July 24th, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in With the Cincinnati Reds currently in rarified air also known as a pennant chase, every game counts – both for them and the team that is just ahead of them, the St. Louis Cardinals. Typically the Houston Astros – at least this year’s version – are usually an easy opponent for the Reds. Friday night’s [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Bruce’s Two-Base Knock Sends Reds Past Astros 6-4
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Friday Game Preview – Reds @ Astros
When: Friday, July 23, 8:05 (ET) Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX Who: Bud Norris (2-7, 6.09 ERA) vs. Travis Wood (0-1, 2.02 ERA) Let us just forget about the most recent series that the Cincinnati Reds recently played agaisnt the Washington Nationals, shall we? The offense was by and large flat, the bullpen failed [...]
Reds Suffer Power Shortage At GABP, Nationals Sweep 7-1
For those of you who either witnessed the Cincinnati Reds game in person at Great American Ball Park or watched the game on MASN (Reds were not on TV), then you probably found out first hand that starting pitcher Edinson Volquez is not Superman – although you wouldn’t have known that based on his last [...]
Strasburg Outpitches Arroyo, Nationals Pound Reds 8-5
It isn’t very often that Great American Ball Park is nearly filled to capacity on a weekday; however, to be fair, Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals came visiting on Wednesday. After the game on Wednesday between these two squads, I think it is fair to say that neither Strasburg or the Reds’ starting pitcher [...]
Bullpen Nearly Melts Down, Reds Edge Nationals 8-7
The Cincinnati Reds bullpen is like the little girl with the curl: when it’s good, it is very good whereas when it is bad … well, let’s just say that it is awful. I certainly cannot blame the Reds’ bats for a lack of effort as they pounded out nine hits; however, trh eduo of [...]
Cueto Pitches, Bats Reds To 7-2 Shellacking Of Nationals
The way that Johnny Cueto has been pitching for the past month or so, I am surprised that there wasn’t very much politicking for him to get on the National League All-Star team. Consider that in six games going back to June 18, the Reds starting righthander has pitched 40 2/3 innings, given up 32 [...]
Monday Game Preview – Nationals @ Reds
When: Monday, July 19, 7:10 PM (ET) Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH Who: Johnny Cueto (8-2, 3.42 ERA) vs. J.D. Martin (1-4, 3.35 ERA) Personally, I’d just assume forget the majority of the past five games that the Cincinnati Reds have played as the bats, during that time, have been unusually quiet whereas [...]
Reds Bats Go Silent, “Cook”ed By Rockies 1-0
At first glance and on paper, the Cincinnati Reds had an advantage against Aaron Cook and the Colorado Rockies as the Reds have had some decent success against them. Sunday’s game between both squads proved that things are not always as they appear; but then again, the game of baseball is often like that. Instead [...]
