"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”
Final Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: Cincinnati
- P. Janish doubled to left, D. Stubbs scored
- B. Phillips singled to left, P. Janish scored
- J. Gomes ground rule double to right, B. Phillips scored, S. Rolen to third
Bot 3rd: Cincinnati
- B. Phillips homered to deep center
Top 6th: Pittsburgh
- A. McCutchen homered to deep center
- S. Pearce doubled to deep left center, R. Doumit scored
- R. Cedeno singled to center, S. Pearce scored, B. Moss to second
Bot 8th: Cincinnati
- D. Stubbs homered to deep right, W. Balentien scored
Pirates Batting
2B - G Jones (14, J Cueto); S Pearce (11, D Herrera).
HR - A McCutchen (11, 6th inning off J Cueto 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - A McCutchen (44), S Pearce (13), R Cedeno (13).
2-out RBI - S Pearce, R Cedeno.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Doumit 1, R Vazquez 1.
Team LOB - 6.
Fielding
DP - 3 (D Young-R Cedeno-S Pearce, R Doumit-D Young, S Jackson-R Cedeno-S Pearce).
Reds Batting
2B - P Janish (10, P Maholm); J Gomes (10, P Maholm); K Barker (1, D Bautista); D McDonald (2, P Maholm); W Balentien (4, J Chavez).
HR - D Stubbs (3, 8th inning off J Chavez 1 on, 1 Out), B Phillips (18, 3rd inning off P Maholm 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - D Stubbs 2 (6), P Janish (11), B Phillips 2 (81), J Gomes (41).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D McDonald 2, C Miller 2, J Cueto 3.
GIDP - J Votto 2.
Team LOB - 9.
Base Running
SB - B Phillips (22, 3rd base off P Maholm/R Doumit), J Gomes (2, 2nd base off P Maholm/R Doumit).
CS - W Balentien (1, 2nd base by D Bautista/R Doumit).
Pitching
Pitches-strikes - D Bautista 37-21; J Chavez 20-11; S Jackson 4-3; P Maholm 110-71; N Masset 11-9; A Rhodes 23-15; J Cueto 85-56; D Herrera 25-18.Code:IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA P. Maholm 5.0 9 4 4 3 4 1 1.46 4.67 (L, 7-8) D. Bautista 2.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0.50 0.00 J. Chavez 0.1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1.33 4.20 S. Jackson 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.60 4.02 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA J. Cueto 5.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 1.36 4.51 (W, 9-10) D. Herrera 0.2 4 2 2 0 0 0 1.48 3.00 (H, 7) N. Masset 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.05 2.67 (H, 10) A. Rhodes 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.13 2.60 F. Cordero 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.33 2.32 (S, 29)
Ground balls-fly balls - D Bautista 2-0; J Chavez 0-2; S Jackson 1-0; P Maholm 10-6; N Masset 0-2; A Rhodes 0-4; J Cueto 5-6; D Herrera 4-1.
Batters faced - D Bautista 8; J Chavez 4; S Jackson 1; P Maholm 26; N Masset 4; A Rhodes 7; J Cueto 19; D Herrera 6.
I've been very impressed with Nick Masset this season and also with Paul Janish of late.
Over the past 3 games, the 1 & 2 hitters are hitting a combined .407.
Over the past 7 games, they're hitting a combined .318.
And we've won 5 of those 7 games.
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”
4 behind Houston. May not matter to a lot of folks but I think it would matter to this team.
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