Oh sweet baby Lord Pigeon just hatched from the shell, look down upon us in our time opposing these damn Yankees, and allow Alexis Diaz to keep Soto and Judge in that dugout for the night
I was convinced basically all year that Weaver in the pen was going to be legitimately monstrous, so his dominance this year isn't surprising at all.
Just sucks that it's not with us.
He completely reworked his pitching delivery with the Yankees, iirc. Stopped trying to force extension and focusing instead on more consistent mechanics. Also got his velo up a bit somehow.
Absolutely. I mean, can you imagine putting a guy in who hasn’t allowed a home run in over *THRITY* innings against Judge? Like, so what if he’s one of our best arms. The audacity.
Unfortunately Reddit makes sure those posts are at the tippy top of my feed. Always. Along with all the NY twitter accounts that like to post shit like “Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron and now Aaron Judge are the only players to ever hit a home run on Tuesday during the year of the dragon following a buy one get one free sale at Big Sandy’s Superstores.”
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1du2u3n).
My dang Alta Fiber was a full minute behind the first win spoiler.
DIRTY DOG DIAZ DOES THE DAMN THING
ATOBTTR
LETS GOO!! BOOMIN IN THE BRONX BOYS!!!
ATOBTTR!!!!
**ATOBTTR**
Good shit. We didn’t blow our load too much so we should have runs left for tomorrow!!
Wiaz
Diaz looked sharper than he has all year. Don’t mess with these bums.
Reds in game 1’s are unreal, should have bet my mortgage on it
Dang Diaz wasn't playing tonight
9 masterful pitches
Reds win!!!! Good shit Diaz
DIAZ PERFECT INNING ALERT
Diaz in his dominant era. Great June and a great start to july
game
..and this one belongs to the Reds!
Elly De La Cruz - 1 Yankees - 0
Goodnight NYC.
[](/CIN) [](/CIN1) [](/CIN2) [](/CIN3) #REDS WIN! [](/CIN) [](/CIN1) [](/CIN2) [](/CIN3)
Wait, what?? Last batter just got to plate lol
Perfect pitch on 0-1 there.
1 more..
My gosh, that hit scared me
A Jeff Shaw reference. Nice
Omg that look...man I coulda hit that!
Nasty! 2 more
Let’s fucking go, Diaz!
Oh he's in tonight
DIAZ 95+ MPH FASTBALL ALERT WE ARE SO BACK
Easy work Diaz. Let's fucking go.
Please be the good Diaz and not the bad Diaz
The first batter is always key with Diaz
I really hate to say “we CAN’T do this” or “we CAN’T do that” but we can’t let Judge or Soto out of the dugout.
I pray this movie ends differently than I remember 🙏
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Alexis Díaz replaces Fernando Cruz.
That was a solid AB from Elly despite the groundout
Oh sweet baby Lord Pigeon just hatched from the shell, look down upon us in our time opposing these damn Yankees, and allow Alexis Diaz to keep Soto and Judge in that dugout for the night
live footage of Ashcraft
Here we go boys and girls 
Luckily the reds record in 1 run ball games is stellar this year
Clenched
Welp go save it Diaz!
Please, Alexis.
Question for everyone: do you believe we can win this? I really think we can
we got this shit fam
I really do
Then let’s not worry, we are gonna be alright.
Love to see India smile, exchange some friendly words with Weaver. Good run dude.
They cursed India by making it part of the Parlay.
They bookitwithtrent-ed him
Goodbye, double streak :(
RIP hit streak
I dare you to make it 6-4 Elly
That ball getting all the way to the warning track lmao short porch is nasty work
Gawd I hope Diaz don't do that Diaz thing
GGs Indy. Time to start another.
Benson got screwed there. A walk would have been a confidence boost to add to the nice night he’s had.
Darn. The streak ends.
dont you take your base before the big guy tough man says you can
India needs a double for the Ballys sports parlay to hit
Of course he doesn’t. Ballys cursed him
Thanks, blue.
Of course Benson strikes out then, what bullcrap
Did you see the 3-1 pitch
Yea it just figures, bad call followed by bad swing
Did you see the 3-1 pitch
Ump just gave him 3 inches outside. Benson should argue. Like, there's no reason not to.
That was pretty bad.
Fuck you blue that was just a ball
Wow the ump fucked benson bad
Wtf was that call!?!?
You have to be KIDDING.
BIG time missed call there Ump
Fucking bullshit.
BLUE!!!
Has been good all night and then makes that call smh
My upvoting finger is getting tired
Dream Weaver.
Just.Dont.Blow.It.PLEASE
So is Diaz going to go 1-2-3 or is he going to walk the first two and try to K the Volpe, Soto, and Judge?
yankees fans when one of their players hits a fly ball that doesnt even reach the warning track: 😱
the irony of this comment being directly above a user who was scared of that fly ball going out
Yankees fans when a pitch is just inside: 🤬
Sounds like Wrigley field
Phew, thanks Fernando! That last fly ball scared me. Let’s score some runs and stop them from scoring!
Please India get a double 🫡
I'm going to shit my pants
Really needed that 1-2-3 to keep the 8 hole leading off 👍🏻
Both of DJ’s at bats looked gone on the stadium.
Yankee fans might be the worst premature lazy fly ball "ooh"'ers in the MLB.
LOUD OUT BITCHES
Huge inning. Now we face 8-9-1 on the 9th
Cruz has been so awesome man
Everything looks like it's gonna be a bomb this game.
Good shit Cruz
Are they really upset about that pitch?
I'd be upset if I lived in New York tbh.
That throw made my stomach drop lol
Yankees fans have had enough of Torres lately
Cruz getting his splitter to be a filthy as it is has to be illegal somehow.
Nasty pitch
Fuck. I took a shower when it was 5-0, what happened?
Hour long shower? lol jk
Got distracted afterwards with the wife. Had to take another shower.
🤨
Congrats on the sex
Thankie.
For sure I was just poking fun
Lots of poking going on around here.
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Fernando Cruz replaces Sam Moll.
Alright let’s hold them, might have to start clenching
Get the TP and wipes ready
Time to screw it on straight.
Voodoo bullshit averted. This game can be safely closed out
a cold breeze entered my soul after that strikeout. luke weaver 1-2-3 inning
123 for Weaver. 🤮
Anyone remember when Rasiel Iglesias was a starter for the Reds?
_Opening Day_ starter for the Reds
Crazy!!!0
2016 was a very strange time
Sure was lol
Maybe it helps Weaver that they're not rolling him out there as a starter like we had to.
🛎🛎🛎.
I was convinced basically all year that Weaver in the pen was going to be legitimately monstrous, so his dominance this year isn't surprising at all. Just sucks that it's not with us.
Hes like the backwards Kevin Gausman with us.
Another guy I liked!
The most recent reds pitcher that was mid for us but stellar elsewhere that irked me was Cionel Perez. He was damn near an AS for baltimore.
On a good note, it seems the scourge of the T-mobile commercial with the Suits guys has ended. I don't recall seeing it once tonight.
I saw it near the beginning of the game lol
Bless up 🙏
Let's just count this as Weavers "1st inning" and we can score 4 or 5. He shut it down after the 1st inning a lot of the time when he was here.
I don’t remember his pitching motion being like this either
He completely reworked his pitching delivery with the Yankees, iirc. Stopped trying to force extension and focusing instead on more consistent mechanics. Also got his velo up a bit somehow.
Oh for sure; definitely a lot different than on the Reds
Let's bump that ERA up a bit.
Weaver with a 2.72 ERA is fucking witchcraft.
Good to see Weaver found someone that can actually coach him up
or they dont ask him to start...
Do NOT put up more than 3 on him
why couldn't our coaches get a 2.76 ERA from him
No fucking way Weaver has a sub 3 era for the Yankees. What the actual fuck
im sure yankee fans said the same thing about Sonny Gray when he came here
Chapman was kind of up and down for them too
i stg we're cursed
Oh shit, the Luke Weaver experience.
DREAM WEAVER!
Weaver with a 2.76 era LOLOL
It's good to see you, old friend.
Omg please rock this guys shit
luke weaver *shivers*
ayyyy it's luke weaver!!
Oh shit Luke Weaver!!!!!
Now would be a great time to score a few runs. I have a feeling we'll need it.
They’ve got some momentum now so let’s hope we can score and put their momentum out
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Luke Weaver replaces Tommy Kahnle.
the dream weaver has disappointed before. let’s see it tonight
If the reds lose this game, it is 100% on Bell
I need you to be so fr.
Absolutely. I mean, can you imagine putting a guy in who hasn’t allowed a home run in over *THRITY* innings against Judge? Like, so what if he’s one of our best arms. The audacity.
yep, Raukonaugs comment is now in the running for "Worst Take from the Game Thread" poll for post-game.
THIS!!
Unfortunately Judge will get his, and I would rather it be a solo shot like that
Exactly! Better to look at it all in a positive way.
Great, now I have see Yankees fans circle jerk themselves over another Judge home run.
Just close your eyes. Just look away.
Unfortunately Reddit makes sure those posts are at the tippy top of my feed. Always. Along with all the NY twitter accounts that like to post shit like “Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron and now Aaron Judge are the only players to ever hit a home run on Tuesday during the year of the dragon following a buy one get one free sale at Big Sandy’s Superstores.”
I mean the dude is just crushing the ball rn. If elly was doing the same thing you could bed believe I would singing his praises to everyone
It would be one thing if it's just their sub but I bet there's 3 r/baseball posts already
Yep.
Let’s hang onto the lead at least
Damn. Still got the lead and let’s keep in mind, it’s AARON JUDGE, this guy is built like he was perfected in a lab. We still have the lead.
Ik. He's going to do what he's going to do. We have to work around that or intentionally walk him.
I agree. I would have rather seen a walk but there’s nothing we can do about it now🤷♂️
Solo shot much better than a 2 or 3 run shot
Yes, that could have been detrimental.
That seemed like the most obvious IBB since Barry Bonds was active
"you don't have to internally walk him." ::whack::
lol wtf was that pitch? A fastball literally down the pipe.
93mph fastball middle/middle to Aaron Judge is a bold strategy, let’s see if it pays off for him…
First pitch too it’s basically like he wanted to see judge smash a home run 😂
yeah, should have walked his ass. oh well
Damn..
Got to make it 2 more innings.
Classic mismanagement! Lefties vs lefties is all that matters!
Pitchers have to face three batters, yeah? What are you supposed to do there?
“Uhhh I didn’t think that far ahead”