Reds Take A Beating From L.A. in Game 2

By: Jeremy Mays

Last night the L.A. Dodgers defeated the Reds 12-3 last night. Randy Wolf was the winning pitcher and Homer Bailey got his 2nd loss on the year. In the bottom of the 1st inning, Manny Ramitez triples and scores Rafael Furcal and Orlando Hudson and the Dodgers take a 2-0 lead. Jonny Gomes hits a solo home run in the top of the 2nd innings. 2-1 L.A. In the bottom of the 2nd inning, Matt Kemp hits a 2-run home run and scores James Loney also. 4-1 Dodgers leading. Homer Bailey throws a wild pitch and Juan Pierre scores and Los Angeles is winning 5-1. In the bottom of the 3rd, James Loney singles and scores Andre Ethier and Casey Blake. 7-1 L.A. lead. Rafael Furcal singled to left field, also scoring James Loney and Matt Kemp. That would close out the 3rd inning with L.A. leading 9-1. Randy Wolf doubles and scores James Loney in the bottom of the 5th, 10-1 Dodgers. Rafael Furcal hits a 2-run home run scoring Randy Wolf in the 5th and that Dodgers are up 12-1. In the top of the 8th inning, Reds rookie Drew Sutton gets his first career hit on a double that scores Adam Rosales. 12-2 Dodgers leading. In the top of the 9th inning, Joey Votto hit a solo home run, the 13th on the year for him to make hit 12-3 L.A. That would be the final score. Also, on this game, Reds catcher Craig Tatum makes his MLB Debut going 0-2 on the night. The Reds try to avoid the sweep tonight in the series finale at 10:10 PM on FSN-Ohio. Bronson Arroyo (10-8) will be facing Chad Billingsley (9-5).