The Cincinnati Reds continue to dazzle. The NL Central division leaders currently hold an eight game edge over second place St. Louis. On Saturday, the soaring Reds took care of business against the Cardinals’ 17-game winner, Adam Wainwright. Cincinnati cleaned up in a 6-1 win at Busch Stadium to win their seventh game in nine tries. Rookie left-hander, Travis Wood, turned in seven solid innings of one run ball as the Reds bounced back from Friday night’s loss.
Wainwright failed to become the NL’s first 18 game winner and lost for the fourth consecutive start. Wainwright got the hook after five innings and 83 pitches. He was charged with seven hits and five of the six Reds’ runs. Cincinnati came out of the gate swinging, scoring three runs in the top of the first. Aaron Miles misplayed a potential double-play ground ball that left runners on second and third for the Reds. Scott Rolen’s walk loaded the bags and a Ramon Hernandez groundout led to the first run. Jonny Gomes followed with a double to left to tally two more Cincinnati runs. Wainwright absorbed three unearned runs and wasn’t helped by the Cardinals’ offensive malaise. St. Louis mustered a single run against Cincinnati hurlers.
The Redbirds responded with a run in the bottom half of the first. An error on Wood led to the pitcher’s only blemish. He otherwise paced through seven frames with 101 pitches. Matt Holiday’s infield single scored centerfielder, John Jay in the Cardinals’ home half. Holliday finished with two hits in the middle game of the crucial three-game series between the division rivals. The Reds added a run in the second on Brandon Phillips’ RBI single. Cincinnati manufactured two more runs to take the decision. Wood homered to left on the first pitch he saw in the fourth, a sinker from Wainwright. The rookie southpaw held the Redbirds in check after his blast bumped the Reds lead to 5-1. He worked out of a two-out walk in the seventh before handing the ball over to flamethrowing rookie sensation, Aroldis Chapman. Chapman and Francisco Cordero shut St. Louis down through the final two frames. Joey Votta contributed a base hit off Dennys Reyes in the ninth for the game’s final tally. Votta and Gomes had two hits apiece for the winning team. Homer Bailey takes the hill against the Cards’ Chris Carpenter in the afternoon finale on Sunday.
Parting Points: Denard Robinson and Michigan trounced UConn. So what? Let’s see the new quarterback beat up on the Big 10’s best. It appears the Tate Forcier days in maize and blue could be over.
Maria Sharapova ruined Beatrice’s Capa’s U.S. Open run yesterday.
“Champions keep playing until they get it right”- Billie Jean King
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