Apologies for no update on the Reds' 9-0 win over Chicago Wednesday. The Reds and Mets were rained out last night and game one of today's day/night doubleheader gets started in about twenty minutes. Radio only for this one, but I'm ready. Matt Belisle makes his third start in his return to the rotation in the early game, and so far his reviews are decidedly mixed. His first start back was just awful (dare I say it, Foggian) but he was okayish in his last start in Atlanta. He faces Mets ace Johan Santana to start the day/night affair.
Now to lineup construction, maybe the biggest source of handwringing regarding Dusty, and the lineup that was set for last night before the rainout was a doozy:
Hairston 2B
Freel RF
Patterson CF
Votto 1B
Encarnacion 3B
Dunn LF
Keppinger SS
Bako C
Belisle P
Holy smokes that's awful. Here's the lineup for game one today:
Corey Patterson CF
Ryan Freel LF
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Joey Votto 1B
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Jeff Keppinger SS
David Ross C
Matt Belisle P
Dusty just said on the pregame he's probably not going to start Phillips or Griffey in game two, so we may still see the first lineup this evening.
YOST TO BE CANNED?
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel speculates that if Milwaukee doesn't get it going soon Yost could be toast. With the way Yost took the Brewers from a laughingstock to a contender last year, I'd think he'd have a little more wiggle room than this, but if there's anything to this it's definitely indicative of their expectations headed into this season. They did get a big walkoff win last night over the Cardinals, so maybe the talk is premature, but their performance coming up will be worth watching.
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