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Let’s recap today’s titanic struggle…. FINAL Minnesota 4 Cincinnati 3 W: S. Diamond (6-3) L: A. Chapman (4-4) S: J. Burton (1) BOX SCORE POSITIVES –None. Well, Mike Leake pitched eight strong innings, surrendering just two runs (on 86 pitches). Joey Votto hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth that looked [...] As expected, the Reds picked up Brandon Phillips’ $12 million option for 2012. Don’t be surprised if they work out an extension soon, a la Bronson Arroyo last off-season. On the other side of the coin, Cincinnati declined the 2012 option on closer Francisco Cordero. CoCo was often great (and sometimes less than great) [...] Let’s recap today’s titanic struggle…. FINAL Philadelphia 6 Cincinnati 4 W: V. Worley (10-1) L: M. Leake (11-9) S: R. Madson (26) BOX SCORE NOT-SO-RANDOM THOUGHTS –Brandon Phillips had a couple of hits, including a double. Chris Heisey returned with a bang, hitting a pinch-hit three-run homer. –Mike Leake was adequate, but not great [...] Tomorrow is September 1st, the time of year for young players to get a “cup of coffee” at the big league level with a chance to catch the GM’s or manager’s eye and hopefully get themselves an opportunity to win a big league job in spring training. Since the Reds are out of the [...] Games Played on 08/22/11 Minor League Players of the Day: Dayton C Chris Berset: He went 3 for 5 with a HR, 2 2B, and a BB. AAA Toledo 3 – Louisville 2 Juan Francisco went 2 for 4 with a 2B. Edinson Volquez got the loss as he went 7.2 IP and allowed [...] Games Played on 08/11/11 Minor League Player of the Day: Billings Mustang, Sean Buckley went 3-5 with a homer and a stolen base. It was his 13th homer in approximately 185 PA. AAA Toledo 6 Louisville 5 11 innings Chris Valaika went 3-5 with 2 doubles, Denis Phipps went 2-4, Juan Francisco went 2-5, [...] |
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