The Reds entered Week 8 with a 6 game home stand against the Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals. The Reds went 4-2 in the with a sweep of the Nationals. The past two weeks, Reds fans were asking for front office movement, but none so far as PR announcement would make the Reds look bad. Reds will face the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres in Week 9.

The Random state: Teams not named with the first letter “C” is at 6-5-1

Individual Pitching Reports Jason Marquis: May 31st Johnny Cueto: June 2nd Mike Leake: June 3rd Anthony DeSclafani: June 4th Raisel Iglesias: June 5th Michael Lorenzen: June 6th



STARTING PITCHING

15th SERIES

17.2 IP/21 H/11 R/9 ER/7 BB/11 SO/4 HR

ERA 4.58/WHIP 1.58

RATES: 27.27% H/14.29% R/9.09% BB/14.29% SO/5.19% HR

PER 9: 10.70 H/5.60 R/3.57 BB/5.60 SO/2.04 HR

PER PA: 3.67 PA/H, 7.00 PA/R, 11.00 PA/BB, 7.00 PA/SO, 19.25 PA/HR

16th SERIES

18 IP/18 H/9 R/8 BB/13 SO/HR

ERA 4.50/WHIP 1.44

RATES: 22.78% H/11.39% R/10.13% BB/16.46% SO/1.27% HR

PER 9: 9.00 H/4.50 R/4.00 BB/6.50 SO/0.50 HR

PER PA: 4.39 PA/H, 8.78 PA/R, 9.88 PA/BB, 6.08 PA/SO, 79.00 PA/HR

BULLPEN PITCHING

15th SERIES

9.1 IP/4 H/R/3 BB/13 SO

ERA 0.96/WHIP 0.75

RATES: 11.43% H/2.86% R/8.57% BB/37.14% SO

PER 9: 3.86 H/0.96 R/2.89 BB/12.54 SO

PER PA: 8.75 PA/H, 35.00 PA/R, 11.67 PA/BB, 2.69 PA/SO

16th SERIES

9 IP/4 H/5 BB/12 SO

WHIP 1.00

RATES: 11.11% H/13.89% BB/33.33% SO

PER PA: 9.00 PA/H, 7.20 PA/BB, 3.00 PA/SO

STARTER LINE

Lorenzen’s 2 starts

13.1 IP/3 H/3 R/9 BB/7 SO/HR

ERA 2.03/WHIP 0.90

RATES: 6.25% H/6.25% R/18.75% BB/14.58% SO/2.08% HR

PER 9: 2.03 H/2.03 R/6.08 BB/4.73 SO/0.68 HR

Best and Worst Pitching Games of Week 8

Best Start: Michael Lorenzen (May 26, Colorado)

Worst Start: Mike Leake (May 27, Colorado)

Best Bullpen Appearance: The Last 5 games (May 26-31, Colorado and Washington)

Worst Bullpen Appearance: May 25 (Colorado)

Best Staff Game: May 26th (Colorado)

Worst Staff Game: May 27th (Colorado)

Week 8 Probables

Philadelphia: Johnny Cueto, Mike Leake, Anthony DeSclafani

San Diego: Raisel Iglesias, Michael Lorenzen, Johnny Cueto