The 8-4 Cincinnati Reds return home after a 3-3 road trip. The Reds will be looking to win the next few series, but 1st they will need to beat a good Pittsburgh Pirates team. Yes, that's right, I said a good Pittsburgh Pirates team. With that, I will preview each and every game in the Reds 4-game series with the Pirates.
Game 1 (Friday, 7:10 PM ET, FS Ohio): The 1st game of the series looks like it'll be a good one. Bronson Arroyo will take the hill for Cincinnati, while Charlie Morton will pitch for the Buccos. Both pitchers are undefeated, Arroyo is 2-0 while Morton is 1-0, and both are sporting a 2.08 ERA. Let's first start with Bronson Arroyo. He is 6-4 lifetime against the Pirates, and has done very well against the current Pittsburgh hitters. There are 3 players who have at least 10 at-bats against him, Cedeno, Doumit, and Jones. Cedeno has 23 at-bats against the hick-kicking righty, with a .217 average, and 1 home run. So except for that long ball, Bronson has done well against him. Jones is batting .182 in 11 at-bats, while Doumit has a .100 average in 10 at-bats. Now onto Morton. He is 1-4 lifetime against the team from Cincinnati, and has struggled with current Reds batters through out his career. Jonny Gomes, Brandon Phillips, and Scott Rolen have the most at-bats against him, all with 13. Gomes is batting .385, Phillips is batting .308, and Rolen has a great average at .462. Hernandez, Phillips, Rolen, Stubbs, and Votto have all had multiple RBI's off of Charlie, while Bruce and Gomes have hit one. The Reds should win this game.
Game 2 (Saturday 1:10 PM ET, FS Ohio): Okay, I underlined the 1:10 time because it is a Saturday game, on Saturday's the games usually start at 7:10. Back to the game. Edinson Volquez will be pitching for the Redlegs, while James McDonald will pitch for the Pirates. As long as Volquez has a better 1st inning that he has in his other starts, and can go about 6 or more innings, and hold the Pirates under 4 runs or so, then the Reds should win. Ryan Doumit is the only Pirate who has really given Volquez ant trouble, as he has had 13 at-bats against him, with a .385 average. Okay, now onto McDonald. No Red has had more than 3 at-bats against him, so no one really knows what he's got. But he is a young pitcher, and the Reds should be able to take advantage of that, and win it.
Game 3 (Sunday, 1:10 PM ET, FS Ohio): Mike Leake will pitch for the Reds, while TBA will pitch for Pittsburgh. Leake is 0-1 against the Pirates so far, and will look to go to 1-1. That's about all I can do, since we don't know who will pitch for Pittsburgh. Well, hopefully whoever pitches will lose, and the Reds will take the first 3 games of the series.
Game 4 (Monday 7:10 PM ET, FS Ohio): Kevin Correia will pitch for the Pirates, while TBA will pitch for the Reds. Correia is 6-1 against the Reds lifetime, so very good against them. Unless the Reds offense comes alive against him, and whoever pitches for the Reds does well, the Reds will lose. Hopefully they win though.
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