June 27, 2007
Moyer Mows them Down
The Reds are such a free swinging team, even Jamie Moyer can strike them out. He downed nine Reds on strikes tonight. It's only the twelfth time in his career Moyer reached the nine strikeout mark, and the first time since 7/28/2004.
However, Moyer might have worn himself out as he loaded the bases to start the sixth. The bullpen couldn't get the job done as the Reds score six runs in the inning to take a 6-3 lead over the Phillies. The Phillies chase Harang with a run in the bottom of the inning, and they're still batting trailing 6-4.
Update: The Phillies come back to tie it in the bottom of the sixth, and they're still batting.
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The last time Moyer had faced the Reds was in 1991, Reds 1st base coach Billy Hatcher drove in two runs and the Reds won.
Soft tossing lefties are the Reds kryptonite, really messes them up.
re: ryan howard's 100th home run
ryan howard's 100th career home run in this game, a massive rainbow shot to centerfield that cleared the 404 wall in centerfield and the 50 foot wall in ashburn alley about 100 feet above it, estimated to have gone 505 feet total, the longest home run ever hit in CBP history, also was the fastest to 100 home runs of any player in major league history.
although he got a late start as a ballplayer (25) ryan howard has hit 22, 58, and 17 homers in his first three years and is on pace to hit as many as 30 this yearm which would give him 113 in his first three seasons as of age 27/28.
Unless he suffers injuries, he is a candidate to reach some substantial home run milestones, especially hitting in CBP.
even hitting 30 a year the next ten years would give him a massive 413 by age 35; upping that average to just 35 a year gives him 463; and going to 40 a year gets him to 513 by age 35.
--art k