The Cincinnati Reds ran out of magic against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon as they were unable to come back after giving up two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. The reds lost 4-3, but it was still a winning series for the Reds who took two out of three games from the brewers in Milwaukee.

In the eighth inning, David Weathers allowed three hits and two runs to take the loss. Errors didn’t help out in the inning either as the reds more or less gave this game to the brewers. Bronson Arroyo’s seven innings ended up being worth nothing. Arroyo took the no decision after only giving up five hits and two runs. He shut down a tough brewers offense but didn’t have anything to show for it.

The three runs that the reds did score came in the fifth inning when Jerry Hairston Jr. took CC Sabathia deep for a three run home run. At that time, the reds were up 3-1 and were leading until the bottom of the seventh inning.

The Reds are now off on Thursday and will play the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night.

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The Cincinnati Reds once again struggled at the plate as they were only able to come up with two hit against Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago Cubs.  The Reds ended up losing to the Cubs by the score of 5-1 and have now lost the first two games of a three game series to the Cubs.

The one hit that matters was a solo home run by Adam Dunn in the second inning.  The Reds did get another hit in the ninth inning when Jay Bruce reached on a infield single.  The Reds then loaded the bases with two walks before Brandon Phillips popped out to Derrek Lee to end the game.

Johnny Cueto tossed 6 2/3 innings to take the loss.  Cueto is now 7-9 on the season.  He really struggled in the game because he could not throw his off speed pitches for strikes.  The Cubs were sitting back and just hammering the fast ball all night long.  David Weathers tossed the final 1 2/3 innigs of the game.

Reds will look to avoid the sweep on Thursday afternoon.  I don’t like their chances one bit to be honest.

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The Cinciannti Reds rallied twice in the game but they still fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an exciting game by the score of 6-5 on Tuesday evening.  It took 11 innings before the game was finally over after the Pirates scored twice in the 11th while the Reds were only able to score once.

David Weathers was charged with two runs in the 11th inning to take the loss and fall to 2-4 on the season.  Weathers was charged with a rbi when Jack Wilson tripled in a run and the Nate McLouth singled in another run.  Jeff Burton also gave up one run in the tenth inning which the Reds were able to get back in the bottom of the inning.

Reds starting pitcher Edinson Volquez gave up seven hits and three runs over 5 1/3 innings of action to get the no decision.  It was the usual Volquez that we have become accustomed to seeing out there.  Volquez didn’t keep the Reds in the game however, the offense and bullpen just couldn’t quite get things done.

Brandon Phillips went 3-5 in the game with a two run home run as he finished with a game high four rbi.  Jerry Hairston Jr. had the other rbi for the Reds when he singled in the 11th inning to score Jay Bruce.  The Reds left 20 runners on base so they did have their chances to score more runs in the game.

The Reds can still win the series with a victory on Wednesday.  Will they do it?  Leave us a comment and let us know your opinion!  Reds Blog

Johnny Cueto and the Reds bullpen (notably David Weathers, Jared Burton and Francisco Cordero) shut out the Cleveland Indians to win the vaunted “Ohio Cup”, for whatever that’s worth.  Adam Dunn hit a solo shot in the top of the first, but the big blow was a bases-loaded, bases-clearing double by Paul Bako in the fourth.  Brandon Phillips drove in the final run with a seventh-inning single.

Indians starter Paul Byrd absorbed his ninth loss of the season.

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Hey Reds fans, Cliff here filling in for Dave who wasn’t able to watch the game last night.  The Cincinnati Reds had problems with the St. Louis Cardinals last night as they lost 7-2.  The Reds were behind 5-2 after four innings and did not score the rest of the game as they lost the first game of three against the Cardinals.

Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey was roughed up for eight hits and five runs in only 3 2/3 innings.  Bailey is now 0-2 on the season with a 6.30 era.  Bailey gave up two home runs in the third inning which pretty much forced him to leave the game.  He walked three batters and just didn’t have good control of the ball.

Relief pitcher Mike Lincoln tossed 2 1/3 inning of scoreless baseball before he turned things over to David Weathers who allowed one run.  Jeremy Affeldt pitched the final two innings of the game and also gave up one run.

The two runs that the Reds did get came in the fourth inning when Joey Votto went deep for a two run home run.  Adam Dunn scored on the home run by Votto.  The Reds offense only had five hits on the game while striking out five times and leaving 16 runners on base.

The same two teams will battle it out again on Wednesday night and it will be Johnny Cueto on the mound for the Reds and Braden Looper on the mound for the Cardinals.  Reds Blog

The Cincinnati Reds knocked out Pittsburgh Pirates starter Tom Gorzelanny in the first inning as they scored six first inning runs and then went on to beat the Pirates by the score of 9-1.

David Ross went 2-4 with a two run home run and four rbi in the game.  Joey Votto had two rbi in the game as well as he continues to swing a good bat.  Jerry Hairston Jr., Ken Griffey Jr., Edwin Encarnacion all had one rbi in the game to help out.

Bronson Arroyo improved to 4-4 on the season as he pitched six innings to pick up the win.  Arroyo was very good as he only gave up three hits and one run in his six innings of action.  Mike Lincoln, David Weathers, and Bill Bray all pitched a scoreless inning of relief behind Arroyo.  Great job by all four pitchers!

We should also mention that Corey Patterson was sent down to Triple A before the game.

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Cincinnati Reds reliever David Weathers gave up a rbi single in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Reds lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5.  With the loss the Reds fall three games under .500 at 21-24 on the season.

Weathers drops to 1-3 as he took the loss for the Reds.  Weathers walked two batters and gave up two hits in the ninth inning.  Reds starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo tossed five innings while giving up nine hits and five runs.

The middle part of the bullpen did a great job between Arroyo and Weathers.  Jeremy Affeldt, Mike Lincoln, and Bill Bray combined to piched three scoreless inning.

Adam Dunn hit his fifth home run in as many games against the Dodgers when he went deep for a two run shot in the third inning.  Dunn led the Reds with three rbi in the game.  Corey Patterson and Brandon Phillips both had one rbi in the game as well.

The Reds will need to come back and pick up a victory against the Dodgers on Tuesday if they want to stay close to the Cardinals and Cubs in the division.  Reds Blog

Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Edinson Volquez improved to 6-1 on the season as the Reds beat the Florida Marlins 5-3 on Tuesday night.  Volquez tossed six innings and gave up seven hits and one run in the game.

Jared Burton and David Weathers were the two pitchers out of the bullpen that gave up one run each for the Reds.  It would have been nice to see them pitch as well as Bill Bray and Francisco Cordero did.  Cordero picked up his seventh save of the season in the game.

Joey Votto connected for his eighth home run in the game which was a solo home run in the seventh inning.  Ryan Freel, Jeff Keppinger, Adam Dunn, and David Ross all had one rbi as well in the game.

The Reds will be without Keppinger for quite a while however has he left the game in the bottom of the fourth inning with a fracture left patella.

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The Cincinnati Reds and Florida Marlins combined for five home runs on Monday night as they put up 15 runs on the scoreboard.  Good thing for the Reds however, they came out on top by the score of 8-7.

Jeff Keppinger and Brandon Phillips both hit two run home runs in the seventh inning to spark a four run inning for the Reds.  Besides those four rbi, Corey Patterson and Adam Dunn both had a rbi each in the game.

Aaron Harang threw seven inning as he gave up seven hits and four runs.  Harang finally picked up his secon win of the season as he improved to 2-5 on the season.

David Weathers pitched part of the eighth inning but gave up a hit and allowed two runs.  Jeremy Affeldt gave up another run in the inning before Francisco Cordero was finally able to get the Reds out of it.

The Reds are now 16-23 on the season as they battle their way back up to the .500 mark.

The Cincinnati Reds avoided the sweep as they hammered the Chicago Cubs 9-2 on Thursday afternoon.  The Reds came up with some big hits against Ted Lilly and kept the Cubs bats cooled down which they didn’t do the first two games of the series.

Joey Votto had a huge day for the Reds as he bases loaded triple and then a two-run home run to finish with five RBI.  Ken Griffey Jr. hit a three run home run and finished with three RBI.  Ryan Freel also had one RBI.

Edinson Volquez earned the win as he pitched five innings and only allowed one earned run.  Volquez got in trouble early in the game as some close calls didn’t go his way, but he was able to wiggle his way out of the jams.  Good job by Volquez!

Jared Burton pitched two innings foloowing Volquez and allowed one run on three hits.  David Weathers and Todd Coffey pitched the final two innings and held the Cubs down.

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