The Cincinnati Reds have placed shortstop Paul Janish on the bereavement list so he could attend his grandmother's funeral near Houston. The Reds filled his spot by calling up infielder Drew Sutton from Triple-A Louisville. Sutton was batting .268 with two homers and 16 RBIs at Louisville, where he had a seven-game hitting streak intact.

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The Pirates' best hitter on the road gets even better when he's down to his final swing. Ryan Doumit hit a solo homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday night — his second game-deciding homer in three days — and Pittsburgh held on for a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, who couldn't stop the Pirates' Mr.

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Aaron Harang glanced at third base coach Mark Berry and saw him wave his arm emphatically, his way of telling the pitcher to keep running. Keep running? Really? Harang ran on, scoring all the way from first base — barely — in a draining dash that highlighted Cincinnati's winning rally on Monday night.

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The Cincinnati Reds have put right-hander Homer Bailey on the 15-day disabled list after tests found inflammation in his pitching shoulder. Bailey had to leave a game Sunday in Cleveland in the third inning because he felt tightness in the shoulder. Bailey was examined on Monday in Cincinnati. The Reds called up reliever Enerio Del Rosario from Triple-A Louisville to take Bailey's roster spot.

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Jhonny Peralta ended two long streaks with one swing. Peralta singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning Sunday to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3, snap a six-game losing streak and give David Huff his first win since April 15. "It was a clutch win with a clutch hit and some good pitching," said Shelley Duncan, who had a first-inning RBI single to help…

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Cincinnati Reds right-hander Homer Bailey will be evaluated for tightness in his right shoulder that forced him to leave a start against the Cleveland Indians on Sunday. A Reds spokesman said Bailey would be examined by team physician Dr. Timothy Kremchek in Cincinnati on Monday. Bailey retired Travis Hafner on a fly ball to left field after Shin-Soo Choo led off the third inning with a triple.

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Daisuke Matsuzaka took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, losing his bid on Juan Castro's bloop single with two outs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 on Saturday night. Boston made several outstanding defensive plays on hard-hit balls, but it was Castro's soft single over shortstop that finally fell.

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Brooks Conrad hit a pinch-hit grand slam to cap a seven-run ninth inning that gave the Atlanta Braves a stunning 10-9 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday. The Braves fell behind 8-0 against rookie Mike Leake and were still down 9-3 heading to the ninth. Four straight hits, including Nate McLouth's two-run single, gave the Braves hope.

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Dusty Baker knew the Cincinnati Reds needed this win in a major way. A day after blowing a six-run lead in the ninth inning, the Reds rebounded Friday night and defeated the Cleveland Indians 7-4. "That was big," the Reds manager said. "Especially after yesterday." On Thursday, closer Francisco Cordero gave up a game-winning, pinch-hit grand slam to Brooks Conrad in a 10-9 loss.

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