One great one, one lousy one...

I thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's 3-2 walk-off win down at Great American. Never mind that the guy sitting next to me kept putting his arm around me and talking about how boring baseball is, I still had a **** good time. Did I mention that I had never met the guy before in my life?

Dave Williams got hit hard in the first inning. Seriously, the Cardinals, sans their best players, hit some of his pitches right on the nose, but fortunately some of them were right at people. I am incredibly surprised that they only scored one run in the first - had Pujols and Edmonds been in there, I think the inning would have been incredibly different, not to mention the entire game.
Coffey looked great, as per usual. Rick White got a big out... this bullpen has been looking amazing lately...
The guy next to me commented going into the bottom of the ninth that if the Reds didn't score, he was going to shoot somebody. I was happy a minute later when he amended his statement to "If they don't score, I'll just leave." GOOD IDEA! Fortunately, Javy "Latin Love Ma-cheen" Valentin took the gun/need to leave out of my neighbor's hands.

That brings my record to 6-1. And that includes the Opening Day stinkfest.

Tonight... well, the Reds were shut down early and never recovered. Claussen looked good overall, giving up 3 runs over 6 2/3 innings.***** fifth inning! Jeff Francis didn't seem to have his best control early, but it didn't matter as the Reds managed only four(!) hits the entire game.
I saw a stat somewhere that went something like this: When the Reds win after a loss, they win big, scoring at least six runs in the process. That's quite a string of comebacks, and I'm looking forward to more of the same tomorrow!

Also, the Reds have yet to lose a game on a Thursday this season. Tomorrow is Thursday... you can see where I'm going with this. :)

Go Redleggins!