Cleveland Indians @ Cincinnati Reds 6-10-7 Postgame

Reds won the game this afternoon 1 to 0. Both Aaron Harang and CC Sabathia pitched fantastic games, but in the end, the reds got a run in the 12th inning. The bullpen for the reds pitched very well. Here is the box score:

Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Sizemore, CF 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 .285 Blake, 3B-1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .276 Martinez, C 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .319 Garko, 1B 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .314 Mastny, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fultz, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Miller, M, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nixon, RF 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 .259 1-Michaels, PR-LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Peralta, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .288 Dellucci, LF 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .241 Gutierrez, LF-RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Barfield, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 Sabathia, P 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 a-Hafner, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Betancourt, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rouse, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116 Totals 39 0 7 0 3 11 15 a-Flied out for Sabathia in the 10th. 1-Ran for Nixon in the 12th. BATTING 2B: Blake (17, Harang). TB: Sizemore 2; Blake 2; Martinez; Barfield; Sabathia 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nixon; Martinez; Garko 2. S: Peralta. GIDP: Blake. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING CS: Barfield (2, 2nd base by Coutlangus/Ross). PO: Barfield (1st base by Coutlangus). FIELDING DP: (Peralta-Barfield-Garko).		Cincinnati AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Hopper, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 b-Griffey, PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .284 Phillips, 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .280 Dunn, LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 Conine, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .292 McBeth, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 c-Moeller, PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .222 Encarnacion, 3B 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .274 Hamilton, CF 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .257 Gonzalez, SS 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 .265 Ross, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .186 Harang, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Stanton, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Weathers, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Castro, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .181 Majewski, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coutlangus, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hatteberg, 1B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .277 Totals 38 1 6 1 3 8 13 a-Singled for Weathers in the 9th. b-Flied out for Hopper in the 11th. c-Doubled for McBeth in the 12th. BATTING 2B: Dunn (11, Sabathia), Moeller (1, Fultz). TB: Dunn 2; Conine; Moeller 2; Gonzalez 2; Castro. RBI: Gonzalez (27). 2-out RBI: Gonzalez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Encarnacion; Dunn; Phillips. S: Hopper; Ross. GIDP: Gonzalez. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING PB: Ross (4). Outfield assists: Hamilton (Michaels at home). DP: 2 (Gonzalez-Phillips-Conine, Hamilton-Ross). Pickoffs: Coutlangus (Barfield at 1st base).
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Sabathia 9.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 3.09 Betancourt 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.32 Mastny 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.26 Fultz (L, 3-1) 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.04 Miller, M 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00		Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Harang 7.0 3 0 0 2 10 0 3.93 Stanton 1.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4.38 Weathers 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.73 Majewski 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.81 Coutlangus 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.64 McBeth (W, 1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.70
Majewski pitched to 1 batter in the 10th. WP: Harang. IBB: Hatteberg (by Mastny), Encarnacion (by Fultz). Pitches-strikes: Sabathia 112-79, Betancourt 12-10, Mastny 9-4, Fultz 14-6, Miller, M 1-1, Harang 116-74, Stanton 24-16, Weathers 10-7, Majewski 7-4, Coutlangus 8-5, McBeth 22-9. Ground outs-fly outs: Sabathia 14-7, Betancourt 0-1, Mastny 1-0, Fultz 1-3, Miller, M 0-0, Harang 6-5, Stanton 1-1, Weathers 1-2, Majewski 0-0, Coutlangus 1-1, McBeth 3-3. Batters faced: Sabathia 30, Betancourt 3, Mastny 3, Fultz 6, Miller, M 1, Harang 25, Stanton 6, Weathers 3, Majewski 1, Coutlangus 2, McBeth 6. Inherited runners-scored: Fultz 2-0, Miller, M 2-1, Coutlangus 1-0. Umpires: HP: Marvin Hudson. 1B: Troy Fullwood. 2B: Jerry Layne. 3B: Bill Miller. Weather: 77 degrees, sunny. Wind: 9 mph, Out to RF. T: 3:28. Att: 30,842.

The reds got the only run of the game in the 12th inning of an RBI single by Alex Gonzalez. The innings started out with an Adam Dunn fly out. Chad Moeller then came in as a pinch-hitter and got a double to left field. After that, Edwin Encarnacion was walked to get to Josh Hamilton. Hamilton got out on a deep line drive to the warning track in right field, which Chad moeller did not tag up on. Later after the game, Moeller said he didn't tag up because he was not sure if the ball would drop. Alex Gonzalez then came to the plate and got a clutch 2 out single right up the middle to win the game 1-0. That is the only offense worth mentioning in the game.

Aaron Harang pitched a gem for the reds today. He stats for the game: 7 IP, 3 hits, o runs, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts. He only pitched 7 innings because he had already thrown 117 pitches. He was not very efficient on the mound today, but other than that he was great. This game brought his ERA down to 3.93. CC Sabathia, however, was better. His stats: 9 IP, 0 runs, 3 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts. The game brought his ERA down to 3.09. The reds could just not hit him all game. He was very dominating in his best performance of the year.

The bullpen for the reds pitched very well today. After Aaron Harang came out, Mike Stanton pitched the entire 8th inning. He gave up 3 hits, including a single by CC Sabathia who was still in the game. With the bases loaded with 2 outs, Jerry Narron decided to leave Stanton in. This was a good move, as Ryan Garko struck out swinging on a 3-2 count. Then in the 9th, David Weathers came in and got a 1-2-3 innings. In the 10th, Gary Majewski came in and gave up an infield single to Josh Barfield. Jon Coutlangus then came in and got the final 3 outs, one on a pickoff. In the 11th and 12th innings, Marcus McBeth came in and pitched both of them scoreless. He did run into trouble in the 12th when there was a runner on 3rd and 1 out. He got Franklin Gutierrez to fly out, and then the runner at home, Jason Michaels, got thrown out at the plate. Betancourt and Mastny got a combined 4 outs for the indians. Then Fultz got the final 2 outs of the 11th inning, but gave up the hit to Moeller and walked EE in the 12th. Miller then came in for his first appearance and gave up the hit to Alex Gonzalez to win the game.

The defense for the reds was very good today. They did not commit any errors in the entire 12 innings of the game. Josh Hamilton made 2 very good plays. In the 10th innings, he made a fantastic diving catch in CF with 0 outs and a runner on 1st base to rob Travis Hafner. Then in the 12th with Franklin Gutierrez at the plate and Jason Michaels on 3rd, Hamilton threw Michael out at home after catching the fly ball of Gutierrez's bat. He positioned himself perfectly for the play. The indians did not commit any errors either.

I'm sorry that I have not been able to post anything for yesterday's postgame or today's pregame, been really busy again. I have to do a shortened postgame today because I'm busy, but I'll try to be able to do more posts in the following days and weeks. If the brewers lose tonight, the reds will be 8.5 back of them for 1st place in the NL central. If they win, the reds will stay at 9.5 games back.

So to wrap things up, Aaron Harang had a great start today against CC. The bullpen and the defense also did their jobs in a perfect way today. Hopefully this momentum will continue in the Angels series. The reds have a day off tomorrow, but will get back in action on Tuesday against the angels.

The reds played a great series against the indians. They could have won all 3 games, but got unlucky last night. Baseball in Cincinnati has some life to it again, and people are excited. I encourage all Cincinnati Red's fans to go out to Great American Ballpark and cheer on their reds. We're not out of this thing yet.