LP: Cliff Lee (6-1) 5.2 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 Ks, 2 HR
S: Francisco Cordero (9)
HR: Cin: Adam Dunn (10), Joey Votto (9). Cle: Michael Aubrey (1)
The hero: Jared Burton entered the game with no outs and runners on second and third with the Reds holding on to a 6-3 lead. He struck out pinch hitter Franklin Guitierrez before giving up a bloop single to Victor Martinez to allow the Indians to within two runs. That run was charged to Jeremy Affeldt, who had given up three hits and a run before being pulled. Burton got Ben Francisco to fly out and then Edwin Encarnacion made a great play on a slow roller by Michael Aubrey to end the inning. Burton then worked a 1-2-3 (albeit with a hit, but Ryan Garko was thrown out trying to make it a double) to hand the game over to closer Francisco Cordero.
The play: With two outs and runners on first and second in the bottom of the fifth inning, Ken Griffey Jr. singled in a run to give Cincinnati a 2-1 lead. Brandon Phillips followed with another run-scoring single with two outs to pad the lead.
The stat: Not only did Cliff Lee give up a season-high six runs and five earned runs, that was more than he'd given up all season, coming into Sunday's game with the Reds. He had allowed five runs and four earned before facing the Reds.
The lesson: These Reds may just not be all that bad. Really.
Dusty said: "I’ve been encouraged the whole time because I know the guys we have here. If you’re going good, you don’t think about when it’s going to end, you just keep going good. I’ve got a whole lot of buddies who surf, when they catch a good wave, they ride it all the way into the beach and go out and catch another one. If you think about falling off, you’re going to fall off. You just ride that wave and keep on riding. You don’t worry about if you’re going to win or fall off.”
Next: The Reds start a seven-game, seven-day road trip out west, starting Monday night at 10:10 Eastern in Los Angeles as Bronson Arroyo (2-4, 6.08) takes on Brad Penny (5-4, 5.09).
* Welcome to the Big Leagues, Paul Janish. Now go face a guy with a 0.67 ERA.
"We've all got to do it sometime," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "I faced Juan Marichal in my first start. Then I had Mike Cuellar."
Janish said he's excited to play, no matter who he's facing. Janish, a bright guy, had a good outlook on starting against the American League's ERA leader.
"This guy's getting everyone out right now, so what's the difference?" Janish said. "I see it as more reward than risk involved."
I talked to Javier Valentin as well, he's getting his first start in more than a month.
"I'll just see it and swing at it," Valentin said. "No different than usual."
Baker said he wanted to get Valentin some work and another right-handed bat in the lineup.
* Alex Gonzalez had an MRI on Friday and said he's feeling better. He is scheduled to run tomorrow.
* Top 1: Sizemore walks, Carroll singles. The Indians have some action early against the NL's ERA leader. A K and a DP gets him out of it. Redlegs 0, Rascist Mascot 0
* Bottom 1:Ryan Freel singles, so no no-hitter for either guy today. Really nice at-bat for Janish against Lee. It's full and he's fouling off pitches. A really good at-bat to make Lee work and get his pitch count up. I've been working on a pitch count story, and a lot of the pitchers said it's not the total pitches as much as it's the pitches in an inning. He works a walk. That's a big league at-bat. A passed ball gets the runners over and Griffey can't score them, striking out ona high fastball. HIGH SOCKS ALERT! Edwin Encarnacion going high socks! Great look. 3-0 to Phillips. Lee not throwing at him. Phillips gets the run home. Good work by him to get just enough to get the run in. 1-0. EE pops up. The run is unearned. Redlegs 1, Racist Mascots 0
* Top 2: Francisco doubles -- it was a bloop, Freel dove for it and missed it, allowing teh second base. Volquez follows that up with a really nice pitch to jam Aubrey, who hits it to third and Francisco stays at second. Then a fly to center, not deep enough, which allows Volquez to intentionally walk Blake to get to Cliff Lee, who grounds out to second. 40 pitches through two for Volquez. Lee needed 26 in the first. Redlegs 1, Racist Mascots 0
* Bottom 2: I gotta tell you, a lot of these guys ont eh Reds do a lot of charity things, may publicized and many not (and a lot of those, guys just don't want talked about because that's not why they do it), but one of my favorite programs is Aaron's Aces. They just showed them on the big screen. It's sponsored by Aaron Harang, which gives tickets to military families every Sunday, he also provides a $10 gift certificate for concessions and a t-shirt to all the families who attend thanks to Aaron's Aces. I'm a military kid and Aaron said he grew up with a lot of military kids in San Diego, which is one of the reasons he does this. It's an amazing program and I couldn't imagine how much I would have appreciated it as a kid. I was lucky, though, my dad was in the military for two wars, but one was before I was born. He did serve three 6-month cruises while I was growing up. My niece had her mother gone for six months and then her father for another six, so I know it was tough for her and both my sister and her ex-husband. Great program by Aaron. And of course, stupid fans boo Adam Dunn after his single and getting picked off on a line-drive to second. Ugh. Redlegs 1, Racist Mascots 0
* Top 3: 56 pitches through three for Volquez. He hit Dellucci, but otherwise a pretty easy inning, his first of the game. Redlegs 1, Racist Mascots 0
* Bottom 3: For a guy who is supposedly all glove and no bat, Paul Janish has done well. He singles for his second hit in the big leagues. Redlegs 1, Racist Mascots 0
* Top 4: Seriously, do people come to Cincinnati just to boo? I swear it's worse here than anywhere else I've been. It's even contagious with Indians fans, apparently. They booed Volquez for hitting Francisco. Like he wanted to hit the leadoff batter, thought that was a good strategy -- maybe he wanted to pitch from the stretch. Come to GABP and get stupid. 3-6-3 DP, real nice play by Janish to dig out the low throw from Javy. That's a very tough play for any first baseman, not to mention a guy like Valentin who hasn't played over there all that much. He got back to the bag and made a really nice play on it. It looked like Volquez hit Asdrubal Cabrera, who danced around liek a ballerina, pretending it hit him on the left foot. That, my friends, is something you boo. Hunter Wendelstedt calls him back as he tip-toed down to first. And then Volquez walks him on 4 straight. Seriously, Volquez's changeup is just sick. He pulled the string on Blake and it looked like Blake was going to throw his back out. Double clutch by Ross and Cabrera steals second. I think you should just go ahead and pitch around him here. They don't, and Blake singles to left to score Cabrera, who apparenlty recovered from that ball off his foot. Volquez just left that ball up for Blake to hammer and tie the game. Redlegs 1, Racist Mascots 1
* Bottom 4: Another "meaningless" homer for Dunn. That four straight games with a homer. Redlegs 2, Racist Mascots 1
* Top 5: A walk to Carroll means Volquez has given at least one free pass in each inning -- three regular walks, one intentional and two hit batters. Two double plays, so far, help. He's through five with 90, looks like a 6-inning day. Redlegs 2, Racist Mascots 1
* Bottom 5: Lee starts the inning with 64 pitches. 2-out single for Freel. Another hit for Janish -- he singles off Carroll's glove. Griffey singles in Freel, a 2-out RBI. Another for BP. EE pops up. I hope he's not superstitious and blams his high socks for the 0-for-3 performance so far. Missed the pitch count, but it's in the 80s. Redlegs 4, Racist Mascots 1
* Top 6: Aubrey's first career hit is a homer to right, into the Racist Mascots' bullpen and on the 99th pitch of the night for Volquez. It was on the outside of the plate and Aubrey was able to pull it.
Just got this text from my boy Tommy, a big Indians fan:
By the way... it's racist logo... not racist mascots. mascot is a big dumb pinkish thing. certainly not racist. dumb? yes. racist? no.
Point taken.
Same Tommy followed up when I admitted he had a point saying, "I may get in a fight so I can get thrown out and go home and watch the Cavs game."
Affeldt is up in the pen. Volquez finishes the inning with 111 pitches. 110 was still 94, which is impressive, but I think he's done. Redlegs 4, Racist Logos 2
* Bottom 6: That's it for Volquez -- he's gone with Joey Votto pinch hitting after Javy Valentin's double. And it's 6-2. Two-run homer by Votto. Cliff Lee doesn't have a 0.69 ERA anymore. No 9 for Votto. Wow.Javy's getting quite the reaction from his teammates int eh dugout. Votto, yeah, he's been killing the ball, but Javy's as popular as it gets in the clubhouse and I think the guys are happy to see him produce in his start. Lee's done. 96 pitches. Jensen Lewis in for the Indians, Peralta goes to short, batting ninth. Lewis in the seven spot. That does bring up just one question....
Who's Jhonny? Redlegs 6, Racist Logos 2
* Top 7: Votto stays in at first, Affeldt in to pitch in Valentin's spot. Rough outing for Affeldt. three straight hits and a run, Burton in. Anyone celebrating already obviously forgot the third gmae of the Florida series. Just what the doctor ordered, Gutierrez goes down looking, setting up the DP possibility. Not so much, as Martinez bloops one to center to score a run. Francisco pops out. Great play by EE to end the inning. Broken bat roller down the line, he barehands it and makes a perfec tthrow to Votto. Redlegs 6, Racist Logos 4
* Bottom 7: Soft J just rakes, man. Wow. 3-for-3. Griffey looks to bunt on the first pitch, but bunts it foul. He abandons that strategy after the first one. And then swings at the next two pitches. I hate that you can't see who is warming up in the pen from here. Redlegs 6, Racist Logos 4
* Top 8: Burton back out for the 8th. Garko pinch-hitting and really nice throw from the wall and Dunn gets him. Replay looks like Garko made it. But Marvin Hudson said he didn't, so he didn't. 1-2-3 -- really nice inning by Burton, especially after coming in during the last one. That's a great job by him. Looks like this one will be up to Coco. Redlegs 6, Racist Logos 4
* Bottom 8: The lefty, Rafael Perez, i for the racist logos. Really, can you ever have too much Prince? I don't think so. Hit and a walk, but no scoring. Story of my life. Redlegs 6, Racist Logos 4
* Top 9: Coco time. Sizemore flies out, Carroll Ks before pinch hitter Travis Hafner (god, I really do hate that 'Pronk' thing, it's even more annoying with the lengths they go with it in Cleveland) walks, bringing up Victor Martinez with the tying run. He works the count full, and by working it, he certainly did -- fouling off at least five two-strike pitches. Finally, after 11 pitches, he Ks. And this one belongs to the Reds
As TV cameras and reporters surrounded him following Saturday's 4-2 victory over the Indians, Adam Dunn sat in his chair, still miffed about not getting down a bunt.
In the seventh inning, Reds manager Dusty Baker noticed him upset after striking out with Edwin Encarnacion on second and no outs when the Reds and Indians were tied at 1. Dunn didn't want that feeling again when he came up in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday.
"I've had it both ways -- hitting the home run and then all the crowd standing up and saying you suck and you strike out," Dunn said after the game. "It's like I want to do good so I don’t have that feeling. I hate losing more than I like winning. Does that make sense?"
It does to many -- Baker's said the same thing many times.
Dunn, Baker noted, sat at the end of the bench by himself stewing over the missed opportunity in the seventh. Not only did he fail to get the runner over, Paul Bako then struck out and Baker pulled starter Aaron Harang for pinch hitter Scott Hatteberg, who grounded out to end the inning. So not only had Dunn not advanced or scored the runner, he also indirectly ended the day of the Reds' ace. It didn't help that Cleveland’s Ben Francisco homered in the next inning to put the Reds' winning streak in jeopardy.
That, Dunn said, bothered him, but he made sure it was firmly out of his mind as he stood on deck in the bottom of the ninth and the Reds trailing 2-1. He made sure it wasn’t there because his full attention had to be on the task at hand and Cleveland reliever Masa Kobayashi on the mound.
After Joey Votto singled to lead off the inning and Encarnacion was hit by a pitch, Dunn was singularly focused on the task at hand -- getting the runners over with a bunt.
"That's baseball. In that situation, you can't afford a double play and you don't want a strikeout and not advancing the runners. That's how I was taught to play," Baker said. "I know he's a big power guy, but he's told me he's a good bunter, too. He's been bragging to me since spring training about how he can bunt. He's dying to squeeze one. Maybe one day he might." Dunn squared on Kobayashi’s first pitch, but pulled back for ball one. On the second, he got the perfect pitch to bunt and missed it.
"That's what's frustrating. I work on it every single day, bunting. It was right down the middle. It's frustrating, it really is," Dunn said. "I was told to get a bunt down and I didn't. But I'll take it."
He’ll take it, because after another ball, Dunn hit the next pitch he saw 449 feet to the top row of the right field stands for his seventh walk-off homer of his career, and his second game-winning at-bat in as many days. Friday, Dunn walked with the bases loaded in the eighth inning of a tie game to give the Reds a 4-3 lead and ultimately the victory.
After Friday night's win, Dunn said he wished he could be in that situation every night. It wasn't 20 hours later that he was, and he came through once again. For a guy stuck with the label of not being clutch, he's been clutch the last couple of days. It was also his second career walk-off against the Indians at Great American Ball Park, hitting a walk-off grand slam off Bob Wickman in 2006.
"I love it. Especially with a packed house. I don't know. It's awesome. … It's awesome," Dunn said. "I think that’s definitely coincidental (hitting walk-offs against the Indians). None of that happens if Joey doesn't get that hit on a ball that he just battled. It happens. It's definitely a team deal. I know you think it's a cliché, but it's true. If there's two outs and it's a solo deal, we're still playing."
Video replays showed Votto take an initial step back toward second base when he saw the ball hit in the air, but immediately raising his arms in celebration, knowing his team had won.
In addition to his second game-winner in as many days, Dunn has now homered in three straight games and had an RBI in each of the last six games, while the Reds have now won five games in a row -- all against first-place teams.
"Adam's been swinging better, and hopefully he gets hot," Baker said. "He's one of the most popular teammates in here and the guys respond around him. Once you start coming through, you start believing you can come through. I know he felt good about it."
The Reds failed to get the win for Harang, whose ERA dropped to 3.12 after allowing an earned run and eight hits in seven innings and is still 2-5 on the season.
"I'm not worried about it. I'm just trying to keep us in the game and put us into a position to win the game," Harang said. "That's what I did today. There's a couple of situations I got into and was able to buckle down and get out of it. I just kept plugging along. It seems like the last week, it's been a different guy every night. Everyone's been getting a chip in and getting it done, that's what it's all about."
Indians starter Fausto Carmona was even better, giving up a run on four hits in 7 1/3 innings. But the Reds were able to get to Kobayashi, who entered the game with a 1.86 ERA, first with Votto's single and Dunn's blast.
"That's how we've always been," Harang said. "We scrap it out until the game's over. Early on we weren't doing that, but now we are putting runs on the board. These guys have been frustrated, even for the pitchers because they weren't helping us out. Now that's changed and we've got to keep going with it."
The hero: Adam Dunn had his second game-winning at-bat in as many days, getting a bases loaded walk in Friday's 4-3 victory and the three-run homer in Saturday's 4-2 victory.
The play: Adam Dunn has repeatedly told Dusty Baker that he may be the best bunter on the team. And in what seemed like a microcosm of his season, Dunn had the perfect pitch to bunt the runners over in the ninth inning. Masa Kobayashi threw a fastball down the middle and Dunn just missed the bunt, fouling it off. Two pitchers later, he hit the game-winning homer to right.
The stat: 7. Saturday's home run was Adam Dunn's seventh walk-off of his career and second against the Indians. Of Ken Griffey Jr.'s 597 career home runs, only four have ended a game.
Dusty said: "I think everyone in the world knew that was gone," Baker said of Dunn's 449-foot blast to win the game.
The lesson: Maybe, just maybe, it was too early to give up on this team or Adam Dunn. The Reds are now just three games under .500 and have five straight victories over first-place teams. Dunn's homered in each of the last three games and had an RBI in each of the last six games (9 RBI). He leads the team with 25 RBIs.
Next: According to Elias Sports Bureau, the league's ERA leaders will face each other for only the third time. Edinson Volquez (6-1, 1.12) faces off against Cleveland lefty Cliff Lee (6-0, 0.67). The other two were June 6, 1998 when the Mets' Al Leiter (1.60) faced the Yankees Hideki Irabu (2.19), as Leiter suffered the 8-4 loss. Irabu received a no decision and on June 16, 2002, the Red Sox's Derek Lowe (1.89) beat the Braves' Tom Glavine (1.53), 6-1. Both of those games, like Sunday's game, were in National League stadiums.
Before the game, Reds baseball operations assistant Jeff Graupe was putting video of Indians starter Fausto Carmona on TVs in the clubhouse.
One Reds player said, "I don't want to see those highlights. It's all filthy."
Javier Valentin said, 'what are we gonna see? 85 percent sinkers?"
Pretty much. One scout I talked to said Carmona's early struggles looked like they were the product of his ball just not sinking. Now that it has, he's back to unhittable
Top 1: I know it's a cliched joke, but seriouslly, weathermen? Last night I heard no chance of rain. Now everyone's nervous. I hope I didn't miss the Reds lineup on Fox. Ken Griffey Jr. did it and had some fun with it. I'm betting the Indians weren't too excited about seeing Harang video either. Redlegs 0, Racist Mascots 0
Bottom 1: 3 pitches to get the first two hitters in the order. On the lineups. Griffey introduced about everyone straight, he did mention Jerry Hairston Jr. as "aka Bluegil" -- but said "our leftfielder, Adam Dunn. White power." He told me he was going to do that -- I shouldn't have doubted him. He said he nearly introduced himself as "Sexual Chocolate" -- a Coming to America reference, which is great considering it was on last night and I watched it. Griffey said he did too. Griffey at least made him work -- throwing five pitches, then getting on with an E3. Phillips blooped a single into center, making it first and secodn with two outs for Joey Votto. I suggested to Griffey he go with "Joey Votto, eh?" 'Cause, you know, he's Canadian. One of my best friends is Canadian, I always ask her to say "about." She doesn't understand why I laugh uncontrollably afterwards. Votto grounds out. Oh well, off to the booth with Marty. Redlegs 0, Racist Mascots 0
Top 2: Great stat by Marty -- 7 out of 10 starts, the opposing team has scored first against Harang. Racist Mascots 1, Redlegs 0
Bottom 2: Day game means Paul Bako goes high socks, so, well, that's good. 1-2-3. Racist Mascots 1, Redlegs 0
Top 3: Seriously, I'm still grumpy after hearing some national radio foof last night go on about how "special" interleague play is because you get the Reds-Indians, Mets-Yankees, Cubs-White Sox, Mariners-Padres... oh, wait. But seriously, is it any more special for the Reds to play the Indians six times a year than it is playing the Rockies six times a year? Really, they play them just as often, and I don't see Cincinnati-Colorado as a "great" rivalry. It's just silly, I tell you. As I was driving in this afternoon, I had XM on and the guy was talking to Ben Francisco about if the team gets fired up to play the Reds. He was nice about the question, but you could tell in his voice what he really wanted to say was, 'Am I really supposed to?' Racist Mascots 1, Redlegs 0
Bottom 3: Man, Carmona is just straight dealin'. Racist Mascots 1, Redlegs 0
Top 4: After a leadoff single from Francisco, Dunn makes a great play, going into the stands to get a foul by Ryan Garko. A double pump by Patterson costs the Reds a double play. Francisco was going on the pitch and was around second when he realized it was a fly ball to center. He just made it back. Man, Francisco can scoot. He stole second on the pitchout. It's his first of the season. He's shown some speed all day. First on his run in the second, scoring from first, then on the Cabrera fly out and then on the stolen base. The next pitch is popped up to center. Racist Mascots 1, Redlegs 0
Bottom 4: Griffey hits one into the shift that would have been a single without the shift. Brandon Phillips fouled one off himslef. My first thought is Jeff Keppinger. He gets his bat broken by Carmona, too. Carmona had to duck the broken bat that was flying at him, but still is able to recover and throw Phillips out. He's rubbing his left leg in the dugout. 56 pitches through four for Carmona, 62 for Harang. Racist Mascots 1, Redlegs 0
Top 5: 72 pitches now for Harang. A hit and a stolen by Sizemore, but no damage. And I nearly got hit by a t-shirt. Racist Mascots 1, Redlegs 0
Bottom 5: Encarnacion gets just the Reds' second hit of the night and advances to third on two groundouts, but Harang is the batter with two outs. I was busy reading my man Todd Jones (the columnist in Columbus, not the pitcher) and his blog post about taking his two daughters to last night's game. A great read. Harang Ks. Racist Mascots 1, Redlegs 0
Top 6: A leadoff ground-rule double for Martinez -- he goes to third on a flyout by Francisco, but Harang gets a K and groundout to get out of the trouble. Racist Mascots 1, Redlegs 0
Bottom 6: Finally something going. Patterson tried to bunt, a pretty good idea, but doesn't beat it out. Hairston doubles to left and a wild pitch moves him to third. Carmona is a guy that's tough to get the ball in the air against. Infield in. Junior hits it right at Garko at first and is booed by the idiots. Brandon Phillips comes through. One of the first one flap down singles I've seen as he drives it up the middle. Tie game. 1-1. I'll be surprised if he doesn't get knocked down in this series. I asked Castrovince if anyone on the Indians has the stones to throw at him. He said sure. Wouldn't be shocked to see it. But BP comes through with a big hit to tie the game. Man, and to think, Volquez and Lee tomorrow. Redlegs 1, Racist Mascots 1
Top 7: Another hit by Sizemore. I do like that the Reds fans booed Carmona for not running out his grounder. Yeah, I'm odd.
Single by Peralta makes it interesting. Dellucci v. harang with RISP, speed on second.
So, I wondered if I was overreacting about Phillips' antics. I look down and have two texts. One from my buddy Tommy, an Indians fan, and another from my buddy Cramer, a Reds fan. Indians fan: "Phillips just won the pennant right?? Oh, wait, no. He just tied a mid-may game. ****." From the Reds fan: "Brandon better watch that stuff ona single".
K of Dellucci. Redlegs 1, Racist Mascots 1
Bottom 7: Peralta bobbles EE's grounder and then throws it into the dugout -- a two-base error to lead off the inning. If EE's still on second or third with two outs, will be interesting to see what Dusty does with Harang. Dunn Ks. A filthy pitch. Sinker that just dropped. Harang's on deck. Bako Ks. Hatteberg is going to hit for Harang. That's his day. Hatteberg's not a great pinch hitter, but he's a good hitter. He's been getting more use in this situation, maybe it's his time. He's too good of a hitter to struggle this long. Or not. Grounder to second. Redlegs 1, Racist Mascots 1
Top 8: It's Weathers. Official attendance is 41,978. 42,023 is annoucned in the press box. The scoreboard had the first one. It's the 11th largest crowd in GABP history, second sellout of the season. Ben Francisco unties the game with a homer. Ryan Garko follows with a single. 4-6-3. Racist Mascots 2, Redlegs 1
Bottom 8: Top of the lineup. Carroll stays in at third and Blake goes to first. They just get Patterson at first on a 4-3. Speaking of stupid fans. You really think Fausto Carmona hit Jerry Hairston on purpose? Are you retarded? With the three and four hitters due up? Now, if it were Phillips, sure. He's asked for it. Hairston not so much. Carmona's day is done. Rafael Perez in. Big Brown won easy. As they were going around that last turn, you could tell he was just waiting... Darn. Some Cleveland guy won our pool. I had Macho Again. Griffey Ks, then Hairston was going ont he pitch, got caught up and was lucky to get hit on the head by Peralta's throw, or else the inning would be over. That's it for Perez. E6 for letting the runner get back to first. Peralta's second of the day. In is Masahide Kobayashi. Matt Aubrey goes to first, Blake back to third. They just showed the race on the big screen during the pitching change. Hairston then steals second -- so he's been caught stealing and stolen the same base in the same inning. You dont' see that every day (if they gave Peralta the E for letting Hairston back to first, they've got to give Martinez the caught stealing). 3-1 to Phillips, if I'm the Indians, I drill him here. That's not the Japanese way, though. Kobayashi probably wouldn't be the guy to drill him. I guess that leaves it up to Cliff Lee tomorrow. I'll be watching. Phillips flies out to center. Racist Mascots 2, Redlegs 1
Top 9: Bill Bray in for the Redlegs. Matt Aubrey will have his first big league at-bat against Bray. And he should have had his first big league hit against Bray, but Brandon Phillips made a great play on his broken-bat looper into center. Racist Mascots 2, Redlegs 1
Bottom 9: If the Reds are to come back, it'll be against Kobayashi. Single for Votto to lead it off. EE is hit. Again, idiot fans boo. Yes, Kobayashi wanted to put the winning run on first base. Sure. Ugh. Drives me nuts. EE will stay in the game. Oh, and boo the manager going to the mound in this situation. Yeah, show how smart you are... Ugh. As my dad told me yesterday, I'm a young crummudgeon. Dunn looks to lay down a bunt on the first pitch. He fouls off a bunt ont eh second. I let him swing away here. And he is. 2-1. Betancourt is warming up in the pen. Ball game. And this one belongs to the Reds
