Harvey Days is filmed before a live studio audience.
Now before we begin let us recall that just the other day Matt mentioned five million times that he is healthy. Glad to hear it, so no excuses tonight Matty Baseball.
The game started late because of a rain delay, so I got some NBA2K in. By the time I came upstairs it was the bottom of the 1st and the Arizonas hadn’t scored.
I did learn that THIS happened…
…and as someone who has seen nearly every Reds inning MH has pitched, he does give up a lot of LONNNNNNG fly balls. But this one was an out. Scoreless first.
The second inning was smooth sailing for Rip Tide. Three Ks through two!
TDK cruised the third too! And he was so happy he was chatting up the umpire!
This guy led off the 4th with a hit….
And Matt usually doesn’t respond well to adversity….
…does he look stressed….
…OH NO….
Matt is sad. He got through the 4th but he’s looking mighty sweaty. I am using the road feed tonight (reasons. don’t ask.) so I didn’t get those Sad Matt Walking Off The Mound pics I like. Anyway 2-0 end of 4 and like 75 pitches or so.
The Reds batted for a long time so TDK got some rest. He struck out the first guy but then LFer Dilson Herrera (you know, the guy you wanted to replace Murph lol) couldn’t get to this ball
Would the caped crusader melt down? No! He gave up a 375 foot fly out to CF and then struck out his 6th batter.
Normally I’d have one of those Matt Walks Off The Field shots here, but the Diamondbacks broadcast is not being cooperative.
TDK went 1-2-3 in the 6th including his season high 7th strikeout, and the Diamondbacks are killing me….didn’t get the walkout again.
TDK returned for the 7th!
He got the first guy…but the second guy got a single. Would Riggleman come out? No, he left TDK in….and Matty Baseball got the Diamondbacks to ground into a double play on his 99th pitch
And that would be it for The Dark Knight.
7 innings, 2 runs, 5 hits, and seven strikeouts!
I think if Matt had a Citi Field Style Crowd to feed off tonight he would have looked like the MH of old. He was going about his business but it didn’t have that extra excitement.
A typical Reds era start for Matt is 6 innings with 2 or 3 runs. He does give up lonnnng flyballs sometimes, tends to have shaky first innings, and he can’t take a punch. If you can get on base you will score. But along the way there are lots of 1-2-3 innings, and he looks like a solid 3 starter, as originally projected before y’all got a little crazy.
Matt’s done after 99 itches, and it’s off to the Waffle House to hit on Jenny the Waitress, as Exile In Cincinnati continues for The Real Deal.
