In the 4th and final game of the series between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants, the Reds won 7-6, and overcame a four run deficit. The rookie, Mike Leake had his first career "bad" start, or at least his worst so far. However, the Reds had the bats going late in the game, and saved Leake from getting his first MLB loss. Here is all of the scoring plays.
In the top of the 1st inning, Aubrey Huff hit an RBI double to bring in the "Panda", it was 1-0 San Fran on top. It was 2-0 in the 2nd, after Aaron Rowand went yard for the 6th time this season, it was a solo home run. Then, in the 3rd inning, Aubrey Huff hit a solo home run, and it was a 3-0 lead for the Giants. Then, same inning, Bengie Molina hit an RBI single to plate Uribe to make it 4-0.
The Reds would get on the board when Joey Votto walked with the bases loaded, Mike Leake came across to score, 4-1 was our score. Then, same inning (the Reds would have one heck of a 3rd inning, they scored 4 runs) Scott Rolen hit a sac fly, Brandon Phillips would be plated, it was 4-2. Then, Paul Janish would score off of an RBI single by Jonny Gomes, it was 4-3. "The Battlin' Redlegs" (to quote Jim Day) would tie it up when Jay Bruce hit an RBI single to allow Votto to score, it was 4-4.
The Reds would give up their lead in the 5th, when Pat Burrell reached on a fielding error by Scott Rolen, Buster Posey came around to score, it was 5-4. The G-Men would take the lead by a sixth of a dozen (2) in the 7th, when Freddy Sanchez hit an RBI single to bring around Aaron Rowand to score, it was 6-4.
Then, in the 8th inning (incase you could not tell by the title of this article) the Reds got the job done, as they scored 3 runs. The first and second run came off of the bat of Brandon Phillips, as he hit a triple, yes, a TRIPLE, that means Brandon Phillips had to hustle, and he did. Anyways, Hesiey and Hernandez scored, it was 6-6, and that was BP's 4th hit of the day (4-5). Then, Joey Votto would bring Phillips home from third off an RBI single, that just got past the pitcher, Mota, the Reds took the lead, 7-6, and held on. Yes, they held on, which means Franscico Cordero did his job, I'm talkin' about a 1,2,3 inning baby! So, the Reds win and are now 35-26, as they split the series with San Francisco, and are now 1.5 games ahead of the Cards for 1st place in the NL Central.
As for Mike Leake, he went 4.1 innings (shortest outing of career), gave up 5 ER (most of career) and gave up 11 hits, 4 BB, and only 2 K's. But, it's all fine and dandy as the Reds win and he is still undefeated at 5-0. Arthur Rhodes (2-1) got the win, Cordero got the save, and Mota got the loss (0-2).
The Reds will next host the Kansas City Rolyals as inter-league play resumes. Game one will be at 7:10 PM ET and will be back on local TV on FS Ohio.
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