Mephistophiles is in the house. These next two games are going to be old school baseball, two pitching matchups that warrant national attention. Today, Fausto Carmona continues to benefit from signing his name in that little red book against one of God's good guys, Aaron Harang.
The world sure looks different when the Reds are winning!
Ha! welche Wonne fließt in diesem Blick
Auf einmal mir durch alle meine Sinnen!
Ich fühle junges, heil'ges Lebensglück
Neuglühend mir durch Nerv' und Adern rinnen.
(Ah! at this spectacle through every sense,
What sudden ecstasy of joy is flowing!
I feel new rapture, hallow'd and intense,
Through every nerve and vein with ardour glowing.)
One way to get to Fausto is by walking. Dude's K/BB ratio is 18/35. (Contrast that with Harang's 51/15.) If the Reds will stop swinging at the first pitch and work some counts today, we can get some baserunners. (That's a big IF.) And check this out: his WHIP? 1.644! (Harang's is a cool 1.123.) One has to wonder how Fausto can keep up the winning at that rate. (I'm telling you, devil's work it is.)
It's time to fight the poodle! Go Harang! Go Reds!
Jay Bruce update: After going 0-3 in game one and 2-3 in game 2 last night, Bruce is batting .364/.395/.669 with 9 homers, 5 triples, 9 doubles, 35 RBI, and 8 stolen bases. BRING UP BRUCE!!!
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