I am shocked... this kinda loss can have a nasty hang over effect.

The Reds are one reliever short right now. Masset, Rhodes and Cordero are good but we need one more quality pitcher who can eat innings in the bullpen in a game like this. Herera is ok as a specialist. Lincoln and Fisher are crapshoots whenever they pitch. The Reds need Burton to get it together or Ondrusek - pitchers with stuff instead of nibblers.

Wow -

Yup, he had it in his glove...bounced over the wall when he hit it.

Does the batter still get credit for a HR in that case? It's scored as a 4 base error isn't it?

Rough. It's difficult to blame this one on Dusty, but I'll never understand why ANYONE would EVER put Mike Lincoln into a ballgame.

Lincoln and Massett combine for about a 5.50 era.

I'm not bashing Dusty, but he costs us this game. Why would send Lincoln out there for third inning instead of a fresh Herera or Fisher. Then you let Lincoln put four guys on base until you yank him. After the first two hits, he's out of there. Masset and Rhodes has to step up and throw first pitch strikes to hitters. Massett walked David Ross, mercy. Then Dusty did not replace Cairo with Rolen before the error and then especially after the error. Tis loss may be a season changer. This does not happen to playoff teams. :madman::madman::madman:

I'm not bashing Dusty, but he costs us this game. Why would send Lincoln out there for third inning instead of a fresh Herera or Fisher. Then you let Lincoln put four guys on base until you yank him. After the first two hits, he's out of there. Masset and Rhodes has to step up and throw first pitch strikes to hitters. Massett walked David Ross, mercy. Then Dusty did not replace Cairo with Rolen before the error and then especially after the error. Tis loss may be a season changer. This does not happen to playoff teams. :madman::madman::madman:

 

They will ponder this loss for a while. Mike Lincoln is terrible he has been terrible since he arrived and was probably terrible before he got here. His 10 year career ERA/WHIP. 5.181 / 1.4892

I'm not as upset about this loss as others. Keep it in perspective. It's a long season, and the way that we bounce back from this is much more important than the game itself.

I'm not bashing Dusty, but he costs us this game. Why would send Lincoln out there for third inning instead of a fresh Herera or Fisher. Then you let Lincoln put four guys on base until you yank him. After the first two hits, he's out of there. Masset and Rhodes has to step up and throw first pitch strikes to hitters. Massett walked David Ross, mercy. Then Dusty did not replace Cairo with Rolen before the error and then especially after the error. Tis loss may be a season changer. This does not happen to playoff teams. :madman::madman::madman:

 

Scott Rolen was available to pinch hit but he is very "sore". He needed a day off, and putting him in as a defensive replacement would have been a mistake. Janish would have been a better option than Rolen today.

Does the batter still get credit for a HR in that case? It's scored as a 4 base error isn't it?

 

It was scored as a grand slam by the official scorer.

I'm still in shock. I certainly hope the Reds don't let this loss get them down, and go into Cleveland and get swept. We'll see what this team is made of the next three days.

Baseball's a strange game. These kind of things happen from time to time, how quick they can put this behind them is more important than this one loss. Especially getting walked off two days in a row. Cleveland is nothing special this season and will be missing Sizemore. Winning at least 2 of 3 should get them back on track.

How is that Dusty's fault? It's hard to imagine Phillips, Cabrera, and Leake having an error in one game.

 

Not when you are sleepwalking.

Rough. It's difficult to blame this one on Dusty, but I'll never understand why ANYONE would EVER put Mike Lincoln into a ballgame.

 

Putting him into this game was fine but leaving him for 3 innings??