Baker Relying Too Much on Starters

Seems like Dusty Baker is relying too much on his starters and needs to take them out when they get in trouble. At today's game Sam LeCure was pitching and got into trouble with two runners on base and nobody out. It was in the sixth inning, and the game was currently tied at one apiece.

Now what does Baker do? He leaves LeCure in and Seattle scores four runs. Three of them on a two-out homer. For me it looked like in the beginning of this inning that LeCure wasn't fooling any of the batters anymore and Baker should have gotten the bullpen warmed up after the first two batters hit the ball hard.

I know the bullpen has been struggling this year, but the manager needs to go to it especially when the starter is getting hit. I'm just really disappointed. It looks like the Reds are starting to fade. They had a poor home stand and this road trip is getting off to a terrible start.

Reds Need To Win Against Giants

So far the home stand has gone off to a rough start. After going 3-3 on the recent road trip, the Reds need to continue to win at home if they want to stay in first place.

I watched most of tonight's game and even though Sam LeCure was having command problems he wasn't really being hit that hard and I like how he kept battling. Unlike Jonny Cueto the other night how didn't seem like he really cares if he wins or loses he just chucks the baseball up there. I hope the Reds keep LeCure in the rotation and don't bring back Homer Baily.

This was probably a kind of test for LeCure to see if he is going to stay in the rotation or not, although I think he would do well in the bullpen so that might be an option especially since the Red's bullpen has been shaky lately.

Another thing I didn't like about this game was Joey Votto. It seemed like he hasn't been hitting that well the last couple games. I hope his neck isn't bothering him again. He missed seven straight games a couple weeks ago because of his neck.