The Reds are now officially the worst National League team with regard to batting average.  Uncle Milty is 0-4; he’s not pitching all that badly, but the Reds are hitting so poorly it’s very hard to tell.   At least Milton is pitching predictably.  When he’s out there, you’re going to get six innings, one bad inning and he’ll give up about 3-4 runs per outing.  Cincinnati is struggling to score two runs a game right now – not even Harang or Arroyo can pitch well enough to win those game.  

I would have never guessed that the Reds would struggle so badly at the plate.  The bats you count on have been slumping a bit or injured (Dunn, Phillips, Griffey), Alex Gonzalez and Josh Hamilton have been great surprises.  Edwin Encarnacion has been unbelievably bad.  It may be that their offensive lineup is very similar to their middle relief:  a lot of mediocrity and nobody is pulling it together enough at the plate (mound) to stop the bleeding.  It’s too early to mail in the season, but, like Brittany Spears and marriage, boy is this getting to be pretty predictable. I pray that Griff get’s healthy and people like Ross and Hatteberg pull it together.  Otherwise, this is going to be a long season.   Cincinnati is now 4.5 games out of first behind the Milwaukee Brewers.  I will now take my cyanide capsule.  We lost to the flipping Pirates tonight, for goodness sakes. 

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