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6.21.2009

Reds fall to the White Sox in Game 2

By Jeremy Mays
The Reds lost to the Chicago White Sox 10-8 in the Civil Rights Game. Clayton Richard pitched 3.0 innings and started for the White Sox, giving up 3 earned runs. Johnny Cueto pitched 4.2 innings and gave up 5 earned runs. D.J. Carrasco got the win and Daniel Ray Herrera was given the loss. Bobby Jenks came on in the bottom of the 9th to get his 16th save of the year. In the bottom of the 1st, Willy Taveras goes to steal 3rd base and A.J. Pierzynski made a throwing error attempting to throw out Willy Taveras at 3rd, and that lead to both Taveras and Brandon Phillips scoring to make it 2-0 Reds. In the bottom of the 3rd, Willy Taveras scored on a sac fly hit by Jerry Hairston Jr. 3-0 Reds. Brandon Phillips steals his 10th base of the year and Jonny Gomes would knock him in with a 2-run blast to close out the 3rd inning. 5-0 Reds. Gordon Beckham hit a 3-run home run in the top of the 4th that also scored Brian Anderson and Chris Getz that made it 5-3 Reds. In the top of the 5th, Scott Podsednick hit his 2nd home run of the year to make it 5-4 Reds. A.J. Pierzynski would also hit a home run in the 5th inning to tie the game at 5-5. The White Sox would take the lead in the 6th inning off a 3-run home run by Alexei Ramirez that scored former Reds Dewayne Wise and A.J. Pierzynski. 8-5 Chicago. In the bottom of the 7th, the Reds would break through scoring 2 runs. Wilkin Castillo singled to center field that scored Jerry Hairston. 8-6 White Sox. Ramon Hernandez also singled that scored Brandon Phillips and made it 8-7 Chicago. The White Sox would score again in the 8th when Scott Podsednik singled to right field scoring Gordon Beckham. 9-7 Chicago Alexei Ramirez would double and score Dewayne Wise that made it 10-7 White Sox. In the bottom of the 9th, Jay Bruce would hit his 17th home run of they year to make the game 10-8 White Sox and that would be the final score. Tune in at 1:10 PM to see the series finale on FSN-Ohio.

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