7/5 Reds (Finnegan) vs. Cubs (Lackey) 1:20 CDT, CSN MLBN

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Bottom of the 6th was the turning point today.

 

We've been trailing the whole game. How does a game turn when we went from losing to still losing?

[UMFan83]

Willson if you come through with a dong in this rather inconsequential July baseball game I will love you forever

[UMFan83]

Not a great AB for Contreras there but he's excused

[Tryptamine]

Jesus, only way Duvall gets that ball is that it's hit directly on a line at him. That was smoked.

[TruffleShuffle]

mildly annoying that we've had a number of hard hit outs, and also that we only have 5 runs despite donging 4 times.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

We know how this will end.

[UMFan83]

I was thinking that for sure Heyward's slow starts in the past have all but ended by this point but actually looking at his OPS on July 5th every year, he's definitely lower than any other year in his career but not by a ton

 

15 - .770

14 - .708

13 - .684

12 - .849

11 - .713

10 - .821

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Miggy is hot garbage

[TruffleShuffle]

miguel "wet blanket" montero

[UMFan83]

We know how this will end.

 

i thought it would send with a strikeout, not a popup

[Aaron_Kennelly]

We know how this will end.

 

Well, I was wrong. Thought for sure it was going to be a ground out to second.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

We know how this will end.

 

Well, I was wrong. Thought for sure it was going to be a ground out to second.

he can't pull a ball

[BigSlick]

It would be nice if the pitching could put together more than just 2 scoreless innings out of 7

[TruffleShuffle]

great to see joel peralta coming into the game, said nobody.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Oh good, Peralta is here.

[UMFan83]

great to see joel peralta coming into the game, said nobody.

 

You mean except the cities of Cincinnati and probably St. Louis. And Peralta's family

[Tryptamine]

Why is Peralta still on this roster?

[TruffleShuffle]

great to see joel peralta coming into the game, said nobody.

 

You mean except the cities of Cincinnati and probably St. Louis. And Peralta's family

 

let's not kid ourselves here, nobody in cincinnati is wasting their time watching this reds team.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

When we signed Joe Nathan, I thought we would never see him in a Cubs uniform. And now I am begging for him.

[TruffleShuffle]

Why is Peralta still on this roster?

 

i feel like they could pick a reliever at random off the tennessee or iowa rosters and there's at least a 50% chance that guy would be better than peralta.

[Stu]

They might as well get something out of him before they DFA him tomorrow

[weis21]

matt should take at least one strike

[Brian]

I'm assuming this is the one good/half-way decent pitcher in the Reds bullpen, is he going to go 4IP?

[TruffleShuffle]

I'm assuming this is the one good/half-way decent pitcher in the Reds bullpen, is he going to go 4IP?

 

price will probably blow out his arm by using him too much in an attempt to salvage 65 wins this season.

[Schwarber Fan]

What a stupid game to lose. I fully expect the Reds to get 2 off Strop just because.