Reds Hold On To Complete Sweep

Travis Wood got the win in the Reds 9-7 win over
the Cardinals, Sunday.

By:  Coop


In front of 24,672 rain-drenched fans, the Reds were trying to complete the sweep of their foes, the St. Louis Cardinals.  Well, they got it, but barley, 9-7 the final, here is how.


Travis Wood gets the win, as he went 6 innings, giving up 2 runs, which were two home runs, on 7 hits, walked one and fanned 3.  T-Wood is now 3-3 on the year.

Scoring Summary

			STL	CIN
	2nd	L Berkman homered to left center.	1	0
	2nd	Y Molina homered to right.	2	0
	3rd	R Hernandez homered to right.	2	1
	4th	S Rolen singled to center, J Bruce to third, J Bruce scored, S Rolen to third on throwing error by center fielder J Jay.	2	2
	4th	F Lewis grounded out to second, S Rolen scored.	2	3
	6th	S Rolen tripled to deep right, B Phillips scored.	2	4
	7th	B Phillips doubled to deep right, M Cairo and D Stubbs scored, J Votto to third.	2	6
	7th	J Bruce doubled to deep right, J Votto and B Phillips scored.	2	8
	8th	C Heisey homered to left.	2	9
	9th	A Craig walked, L Berkman scored, Y Molina to third, G Laird to second.	3	9
	9th	R Theriot doubled to deep center, Y Molina and G Laird scored, A Craig to third.	5	9
	9th	N Punto doubled to left, A Craig and R Theriot scored.	7	9

Francisco Cordero picked up his 7th save of the season.


Another point of interest in this game was the Reds debut of Jose Arredondo.  Jose pitched in the 7th inning, and had a 1-2-3, 12 pitch inning.  Looked good.  


Tomorrow the Reds will play host to another enemy of theirs, the Chicago Cubs.  This will be the 1st of 2 games.  Homer Bailey (2-0, 0.69 ERA) will take the hill for Cincinnati while Carlos Zambrano (4-1, 5.35 ERA) will pitch for the North-Siders. Game time is set for 7:10 PM ET, and will be televised on Fox Sports Ohio.

Arredondo Up, Leake Down

By:  Coop


The Cincinnati Reds have decided to bring up pitcher Jose Arredondo, and send down Mike Leake to AAA Louisville.  


Mike Leake was drafted in 2009, and was selected as the 5th starter of the rotation after spring training in 2010. He skipped over the minor leagues completely, and never wanted to go to the minors, but sometimes you gotta do what's best for the team, and go down.  


Dusty Baker said sending Leake down was one of the hardest decisions he has ever made as a manager.  


Jose Arredondo is coming up to the majors for the 1st time since 2009, when he was a member of the Anaheim Angels.  Jose's rookie year was in 2008 when he was a great setup man, going 10-2, and sporting an ERA of 1.62.  The success did not carry over into 2009 however, as his ERA went up to 6.00, and then underwent Tommy John Surgery.  During his rehab assignment, he had a 2.30 ERA and a 21/6 strikeout to walk ratio.  He pitched 15 2/3 innings.