Three Words: “Take that, Reds!”

Is it just me, or is Yunel Escobar getting no love from pitching this series? He’s been hit twice. With that being said, he finished a triple short of hitting for the cycle yesterday and the Braves are in line to sweep the Reds today. I’m very happy for Yunel and he says it best when he says “Take That, Reds!”

Esco was not the only one to have a good day. Both David Ross and Jordan Schafer   hit doubles and Chipper Jones continued his success against Arroyo with a three run homer. Greg Norton hopefully hit his grove yesterday as he hit a double (and then looked to the bullpen where the relievers were cheering for him. According to Jon and Joe, Peter Moylan was cheering most. That’s so awesome)! Derek Lowe was outstanding yesterday, and the only blemish on his record was the two run he gave up to Alex Gonzalez in the second, beyond that he had a four hitter! Go D. Lowe!

Now, here comes the tension from the game. D. Lowe took care of Yunel yesterday, hitting Joey Votto with a pitch in the first inning as revenge for Volquez hitting Yunel Friday night.  Lowe was given a warning and was solid the rest of the day, despite Arroyo hitting Yunel again (though I’m not sure if that was on purpose or not. You never know)! Reds manager Dusty Baker and CF Joey Hairston jr. were ejected for arguing with HP umpire Mike Estabrook about Hairston being called out on strikes. There was a two or three minuet period where Baker wouldn’t leave the Dugout but eventually left. Would I be suprised if there was a fight today? Absoloutley not. The Reds need to try to keep the ball off of Yunel, because I have no doubt there would be a brawl, it’d be exciting, but we don’t need Yunel being suspended, especially with Brian McCann on the disabled list.

Let’s hope the Braves can complete the sweep! Let’s support Kenshin Kawakami!

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