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Buster Olney rips Reds for 'bunt addiction' in extra-inning loss

Found September 05, 2013 on Redlegs Review:
PLAYERS: Buster Olney
TEAMS: Cincinnati Reds
Anyone who watched the 16-inning affair between the Reds and Cardinals Wednesday night had to have come away scratching their heads at Cincinnati's puzzling insistence to bunt. All in all, four different Reds hitters in the span of two innings made an attempt to lay down a bunt from the bottom of the 14th inning on. First, Zack Cozart tried to sacrifice pinch-runner Billy Hamilton to second base after Ryan Ludwick led off the inning with a single. Cozart didn't get the bunt down, Hamilton wound up stealing second on a subsequent pitch, and eventually scored on a single. The same scenario happened the night before when Todd Frazier singled in Hamilton after failing to get a bunt down. The second bunt attempt came when Devin Mesoraco tried to advance Cozart, however, Mesoraco bunted the ball back to the pitcher for a fielder's choice. In the bottom of the 15th inning, Shin-Soo Choo led off with a single, and advanced safely to second base after the team'...
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