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Back to back singles from Lorenzo Cain and Christian Yelich opened the game, with Cain later scoring on a Travis Shaw double. Yelich eventually came home to score on a productive groundout, and the Reds trailed, 2-0.Billy launched an unexpected moonshot off Freddy Peralta to open the Bottom of the 1st, a leadoff dinger to cut the deficit to 2-1.Barnhart’s double with 2-out in the Bottom of the 2nd was backed by a Curt Casali RBI single into LF, and that leveled the score, 2-2.Barnhart’s solo dinger off the RF foul pole, though, put the Reds ahead in the Bottom of the 4th off Peralta, a 3-2 lead that lasted at least a few minutes in this see-saw affair.The Top of the 5th was pretty much what the Cincinnati Reds might expect to see in their nightmares over the next handful of years, unfortunately. Cain singled off Harvey to lead things off, before Yelich mauled a meatball over the RF wall for a 2-run blast that was roughly his 47th hit of this series already. Singles from Travis Shaw and Ryan Braun then followed, with another from Mike Moustakas that plated yet another run, and the Reds were again behind, 5-3.Fortunately, the tides again shifted for the Bottom of the 5th. Dilson Herrera coaxed a pinch-hit walk to open the frame, and he moved up a bag on Billy’s single. Then, after a pitching change to get lefty Josh Hader into the game http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , Scooter Gennett mashed a 2-run double off the wall in RF, which immediately preceded Suarez’s 2-run opposite-field homer that put the Reds ahead, 7-5.Michael Lorenzen was on the mound for the Top of the 6th, and aside from actually pitching to Yelich, he did reasonably well - aside from his own defense. He fielded a soft grounder off the bat of Orlando Arcia to open the inning, and threw it in the dirt to 1B Curt Casali, which went for an error and left a runner on 1B. That burned when Yelich - who else? - doubled into CF to score the runner, and the Reds led just 7-6.The Bottom of the 6th was a referendum on Jim Riggleman in its purest form. After Barnhart walked and Casali singled behind him, righty Taylor Williams was brought on to face the now hitting Lorenzen. Riggleman, because he is a dinosaur, had the powerful Lorenzen try to bunt with a pair of runners on in a 1-run game in the 6th inning, which both a) didn’t work and b) saw the Reds bailed out on a would-be third strike call when Williams nearly hit Lorenzen with an inside pitch that was fouled off. Fortunately, the umpires ruled that Lorenzen fouled it off after pulling back his bunt attempt - meaning he wasn’t out - and Lorenzen then swung away at the very next pitch. Lo, and behold, the guy smacked a 3-run dinger into the LF seats, which made the asshole writing this particular recap laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and scour the available managerial candidates on the landscape this winter, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and cackle Gregor Blanco Jersey , and laugh. Reds led, 10-6.Because baseball is impossibly difficult - and because the baseball gods apparently do not want a meaningless Cincinnati Reds baseball game in late August in a last-place season to be brief - the Brewers pounded the Reds for another trio of runs in the Top of the 7th. Lorenzen was on the bump for the bulk of it, surrendering a Moustakas single and Jonathan Schoop 2-run dinger, but it was David Hernandez who hit Manny Pina with a pitch and later surrendered an RBI double to Cain, which plated Erik Kratz - who had come on for Pina after he left bloodied by the HBP - before Yelich (who else?) notched his personal cycle with an RBI-triple. GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Game tied, 10-10.Hernandez was still in for the Top of the 8th, which became a bit of a disaster when Moustakas greeted him with a solo homer to put Milwaukee back ahead, 11-10.Hamilton got the Reds the tying run in the Bottom of the 8th, as he singled off Joakim Soria, moved up a bag when Jose Peraza was plunked by a breaking ball, and later scored from 3B on a wild pitch that was overturned after he was initially ruled out. Game tied, 11-11.Jesus Aguilar took Raisel Iglesias deep for a solo homer to open the Top of the 10th, and that was good enough for the Milwaukee win. They later added a 13th run, for good measure, which put the lead at 13-11.Dixon’s dinger smacked off the facade of the batter’s eye in the Bottom of the 10th, a solo shot off Jeremy Jeffress that made it a 1-run game. That, though, is how things ended.Tony GraphaninoSource: FanGraphsOther NotesPrior to the game, the Reds placed Amir Garrett on the 10-day DL with a bone bruise on his foot, and they activated Jackson Stephens to take his place on the current roster. Christian Yelich’s WPA for this series is roughly a jillion. He hit for the cycle and threw out a runner at home just a day after hitting what, a pair of no-doubt dingers? Yes, I spent over an hour in the stupid SBN search function going back over the discussions in both articles and the comment sections about trading for him this last winter when he was obviously available, and...well...y’all know who you are.Joey Votto, though, has not yet been activated, though at this point I’d be surprised if he isn’t for the upcoming series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Perhaps the looming September 1st roster-expansion is playing a bit of a part in this series of moves.There’s a matinee for the series finale on Thursday, with Cody Reed set to return to the mound as the Cincinnati starter. He’ll be opposed by veteran Wade Miley, with first pitch set for 12:35 PM ET.Tunes. And there were way more than ten of these to choose from, too."The Twins had a very difficult 2018 season http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , we all know this. It was a frustrating year, and at times it was really hard to watch. Sometimes, though, bad baseball produces plenty of moments that we’re able to laugh at and enjoy, on some level. The Twins 2018 season was just as stupid as it was disappointing, and many dumb things happened. Here are a few of my favorites. 1. Three consecutive games being snowed outThe Twins were supposed to play a weekend series against the White Sox from April 13th to 15th. It snowedeach one of those days. Snow in April isn’t all that unusual, but three games postponed due to weather in a row is very weird. The three games were made up in June, August, and September. The Twins had giveaways scheduled for the April 13th and 14th games, and those were also moved. The three consecutive postponements should have been enough of a warning sign for us that this was going to be a really odd season. 2. The Twins acquiring David Hale from the Yankees, having him pitch in one game, and then re-signing with the YankeesPerhaps the best way to describe David Hale’s 2018 season is “weird.” On April 26th, he was claimed on waivers by the Twins from the Yankees. On April 27th, he made his Twins debut, allowing four runs on four hits. He pitched three innings, gave up a home run, and walked four. On April 28th, the Twins designated him for assignment. The Yankees picked him up again in May, and designated him for assignment in June. He is now pitching in South Korea for the Hanwha Eagles, where he made the playoffs, and lost in the KBO equivalent of the divisional series, three games to one. I’m very happy for him, and I’m glad he got a taste of playoff baseball!3. Fernando Rodney throwing a pitch that broke FoxTraxLook at this for a second:The very best thing about this, in my opinion, is everyone just looking at it as it goes so far outside that nobody knows what to do. The other thing that I absolutely love about this is the fact that FoxTrax — Fox Sports’ pitch tracker — actually managed to track the pitch all the way to the backstop. The technology was probably off its rocker because it had never tracked a pitch that far outside before. What I want to know is this: what pitch was Fernando throwing here? It was 66 MPH and missed everything. Maybe a curveball? We may never know the answer.4. Miguel Sano getting sent down to Single-AMiguel Sano did not have his best season in 2018. Oftentimes when a player struggles, a team’s front office will decide to send him down to the minors, allowing the player to work on his game some more in a slightly easier setting. Usually they’ll go to Triple-A, which is, of course Duane Kuiper Jersey , one step down. Miguel Sano, for some reason, was sent all the way down to Single-A. Miguel had a tough time making his way back to the majors this season. His struggle was partly due to injury, but I’d imagine that having to make your way back up from the very bottom level of the minors would take a while, even without getting hurt.5. The Twins September 2nd game against the RangersOn September 2nd, the Twins played the Texas Rangers. Both teams were out of contention at this point, so there wasn’t a ton to play for anymore. The game started with a home run by Elvis Andrus to put the Rangers up 2-0. The Rangers added one more to go up 3-0 after 5. Pretty standard score after 5 innings. Still enough time for a comeback! And then came the bottom of the 6th. Oh no. Addison Reed was also ejected during that 6th inning for hitting Adrian Beltre [Editor’s note: smdh at you, Reed]. As is common in Twins blowouts, Chris Gimenez came in to pitch. He gave up five more runs and then hit a two run home run, because this game was weird and it needed to get weirder. It is the dumbest Twins game I have ever seen.6. Max Kepler falling down while trying to get the ball back in from the outfieldI don’t exactly know what happened here, but it was really weird.The Blue Jays play on turf, so I’m going to cut Max some slack here. Maybe he lost his footing on the surface and then went down? But I think this is really funny nonetheless, partly because it reminds me of one of my favorite GIFs of all time:Classic. 7. Byron Buxton’s very unlucky 2018 seasonByron Buxton only played in 28 games this season. He was placed on the DL due to migraines prior to the Twins’ trip to Puerto Rico, and then broke his toe fouling a ball off his foot during a rehab assignment the next week. The Twins tried to call up Buxton a few weeks later, but his toe wasn’t properly healed, meaning Buxton couldn’t truly run — and if Buxton can’t truly run...8. This Is How We Base BallEvery year, the Twins come out with a new ad campaign before the season. This year’s was really, really stupid. What does “This Is How We Base Ball” even mean? At some point in the history of baseball, the name of the sport was written as base ball, but in the early to mid 20th century, it began to be written as one word. Whoever came up with this ad campaign did not know this. Anyway, this raises a question. How DO we Base Ball? Why do we Base Ball? Bring back the “This Is Twins Territory” commercials! 9. All of those walk-off lossesThe Minnesota Twins lost 84 games this season and fifteen of those 84 losses (about 18%!) came on walk-offs. That’s A LOT of walk-off losses. Three separate times, the Twins opponents got a walk-off win twice in a single series. The Twins first loss of the year was even a walk-off loss. On Opening Day, Adam Jones homered off Fernando Rodney to give the Orioles a 3-2 win. The Orioles would go 46-115 the rest of the season. 10. Eduardo Escobar starting a bench clearing brawlIn the seventh inning of the July 15th Twins-Rays game, which the Twins won 11-7 in 10 innings, Eduardo Escobar took issue with something that was said by third baseman Daniel Robertson, and the benches cleared. The relievers even jogged in from the bullpen to join in on the fun — because what else do relievers do?