By: Cooper Ledford
The Cincinnati Reds were starting a three game series with the defending NL Champions, the Philadelphia Phillies, as it is the last home series before going on an 11 game road trip before the All-Star Game. In game one of the series, the Reds won 7-3, as Johnny Cueto had a stellar night, as he picked up win #8, and Scott Rolen hit his 300th career home run, and also, the Lefty, Bill Bray made his first MLB appearance since 2008 after having Tommy John's surgery, here is how all of the runs were scored.
In the bottom of the 4th inning, Scott Rolen hit a 2-run homer, to give the Reds a 2-0 lead, and as I mentioned, it was his 300th home run of his career, congratulations to him. Later on, in the bottom of the 6th, Joey Votto hit an RBI single to right field to bring in Johnny Cueto, it was 3-0 Redlegs on top. Same inning, Scott Rolen hit a sac fly to center field, that would plate Brandon Phillips, and the Reds had a 4-0 lead.
The Phillies would get on the board when Raul Ibanez hit an RBI single after a triple off of the center field wall by Ryan Howard, it was 4-1, good guys still on top.
Cincinnati would then get two runs in the bottom of the 7th, the first run was plated when Ramon Hernandez hit his 8th two-bagger of the season, it scored Drew Stubbs, it was 5-1. The second run of the inning was off of the bat of Orlando Cabrera, as he hit an RBI single to plate Hernandez, 6-1 was the score. Then, in the 8th inning the Reds would pick up one more insurance run in the 8th inning, when Chris Heisey hit a sac fly to bring around Jay Bruce, it was 7-1.
Then, in the top of the 9th inning, Bill Bray took over on the hill for the first time in the MLB since 2008, after having surgery on his left arm, as I told you, and after months of rehab, he is back in the big club. After getting the first two outs, he gave up a base hit to Jayson Werth, then Raul Ibanez made him pay as he hit a 2-run jack to right field, 7-3 was the score, but Bill Bray was able to strikeout Dane Sardinha to end the game, and the Reds hold on to 1st place in the NL Central irregardless of what St. Louis does, and they improve their record to 43-34.
Johnny Cueto got the win, as he is now 8-2, tonight he went 8 innings, gave up 6 hits, 1 ER, and believe it or not, no strikeouts, but it does not matter, as he makes another great start. Kyle Kendrick is the loser as he is now 4-3 and goes 6.1 innings, gave up 8 hits, 5 ER, no walks, and had 4 strikeouts.
Tomorrow the Reds will try and at least win the series, as it is Mike Leake (5-1, 2.92) on the hill vs. Joe Blanton (3-5, 6.53 ERA). This is a game the Reds need to win, because in the final game of the series, Mr. Perfect, Roy Halladay will be facing off TBA for the Reds. The pitcher is TBA because Sam LeCure was sent down to AAA Louisville. Anyways, back to game 2, the game is at 7:10 PM ET and will be televised on FS Ohio.
CONGRATULATIONS TO SCOTT ROLEN ON HITTING HOME RUN #300, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BILL BRAY ON RETURNING TO THE MLB!
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