Following last nights extra inning affair that saw the Reds fall 3-2, the team bounced back big behind the arm of Edison Volquez and the bat of Brandon Phillips blanking the Marlins 7-0 and again grabbing that all important "get-away game"
Since his five walk fiasco against Atlanta two starts ago, Volquez has been lights-out throwing 16 scoreless innings against the Astros and Marlins, bumping his record to 3-2 on the year.
The Reds now lead the the League in shut-outs and their road record at 10-5 leaves them atop of that category as well.
Some quick observations from the game:
- Brandon Phillips is starting to come out of his slump as he capped a six RBI night with a three-run home-run.
- It seems Volquez has shook his early season slump. After possibly the worst outing of his young career it says a lot about his maturity level to bounce back the way he has.
- The starting five has been pretty formidable, with the exception of Micah Owings-- who really hasn't pitched too awful considering he missed all of last year with a shoulder injury.
- The good news about that is if Owings does struggle Homer Bailey, the team's number one pitching prospect in the minors, is ready and waiting. In his last outing for Louisville he struck out 15 batters and only pitched six innings.
Next Game:
Brewers at Reds. 7:10 p.m. Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Ohio.
Probable Pitchers:
Bronson Arroyo (4-1) v.s. Manny Parra (0-5)
NOTE: In all blogs the Reds probable pitcher is listed first.
Sports Dictionary: Just in case, an RBI stands for run batted in. So in short, if you get a hit and it scores a run you have an RBI.
daytondailyviews
13 years ago
3 comments:
Nice post, man. I'm slowly but surely been learning about baseball for the last year or so. Question. What does it mean to fall behind in your count? Or get ahead?
Yay! A bounce back! What a pitcher! I don't know how you do it, but I'm actually interested in how well a baseball team does. I think the last time I cared about a baseball team was when the Dragons got into a fight last year for the whole world to see.
By the way, sports dictionary request (if you haven't already covered it): "Get-away game"? What is this getaway that you speak of?
Kamari- Falling behind in the count refers to both the hitter and the pitcher. If the pitcher is up 2 strikes and no balls to a hitter he is thefore ahead in the count. If he had one strike and two balls he would be behind in the count. Same wiith the hittter.
Meagan- I did but for you, I'll do it again:)
A "get away" game is the last game of a series with a team. Example, last night's game was a get away game because it was the last game of the series with the Marlins, now its Brewers time. They are important becasue they usually determine if you win a series, lose a series, sweep a series or get swept in a series.
BTW thanks for the comments, ladies and gents.
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