The Cincinnati Reds were hosting the Houston Astros in the 2nd game of the 3 game series, Cincinnati was trying to go 10 over .500, while the Astros were just trying to get a win, even though they need about 15 more wins to be close to the Reds. Aaron Harang was on the hill for the Reds, he pitched well, and for the 2nd night in a row, the Reds had the bats going, as the Reds win 12-2, here's how.
To start things off, in the 2nd inning, Manzella hit an RBI ground out, it was 1-0 with Houston on top. The Reds would score in their half of the 2nd inning as well, in fact they got not 1, but 2 runs in that inning. The first run was off of a solo home run for Jay Bruce, the other run was off of an RBI single for Ramon Hernandez, and it was 2-1, Cincinnati on top. The Reds would score again in the 3rd when Cairo hit an RBI double that plated Cabrera, it was 3-1, but the Reds would score 5 more runs in that inning. Scott Rolen hit a single that plated two runners, then Jay Bruce would hit a 2-run jack, and Hernandez would hit his first homer of 2010, it was a solo home run, and it was 8-1. The Reds scored again in the 4th when Cairo hit a solo home run, his 2nd as a Red, it was 9-1. In the 5th inning, Drew Stubbs and Ramon Hernandez were fighting over who was taller, so they went back-to-back to found out, it was 11-1. Then, in the 7th inning, Paul Janish hit an RBI single to plate Stubbs, it was 12-1.
The Astros would get a run in the 9th off of a sac fly by Manzella, it was 12-2, and that is how it finished. The Reds are now 2 games ahead in the NL Central, and are 10 over .500 with a record of 30-20. As for Harang, he picks up the win and goes 7 innings, gave up 4 hits, 1 ER, 2 BB, and 4 K's. A nice preformance from the Reds in front of a crowd of 32,000 plus.
The Reds will try and complete the sweep tomorrow, as it is Mike Leake (4-0, 2.70 ERA) against Felipe Paulino (0-7, 5.08 ERA). The game will be at 1:10 PM ET and televised on FS Ohio.
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