Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer deep into the seats in right field, and rookie Johnny Cueto got back to hitting the corners with his 95 mph fastball Monday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a slump-busting 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The Reds ended a five-game losing streak by taking advantage of a pair of errors that set up five unearned runs off Ryan Dempster (4-1), who lost for the…
Posted: May 5th, 2008.
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Johnny Cueto stellar in debut for Reds; Hampton scratched before game, heading back to DL (AP)
Johnny Cueto's debut was better than anyone might have dreamed. Mike Hampton's return was shorter than anyone could have feared. Cueto blew batters away with a 96 mph fastball and allowed nothing more than Justin Upton's solo homer in seven innings ...
Reds 6, Cubs 5 (AP)
The Cubs are still winless at Wrigley Field. This time a big rally by the Reds sent them to another defeat. Josh Hamilton, Adam Dunn and Ken Griffey Jr. had consecutive RBI hits during a six-run fifth inning Friday as the Reds overcame a 5-0 deficit ...
Reds 4, Cubs 0 (AP)
Bronson Arroyo pitched eight strong innings, David Ross hit a three-run homer and the slumping Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0 Friday despite managing just four hits. Rich Aurilia's RBI single and Ross' shot off Carlos Marmol (5-7) during a...
Reds 4, Cubs 0
Bronson Arroyo wasn't thinking about any of it. It didn't matter that the Cincinnati Reds' playoff hopes are just about gone, that the flow of runs had been reduced to a trickle.
His curve was at its best, David Ross hit a three-run homer and the sl...
Slumping Reds shut out Cubs
Bronson Arroyo wasn't thinking about any of it. It didn't matter that the Cincinnati Reds' playoff hopes are just about gone, that the flow of runs had been reduced to a trickle.
His curve was at its best, David Ross hit a three-run homer and the sl...