that missed it…..bases loaded, two outs, Cards down 5-4. A cat runs onto the field and the grounds crew guy grabs it out by the centerfield wall. He gets scratched/clawed a little bit. Next pitch Molina hits a grand slam.
Rally Cat………
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Cubs lose in San Francisco again today, final was 3-1 Giants. Redbirds can get it back to 1.5 games with a win tonight.
Hard to believe that the Redbirds are only 2.5 games out of 1st place. As bad as they have been so far this year. The Cubs continue to be an enigma, having lost again last night, this time to the Giants in San Francisco 6-3. I keep thinking the Cubs are going to get hot and go on a roll and they almost did after the All Star Break. But they are 3-5 in their last 8 games now.
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The main reason the Royals got three runs in the 4th was because the 1st base umpire ruled a check swing a ball on a 3-2 pitch with two outs. Molina started to walk off. The next batter then doubles in three runs. Had the ump made the right call – which I believe he went and would have been strike three – the Royals wouldn’t have scored that inning.
Piscotty to Memphis? Should have been done awhile back. Maybe this will send a message to some of the others that aren’t performing.
By the way, how is Diaz doing at Memphis? Last I heard about a month ago he was doing lousy, only hitting about .217.
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And Wainwright is up to his bad self to start. Singles by Hamilton and Cozart and then a three run homer by Votto. 3-0 Reds in the 1st, they are still batting, nobody out.
Doesn’t appear to be any rain in Cincinnati at the moment. No tarp on the field either. First pitch just about 5 minutes away.
Lets hope Wainwright can redeem himself from his last start in Cincinnati.
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We don’t have a cleanup hitter. Need one very badly. We do have a surplus of hitters that strikeout all the time, however.
And in spite of the homerun last night DeJong is struggling as of late. Not sure why Matheny keeps running a young guy that’s struggling out there in the #3 hole.
Gyorko is lost at the plate nowadays too. Glad to see him get another day off.
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Whats the over/under that Scooter Gennett hits four homeruns off of Wainwright today?
And it looks like there might be some rain in the Cincinnati area. Hope this one gets played today, and without major delays.
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And, of course, in the 9th Trevor “I’m-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen” Rosenthal makes it interesting by giving up a walk, a single, and then going 3-2 on Peraza before he bounces to short and is out by two whiskers at 1stbase.
4-1 St. Louis the final.
Wasn’t much of an effort by the Cardinals – again.
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Giancarlo Gyorko got a hit last night so now he’s back in the cleanup spot. We would be about as good if we had Tyler Greene in the cleanup spot. He hit a double once, ya know.
And the Cubs down the Nationals today by the score of 7-4. Need a win to stay 4.5 back.
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Grichuk strikes out with the bases loaded, two outs, and a 3-2 pitch. He was caught looking on a borderline breaking pitch. His second strikeout of the game.
Anybody want him to in the cleanup slot now??? You’d have to be utterly stupid.
And of course, Grichuk, who some want to be the new cleanup hitter, strikes out looking with the bases loaded and two outs, on a 3-2 pitch in the top of the 8th. His second K of the game.
Redbirds trail 3-1 in the 8th. Giancarlo Gyorko pinch-hit with two on and two outs in the 7th and, of course, struck out.
Hard to believe this team is this bad offensively. But like Thom Brennaman said on the Reds broadcast tonight, most of the team is having an off year. He also said there is no big time homerun threat on the team nowadays either.
Redbirds and Brewers get a break at Wrigley today. Cubs drop their 2nd straight, this one a 4-2 loss to the Nationals. Murphy a pair of dingers in this one. Maybe the Cubs will go on a losing streak and let us catch up to them, and Milwaukee as well.
The reasoning behind Kelly in the #5 slot is……what???
And whats the over/under on Grichuk striking out at least twice tonight?
Why would we want Grichuk there when all he does is strikeout?
And anybody that thinks Giancarlo Gyorko is the answer to our cleanup slot is crazy. I’ve said all along he will end up about his norm, around .250 with 20 homers. He is trending that way right now.
One glaring weakness, as a lot of posters have said, is that we need a big bat in the lineup. That’s why we should go after Giancarlo Stanton hammer and tong. We’ve got enough young players with high ceilings that we should be able to land Stanton. Assuming, of course, the new Miami ownership is willing to deal. We’ve got enough young outfielders – Piscotty, Grichuk, Pham, Fowler, Martinez, Bader, Sierra – and enough young pitchers – Weaver, Flaherty, and the others – that gives us enough depth if we have to part ways with some to land Stanton.
The one untouchable is, of course, Alex Reyes.
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Well, we at least got a break up in Wrigley tonight. Cubs lose to the D’Backs 10-8 in a back and forth game. D’Backs got two in the top of the 9th to win it.
We stay 4.5 games behind. They have Washington this weekend and we have Cincinnati. If there’s ever a time for a sweep by the Redbirds this is it.
Then again, we might be lucky we score a grand total of 4-5 runs the entire weekend…….
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