Homer Bailey Shines In Return Fromm DL, Reds Win 10-4

Homer Bailey looked great in his first start since
coming off the DL.

By:  Coop


Homer Bailey was making his first start since 2010, as he was coming off the DL.  Bailey was looking to have a good first game of 2011, and help the Reds win the series vs. Houston.  That he did, he looked great, and the Reds got him enough run support as well, Cincy wins 10-4, here is how.


The Reds scored first, as in the 2nd inning, Ryan Hanigan hit an RBI single, Bruce would score, it was 1-0.


In the bottom of the 4th, Ryan Hanigan would be back at it when he hit a 2 RBI single to left, Votto and Bruce scored, 3-0.


An inning later, Edgar Renteria hit an RBI single to right, Chris Heisey would come around to score, it was 4-0.


The Astros would get on the board in the 6th when Hunter Pence hit an RBI single to plat Bourgeois, 4-1 the score. 


The Reds would answer back in their half of the 6th when hit a sac fly, Gomes scored, Reds back up by 4.  Same inning, Fred Lewis was welcomed to Cincinnati with a solo home run to right center, his first as a Red, it was 6-1 with those good ole Reds on top.


If you tune into a game where the score is 6-1, you would think it is a laugher, well it was, until the Astros 7th inning.  Aroldis Chapman came in to pitch, and suddenly the bases were loaded with 2 outs.  Jason Bourgeois walked, a run scored, 6-2.  Okay, not a bad score, 4 is still a good lead, let's just get out of this inning and then get the bats out.  But that did not happen, Hunter Pence hit a 2 RBI single, Downs and Bourn scored, 6-4 the score, and now it was a game.  But not for too long.


In the Reds 8th inning, yesterday's hero, Jay Bruce, hit a home run to right center, his 6th of the year, and the lead was  3.  The Redlegs would get more runs in the 8th.  One run was scored thanks to a Drew Stubbs RBI double, another was thanks to a Chris Heisey sac fly, and the final run was scored thanks to an Edgar Renteria RBI single. 


So the Reds win it 10-4, a lot of players looked good today, like Bruce, Hanigan, Lewis, Stubbs Renteria etc. But that is not the story of the game.  The story of the game was that Homer Bailey made his first start this year, and went 6 innings, gave up 4 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk, and fanned 7, earning the win.  Good job by #34.


Later today the Reds will hope on the plane and travel to the Windy City for a 3 game series with the Cubs.  Tomorrow they will play at 2:20 PM ET, and the game will be televised on Fox Sports Ohio.

Reds Win In 10!

Edgar Renteria came in as a pinch hitter in the 10th
inning, and delivered a walk off RBI single

By:  Coop


The Florida Marlins won yesterday, and the Reds looked pretty terrible until late in the game.  Well, today, the Reds looked terrible until late in the game too.  Last night, the Reds' 9th inning rally was not enough to win the game, but today, their 8th and 10th inning rallies were enough, they win it 4-3, here is how.


In the 1st inning, Omar Infante hit an RBI single to center, Coghlan scored, it was 1-0.  So Edinson Volquez gives up another 1st inning run.


In the 8th inning, Wes Helms hit an RBI double, two runs would score, it was 3-0 Fish.  Those two runs came off Aroldis Chapman by-the-way, his first two earned runs Chapman has given up this year.


In the Cincinnati 8th, there were two outs, and none on.  Then the Reds put together 5 strait hits, including a Jonny Gomes RBI single, a Miguel Cairo RBI single, and a Paul Janish RBI single.  Just like that the Reds tied the game up, 3-3 the score.


The game would remain tied until the 10th.  Brandon Phillips lead off the inning with a walk, followed by a Jonny Gomes walk.  Then Miguel Cairo laid down a bunt in front of the plate, the pitcher, Mike Dunn, threw it to 1st, and the throw forced the 1st baseman to come off the bag, Cairo would reach, the bases were loaded and no one was out.  A great situation for the Reds.  At-bat was Ramon Hernandez, they brought some outfielders in, so there were 6 infielders, including the pitcher, Ramon was looking to at least hit a fly ball to deep center, but instead he hit a grounder to short, Rameriaz would go home to get the force out.  The bases were still loaded though, but with 1 out.  Paul Janish was the batter now, and he popped one up!  Was it a sac fly to win the game?!  No, it was a little pop up to 1st, two gone.  Then Edgar Renteria came up as a pinch hitter, 1-2 was the count, and he hit one to left field, a BASE HIT, A RUN SCORES, AND THE REDS WIN! The former Marlin punishes his old team with a walk off single.  


The Reds are now over .500, 14-13 their record, and sit 2 games behind St. Louis for 1st place in the NL Central.


The Reds will not play until next month.  Or tomorrow, how ever you want to look at it.  Game time is set for 4:10 (later start due to the Flying Pig Marathon), the game will be televised on Fox Sports Ohio.


For highlights of this game, click HERE

Reds Suffer First Loss Of Season

Sam LeCure got a no-decision in the Reds loss to
Houston, 3-2, on Thursday.

By:  Cooper Ledford 


The Cincinnati Reds were wrapping up their three-game series vs. Houston, as well as their home stand before they head to the desert to take on the D-Backs.  The Reds were 5-0 so far, and were looking to go to 6-0.  If they wanted to do so, they would need to do well against Brett Myers.  They did okay, but not good enough, as they lost 3-2, here is how.


The Astros got on the board first when Hunter Pence hit an RBI ground-out in the 1st, the score was 1-0.


The Reds answered back in the 2nd when Edgar Renteria hit an RBI double to center, allowing Gomes to score, the game was tied at 1.


Houston was able to retake the lead in the 4th when Wallace hit an RBI ground-out to plate Carlos Lee, 2-1.


Cincinnati would tie the game once again in the 7th when Scott Rolen went yard for the 2nd time this season, 2-2.


But the Astros would take the lead in the 9th when Downs hit an RBI double to plate Wallace, 3-2 the score.


In the bottom of the 9th, the Reds tried hard to at least tie it with two outs.  Phillips hit a single, Votto reached as well, then came Ramon Hernandez.  We all know what he did on Opening Day, could he do it again?  Another 3-run walk-off homer?  Nope, he grounded into a fielder's choice to end the game.


Sam LeCure was the pitcher, and he looked pretty good, as he went 5 innings, gave up 3 hits, 2 earned runs, walked 2 and fanned 6.  He gets a no-decision.  Nick Masset pitched the final two inning of the game, and he gets the loss as he allowed 1 run to score in the 9th.  The winner is Abad who went 1.1 innings giving up 1 hit and 1 walk.


So the Reds lose, sending 20,104 people home sad.  But as Jim Day said "161-1 is not bad".  We can hope, can't we?  If you are a Reds fan like me, this is not a big deal, 5-1 is still one of the best records in the National League, and this is only 1 game out of 162.  


Next the Reds will get on the plane and head to Arizona to take on the Diamondbacks for a three-game weekend series.  They will play tomorrow at 9:40 PM ET and will be televise on Fox Sports Ohio.