Rubber Game Goes to Redlegs: Choo, Heisey, Frazier All Homer; Arroyo and Bullpen Sharp, Chapman Earns First Save
By Ryan Bramwell
LAA (1-2) 4 11 1
CIN (2-1) 5 7 0
W: Bronson Arroyo (1-0)
L: Joe Blanton (0-1)
S: Aroldis Chapman (1)
Box Score
- A series win over the most touted lineup in all of baseball? I will certainly take it.
- We lost out cleanup hitter, Ryan Ludwick, to injury for most likely three full months after sliding head-first into third base and tearing some cartilidge in his right shoulder.
- While this certainly isn't good news, it will give us a chance to see Heisey as an everyday player and in a spot in the order where he should be getting pitches to hit often.
- Also, we should be seeing more of Xavier Paul and even Derrick Robinson.
- Shin-Soo Choo is good. He is exactly what the top of this Reds lineup needed. He went yard on Joe Blanton's very first pitch today.
- Votto and Bruce combined for just two hits in 23 at-bats during this series and yet the Reds were oh-so close to taking all three games. That says a lot about this team.
- A lot can be attributed to the offensive play of Choo, Phillips and Frazier to this point.
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