Time for an old fashioned game thread:7/25 Reds at LA

[ghettochild]

Cincinnati (42-56) at LA Dodgers (44-54), 10:10 pm EDT

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LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Derek Lowe looks for consecutive wins for the first time in over two months when the Los Angeles Dodgers open a four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.

Lowe (6-10, 4.04 ERA) snapped a personal five-game losing streak last Wednesday by tossing seven strong innings against Philadelphia. He yielded just two unearned runs and won for the first time since June 6 against Detroit.

Despite going 5-5 at Dodger Stadium this year, Lowe has posted a 4.71 ERA in 10 home starts. The righthander is 0-1 lifetime against the Reds.

The Dodgers went 3-3 on their trip to Philadelphia and New York and picked up three games on first-place San Diego, which was 0-6 against the same teams.

After dropping six straight decisions from June 4-July 7, Aaron Harang (6-8, 3.88) has won his last two starts for the Reds. The righthander recorded his first complete game of the season in Cincinnati's 9-3 win against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.

Harang is 1-1 with a 4.97 ERA in two career starts against the Dodgers.

Adam Dunn's homer in the ninth inning lifted the Reds to a 3-2 triumph over Milwaukee on Sunday. It was Cincinnati's fourth win in its last five games.

[Geki Ace]

No line-ups yet?

[Cincy]

Too bad we're not in the West, because if we were, we would be contending right now.

[Geki Ace]

If we were in the West, our record would probably be better than it is right now because we wouldn't have to play the damn Cardinals or Astros.

[ghettochild]

due up any minute

[Cincy]

Reds Dodgers
1. F Lopez, SS 1. O Robles, 3B
2. A Dunn, LF 2. C Izturis, SS
3. S Casey, 1B 3. J Kent, 2B
4. K Griffey Jr., CF 4. O Saenz, 1B
5. A Kearns, RF 5. R Ledee, LF
6. R Aurilia, 2B 6. J Phillips, C
7. E Encarnacion, 3B 7. J Werth, RF
8. J LaRue, C 8. J Repko, CF
9. A Harang, P 9. D Lowe, P

[Geki Ace]

Ugh, back to this crap. Freel is sitting again and Dunn is hitting 2nd. Meanwhile, Casey is still 3rd.

[General]

Look at the bright side: Aurillia isn't hitting 5th.

[Geki Ace]

That's not the bright side, because it means Aurilia is playing. That's never good.

[Cincy]

Freel should be benched.

He hasn't really hit since being activated and is playing TERRIBLE defense.

[redsrbetter]

I agree with Cincy. aurilia has been holding his own

here is to a big game from Harang and EdE!

[Geki Ace]

Yeah, he's only hit .375 since coming back. The dude sucks ass. And he played some shaky defense at 3B with a couple of throwing errors, even though he'd be playing 2B today.

[Geki Ace]

Sure, Aurilia's been very nice since the ASB, but last time I checked he doesn't lead off, can't steal bases, and I hate him.

[ghettochild]

f'lo is batting .338 in the leadoff spot, .333 against RHP. he's the next best option to have in leadoff.

[realmofotalk]

Wow, our lineup sucks. Before this season, I didn't think I'd ever see Saenz and Ledee bat 4-5 in a lineup.