What was the Reds’ manager thinking?

Cincinnati Reds director David Chime/Adam Yearning/GettyImages

The Cincinnati Reds lost their eighth successive series on Thursday when they fell in additional innings to the San Diego Padres. The Reds are in fast drop, and it’s been the group’s absence of hitting that has been it’s tragic flaw throughout the course of recent weeks.

While the Reds put four sudden spikes in demand for the board during Thursday’s challenge, that is not really splendid thinking about that all Cincinnati could marshal with the bases stacked and not outs in the subsequent inning was one measly run.

The Reds fanbase is turning out to be incredibly disappointed, and a lot of outrage is being aimed at chief David Ringer. While the Reds captain isn’t to be faulted for most of the group’s concerns, a choice during the primary inning shows exactly the way in which frantic this group is to score runs.

David Bell’s foolhardy decision vs Padres shows how desperate Reds are to score runs

During the main inning, with the Reds previously following 2-0, Jacob Hurtubise came to by means of hit-by-pitch and Jeimer Candelario carried him home with a RBI triple. Candelario was struck on the elbow by the looming toss and was in clear torment for a couple of seconds. The Reds third baseman remained in the game, and Cincinnati had a sprinter on third with only one out.

Mike Passage was the Reds next player, and after a three-pitch at-bat that saw Cincinnati’s assigned hitter look stupid and strikeout, Spencer Steer ventured into the players’ crate. Steer worked a walk which then carried Scratch Martini to the plate.

But instead than permitting Martini to confront Padres’ starter Matt Waldron, Ringer required a deferred twofold take. On the main pitch of the at-bat, Steer took off for a respectable halfway point. When the catcher resolved to toss, Candelario broke for home plate and was gunned down effectively by Padres shortstop Ha-Seong Kim. The umpire at first governed Candelario safe, however upon survey the call was accurately toppled.

Putting a twofold take on with two outs and two sprinters on base is fine in the event that Elly De La Cruz or Stuart Fairchild is the player who’s 90 feet from scoring. In any case, Candelario’s run speed positions among the 59th percentile — he’s not quick.

This was a boneheaded choice with respect to Chime and the Reds’ instructing staff, and it addresses the degree of distress this group is feeling at present. Things won’t get any more straightforward with the Los Angeles Dodgers coming to town.