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Cueto, Janish lead first-place Reds past Pirates

Associated Press

Cueto is 11-2 overall with a 3.24 ERA. He’s won five straight decisions and has a 1.40 ERA over nine starts.

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PITTSBURGH — Johnny Cueto vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates is quickly becoming one of baseball’s biggest mismatches.

Cueto dominated the Pirates again over six innings, Paul Janish homered and drove in four runs and [...]

Reds' Cabrera lands on DL with oblique injury

By M.Bowman / Staff Contributor and Wire Reports

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PITTSBURGH — The Cincinnati Reds placed shortstop Orlando Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday. He suffered a strained left oblique during a ninth-inning swing on Monday.

“I don’t know,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said when asked how long Cabrera would be out. “It has to be [...]

Reds fall to Bucs, but remain in first place

Associated Press

Leake pitched five innings and allowed a career-high seven runs (six earned). He walked one and struck out two.

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PITTSBURGH — It took their best player getting hit near his head with a pitch to awaken Pittsburgh’s offense enough to snap another losing streak.

Rookie Neil Walker had three hits and drove in [...]

Wood, fill-in Cairo lead Reds past Pirates 4-0

Associated Press

Wood, a rookie left-hander, pitched seven innings of two-hit shutout ball to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 before a crowd of 15,172 at PNC Park. He walked only one and struck out four.

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PITTSBURGH — The atmosphere wasn’t the same, the lineup wasn’t the same. Not that it mattered to rookie Travis Wood [...]

Phils finish 4-game sweep of Reds with 1-0 win

Associated Press

Matt Maloney (0-2) allowed a run and four hits in six innings.

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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies just keep finding ways to win.

Cole Hamels tossed six-hit ball into the eighth inning, Jimmy Rollins drove in the only run and the Phillies completed a four-game sweep of the NL Central-leading Cincinnati Reds with [...]

Reds collapse, lose 2nd extra-inning game in a row

Associated Press

Rookie Mike Leake had a 7-1 lead with just three outs to go for his first complete game when the unthinkable happened. The Phillies scored six runs in the ninth, and Ryan Howard finished off the Reds in the 10th.

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PHILADELPHIA — Before fireworks exploded above the ballpark, the Philadelphia Phillies bats [...]

Schneider’s homer lifts Phillies over Reds 4-3

Associated Press

Johnny Cueto gave up two runs — one earned — and four hits in seven innings.

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PHILADELPHIA — Unhappy with a defensive gaffe, Brian Schneider made up for it at the plate.

Schneider hit a game-ending homer in the 12th inning, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 4-3 victory over the NL Central-leading Cincinnati [...]

Reds' Hernandez recovering.

Associated Press

Cincinnati Reds starting catcher Ramon Hernandez recovering from a sore knee.

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NEW YORK — Reds catcher Ramon Hernandez missed his third straight game on Wednesday vs. the Mets due to a sore left knee. Hernandez could return for the upcoming series against the Phillies.

“He’s available in an emergency or the eighth, ninth innings [...]

Rollins hits 2-run HR in 9th, Phils beat Indians 7-6

Associated Press

Jayson Werth added a solo homer for the Phillies.

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PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollins hit the first game-ending homer of his career, a two-run shot with one out in the ninth inning Wednesday night that lifted the Philadelphia Phillies over the Cleveland Indians 7-6.

Trailing 6-5, the Phillies rallied against Kerry Wood (1-3). Brian [...]

Phillies down Indians 2-1

Associated Press

Jamie Moyer got his eighth win of the season — and allowed his 505th career home run — while giving the Indians just two hits over eight innings of Tuesday's 2-1 victory in Philadelphia.

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PHILADELPHIA — Jamie Moyer tied a record with his 505th homer allowed but that was his only blemish [...]