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Marlins @ Reds 7:10pm 4/30/11

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JJ might only get 5 or 6 innings tonight.

 

 

yeah prob. the good news is volquez wont go any further and we got into their bullpen yesterday pretty early too. sets us up well for tonight and tomorrow even.

ugh. they need to stop chasing pitches out of the zone. this guy is having problems throwing strikes and hanley and gaby bailed him out in their at bats by swinging at bad pitches.

 

 

Yeah, almost hitting the ball out of the ball park is bailing him out. What?

 

And yeah, Hanley was called out on a pitch that was not a strike.

 

Hanley swung at a pitch earlier out of the zone and got himself in a deeper hole putting his at bat at the discretion of the umpire. he did a similar thing in his previous at bat and the same result occurred with him just swinging and missing.

 

sure gaby hit a deep shot, but again because it wasnt in the zone just couldnt get it out. its hard to hit balls out of the zone.

 

my point is they need to be patient up there with volquez. hes got good stuff, but obviously doesnt have it tonight. hes all over the place. they arent doing a bad job of it either, but the middle of their lineup isnt doing anything partly because they have chased bad pitches.

 

 

Not that simple, Hanley was looking for a fastball to hit and the changeups he swung and missed on in both AB's were perfect and would have fooled a lot of hitters. He has made good pitches to Hanley tonight.

 

Change ups are hard to read but Hanley should know better he gets behind in the count a lot it seems, and he I'm still not convinced he is the normal Hanley we are used to seeing, I'm no longer excited when he comes to bat I just think well maybe.

difference between this years Marlins and last years team: Our hitters, even though they cant get the runners in, have managed to drive up volquezs pitch count.

 

the benefit of having cody ross, cantu and uggla out of the lineup is we dont have very many 6 or 7 pitch innings. this team still chases bad pitches a little too much, but they are much better than theyve been the last few years.

The thing that always has impressed me with JJ is even when he doesn't have his best stuff he seems to go at least 5-6 innings and leave the game with the Marlins in the lead or in a position to win.

Well. JJ has had some clunker games too. Everyone last year had those. JJ has avoided one so far and that's what you expect in an ace.

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