Luke Weaver required 106 pitches today to log simply 5. 1 IP, though a big portion of that effort followed some lackluster protection behind him maintained him on the mound for heavy innings. The pitch count was a period high for him – he ‘d not yet reached 100 join in any type of start until now – and the professional righty was very efficient for the Cincinnati Reds on the day (5. 1 IP, 0 ER, 6 K) regardless of a mistake behind him (and a number of various other ‘hits’ that extremely well could have been scored in this way). The peformance was deserving of today’s Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Video game, especially on a day where Miami Marlins starter Braxton Garrett and a staff of his bullpen brethren kept the Cincinnati Reds infraction on their heels. The end result on Sunday saw Miami scoot past the Reds 3-1 to assert a lone video game of the three-game weekend collection, the Marlins 2-run rally in the Base of the 7th off newly-promoted Kevin Herget and Alan Busenitz the distinction Marlins Shorts. The Reds struggled to get hits of any type of variety, let alone in huge spots – they had the bags packed with no one out in the Top of the sixth and took care of just a lone run a groundout prior to a double play, for example. It just wasn’t Cincinnati’s day, specifically with the information this early morning that Nick Lodolo was put on the injured list and will likely be there for several weeks. Off to Colorado they go!Tony Graphanino [Web link to interactive WPA graph & & box score, using FanGraphs]