Reds and Friars for Three

No, last night’s 13-1 pounding at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers wasn’t pretty, but the magic number dwindled to 3 thanks to the Pittsburgh Pirates beating the St. Louis Cardinals.

Off to San Diego. maybe that’s why the Reds seemed a bit disinterested last night. Well, Johnny Cueto did as he pitched his worst outing of the season. The numbers are too horrendous to post.

The Reds have an opportunity to clinch with a sweep at Petco Park. That should perk up the guys ears a bit. Some of the guys have been on the opposite end of that having opponents clinch their division at GABP. Let’s see how the Padres hitters matchup against the Res starters of Bronson Arroyo, Travis Wood and Homer Bailey.

Arroyo v. Padres current roster:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ryan Ludwick	40	39	10	4	0	1	4	1	12	.256	.275	.436	.711
David Eckstein	39	34	10	1	0	0	3	2	3	.294	.368	.324	.692
Miguel Tejada	39	37	13	2	1	2	6	2	4	.351	.385	.622	1.006
Adrian Gonzalez	26	24	3	0	0	1	1	2	3	.125	.192	.250	.442
Chase Headley	12	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333
Jerry Hairston	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452
Matt Stairs	8	6	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	.500	.375	.833	1.208
Kevin Correia	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286
Tony Gwynn	7	6	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	.667	.714	1.667	2.381
Everth Cabrera	6	6	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667
Yorvit Torrealba	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333
Nick Hundley	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800
Scott Hairston	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Will Venable	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000
Jon Garland	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	209	190	54	13	2	5	23	11	33	.284	.330	.453	.783

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Generated 9/23/2010.

Travis Freakin’ Wood has not faced the Padres in this his rookie season, but Homer Bailey has.

Bailey v. Padres current roster:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ryan Ludwick	15	15	4	3	1	3	0	4	.267	.267	.667	.933
Adrian Gonzalez	9	9	4	2	2	4	0	3	.444	.444	1.333	1.778
Scott Hairston	9	7	2	0	1	1	2	2	.286	.444	.714	1.159
Nick Hundley	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333
Will Venable	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733
Yorvit Torrealba	5	5	3	0	0	1	0	1	.600	.600	.600	1.200
Everth Cabrera	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667
David Eckstein	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333
Tony Gwynn	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jerry Hairston	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Chase Headley	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Clayton Richard	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Oscar Salazar	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	68	65	20	6	5	10	3	16	.308	.338	.631	.969