Nice to see Freese look like he's on the other side of that slump tonight, and Skip made a nice play to take the bloop away with the diving catch.

6-0 after 2 innings. 70 pitches after 3 innings. Westbrook is returning to his mean.

And Atlanta is absolutely laying down for the Reds, too - they're about to get dealt a 4-game sweep. Looks like we can kiss first place goodbye. :banghead:

Not so fast - looks like they put up a four spot in the bottom of the 3rd. Now down 6-4 in the 4th, but the Phillies are threatening again. Mercifully, Westsuck gets the hook.

Molina ties the game with a 2-run blast!

He keeps hitting .280 or better for the next 3-4 years he will have a better chance at the hall of fame. Do "defensive" catchers make it into the Hall?

It is inevitable anyway. We lose Larussa, Duncan, Pujols, Carpenter, Craig, Berkman, Jay its just too tough to stay in first place.

Sadly, our pitchers are still throwing batting practice pitches. 4321

We will make a trade and firm up the bullpen and make up the ground we have lost. The Reds dont scare me.

Any word on Carpenter? We need to get him back and excise Westbrook from the rotation.

They said on a recent broadcast that he would start throwing after the All star break. Work down in the minors for about 3-4 weeks to build up his strength. Late August early september.

****.

Two on with Beltran up.

:cuss:

I just dropped Westbrook from my fantasy team.