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Reds beat Pirates in 13th
The media had finished with Brandon Phillips late Wednesday night when a voice from the back of sports writer huddle threw one more question at the Reds second baseman. “Excuse me,” outfielder Donald Lutz asked, “where did you get that shirt?” Minutes after rescuing the Reds with a bases-loaded single ...
Baker hopes feud with Pirates ends soon
The beanball war between the Pirates and Reds has lasted almost a year. Pirates starter Charlie Morton fired the latest salvo Tuesday, plunking Shin-Soo Choo with the first pitch he threw. Reds starter Mat Latos didn’t retaliate, maybe because he didn’t want to be fined again and also because the ...
Reds blanked by Pirates
Reds starter Mat Latos peeked out the door of the clubhouse, saw the media scrum coming and said, “The streak’s over.” Latos had grown a little tired of hearing about how he hadn’t lost in his last 21 starts, a franchise-record streak that didn’t include his defeat in Game 5 ...
‘Old man’ Arroyo pitching better than ever
Bronson Arroyo doesn’t look like an old man. He has the best hair on the team. He might be in the best shape of any Reds pitcher. He starts or punctuates many sentences with, “Man,” like a teenager might do but can talk at length and with authority about any ...
Cozart’s batting average on rise
Dr. Dusty Baker has discovered a new disease. He calls it homerunitis.“It’s not deadly,” the Reds manager said, “but it’ll sure make your life miserable when you get it.”Baker brought up the ailment when he was asked about shortstop Zack Cozart, who has been swinging a hot bat because he’s ...
Choo gets a day off on Father’s Day
Shin-Soo Choo carried a homemade Father’s Day card into the clubhouse before Sunday’s game against the Brewers at Great American Ball Park. He proudly showed it to the first teammate he saw, Jay Bruce, and pointed out that it was written half in Korean and half in English. One part ...
Cueto puts Reds on his back
Reds ace Johnny Cueto put his teammates on his back Sunday in his return from the disabled list — in the literal and figurative senses. Cueto survived a collision with third baseman Jack Hannahan in the third inning. Both players charged a grounder, and Hannahan ran into and over Cueto’s ...
Reds blanked at home for first time since 2011
In some ways, a can-do spirit has defined the 2013 Reds. They had overcome a multitude of injuries to key players and a number of depressing late-inning losses to record the second-best record in baseball through Friday. Saturday, however, was a didn’t-d0 kind of day. A crowd of 37,519 at ...
Reds put Broxton on DL
Reds manager Dusty Baker turned 64 on Saturday. Reliever Jonathan Broxton turns 29 today.Baker might have wished for a healthy bullpen if he blew out any candles before Saturday’s game against the Brewers at Great American Ball park, and Baker’s wish would have been Broxton’s gain — it just won’t ...
Reds manager Baker misses his dad on Father’s Day
The Reds have no shortage of youth this season with rookies Donald Lutz, Derrick Robinson and Curtis Partch on the roster at the moment, and that doesn’t even include the actual youths on the team.Reds manager Dusty Baker’s son Darren is often in uniform, along with Miguel Cairo’s son, Christian, ...
Bruce’s blast in 10th propels Reds
A day after watching the Cubs celebrate as if they had won the World Series, the Reds got to dance around like little kids themselves.Jay Bruce hit a walk-off home run to left with one out in the 10th inning, and catcher Ryan Hanigan doused him with a bucket of ...
Partch puts unfortunate debut behind him
Curtis Partch didn’t have far to go to reach the dugout after his major-league debut Sunday.He walked 100 feet or so, just like every other Reds pitcher at the end of the inning. It must have felt like the longest walk of his life, however. When he reached the bench, ...
Votto gets first day off of season
Joey Votto’s Cal Ripken impersonation ended Friday. For the first time this season, the Reds first baseman wasn’t in the starting lineup.Votto was the only Red to play in the first 67 games. Jay Bruce appeared in 66 of the first 67, and Shin-Soo Choo had 65 appearances.Reds manager Dusty ...
Raiders sign two players from Texas
When Wright State coach Billy Donlon says, “Maybe we’ll join a league in Texas,” he’s not trying to start another Horizon League rumor. It’s merely a statement about the Texas flavor his roster has after the signing of two residents of the Lone Star State on Wednesday: Mark Howell of ...
Florida well represented in Witt recruiting class
Coach Joe Fincham spent spring break with his family in Florida. He wasn’t recruiting — hard to do that when you’re building sandcastles with your three kids — though you might think otherwise after looking at the list of 2013 Wittenberg football recruits.The Tigers had 17 players from on the ...
Wright State picks up commitment from another Texas guard
The Wright State men’s basketball team picked up another verbal commitment Monday when Iowa Western Community College announced 6-foot freshman guard Ryan Bowie had accepted a scholarship to play at Wright State. Bowie, a native of Lewisville, Texas, averaged 9.8 points and 3.9 rebounds and led the team in 3-point ...
Cardinals rally to beat Reds in 10th
The Reds looked forward to finding out where they stood with three games against the best team in baseball, the Cardinals. Now they know. St. Louis beat Cincinnati 11-4 in 10 innings on Sunday night at Great American Ball Park in a game that ended one minute before midnight. The ...
Robinson hits second for second straight game
Reds left fielder Derrick Robinson seized his first chance to hit second in the order, collecting the first two doubles of his career in Saturday night’s 4-2 win over the Cardinals. Manager Dusty Baker gave the rookie another opportunity Sunday night in the final game of the three-game series. “It ...
Latos on historic roll for Reds
Mat Latos is a superstitious type. He jumps over the first-base line on the way to the mound, even if he has to take an awkward hop or shuffle step to do it. On Saturday, Latos literally knocked on wood — the side of his locker — when he was ...
Reds bounce back against Cards
A Reds fan called a sports writer before Saturday’s game and wondered how he could get in touch with the Reds so he could offer his advice to the hitters. Manager Dusty Baker wasn’t getting it done, he said. The hitting coach, Brook Jacoby, needed some help. Who could he ...
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