All Things Bubba

The Reds came to Legends Field for the first and only time this year. I was surprised it wasn't on TV in NY. It was in Cincinnati. Which is weird, since it was a NY "home" game.

Great pitching matchups tonight. It started out Homer Bailey vs. Joba Chamberlain. Joba looked better, but he wasn't very efficient. Threw something like 50 pitches to get through two innings. That's not going to get him very far as a starter.

Bailey struggled. Maybe he was intimidated by the Yankees. He gave up three walks and two runs, and put the Reds in a hole they never climbed out of.

Ian Kennedy looked very good in relief. He did better than Joba. And Edinson Volquez, the pitcher the Reds got for Josh Hamilton, thrilled Reds fans with 8 strikeouts in only four innings. The much-maligned Majewski and Stanton pitched very well tonight. Majewski came into a bases-loaded jam, and pulled Bailey's bacon out of the fire with a double play. Stanton walked Abreu, then picked him off first base. (Gotta watch those lefties.)

Andy Phillips came in at 1B in the sixth inning. He was 0 for 2 (and made the last out of the game). I imagine he got a warm welcome from Yankees fans, though I was only following the game on Gameday.

Janish started at SS, batting ninth, and was 0 for 1. He's really impressing people with his glove. Trent thinks that if Gonzalez is out for a long time, Janish may get the starting job. They love Keppinger's bat, but they don't think he has the range to play SS for more than a few weeks.

Final score: Yankees 4, Reds 0.