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Bronson Arroyo pitched well, but not quite well enough Saturday night as the Cubs edged the Reds at Great American Ball Park.
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CINCINNATI — One bad fastball turned into Bronson Arroyo’s undoing.
Kosuke Fukudome hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Arroyo, and the Chicago Cubs finally ended years of futility against the right-hander [...]
Associated Press
Adam Dunn broke out of a prolonged slump with a homer and five RBI, helping the Washington Nationals to a 14-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.
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WASHINGTON — Nationals manager Jim Riggleman had a hunch and it paid off. So did Adam Dunn’s video session, which discovered an easily [...]
Associated Press
Edinson Volquez was bumped Saturday from his scheduled start Sunday, and it appears likely that Aaron Harang indeed will start Tuesday for the Reds.
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CINCINNATI—Edinson Volquez has lost his spot in the Cincinnati Reds’ rotation.
The right-hander was moved into the bullpen Saturday, giving him a chance to try to fix problems in his [...]
Associated Press
Homer Bailey pitched seven solid innings, Brandon Phillips had three hits and three RBI, and the Reds beat the Dodgers 3-1 Friday night.
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LOS ANGELES — The Cincinnati Reds kept rolling along during Johnny Cueto‘s seven-game suspension thanks to a pair of outstanding starts by Homer Bailey.
The right-hander pitched seven solid innings Friday [...]
Associated Press
Homer Bailey replaced the suspended Johnny Cueto and threw six shutout innings, leading the Reds to a shutout victory and a three-game sweep of the Marlins.
NL Central Standings
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CINCINNATI — The best way to get over a depressing sweep? Pull off one of your own.
Miguel Cairo hit a two-run homer and Homer [...]
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
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CINCINNATI — Reds manager Dusty Baker did not enjoy watching most of Tuesday’s game from inside his office after his ejection stemming from the scuffle against the Cardinals.
Cincinnati Reds Manager Dusty Baker
“I don’t know how Bobby Cox does it,” said Baker of the Braves’ manager who is frequently thrown [...]
Associated Press
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo
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CINCINNATI —Colby Rasmus hit his first career grand slam, Adam Wainwright dazzled again and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-1 on Wednesday, completing a three-game sweep that changed the standings and made their point.
The defending NL Central champs, scraped up from a cleat-kicking brawl the [...]
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Umpire Jeff Kellogg, center, tries to keep Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker, right away from memebers of the St. Louis Cardinals team during a bench clearing fight in the first inning of their baseball game in Cincinnati Tuesday Aug. 10, 2010.
NL Central Standings
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CINCINNATI — From their first-inning scrum to the final [...]
Associated Press
Leake, 22, a right-hander who started the year so promisingly, is reeling. He was 5-0 with a 2.25 ERA on June 5. He is 2-4 with a 5.72 ERA since then. He’s given up 14 runs in 8 2/3 innings over his last two starts. Eight of those runs have been unearned, but [...]
Associated Press
Bronson Arroyo improved to 12-6 and lowered his ERA to 3.83.
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CHICAGO — Bronson Arroyo can’t remember the last time the Cincinnati Reds had so much team depth.
This much is certain: They haven’t been at a point like this in 11 years.
Arroyo threw five-hit ball over seven innings in another dominant effort against [...]