One bad fastball turned into Bronson Arroyo's undoing. Kosuke Fukudome hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Arroyo, and the Chicago Cubs finally ended years of futility against the right-hander by beating the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Saturday night. Fukudome's homer in the fifth inning sent Arroyo (14-8) to his first loss against the Cubs since 2007.

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Five pitches, three homers. Jay Bruce had one of those career nights that forced him to think all the way back to Little League for an apt comparison. The Reds? They're doing a flashback to 1995. Bruce homered in three consecutive at-bats Friday night, matching his career high by driving in five runs, and Cincinnati beat the Chicago Cubs 7-1 to keep its two-week playoff surge going full speed.

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Hang onto your catcher's mitts, people. They reportedly clocked Cincinnati Reds prospect Aroldis Chapman at…

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SAN FRANCISCO – Thanks to Joey Votto, blowing a 10-1 lead didn't mean losing the game for the Cincinnati Reds.

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Although the Yankees and Rays continue to hold the top two spots, the plucky Padres keep inching upward.

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Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips left Wednesday’s game against the San Francisco Giants an inning after getting hit by a pitch on his right hand from Santiago Casilla in the fifth.

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The Cincinnati Reds blew a nine-run lead before regrouping to pull off an extraordinary 12-11 win over the San Francisco Giants in Wednesday's clash of two National League playoff contenders. The NL Central-leading Reds took a 10-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth before San Francisco stormed back with a six-run burst in the eighth to take an 11-10 lead.

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Cincinnati Reds center fielder Jim Edmonds went on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right oblique muscle, though the club still hopes he can return for the stretch run. Manager Dusty Baker isn't about to guess when Edmonds might be ready to play again. "I don't know," Baker said before the middle game of the Reds' series with the San Francisco Giants.

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Pat Burrell stopped on his way to the shower and pulled Pablo Sandoval into a celebratory Panda hug. "Come on, baby," Burrell said. It's taken a calculated combination of Giants new, like Burrell, and Giants old, like "Kung Fu Panda" Sandoval, to put San Francisco back in the thick of the playoff chase.

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NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – Canadian baseball star Joey Votto has made the cover of Sports Illustrated.

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