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Reds Tidbits (2006 Season)

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6 is the magic number.

Any day we score more than 6 we have a great chance, if its less we will almost always lose.

The pen is just that bad and the starters won't pitch this well all season long.

Ahh well, its fun to watch the offense mash the ball. 52 runs now in 9 games iirc.
 
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Dispatch

4/12/06

REDS 9 | CUBS 2

Arroyo goes deep once again

Pitcher homers off Rusch, turns in seven strong innings

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Rick Gano
ASSOCIATED PRESS

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CHICAGO — Here’s what Bronson Arroyo has shown the Cincinnati Reds since joining them less than a month ago: He can beat the Chicago Cubs and he can hit home runs off Glendon Rusch.
Arroyo, with no homers in his first six major-league seasons, hit his second off Rusch in six days, one of six long balls by the Reds as they routed the Cubs 9-2 yesterday on a windy afternoon in Wrigley Field.
"I got lucky again. Just keep hacking," Arroyo said after throwing seven shutout innings and hitting a ball that landed on Waveland Avenue after sailing over the left-field bleachers.
"I really just couldn’t believe where the pitch was, because it was almost identical to last time. I knew the wind was going out, and I got it good like I did last time. I figured that it wasn’t going to land anywhere in the park."
Adam Dunn hit two homers and Ken Griffey Jr. and Arroyo added one each off Rusch in the first four innings.
"It’s the first time I’ve seen four solo homers in the first four innings," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said.
Edwin Encarnacion hit his first career grand slam and Austin Kearns followed with another homer, both off Will Ohman, in the sixth.
"He’s got more homers than Wily Mo already," Dunn said of Arroyo, who was traded from the Red Sox on March 20 for Wily Mo Pena. "He’s got a good swing. That’s impressive. He’s shown me two tools so far."
Arroyo hit his first round-tripper since high school off Rusch on April 5 in Cincinnati. Before that homer, Arroyo was 4 for 55 with 33 strikeouts. He finished 1 for 3 yesterday.
"I don’t have anything for you," Rusch said, unable to explain how he gave up two homers to the same light-hitting pitcher in less than a week. "He took two pitches and hit them good."
Arroyo (2-0) also pitched well in beating Chicago for the second time in two starts. He shut down the Cubs and ended their three-game winning streak, allowing six hits.
"Luckily for us, we just got more balls in the air than they did," Arroyo said. "These guys can do enough damage on their own, but I guess if I can help out the cause, I’ll keep doing it. If the wind is blowing out, we have a team that can put up some runs. That gives confidence to the starting pitching."
Derrek Lee, who just signed a five-year, $65 million contract, doubled in Chicago’s first run in the eighth off reliever Chris Hammond. Michael Barrett homered in the ninth.
Rusch (0-2) also yielded two homers last week to the Reds in an 8-6 loss. He gave up five hits, four of them homers, and four runs in five innings.
"If the elements play that much into effect as today, look at the way Arroyo threw the ball. He threw seven shutout innings on the same mound and same field as I did," Rusch said. "I didn’t make good pitches."
Ohman didn’t either. He couldn’t get a batter out in the sixth. Leading 4-0, the Reds loaded the bases after Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez and shortstop Ronny Cedeno let Griffey’s windblown pop fall for a single. Encarnacion followed with his grand slam and Kearns homered.
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Cincy

4/12/06

A grand day for Encarnacion

Third baseman revisits spectacular spring training he enjoyed with Reds

BY JOHN FAY | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

<!--ARTICLE BODY TEXT-->CHICAGO - With playing time scarce for veterans Rich Aurilia and Ryan Freel, armchair managers are constantly speculating when third baseman Edwin Encarnacion might get bumped from every-day status.
Jerry Narron, the only manager whose opinion counts, is a more patient man.
"Eddie had a great spring," Narron said before Tuesday's game with the Chicago Cubs. "We're looking for Eddie to break out."
Encarnacion made Narron look like a prophet a few hours later.
Encarnacion went 2-for-4 and hit his first major-league grand slam in the Reds' 9-2 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Encarnacion, at 23 the youngest Red, has insisted he's not pressing. But a four-RBI day is just what a hitter needs to relax.
"It's my first good game of the year," he said. "My first grand slam. It feels good."
Encarnacion just missed another home run in the second inning, driving outfielder Matt Murton to the wall in left.
Encarnacion has the type of swing - short and quick - that hitting coaches favor. "He's going to hit," Narron said. "He's going to be a very good major-league player."
Encarnacion was the Reds' best hitter in spring training. He hit .357 with six home runs and 20 RBI in 24 games. He reached base in 21 of 24 games. But he cooled late in the spring.
"He's somewhere in between what you saw in the first week of spring training and what you saw the first week of the season," Narron said.
To give an indication of how early it is, Encarnacion's 2-for-4 day pushed his average to .261. His five RBI for the season give him more than all but three Reds.
"I feel good," he said. "I just haven't been getting good (results)."
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Jaxbuck said:
6 is the magic number.

Any day we score more than 6 we have a great chance, if its less we will almost always lose.

The pen is just that bad and the starters won't pitch this well all season long.

Ahh well, its fun to watch the offense mash the ball. 52 runs now in 9 games iirc.
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Sorry its 51 Runs scored in 7 games for a tidy little 7.29 rpg.

Some other statistical stuff:

-Reds lead the NL with 17 HR's

-We have had exactly 237 official AB's as a team and scored 51 Runs. In the same amount of AB's the Phillies have scored 24 Runs.

-For the small ball fans; The Reds lead the NL with 7 SB's.

-We also lead the league in OBP, SLG, OPS, AVG, HR and BB.

Now for the bad news

-Team ERA is 5.71

-We have given up 11 HR and 49 Runs.

-On a positive pitching note we aren't walking anybody. 15 BB is best in the NL.

-We are also 4th in the NL in K's with 51

-Our starters ERA is a very decent 4.36 with only 7 HR, 5 BB and 35 K's. If they could somehow keep that up we could do some damage.

Our relievers however have an 8.69 ERA, have given up 22 Runs, 4 HR, 10 BB and only 16K in 19.2 IP. If they keep that up, we're in a lot of trouble.


Ultimately I think the offense is capable of consistently scoring 5-6 runs a game. I think the starters will do a little worse, probably flirt with a 5 ERA as a staff while the pen is showing its true colors. I don't think they'll keep up a near 9 ERA but they will be the death of the 2006 season.
 
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Along the same lines:

9 unearned runs - WAY too many. With bad pitching, they can't continue to give away runs & outs.

7 errors - could easily be at least ten (two opening day misplays in OF by Dunn, high throw on DP attempt against Pittsburgh, etc.)

For Marty, only 49 K's by Reds hitters (7 per game vs 8+ per game last year) and the opponents have actually struck out more times (51) than we have.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
So far we have been on the better end of the deal, but lets wait till summer time, when the bats go in a slump and the bullpen has given up a ton of games and the starters fell like they have to throw a perfect game to get a W.
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Agreed.

Its waaaaayyyyyyy too early to say we won that trade yet.

Arroyo has a career 4.58 ERA for a reason.

My biggest gripe so far this season is the lineups. Rich Aurilia batting 4th while Dunn hits 5th should be against the law. What kills me is later in the year Marty and company will be ragging Dunn for how many HR's are solo shots.

We're still an ace, a bullpen and a manager away from being legit imo.
 
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Two Reds minor league pitcher busted for roids/drugs

Ramon Ramirez has been suspended 50 games for using a performance enhancing substances, and Justin Mallet has been suspended 50 games for using a drug of abuse

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2405455

I dont know how to hyperlink on this site so if someone wants to clean up the link for me thanks. If you want you could pm me how to do it and I will do it myself.
 
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