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Nothing quite like going to a ballgame that ends in a tie. But it was still fun and if a game can end in a tie, yet still be dramatic, today's was it. Yermin Mercedes takes a two out, two strike pitch deeeeeeep to tie it in the bottom of the 9th. Camelback Ranch is a really nice ballpark and the field is in top notch condition. Looks like about 5k or so attended the game. Now for the the good and the bad - think I'll start with the bad:
Bad: Dylan Cease. Easily his worst start of the Spring. Had a lot of trouble getting the ball over the plate. What makes it disappointing is he just came off a solid performance in his previous outing.
Bad: Sox batters taking 1st pitch strikes. I swear out of the 27 outs tossed by the Cincy pitchers, all but a few were first pitch strikes, and only a handful of those were swinging strikes.
Bad: Timmay with a fielding error. Wasn't costly, but it was a gimme grounder that he muffed.
Bad: Passed ball by McCann, which helped stretch the two run inning for the Reds.
Good: Our pen was lights out, 6 pitchers totaled 6 innings, shutting down the Reds and limiting them to just two hits (one of them a cheap infield hit) and two BBs with 7 Ks over that span.
Good: Grandal went 2-3 with a run scoring double and a solo jack. And his lone out was a deep flyball.
Good: Mazara went 1-3, driving in Grandal - even his two outs were hard hit.
Good: Mercedes - how can we leave him out after that dramatic game-tying dinger.
All in all, a fun time was had. Tomorrow is supposed to be the debut of Michael Kopech, but it looks like a storm is coming, so his start may be delayed.
Bad: Dylan Cease. Easily his worst start of the Spring. Had a lot of trouble getting the ball over the plate. What makes it disappointing is he just came off a solid performance in his previous outing.
Bad: Sox batters taking 1st pitch strikes. I swear out of the 27 outs tossed by the Cincy pitchers, all but a few were first pitch strikes, and only a handful of those were swinging strikes.
Bad: Timmay with a fielding error. Wasn't costly, but it was a gimme grounder that he muffed.
Bad: Passed ball by McCann, which helped stretch the two run inning for the Reds.
Good: Our pen was lights out, 6 pitchers totaled 6 innings, shutting down the Reds and limiting them to just two hits (one of them a cheap infield hit) and two BBs with 7 Ks over that span.
Good: Grandal went 2-3 with a run scoring double and a solo jack. And his lone out was a deep flyball.
Good: Mazara went 1-3, driving in Grandal - even his two outs were hard hit.
Good: Mercedes - how can we leave him out after that dramatic game-tying dinger.
All in all, a fun time was had. Tomorrow is supposed to be the debut of Michael Kopech, but it looks like a storm is coming, so his start may be delayed.