The Reds Down the Brewers

In a game that was highlighted by some solid pitching, the Reds and Brewers would battle in Goodyear. The game would go scoreless through four and a half innings of play. The Brewers would see some steady pitching from Chris Narveson who would pitch three scoreless innings, allowing only one hit while striking out three. Starting pitching for Cincinnati would also fare well as Cueto would have three scoreless innings of his own. Read more

Reds shut out Angels

Cincinnati Red’s starter Mike Lincoln looked much better today against the Los Angeles Angels than he did in his first outing of the season. Lincoln was perfect in his two innings and struck out two Angels in the first inning. Recent ASU star pitcher and Reds 2009 first-found Draft pick Mike Leake showed why he was such a high draft pick as the Sundevil went two scoreless innings on one hit, one walk and one strikeout. Angels starter Trevor Reckling did not show the same control as Lincoln and Leake and walked three while allowing one run in his two innings.

The Reds blew he game open in the eighth when they scored five runs on six hits and a walk off Ryan Brasier. The Reds are now 2-4 on the season while the Angels feel to 2-3-1.

Upton and Jackson power D-backs to win

Arizona Diamondbacks young stud Justin Upton broke out in a big way today going 2-for-2 with 3 runs batted in and scored one on his second home run of the spring in the 5th inning. Left fielder Conner Jackson, coming back from almost a whole season missed due to Valley Fever went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Cincinnati Reds offense was lead by Jay Bruce who played DH today and got two of the Reds six hits and knocked in one.

D-backs starter Billy Buckner did not help himself much in his effort to land a starting rotation spot allowing two runs on two hits off two homers in his three innings of work. Roque Mercedes did look impressive in his one inning of work as he struck out the side in the 8th for the D-backs.

Tribe downs Cinci with strong pitching

They share a state, they share facilities in Goodyear and today they shared the field with the Cleveland Indians getting the best of this one by a score of 4-2. David Huff , who is trying to land a spot in the rotation for Cleveland threw two scoreless innings for the Tribe who were outhit 9-7 by the Reds but were able to put up more runs. Reds starter Johnny Cueto who is looking to develop into the player who has flashes of brilliance over the last two season allowed five hits and four runs over his two innings.

One time can’t-miss prospect Andy Marte who is trying to make the team went 1-for-2, but made the one count with a 2-run homer off Cueto. Reds infielder Miguel Cairo went 1-for-2 knocking in both of the Reds runs with a homer in the 6th.

Cleveland routs cross state Reds

Cleveland Indians starter Justin Masterson threw two shutout innings against the Cincinnati Reds allowing only two hits on the way to a 9-2 win for the Tribe. Indians closer Kerry Wood followed Masterson and made it through a rough outing with no runs. Reds starter Mike Lincoln did not have the same success as his counterpart allowing seven hits and four earned runs in his 1.1 innings of work.

Tribe shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera got the game started in the right direction for Cleveland with a leadoff homer and Cleveland never looked back.

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