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REDS LOOK TO SPREAD PHILLY IN GAME

10.6.10
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REDS LOOK TO SPREAD PHILLY IN GAME ONE

After a fifteen year hiatus, the Cincinnati Reds are returning to the playoffs. The Reds will face the reigning NL Champions for a five game series beginning on Wednesday. Cincinnati and Philadelphia are the National League's two top offenses for 2010 with the Reds leading the NL in every major offensive category. Philadelphia is ranked fifth in NL pitching (97-65, 3.67) with Cincinnati ranking seventh (91-71, 4.01) and both teams bring superior defense. The Reds are tied for first in the NL in fielding percentage (.988) and the Phillies are tied for fourth (.986). Although the Phillies are projected to easily defeat the Reds and potentially win their second World Championship in three years by many experts, the Cincinnati Reds' potent offense, reliable defense, and durable pitching staff should provide Philly with an excellent run for the money. During the 1990 season, the Cincinnati Reds were major underdogs, but managed to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates in six games for the NL Pennant and swept the mighty Oakland Athletics in four games during the World Series as they captured their fifth World Championship.

“I don’t really enjoy the underdog role, but that’s the role that you’re cast upon, and that is the role that you serve,” Dusty Baker said. “These guys are the incumbents, so, naturally, we should be the underdog. Plus, we haven’t been here in a long time. It doesn’t matter what people think. At this point we’re one of the elite that are still standing. As long as you go to the dance, as they say, you’ve got a chance.”



The Philadelphia Phillies have finished in first place in the NL East for the last four consecutive seasons ('07-'10). In 2008 and '09 the Phillies won the NL Pennant and in '08, defeated the Tampa Bay Rays four games to one in the World Series. It was the Phillies' first World Series Championship since 1980, a year when Mike Schmidt, Pete Rose, and Steve Carlton led Philadelphia notching victories in Veteran's Stadium. In fact, since the their inception in 1883, the Phillies World Championships in 1980 and 2008 stand as the only two they have acquired during their entire distant history.

The 2010 Philadelphia squad is quite impressive. Their current infield owns five Gold Glove Awards, two NL MVP Awards (Howard in '06 and Rollins in '07), a Rookie of the Year Award (Howard in '05), seven Silver Slugger Awards, and twelve combined All-Star Game selections. The Phillies outfield owns two Gold Gloves (Victorino in '08 and '09) and all three were selected to attend the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. The Phillies three-man rotation is considered the best in baseball by many. Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, and Cole Hamels combined own a 377-213 record during their respective careers. The trio has been selected to eleven All-Star Games, hurled a perfect game (Halladay on 5.29.10), won a Cy Young Award (Halladay in 2003), and own three postseason MVP Awards (Oswalt, 2005 NLCS and Hamels, 2008 NLCS and WS).

Roy Halladay will take the mound for game one of the NLDS for the Phillies on Wednesday at 5:07pm marking his first career postseason appearance. In four career starts against the Reds, Halladay is 1-1 with a 2.84 ERA. During 31.2 innings of work, Halladay struck out 33 Reds while walking only seven and allowed 10 earned runs. Four of those runs were given up during a complete game by Halladay against the Reds on June 30, 2010. Halladay struck out ten Reds that day, but tendered two long balls and allowed a career-high thirteen hits.

Although he has been untested in the postseason, Roy Halladay is one of the elite pitchers in baseball today. His 169-86 career record, along with a career 3.32 ERA insists that Halladay would be an ace on any ball club, in any situation. In 33 starts for the Phillies in 2010, Halladay has lasted less than six innings just once (5.2 on May 23) and owns the most wins in the NL (21), has the third lowest ERA in the NL (2.44), is second in NL strikeouts (219), and leads the National League in complete games (9) and shutouts (4).

Edinson Volquez will also make his postseason debut on Wednesday against the Phillies. The 2008 All-Star was named the Reds' postseason ace by manager Dusty Baker on Sunday, October 3. Volquez made his 2010 debut on July 17 after serving a 50-game suspension and rehabbing from 2009 Tommy John surgery. During Volquez's first seven starts, the Reds lost only one game and they have lost only two games out of the twelve in which the 26 year-old has been on the mound during 2010.

"He’s pitching as well as anybody," Dusty Baker said. "He gets left-handers out better than anybody that we have. Plus, he’s a very calm and cool and good-time-Charlie type guy that should be effective by the pressure. Especially the fact that he had pitched some championship games in winter ball in the Dominican. Anybody that’s been to Venezuela or Dominican, Mexico or Puerto Rico, there is far more pressure there than there is here.”

After his worst start of the season on August 23 (0.2IP, 5H, 5ER, 3BB), Volquez was sent to the Dayton Dragons to work on his mechanics. After just two starts in Dayton (13IP, 2ER, 19K), Volquez returned to the Reds' rotation on September 11. After lasting six innings or more just three times during his first eight starts, Volquez has gone six or more in all four of his starts since returning to the Reds. In those four starts Volquez has hurled 27.2 innings, allowed seventeen hits, struck out 31 batters while walking just eight, and failed to surrender a long ball to an opponent all while posting a 1.95 ERA. During two career starts against Philadelphia, Volquez is undefeated (2-0, 0.73).



Go Reds!

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