Taking On The Rockies - edeadstroke's Blog

edeadstroke's Blog

Taking On The Rockies

Posted on February 5, 2019 at 03:03 PM.

(0)

Welcome Back To Arizona Boys And Girls And More Reds Spring Training Baseball.

Today the Reds played a double header (IRL). Their first game the Reds hosted the Colorado Rockies at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, AZ. The Reds sent Anthony DeSclafani to the mount as the Rockies countered with Tyler Anderson.

The Reds Lineup looked like this:

A. Benintendi CF
R. Hanigan C
J. Votto 1B
Z. Cozart SS
S. Schebler RF
R. LaMarre LF
S. Gennett 2B
A. Rosales 3B
A. DeSclafani P

The Reds started out well in the bottom of the first, scoring two runs early. But were held in check through the bottom of the fifth. In the top of the sixth RP Yovani Gallardo gave up two runs to allow the Rockies to tie things up. The Reds added one in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead again, and giving Gallardo the WIN. Personally, I feel is a terrible scoring rule. More on Gallardo later. The Reds added 2 more in the 7th and 2 more in the 8th to secure a 7 to 2 victory. The Reds had 14 totals hit (still raising my Dynamic Difficulty levels). Reds sent 7 pitchers in all to the mount and struck out 14 Rockies.

Remember me saying there were trade rumors with the Texans, well they were true. The Reds sent RP Yovani Gallardo and C Tony Sanchez to the Rangers for LF Michael O'Neill. Michael O'Neill is an Ohio native and in case you did not know, the nephew of once Reds great Paul O'Neill. Oh yeah, Paul may have played for the "Evil Empire" known as the Yankees too.

When ownership was asked if Gallardo's performance had anything to do with him being traded, they responded with, the Reds have been trying for days to get something done with the Rangers, Gallardo's name had been thrown around but nothing was definite. Gallardo was a late acquisition by previous ownership and we had no real plans on keeping him around. He just did not make us any better. When the Rangers had decided on Gallardo, Ken Griffey Jr. was suppose to go down and tell Aaron Boone not to use Gallardo in relief. Ken must have fallen asleep in the clubhouse or something.

Oh no he didn't!

Yes we went there, but in reality Ken was one of my favorites, so just a little poke at the Great Junior.