Reds End Spring With Win Over Tribe

By:  Cooper Ledford


The two teams that were share Goodyear, Arizona, as their spring home, the Indians and Reds, were going at it today.  The Indians were playing host.  This was the final Spring Training Game for the Reds, as they will soon head back to Cincinnati and get ready for Opening Day.  This looked like it would be interesting, as the Reds had Bronson Arroyo on the hill.  If you missed it, Bronson has mono, and people were worried about him, and how good he would do this season.  Well, today, he looked fine, looked really good, but I'll talk about him later.   Back to the game, the Reds beat the Indians 8-3.  Here is how.


In the top of the 1st, Jay Bruce hit an RBI single to bring in Phillips, 1-0 Cincy.


Cleveland would answer back in their half of the 1st when Shin-Soo Choo hit a solo home run to tie the game.


Jonny Gomes must not like tie games, because in the top of the 4th, Jonny Gomes, who hit a homer yesterday, went yard, a solo home run, 2-1 the score.  The Reds would add another run in the 5th when Joey Votto hit an RBI single to plate Stubbs, the score now 3-1.


But, Cleveland would bring back the one-run game in the 5th when Choo hit his 2nd jack of the game, another solo homer, 3-2 the score.


There would be no scoring until the Reds half of the 8th when Juan Francisco hit an RBI single to bring in Mike Costanzo (remember him from yesterday?), 4-2 the score.  But that was only the 1st of the 4 runs the Reds would score in that inning.  The 2nd run was scored when Chris Heisey hit an RBI one-bagger to plate Francisco, 5-2.  The 3rd run was scored when Paul Janish grounded into a force out, but with Denis Phipps on 3rd, that would be an RBI, as Phipps would score, 6-2.  The final run of the inning was scored when Jake Kahaulelio hit a RBI single to left, Janish would score, 7-2 the score at the end of the rally inning.


The Tribe would add a run in their 8th when Jordan Brown hit a sac fly to bring home Sanchez, 7-3 the score.


In the top of the 9th, just for the heck-of-it, Ryan Hanigan added a run with an RBI single to plate Heisey, 8-3 the final, and that is how she finished.


As promised, I will talk about Bronson Arroyo.  The high-kicking #61 went 6.1 innings, gave up 6 hits, 2 earned runs, walked 1, and struck-out  3.  So a nice final Spring Training outing for Bronson in front of 4108 people in Goodyear, Arizona.


The Reds finish Spring Training Games with a 17-14-2 record.


So Reds fans, are you excited like me?  You better be, because Opening Day is only 2 days away.  Don't forget about it.  The Cincinnati Reds will battle the Milwaukee Brewers, Thursday, at 2:10 PM ET, the game will be televised on Fox Sports Ohio, and Local 12.  Pitching in that game will be Edinson Volquez.