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How a talk with Nick Castellanos helped Vladimir Gutierrez pitch well in Reds win

After a first inning where Vladimir Gutierrez hit a batter with his first pitch and allowed a run to score on a balk, he threw his glove in frustration in the dugout.

Nick Castellanos, who is fluent in Spanish, saw it and stopped him.

"Look, man," Castellanos told Gutierrez. "Calm down. I want you to go seven innings today."

Gutierrez responded: "All right, all right, Nick.' Casty said, 'No, no, no, no, no. I want you to tell me that you're going to throw seven innings today. I want you to tell me.' I said, 'Yeah, I'm going to throw seven innings today.