SB Nation Arizona - Reds Down D-backs 6-2 Behind Strong Ninth Inninghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46593/arizona-fave.png2010-08-17T21:49:43-07:00http://arizona.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13917972010-08-17T21:49:43-07:002010-08-17T21:49:43-07:00Reds Tame Hudson, D-backs To The Tune Of 6-2
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<p>Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) – Scott Rolen went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in to back Bronson Arroyo’s solid performance on the mound, as the Cincinnati Reds rallied from an early two-run deficit to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-2, in the opener of a three-game series from Chase Field.</p>
<p>Paul Janish hit a solo homer and scored twice for the Reds, who have won four in a row and sit two games ahead of the Cardinals in the NL Central. St. Louis lost to the Brewers on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Arroyo (13-7) gave up two runs on six hits over 7 1/3 innings. The right- hander also struck out five and walked two.</p>
<p>Kelly Johnson hit a two-run homer for Arizona, which has lost four of five. Dan Hudson (3-1) went seven innings in the start, allowing three runs on nine hits to suffer his first loss as a member of the Diamondbacks.</p>
<p>The Diamondbacks took a 2-0 lead in the first. Chris Young led off with a double and crossed the plate on Johnson’s homer to right.</p>
<p>Cincinnati finally got to Hudson in the sixth. Laynce Nix, Joey Votto, and Rolen started the frame with three straight singles to score a run. The tying run came around to score when Jay Bruce grounded into a double play.</p>
<p>Janish put the Reds ahead, 3-2, with a solo homer to left in the seventh.</p>
<p>Arizona wasted a great opportunity to tie the contest in the eighth, which Johnson led off with a double. Justin Upton grounded out before Arthur Rhodes took over on the hill for Arroyo. Rhodes struck out Adam LaRoche and Miguel Montero to keep the Reds in front.</p>
<p>Cincinnati added three insurance runs in the top of the ninth. With the bases loaded and nobody out, D.J. Carrasco threw a wild pitch to plate a run. Votto was intentionally walked two batters later to load the bases again, and Rolen then hit a two-run single to make it 6-2.</p>
<p>Francisco Cordero pitched a perfect home ninth to seal the victory for the Reds.</p>
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<p><font size="2"> <b>Probable Starting Pitchers: Cincinnati - <span>Bronson Arroyo</span> (12-7, 3.94) Arizona - <span>Dan Hudson</span> (3-0, 1.59) </b></font></p>
<p><font size="2"> (Sports Network) - The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> certainly aren't going anywhere this season, but the performances of young players such as Dan Hudson have at least given the team some hope for the future. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The rookie pitcher will attempt to remain unbeaten in an Arizona uniform when he takes the mound for tonight's opener of a three-game series with the National League Central-leading <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Cincinnati Reds</a> from Chase Field. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Acquired from the Chicago <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">White Sox</a> as part of a trade that sent veteran hurler <span>Edwin Jackson</span> to the Pale Hose on July 30, Hudson has quickly emerged as the Diamondbacks' best starter. The right-hander has won all three of his starts with his new club and produced a stellar 1.59 earned run average during that span, having allowed a mere four runs in 22 2/3 innings. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Hudson was sharp once again in an 8-2 victory at Milwaukee on Wednesday, limiting the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> to two runs and striking out a career-best nine batters in seven innings. That effort followed a 7 2/3-inning stint in his Chase Field debut in which he yielded just one run and three hits over 7 2/3 frames to defeat playoff-hopeful San Diego on August 6. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The 23-year-old, who has held opposing hitters to a minimal .165 average over his three outings as a Diamondback, is a combined 4-1 with a 3.52 ERA in six starts with Arizona and Chicago and faces the Reds for the first time tonight. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Hudson should be challenged by a Cincinnati squad that leads the NL in runs scored (576) and batting average (.271) and comes in off three straight home wins over Florida this past weekend. The sweep moved the Reds back in front in the NL Central race, one game ahead of defending division champ St. Louis. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Strong pitching led the way for Cincinnati in Sunday's finale with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/florida-marlins">Marlins</a>, however, with <span>Homer Bailey</span> teaming up with three relievers on a seven-hit shutout in a 2-0 Reds' triumph. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Making his first major league start since May 23, Bailey (2-2) surrendered only three singles and struck out four over the first six innings, retiring the final 10 batters he faced. The one-time top prospect had spent the past two-plus months rehabbing from a shoulder problem that landed him on the disabled list in late May. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Miguel Cairo gave Bailey all the support he would need by hitting a tie- breaking two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth, with relievers Logan Ondrusek, <span>Nick Masset</span> and <span>Francisco Cordero</span> making the lead stand with a scoreless inning each. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> "[Bailey] threw the ball great. Masset threw the ball well, and [Cordero] was throwing some fire," Reds manager Dusty Baker said of his team's pitchers. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Cincinnati will try to keep rolling when it starts up a nine-game West Coast trip with tonight's tilt. The Reds, who will also take on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> and San Francisco on the swing, are a impressive 31-25 as the visitor this season and have won four straight and seven of their last eight away from home. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The Reds have also fared well in recent stops in Phoenix, having won their last five games at Chase Field and sweeping a three-game set there last season. Cincinnati has prevailed in 13 of its last 16 overall matchups with Arizona as well. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Cincinnati will send out its top winner tonight in search of continuing that string of success. Bronson Arroyo is in the midst of another solid season, with the reliable veteran having amassed a 12-7 record with a 3.94 ERA in 24 starts and eating plenty of innings along with way. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Arroyo wasn't at his best last time out, however, with the right-hander reached for four runs in five innings of a loss to the rival <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> on Wednesday. In two starts that preceded that defeat, he permitted two unearned runs over 14 innings in consecutive wins over Atlanta and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Chicago Cubs</a>. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The 33-year-old owns a 7-3 mark with a 3.53 ERA in 12 starts on the road this year, but is just 1-3 with a 5.23 ERA over eight lifetime appearances (six starts) against the Diamondbacks. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Arizona returns home tonight after going 4-3 on a seven-game trek through Milwaukee and Washington, but did drop two of three tests to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.federalbaseball.com/">Nationals</a> and were 5-3 losers in Sunday's series finale. The Diamondbacks failed to hold onto an early 3-0 lead in that one, with reliever <span>Jordan Norberto</span> (0-2) stuck with the defeat after giving up a run on two hits in the bottom of the seventh inning. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> <span>Adam LaRoche</span> homered off Washington phenom <span>Stephen Strasburg</span> during a three- run second inning and finished 3-for-4 to pace Arizona offensively. Starting pitcher <span>Barry Enright</span> allowed three runs over the first five frames, with two of them coming on <span>Josh Willingham</span>'s homer in the bottom of the fourth that tied the game at 3-3. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> "I just kind of lobbed it up there," Enright said of the pitch to Willingham. "It was just a sloppy kind of spinning slider. When I threw it up there, I said, 'Oh, please come back'." </font></p>
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