MLB 13 The Show: Reds Dynasty

[NightHawkTH]

REDS STRUGGLE IN 7-1 LOSS TO RANGERS

Surprise, AZ -- For the second time in as many days, the Cincinnati Reds find themselves on the losing end of the game against the Texas Rangers. The Reds offense struggled again as manager Dusty Baker rested some of the starters after last night's frustrating performance. Reds pitching didn't fare much better as they surrendered 5 home runs to the home team. Starter Bronson Arroyo pitched 6 innings giving up 3 earned. Relievers Alfredo Simon and Jose Arredondo gave up 3 home runs combined in the 8th inning.

Scoring got started for the Rangers in the 3rd when Ian Kinsler hit a 2 run shot off the scoreboard in left field after Mitch Moreland led the inning off with a double.

The Rangers got another run in the 4th off the hot bat of David Murphy who hit his 2nd home run in as many nights against the Reds. Murphy has had an outstanding spring for the Rangers as he is hitting .373 with 6 HR and a league best 25 RBI.

Texas got 4 more runs in the 8th inning off of Reds relievers. The first 2 runs came by way of a Nelson Cruz 2 run home run off Alfredo Simon. Arredondo replaced Simon and gave up back to back solo shots to A.J. Pierzynski and Moreland. The Rangers lead the league in batting average (.300), Runs (124), Triples (6), RBI (122) and on base percentage (.353).

The Reds got their lone run in the top of the 9th on a RBI ground out by Denis Phipps after Todd Frazier walked and Jack Hannahan doubled to start off the inning.

Notable Performers
Todd Frazier: 1-3, R, BB
Manny Parra: 1.0 IP, 2 H, K

Spoiler

Spoiler

The Reds get the day off tomorrow before starting off the final 5 days of spring training beginning on Tuesday when they face off against the Oakland Athletics at Goodyear Ballpark. Johnny Cueto will make his final start of the spring for the Reds.

Projected Starters: Johnny Cueto (2-0) vs A.J. Griffin (1-1)

Spoiler

Cincinnati Reds at Texas Rangers
Mar 24, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (13-6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Texas (13-7)	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	X	7	14	0
W: Robbie Ross (2-0) L: Bronson Arroyo (2-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CIN	TEX
TEX	3	Kinsler Homered to Left. Moreland Scores	0	2
TEX	4	Murphy Homered to Right	0	3
TEX	8	Cruz Homered to Right. Beltre Scores	0	5
TEX	8	Pierzynski Homered to Right	0	6
TEX	8	Moreland Homered to Center	0	7
CIN	9	Phipps Grounded out to Garcia. Frazier Scores. Hannahan to 3rd	1	7

Cincinnati Reds
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Choo, CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Burriss, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.226
Bruce, RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Paul, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.280
Frazier, 3B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.152
Hannahan, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.211
Phipps, LF	3	0	0	1	0	0	.250
Donald, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	.324
Hanigan, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Olivo, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	.367
Mesoraco, DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	.217
TOTALS	32	1	5	1	1	2
BATTING 2B: Hannahan (1) RBI: Phipps (7) HBP: Phipps
FIELDING PB: Hanigan (1)

Cincinnati Reds
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Bronson Arroyo (L, 2-2)	6.0	7	3	3	0	3	3.00
Manny Parra	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	2.79
Alfredo Simon	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	7.27
Jose Arredondo	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1.86
TOTALS	8.0	14	7	7	0	4

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Moreland (2) HR: Kinsler (4), Murphy (6), Cruz (2), Pierzynski (5), Moreland (1) RBI: Kinsler 2 (17), Murphy (25), Cruz 2 (8), Pierzynski (15), Moreland (6) GIDP: Murphy
BASERUNNING CS: Gentry (1)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
PITCHING HBP: Ross

[NightHawkTH]

REDS EDGE A'S BEHIND MESORACO'S FIRST HOME RUN OF SPRING

Goodyear, AZ -- The Cincinnati Reds bounced back from a mini 2 game losing streak to defeat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 in Goodyear, Arizona. The Reds offense was powered by backup catcher Devin Mesoraco who hit a big 2 run shot to give the Reds the edge. Mesoraco backed a stong effort from Reds starter Johnny Cueto who was making his final tune up start of the spring. Cueto went 6.1 innings giving up 2 runs of 8 hits while striking out 3 Athletics.

Scoring got started early for a change for the home Reds. In the bottom of the 1st inning, Joey Votto grounded up the middle for a single, scoring Brandon Phillips who reached second on a throwing error by Josh Donaldson.

The Athletics tied things up at 1 in the top of the second when Donaldson singled to right, scoring Hill and advancing Jed Lowrie to 3rd. The Reds got the lead back in the bottom of the 2nd when Mesoraco stepped up and hit a 2 run home run to center, scoing Zack Cozart who singled to lead off the inning. The home run was Mesoraco's first of the spring.

The A's cut the lead to 3-2 in the 6th when Brandon Moss singled to left, scoring Nakajima who double to lead off the inning. The A's threatened in the 7th when Coco Crisp bunted his way on to lead off the inning and stole 2nd. After Lowrie flied out, advancing Crisp to 3rd, Donaldson was intentionally walked by Cueto. Cueto was then removed from the game with one out and runners at the corners. J.J. Hoover replaced Cueto and got out of the jam by inducing pinch hitter John Jaso into the inning ending 6-4-3 double play.

The Reds bullpen did the rest of the work from there as Jonathan Broxton and Sean Marshall split a scoreless 8th and Aroldis Chapman came in to close the door in the 9th.

Notable Performers
Devin Mesoraco: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI, R
Johnny Cueto: 6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 3 K

Spoiler

Spoiler

The Reds continue the final week of spring training as the take on the San Diego Padres tomorrow at Goodyear Ballpark. Reds #5 starter Mike Leake will get the nod for the home team in his final start before opening day.

Projected Starters: Mike Leake (2-0) vs Clayton Richard (0-0)

Spoiler

Oakland Athletics at Cincinnati Reds
Mar 26, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland (13-10)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	9	1
Cincinnati (14-6)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
W: Johnny Cueto (3-0) L: A.J. Griffin (1-2) S: Aroldis Chapman (3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			OAK	CIN
CIN	1	Votto Grounded to Center for a Single. Phillips Scores	0	1
OAK	2	Donaldson Flied to Right for a Single. Hill Scores. Lowrie to 3rd	1	1
CIN	2	Mesoraco Homered to Center. Cozart Scores	1	3
OAK	6	Moss Grounded to Left for a Single. Nakajima Scores	2	3

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Cespedes (5), Hill (2), Nakajima (6) RBI: Moss (13), Donaldson (8) GIDP: Griffin, Cespedes, Jaso
BASERUNNING SB: Crisp (7), Cespedes (2)
FIELDING E: Donaldson (throwing, 4)

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA

Cincinnati Reds
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Choo, CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.237
Phipps, PH-CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Phillips, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.214
Chapman, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Votto, 1B	3	0	1	1	0	2	.372
Ludwick, LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.243
Paul, RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	.286
Hannahan, 3B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.200
Cozart, SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	.216
Mesoraco, C	3	1	1	2	0	1	.231
Cueto, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Hoover, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Broxton, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Marshall, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Bruce, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.267
Burriss, PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
TOTALS	28	3	6	3	1	4
BATTING HR: Mesoraco (1) RBI: Votto (6), Mesoraco 2 (5) GIDP: Ludwick
BASERUNNING SB: Cozart (1), Paul (2) CS: Phillips (1)

Cincinnati Reds
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Johnny Cueto (W, 3-0)	6.1	8	2	2	1	3	3.96
J.J. Hoover (H, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jonathan Broxton (H, 2)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	1.35
Sean Marshall (H, 5)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Aroldis Chapman (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	9	2	2	1	5

[KHarmo88]

Are you restarting you franchise once the OSFM rosters drop?

[NightHawkTH]

Quote: Originally Posted by KHarmo88

Are you restarting you franchise once the OSFM rosters drop?

From opening day yes

[KHarmo88]

Quote: Originally Posted by NightHawkTH

From opening day yes

That's what I assumed.... looking forward to it

[NightHawkTH]

Quote: Originally Posted by KHarmo88

That's what I assumed.... looking forward to it

Me too. 4 more games then i can start the season! So happy OSFM dropped today. Maybe OD set will be out when im finishing spring training.

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LEAKE THROWS 8 SHUTOUT INNINGS AS REDS WIN ON PAUL'S 9TH INNING SAC FLY

Goodyear, AZ -- Reds might have more depth in the rotation than some may think. Number 5 starter Mike Leake pitched like an ace in his final tuneup before the season starts next week. Leake pitched 8 shutout innings while only surrendering 3 hits and striking out 4 Padres in the strong effort. Leake took a no hitter into the 6th before Chris Denorfia hit a lazy fly ball into center that was almost caught by a sliding Shin-Soo Choo. Leake's gem set the Reds up for a win in the bottom of the 9th. Cincinnati walked off with a Sac Fly to center by Xavier Paul.

The pitchers duel between Leake and Padres starter Clayton Richard was fierce as neither team could get a sustained rally going. Both teams threatened to score at points during the game but could not cash in.

Finally in the bottom of the 9th, the Reds came through. Brandon Phillips led the inning off with a single. Then Joey Votto doubled down the 3rd base line and into left field moving Phillips to 3rd. Ryan Ludwick then was set down on strikes by San Diego closer Houston Street. The next batter, Miguel Olivo, was intentionally walked to set up the double play ball and the force at any base. Paul came up with one out and hit a ball fairly deep into left center field. The ball was caught on the run but Phillips was able to tag up and score easily with his speed. After the game, Xavier Paul said "I knew all I had to do was to hit a ball hard in the air and Brandon was going to be all to score".

Notable Performers
Xavier Paul: 1-1, 2B, SF, RBo
Mike Leake: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 4 K

Spoiler

Spoiler

The Reds continue the home stretch of spring training as the take on the Seattle Mariner's in their final game at Goodyear Ballpark. Mat Latos will take the hill for the Reds in his final start of the spring.

Projected Starters: Mat Latos (0-2) vs Erasmo Ramirez (1-2)

Spoiler

San Diego Padres at Cincinnati Reds
Mar 27, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego (12-12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Cincinnati (15-6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
W: J.J. Hoover (1-0) L: Brad Brach (1-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			SDG	CIN
CIN	9	Xavier Paul Hit a Sac Fly to Left. Phillips Scores	0	1

San Diego Padres
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Alonso (5) SAC: Richard

San Diego Padres
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA

Cincinnati Reds
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Choo, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.238
Phillips, 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	.250
Votto, 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.383
Ludwick, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.220
Mesoraco, C	1	0	1	0	1	0	.259
Olivo, C	1	0	0	0	1	0	.355
Phipps, RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Paul, PH-RF	1	0	1	1	0	0	.310
Cozart, SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Donald, 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.308
Hannahan, PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.195
Leake, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Bruce, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.261
Hoover, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS	30	1	8	1	2	2
BATTING 2B: Votto (6), Paul (2) RBI: Paul (5) SF: Paul GIDP: Ludwick, Cozart 2
BASERUNNING SB: Choo (2)

Cincinnati Reds
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mike Leake	8.0	3	0	0	0	4	2.86
J.J. Hoover (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	4	0	0	0	4

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BRUCE & FRAZIER GO BACK TO BACK TO POWER REDS PAST MARINERS

Goodyear, AZ -- The Cincinnati Reds said goodbye to their spring training facility with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday. Jay Bruce and Todd Frazier hit back to back home runs in the 4th inning off M's starter Erasmo Ramirez. Reds starter Mat Latos pitched well in his final start of the spring. He went 6.0 innings only giving up 1 run on 6 hits while striking out 6.

Latos only made one mistake in the game today and it was a big one. In the 3rd inning after throwing 2 perfect innings to start the game, he served one up to the veteran Raul Ibanez for the solo shot.

The Reds would answer back with 3 runs in a big 4th inning. After Ryan Ludwick reached base with an infield single, right fielder Jay Bruce got himself into a hitters count and sent a high fastball over the right field fence for a 2 run home run. The next batter, Todd Frazier, also went yard to deep center for his first home run of the spring giving the Reds to 3-1 advantage.

The Reds would get an insurance run in the bottom of the 8th inning when Emmanuel Burris doubled to center, scoring Jason Donald who walked to get on base.

The Reds bullpen backed Latos' effort with 3 hitless innings. Manny Parra pitched the 7th, Logan Ondrusek pitched the 8th, and Jose Arredondo pitched the 9th, recording the save.

Notable Performers
Jay Bruce: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, R
Mat Latos: 6.0 IP, 6 H, R, 6 K

Spoiler

Spoiler

The Reds travel to Phoenix to take on the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. With only 2 games remaining, relief pitchers fighting for a roster spot try to be sharp. Bronson Arroyo will get to nod for the Reds.

Projected Starters: Bronson Arroyo (2-2) @ Ian Kennedy (3-0)

Spoiler

Seattle Mariners at Cincinnati Reds
May 28, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle (10-12)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Cincinnati (16-6)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	X	4	11	0
W: Mat Latos (1-2) L: Erasmo Ramirez (1-3) S: Jose Arredondo (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			SEA	CIN
SEA	3	Ibanez Homered to Right	1	0
CIN	4	Bruce Homered to Right. Ludwick Scores	1	2
CIN	4	Frazier Homered to Center	1	3
CIN	8	Burriss Doubled to Center. Donald Scores	1	4

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING HR: Ibanez (2) RBI: Ibanez (6)
BASERUNNING CS: Morales (1)
FIELDING E: Ackley (fielding, 1)

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
PITCHING HBP: Ramirez

Cincinnati Reds
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Choo, CF	2	0	1	0	1	1	.279
Paul, CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.267
Phillips, 2B	4	0	2	0	0	1	.257
Votto, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.340
Hannahan, 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214
Ludwick, LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.273
Phipps, LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.229
Bruce, RF	4	1	2	2	0	0	.269
Frazier, 3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	.205
Donald, 3B	0	1	0	0	1	0	.316
Cozart, SS	2	0	2	0	0	0	.233
Burriss, SS	1	0	1	1	0	0	.242
Hanigan, C	2	0	0	0	1	1	.241
Parra, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ondrusek, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Mesoraco, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Arredondo, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Latos, P	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Olivo, PH-C	1	0	1	0	0	0	.387
TOTALS	31	4	11	4	3	7
BATTING 2B: Phillips (1), Burriss (2), Olivo (2) HR: Bruce (8), Frazier (1) RBI: Bruce 2 (17), Frazier (2), Burriss (1) HBP: Cozart GIDP: Votto
BASERUNNING SB: Phillips (3), Cozart (2) CS: Cozart (2)

Cincinnati Reds
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mat Latos (W, 1-2)	6.0	6	1	1	0	6	5.21
Manny Parra (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.53
Logan Ondrusek (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00
Jose Arredondo (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69
TOTALS	9.0	6	1	1	0	8