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Reds bolster bullpen with LHP Marshall, trade 3 to…

twennasuenign — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:04:14 +0000

The 29-year-old, 6-foot-7 Marshall was 6-6 with a 2.26 ERA last season. He had five saves. The Reds have been in talks to try to re-sign closer Francisco Cordero, who became a free agent after last season.

“Sean has been one of the best and most durable relievers in baseball the last couple of seasons,” Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said in a statement.

The 24-year-old Wood made 35 starts for the Reds over two seasons. He finished 6-6 with a 4.84 ERA in 2011, with a stint in Triple-A after struggling early in the year.

The Cubs also get 24-year-old outfielder Dave Sappelt, who batted .243 in 38 games with the Reds, and 19-year-old infield prospect Ronald Torreyes, who batted .356 in 67 games for Class A Dayton.

“Twenty-four-year old left-handed starters who have already had success in the big leagues don’t grow on trees,” Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said. “We had to give up a great relief pitcher in Sean Marshall and someone we were proud to call a Cub, but we think to acquire Wood and the two young guys, it was worth doing.”

Wood made 17 starts for the Reds in 2010, going 5-4 with a 3.51 earned run average. He took a perfect game into the ninth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies before giving up a double to Carlos Ruiz, and left after finishing the 9th with the score tied at 0.

He began last season in the Reds’ starting rotation, made 10 starts for Louisville, then returned to Cincinnati. He also had four relief appearances for the Reds last season.

“He had a little bit of a down year last year, a little bit of a sophomore slump, but we still think all the ingredients are there to make him an excellent starting pitcher in the big leagues and you tend to not be able to get guys like that after their strong rookie years,” Epstein said. “But sometimes you have a chance to get them after they take a little bit of their lumps on the learning curve.”

Wood said he relied too heavily on his cutter last season and “lost the ability to really stick that four-seam (fastball) in there.” His control was off, but he also sees a shot at redemption in Chicago.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for me,” he said. “The Reds do have a lot of depth in their rotation. … Hopefully, I can get to Chicago and make a difference.”

Besides the addition of Latos, the Reds return starting pitchers Johnny Cueto, Mike Leake, Homer Bailey and Bronson Arroyo. Aroldis Chapman, a left-handed reliever in his first two seasons, is also a possible starting pitcher next season.

Epstein said the Cubs could still use some more starting pitchers in their farm system and at the major league level. He also said they’re weighing ace Matt Garza’s trade value versus locking him into a long-term deal. The right-hander was tendered a contract last week and is eligible for arbitration.

“It’s hard to find top-of-the-rotation-type guys, so if you have them and there’s a way to keep them around, I think that’s always compelling for the club,” Epstein said. “Now, that said, we’re in a mode where we have to listen on everybody. If there’s a way to improve the long-term outlook for this club in a significant manner, then we just can’t look past opportunities like that. We’re not in a situation where we have to do anything with Garza, but generally, we’re in the business right now of taking our short-term assets and turning them into long-term assets.”

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AP sports writer Andrew Seligman in Chicago contributed to this report.

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Sean Marshall dealt to Cincinnati Reds

admismani — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:04:18 +0000

CINCINNATI _ The Cincinnati Reds acquired left-handed reliever Sean Marshall from the Chicago Cubs today for young lefty starter Travis Wood and two other players.

It was the second time in a week that the Reds gave up several prospects for pitching help. They earlier sent four players, including Edinson Volquez, to San Diego for starter Mat Latos.

The 29-year-old, 6-foot-7 Marshall, from Richmond, Va., and a former standout at Virginia Commonwealth University, was 6-6 with a 2.26 ERA last season. He had five saves. The Reds have been in talks to try to re-sign closer Francisco Cordero, who became a free agent after last season.

“Sean has been one of the best and most durable relievers in baseball the last couple of seasons,” Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said in a statement.

The 24-year-old Wood made 35 starts for the Reds over two seasons. He finished 6-6 with a 4.84 ERA in 2011, with a stint in Triple-A after struggling early in the year.

The Cubs also get 24-year-old outfielder Dave Sappelt, who batted .243 in 38 games with the Reds, and 19-year-old infield prospect Ronald Torreyes, who batted .356 in 67 games for Class A Dayton.

He began last season in the Reds’ starting rotation, made 10 starts for Louisville, then returned to Cincinnati. He also had four relief appearances for the Reds last season.

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Votto Wins Marathon With Homer

Nurifruiree — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:10:19 +0000

CINCINNATI (AP) – Joey Votto led off the 14th inning with his
second home run of the game, lifting the Cincinnati Reds over the
Washington Nationals 5-4 Sunday.

Votto hit a full-count pitch from Collin Balester (1-3) into the
left-field bleachers to push the Reds over .500 for the first time
since July 3.

His second career game-ending homer sent the Nationals to a
sixth straight loss, tying their season high.

Johnny Cueto and five Reds relievers combined for 19 strikeouts,
tying the team record. Cueto fanned 11 in seven innings.

Bill Bray (4-2) allowed one hit in the 14th to get the win.

Washington manager Davey Johnson and bench coach Pat Corrales
and Reds manager Dusty Baker all were ejected.

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Phillips leads Reds to 6-3 win over Nationals

Pseursecrypenna — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:05:35 +0000

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Cincinnati Reds’ Joey Votto (19) is congratulated by third base coach Mark Berry (41) after hitting a solo home run off Washington Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann in the first inning of a baseball game on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Joey Votto led off the 14th inning with his second home run of the game, lifting the Cincinnati Reds over the Washington Nationals 5-4 Sunday.

Votto hit a full-count pitch from Collin Balester (1-3) into the left-field bleachers to push the Reds over .500 for the first time since July 3.

His second career game-ending homer sent the Nationals to a sixth straight loss, tying their season high.

Johnny Cueto and five Reds relievers combined for 19 strikeouts, tying the team record. Cueto fanned 11 in seven innings.

Bill Bray (4-2) allowed one hit in the 14th to get the win.

Washington manager Davey Johnson and bench coach Pat Corrales and Reds manager Dusty Baker all were ejected.

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Reds Hold On For Win Over Nationals

admismani — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:09:01 +0000

POSTED: 4:53 am EDT August 18, 2011
UPDATED: 5:03 am EDT August 18, 2011

WASHINGTON — Johnny Cueto and the Cincinnati Reds completely shut down the Washington Nationals for eight innings. In the ninth, they used a little luck to close out the win.Cueto pitched eight scoreless innings and Francisco Cordero got a double play to get out of a bases-loaded jam and end the 2-1 victory Wednesday night.”We were fortunate to get that one,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said. “We squeaked that one out big time.”Cincinnati took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the ninth, as Cueto (9-5) aimed for his second shutout of the season. Instead, Ryan Zimmerman homered on his first pitch of the inning and Baker turned to Cordero.After a groundout, Jayson Werth walked, Danny Espinosa singled and Jonny Gomes reached on shortstop Paul Janish’s error to load the bases.Wilson Ramos then grounded to second baseman Brandon Phillips, who started the 4-6-3 double play.”That was the play that saved the game,” said Cordero, who earned his 24th save. “Any other stuff happens there, the game is tied. It was the best thing that could happen tonight, and it happened.”The Nationals’ rally nearly erased Cueto’s tremendous performance. The right-hander allowed six hits, struck out five and did not walk a batter.Cueto showed right away he had good stuff, striking out the first three batters. He lowered his ERA to 1.89, which leads the majors after the outing gave him enough innings to officially qualify.Baker even kept him in to bat in the eighth inning with the bases loaded and two outs.”Johnny Cueto threw a heck of a ballgame,” Baker said. “We were hoping that possibly he could shut them out and go the distance, but that home run by Zimmerman kind of negated that.”Washington had runners reach third base in the second and fourth innings, but each time Cueto easily got out of the jam.”In the bullpen warming up, I felt really, really good today,” Cueto said. “My main thing was location. I was locating the pitches where I wanted, except the one (Zimmerman) hit out. The ball was supposed to go outside, and it landed in the middle.”Ross Detwiler (1-3) pitched six innings, his longest outing of the season. He allowed one run and seven hits while striking out a career-high seven and walking two.The only blemish for Detwiler was Joey Votto’s 20th home run with two outs in the first inning on a fastball that stayed up.”Looking at it now, throw anything but what I threw there, and hopefully he doesn’t hit it out,” Detwiler said.Cincinnati posed a scoring threat in the third when the Reds loaded the bases with one out before Detwiler struck out Jay Bruce and Miguel Cairo hit a fly ball to shallow right field to end the inning.The Reds picked up an insurance run in the eighth. They had a chance to score more but left the bases loaded.Consecutive singles by Votto and Bruce against reliever Sean Burnett put runners on the corners with no outs. Cairo grounded sharply up the middle, and Burnett snagged it and threw to third to catch Votto, who had started for home on the play. Another walk by Burnett loaded the bases.Ryan Mattheus replaced Burnett, and Ramon Hernandez hit a grounder up the middle that was fielded by shortstop Ian Desmond. A slight slip when Desmond fielded the ball left him unable to turn a double play, but he did throw out Hernandez while Bruce scored.Another walk by Mattheus loaded the bases for Cueto, who grounded to second to end the inning.

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MLB: Chicago Cubs 11, Cincinnati 4

HAgsAgespasse — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:42:06 +0000

Published: Aug. 6, 2011 at 5:18 PM

CHICAGO, Aug. 6 (UPI) — Starlin Castro drove in four runs and Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano homered in Chicago’s seventh straight win Saturday, an 11-4 rout of the Cincinnati Reds.

Castro drove in a run with a force-out during the Cubs’ go-ahead, three-run fourth inning and added a two-run double as Chicago scored five times in the fifth to put the game away.

Carlos Pena went 2-for-3 with three RBI and Alfonso Soriano added an RBI double among his two hits for the Cubs, who clinched their three-game series against Cincinnati.

Zambrano (9-6) belted his 23rd career homer — a solo shot in the third — and limited the Reds to three runs on six hits over six innings, overcoming four walks while striking out six.

Reds starter Johnny Cueto (7-5) was touched for five runs on seven hits, lasting only 3 2/3 innings.

Yonder Alsonso socked a solo homer and added an RBI single for Cincinnati.

Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips left the game with a sprained right ankle suffered during a fourth-inning collision with center fielder Drew Stubbs while tracking a pop-up.

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Giants vs. Reds, MLB Scores: Bumgarner’s Rough…

info — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:37:04 +0000

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The San Francisco Giants Madison Bumgarner came into Saturday’s matchup with the Cincinnati Reds looking for his third straight win, but after the first inning was just trying to keep it close. The Reds batted around on Bummy in the first, finishing with 5 runs in the frame and an eventual 7-2 win at the Great American Ballpark.

All in all Bumgarner laster for only four innings of the night, allowing seven runs (six earned) on seven hits along with three walks and four strikeouts. Bummy had himself a 30 minute 40 pitch first inning with Brandon Phillips, Jay Bruce and Chris Haisley raking RBI singles. He settled down for a few innings but lost composure again in the fifth after a balk and an error from Pablo Sandoval cost him a run, then another RBI single from Miguel Cairo put the fork in Bumgarner for good. Madison also broke his streak of 19 straight starts with two walks or fewer tonight, two shy of Giants legend Juan Marichal’s Giants record.

Pablo Sandoval launched a solo shot in the second, his 11th of the year, while an Edgar Renteria error in the fourth scored Chris Stewart for the Giants only other run. Pablo finished the night 3-5, Jeff Keppinger was 2-5, Brandon Belt was 1-4 while Carlos Beltran was 0-5 in his third game in the Black and Orange.

With the loss the Giants move to 61-46, and drop only their fifth three game series of the year. Full box score can be found here.

The Giants will look to avoid being swept in the Queen City Sunday as Barry Zito (3-3 5.24 ERA) will take the mound for San Francisco to face Johnny Cueto (6-4 1.88 ERA) for Cincinnati. First pitch is set for 10:10 am PT with coverage on CSN Bay Area, MLB Network and KNBR 680 AM.

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MLB: Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 0

pyncBroonna — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:04:10 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 (UPI) — Johnny Cueto teamed with two relievers on a four-hitter Thursday that gave the Cincinnati Reds a 3-0 victory over San Francisco.

Cueto (3-2) shut down the Giants over seven innings, allowing all four San Francisco hits while striking out eight. Nick Masset and Francisco Cordero each worked a perfect relief inning with Cordero earning his 12th save.

The Giants had their lead over Arizona in the National League West trimmed to one game.

Cincinnati took the lead in the fourth when Scott Rolen doubled with two out against Madison Bumgarner and scored on a single up the middle by Jonny Gomes.

It remained a 1-1 contest until Joey Votto scored in the eighth on a bases-loaded passed ball charged to Eli Whiteside. Brandon Phillips singled in the final run in the ninth.

Bumgarner (2-8) suffered the loss, giving up a lone run on eight hits in seven innings.

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San Francisco Giants go down quietly to Cincinnati Reds

info — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:56:59 +0000

The Giants may not be able to afford to wait until next week to activate Pablo Sandoval, particularly if Madison Bumgarner has a vote on it.

While the rehabbing Sandoval had two hits, a sacrifice fly, a walk and two RBIs for Triple-A Fresno on Thursday night in Salt Lake City, the Giants’ anemic offense was wasting another superior performance by their young left-hander in a 3-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at AT&T Park.

The Giants managed just four hits over seven innings against Cincinnati starter Johnny Cueto, then two Reds relievers pitched a perfect inning apiece to hand the Giants their sixth shutout loss of the season — and the third with Bumgarner on the mound.

Bumgarner (2-8), who has absorbed back-to-back losses despite allowing just two runs over his past 14 innings, was stellar in his seven innings even though he allowed eight hits. He didn’t walk a batter, struck out seven and escaped a pair of jams by getting double-play grounders.

“He knows he did all he could do to win a ballgame,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “That’s the only way he can look at it. He’s had tough luck this year as far as run support. We just have to get this figured out. We need to get a couple guys hot, and right now we’re having a tough time doing that.”

The Giants squandered three prime opportunities to score against Cueto, and not even a rare hot night by Miguel Tejada — who had two doubles in addition to two terrific plays at third base —

could light a fire under San Francisco’s bat rack.

The Giants have scored three or fewer runs in six of the seven games on their 10-game homestand. In addition to enduring their latest shutout, they twice have scored just one run and two more times just two.

They’ve managed to win four of the seven but might have won them all with even some semblance of a timely offensive attack.

So, is it time for Sandoval? As tempting as it might be, Bochy cautioned against rushing things.

“We’re going to make sure he’s right,” the manager said. “Because of our struggles here, we don’t want to panic and bring him up here when he’s not quite ready.

“No question, we need his presence in our lineup. Maybe it’ll lighten the load on some other guys who think they have to carry the team. I sense a couple of guys are trying to do that too much.”

Most perturbing to Bochy is that the offense hasn’t been able to produce for Bumgarner, who lowered his ERA to 3.23 with his latest effort, a mark that belies his won-lost record. To his credit, the pitcher is doing his best not to let it bother him, and he added that he has empathy as opposed to scorn for the struggling offense.

“I don’t expect them to apologize,” he said. “Hitting’s the hardest thing to do, and I think they’ll come around, like I said last time. It’s not like we’re out of it or anything. We’re still in first place.”

Cincinnati struck for its only run against Bumgarner after the pitcher had struck out Joey Votto and Jay Bruce to open the fourth. Scott Rolen doubled into the left-field corner, then scored on a Jonny Gomes flare to center.

Cincinnati added insurance runs in the eighth and ninth against Santiago Casilla and Guillermo Mota, both times after the pitchers recorded the first two outs.

Cueto (3-2) struck out eight while walking two. Nick Masset pitched a perfect eighth, and Francisco Cordero earned his 12th save with a scoreless ninth.

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Giants vs. Reds, MLB Scores: Giants Blanked By Reds 3-0 in Series Opener

masotabo62 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:43:42 +0000

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It was another pitcher’s duel at AT&T Thursday night as Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants squared off with the Cincinnati Reds. The offense was once again hard to come by for Bummy, who pitched very well; just not as well as Johnny Cueto, who along with his battery mates shut out the Giants by a score of 3-0.

Bumgarner (L 2-8) suffered another hard luck loss after pitching seven solid innings, allowing only one run on eight hits, with no walks and seven strikeouts. His counterpart this evening, Johnny Cueto (W 3-2), was extremely effective in his seven innings, allowing only four hits while fanning eight Giants. Nick Masset and Francisco Cordero kept the G-Men silent in eighth and ninth, with Cordero earning his 12th save of the season.

The Giants offense really struggled tonight, going 0-7 with runners in scoring position and only one extra base hit, a double by Miguel Tejada, who finished 2-4 on the night and the only Giant with more than one hit.

A Johnny Gomes single in the fourth plated Scott Rolen to get the Reds on the board, but they didn’t score again until the eighth after a passed ball from Eli Whiteside scored Joey Votto. The Reds added another in the ninth off a Brandon Philips RBI single.

Former San Francisco Giant and current Cincinnati Red Edgar Renteria received his World Series ring before the game to a great ovation at AT&T. Great to see him back, the fans will certainly always have love for that man.

With the loss the Giants move to 35-28 on the year.Full box score can be found here.

Friday will see Ryan Vogelsong (4-1 1.68 ERA) take the mound for the Giants to take on Travis Wood (4-4 5.72 ERA) for the Reds. Coverage will start at 7:15 p.m. PT on NBC Bay Area and KNBR 680 AM.

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Cueto shuts down Giants in Reds 3-0 victory

info — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:34:05 +0000

On a night when Johnny Cueto had sharp stuff, he was especially tough when the San Francisco Giants mounted a couple of threats.

Cueto got two of his season-high eight strikeouts with a runner on third base and less than two outs and threw seven scoreless innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday night.

“He threw an outstanding ballgame,” manager Dusty Baker said. “He got out of trouble twice with a runner on third. That’s big to do that with strikeouts. He’s turning into that kind of pitcher.”

Jonny Gomes had three hits and an RBI, Brandon Phillips also drove in a run and the Reds as the Reds opened their seven-game West Coast swing with a win.

But the key was Cueto (3-2), who allowed just four hits and struck out eight — including the side in order in the third inning — in a dominating performance that ended a four-start winless streak.

“Johnny Cueto has been lights out this year,” Phillips said. “I wish his record was better than what it was. We just haven’t given him many runs lately. We did a better job today. … He’s becoming one of the best pitchers in the league.”

Nick Masset pitched a scoreless eighth and Francisco Cordero finished the four-hitter for his 12th save in 14 chances.

Miguel Tejada doubled twice, but the Giants managed just two other hits and were shut out for the sixth time this season. San Francisco has been held to one run or fewer in 15 of 63 games this season.

The Giants had a few chances to score in this game, twice getting a runner to third base with one out to no avail. With runners on first and third and one out in the fourth, Cueto struck out Cody Ross and got Brandon Crawford to fly out.

Then in the sixth, Tejada hit a leadoff double and went to third on a sacrifice bunt by No. 3 hitter Freddy Sanchez. The move didn’t pay off when Cueto struck out Aubrey Huff on a pitch in the dirt and got Nate Schierholtz to ground out.

That’s been a pattern for the Giants, who have scored the fewest runs in the majors this season. The Giants are hitting just .190 in their last six games — being held to five hits or fewer four times.

“We just have to get this figured out,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “It’s gone on longer than even I thought it would. We just need to get a couple of guys hot and right now we’re having a tough time doing that.”

Cueto needed to be that stingy on a night when the Reds’ high-scoring offense managed little against Madison Bumgarner (2-8). Cincinnati’s only run off Bumgarner came when Scott Rolen hit a two-out double in the fourth and scored on Gomes’ single.

The Reds had a chance to add on in the seventh when Gomes reached on a fly ball that fell between Huff, Sanchez and Schierholtz near the right-field line and Edgar Renteria reached on a bunt single. But Ramon Hernandez hit into a double play and Cueto flied out to center to end that threat.

Bumgarner allowed one run and eight hits in seven innings, striking out seven in his ninth straight quality start. But for the seventh time in his eight losses this season, the Giants were held to one or fewer runs as he was once again done in by bad luck.

“We have a good team and they all support me so I’m not going to worry about it,” Bumgarner said. “I don’t expect them to apologize. Hitting is the hardest thing to do. I think we’ll be fine. We’re still in it. It’s not like we’re out of it.”

Cincinnati added an unearned run in the eighth off Santiago Casilla when Joey Votto doubled with two outs, followed by an intentional walk to Jay Bruce and a walk to Scott Rolen. With Gomes at the plate, a pitch got past Eli Whiteside for a passed ball, allowing Votto to score the second run.

Phillips added an RBI single in the ninth for the Reds.

Before the game, Renteria was presented his 2010 World Series ring in an on-field ceremony. Renteria was the World Series MVP for the Giants last season before the team decided not to bring him back this year. He went 1 for 4.

“It was great,” Baker said. “They loved it, he loved it, the fans loved it. It was a very classy thing.”

Notes: Rolen returned to the lineup for the Reds after missing the previous three games with a throat illness. … Bumgarner has one win in 15 career home starts for the Giants. … Whiteside threw out Phillips trying to steal second to end the first inning for just the third caught stealing in the last 23 attempts by Giants catchers.

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Reds Vs. Braves: Jair Jurrjens Pitches Atlanta Past Cincinnati

thorrooferzaquxt — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:07:22 +0000

By Rob Neyer

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May 30, 2011 – Whether it’s the Jonny Venters-like grip on his sinking fastball or something else, Jair Jurrjens somewhat suddenly looks like one of the best pitchers in the National League, all the more so after pitching the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds Sunday night.

Not that Jurrjens’ seventh victory — against just one defeat — came easy. In the first inning, Jurrjens hung a change-up to Jay Bruce, who deposited the pitch beyond the right-field fence, 456 feet beyond, for his league-leading 15th home run.

The score was still 1-0 after five innings, with Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto pitching a gem of his own. But in the bottom of the sixth, Braves center fielder Jordan Schafer worked a leadoff walk after fouling off three straight 2-2 pitches. Next up, Martin Prado — whose numbers have been down this season — took two pitches for balls, then drove Cueto’s 93-m.p.h. fastball, right down the middle, over the left-field fence for his seventh homer of the season, putting the Braves up 2-1.

And of course that’s how things ended. But there was some drama yet left.

In the top of the 8th, with Jurrjens still on the mound, Paul Janish led off with a single and moved to second on Cueto’s sacrifice bunt. To nobody’s real surprise, National League strikeout leader Drew Stubbs struck out. Also to nobody’s real surprise, Brandon Phillips followed with line-drive single to left field. Prado fielded the ball cleanly and unleashed an accurate throw homeward, where David Ross tagged Janish just in time.

According to umpire Dan Iassogna, anyway. Replays suggested that Janish’s foot scrapped the plate just before Ross applied the tag, but then replays suggest a lot of things that don’t get into the record books. Whatever actually happened, Janis was out, the inning over and the Braves still ahead.

Having thrown only 97 pitches, Jurrjens gave way to Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning. Kimbrel’s struggled some lately, and he got into some real trouble in this game, too. Joey Votto led off with a walk. And after Scott Rolen popped out and Bruce struck out, Fred Lewis singled Votto into scoring position. But Kimbrel finally finished off the Reds — and earned his 15th save — by striking out Ramon Hernandez swinging at a high fastball, 98 miles an hour.

Meanwhile, Jurrjens now leads Major League Baseball with a 1.51 ERA.

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Reds Vs. Braves: Atlanta Opens Home Stand With Three Game Set Against Cincinnati

info — Fri, 27 May 2011 21:52:23 +0000

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The Atlanta Braves open a Memorial Day weekend home stand against the Cincinnati Reds Friday night at Turner Field.

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May 27, 2011 – Fresh off of a two game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Atlanta Braves (28-23) open a Memorial Day weekend series against the Cincinnati Reds Friday night at Turner Field. Atlanta finds itself 3.5 games behind the first place Phillies and 2.5 behind the second place Marlins in the National League East. Atlanta comes into the series with two thirds of its regular outfield on the disabled list. Nate McLouth is out of the lineup with an oblique injury while Jason Heyward is out with a shoulder injury.

Cincinnati (26-25) comes into the series scuffling of late having won just two of its last 10 games. The Reds are 11-14 on the road this season and four games behind the Cardinals in the National League’s Central division. The Reds Jay Bruce has been red hot in the month of May hitting .344 with 10 homers and 27 RBI’s.

Pitching match ups

Friday, May 27 – 7:35 p.m.

Tommy Hanson (5-3, 2.72 ERA, 61 strikeouts)

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Mike Leake (3-2, 5.70 ERA, 32 strikeouts)

Saturday, May 28 – 7:10 p.m.

Derek Lowe (3-4, 3.53 ERA, 56 strikeouts)

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Bronson Arroyo (3-5, 5.28 ERA, 42 strikeouts)

Sunday, May 29 – 8 p.m.

Jair Jurrjens (6-1, 1.56 ERA, 33 strikeouts)

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Johnny Cueto (2-1, 2.19 ERA, 15 strikeouts)

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Philadelphia Phillies fall to Cincinnati Reds on Jay Bruce’s three-run ninth-inning double

freelalix — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:00:48 +0000

Jay Bruce’s three-run double off the right-center field wall with two out in the ninth inning broke open a tie game and sent Ryan Madson and the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-3 loss in front of 45,740 fans at Citizens Bank Park.

The Reds got a bunt single from Drew Stubbs, an intentional walk to Joey Votto and an infield single by Scott Rolen, all off Madson, before Bruce’s blast made a loser of Madson (2-1).

The Phils had scored twice in the second on consecutive doubles by Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez and a sacrifice fly by Domonic Brown. They added a fourth-inning run on an Ibanez single and a Carlos Ruiz double off the wall in left.

The Phillies were patient with Reds’ ace Johnny Cueto (2.18 ERA) and forced
him to leave the game after six having thrown 108 pitches.

Cincinnati, who snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Phils, scored in the first on a double by Votto and a single by Rolen, still lustily booed by the crowd.
Brandon Phillips’ soft two-run double lobbed down the right field line tied the game in the fifth.

In his second game back in the lineup, Phils’ second baseman Chase Utley went 1-for-4.

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Reds’ Cueto comes off DL for start against Cubs

InforaTrinkrees — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:06:43 +0000

CHICAGO (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds activated right-hander Johnny Cueto from the 15-day disabled list Sunday so he could start against the Chicago Cubs.

Cueto has been sidelined all season by irritation in his right biceps/triceps and will be making his regular season debut. He had four minor league rehab appearances.

Cueto was 12-7 with a 3.64 ERA last season.

To make room for Cueto on the roster, the Reds optioned right-hander Carlos Fisher to Triple-A Louisville. Fisher was 0-0 and did not allow a run in 4 2/3 innings over three relief outings.

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