Cincy Pounds 15 Hits, Beat Milwaukee In 10

Drew Stubbs (6) celebrates his home run with teammate, Joey Votto (19)

By:  Coop

The Cincinnati Reds were trying to win the series against Milwaukee, and continue their dominance of the Brewers.  If they were going to pick up the win, Sam LeCure would need to pitch well, and the Reds would have to get enough runs off of Yovani Gallardo.  Well, Same LeCure pitched pretty well, could have been better, and the Reds got a good amount of runs off of Gallardo, as they scored 6 times against the Milwaukee pitcher.  But, those 6 runs were not enough to win the game in regulation, but in 10 innings the Reds came up with the victory, 7-6, here is how.


After the first two batters, Drew Stubbs and Jay Bruce, reached base via single, Joey Votto came up to bat.  Well, he did what he is payed to do, hit home runs.  He hit a 3-run jack to left center field, it was 3-0 Cincinnati, that was in the 1st inning by-the-way.  Still in the 1st, with Gomes on 3rd, Paul Janish hit a sac fly, Gomes would just slide in ahead of the tag, it was 4-0 Redlegs.


The Brewers would battle back, however.  In the 3rd, Carlos Gomez hit a 2 RBI single, Gallardo and Weeks would score, the Reds' lead was cut in half, 4-2 the score.  


Then, in the 4th inning, Lucroy would grounded into a fielder's choice, it would have been a double play, but the throw to 1st was just late, allowing Prince Fielder to score, and it was a 1-run-ballgame, 4-3.  


Milwaukee would tie it up in the 5th when Prince Fielder hit a grounder to 1st, Votto threw to 2nd for the out, Renteria then tried to complete an inning-ending double play, but his throw was wild, as it rolled way behind Bill Bray who was covering 1st, that allowed Weeks to score, the game was tied at 4 thanks to the E6.


The Reds would take their lead back in the 6th when Joey Votto hit an RBI single to plate Edgar Renteria, 5-4.  Then they would get an insurance run when Brandon Phillips hit an RBI single to bring in Stubbs, 6-4 the score.  Brandon Phillips has been doing very well recently, hopefully he can continue the success.  


The Reds 2-run lead would not last very long.  In the Brew Crew's half of the 6th, they would tie it up thanks to RBI's by Kotsay and Weeks.


6-6 would remain the score until the 10th inning.  At bat was Drew Stubbs.  Stubbs hit this one well, it is going back to center field, and it is gone!  It was a 415 foot home run to dead center, putting the Redlegs up 7-6.  In the bottom of the 10th, Francisco Cordero earned the save, his 4th of the year, and sealed the game up, giving the Reds a victory.  LeCure gets a no-decision, while Aroldis Chapman picks up the win, he is now 2-0 this year.


Oh yeah, and just-so-you-know, Jay Bruce had a 4-hit ballgame.


Cincinnati now has a 13-12 record, and are tied with the Cardinals for 1st place in the NL Central, but the Cards have not played yet.  If they win, the Reds are in 2nd, if they lose, the Reds are in 1st alone.  Let's root for the Astros tonight.


Tomorrow is an off-day for Dusty's Boys, and will open up a home stand with a 3-game series versus Florida.  They will play Friday at 7:10 PM ET, the game will be televised on Fox Sports Ohio.