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From what I could see, Greene was struggling with command from the jump and absolutely could get nothing going with his slider.
100MPH or no, you can't be a one pitch pitcher against the Dodgers.
As far as not being in the same weight class as the Dodgers goes, the Reds did in fact sweep a 4 game set against the playoff Cubs and 2 of 3 from the best team in baseball (record wise) on the final weekend. If memory serves the broke even against the Phillies this year or maybe 1 game under?
Point being; baseball is weird but these guys (even as offensively challenged as they are) can play with the playoff teams. Last night was just what happens to anyone when their starter is off.
100MPH or no, you can't be a one pitch pitcher against the Dodgers.
As far as not being in the same weight class as the Dodgers goes, the Reds did in fact sweep a 4 game set against the playoff Cubs and 2 of 3 from the best team in baseball (record wise) on the final weekend. If memory serves the broke even against the Phillies this year or maybe 1 game under?
Point being; baseball is weird but these guys (even as offensively challenged as they are) can play with the playoff teams. Last night was just what happens to anyone when their starter is off.
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Such a great point. When Greene spiked that 1 fastball in the first i knew he was too pumped up. Cali kid, 1st playoff appearance vs his fav team growing up...
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Good points. Yes, they absolutely have gone toe to toe with the best - yankees, phillies, padres, cubs (lately), brewers (lately), mets, d-backs, guardians, giants. The Phils went 18-11 in August when the Reds took the 3-game series against them. (They got friggin' shelled by the Blue Jays. Look at the BJs' schedule - they seldom scored in the double digits and the only other team they did that to in consecutive games was Colorado.)
But we saw a contrast last night. Dodgers' veteran mixed up location, and always kept the ball low right at the knees or below. Remember Halladay's no-hitter - he poured fastball after fastball right in there at the knees all game. As I said in-game, our pitchers got lit up when they made a mistake up in the zone. And when their reliever in the 8th left a nice fat one up to K-Hayes with bases loaded, he just hit a weak popup to 1st. Guys, we saw that same shit all season long. As you said, 'offensively challenged.'
Ohtani's hr against Connor was on a breaking pitch at the belt right in the heart of the zone. Late movement (just moved to the barrel of the bat), so not such a bad pitch in that case, but when dodger pitchers throw a strike, it's usually less hittable, and the reds don't make them pay for mistakes too often. I'm concerned that our pitchers just can't locate well enough to contain an elite offense (see BJ's, Dodgers). They didn't learn from their mistakes when BJ's trounced them the first time. I don't know how they split the season series against the Phils, but that was amazing.
As I said earlier, I think they will do better tonight. The dodgers' bullpen meltdown was shocking, and I'd be surprised if they repeat that ineptitude. It gives us all hope for tonight, though.
As far as the Phils, it seemed like they were on quite a hot streak in September (17-8). I'm thinking they are a different team now than when we played them, so if we advance hopefully that week off with just a scrimmage game hurt their momentum.
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