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Cincinnati, OH 45202 . ramsey.mlblogs.com . reds.com Game 72, Road 32 (15-16) PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Cincinnati Reds (38-33) Tue at Oak: RHP Bronson Arroyo (6-3, 4.53) vs LHP Dallas Braden (4-6, 3.78) 700 wlw/fso, 10:07et RHP Bronson Arroyo (6-3, 4.53) Wed at Oak: RHP Johnny Cueto (6-2, 4.30) vs RHP Vin Mazzaro (2-1, 5.22) 700 wlw/mlbn, 3:37et at Thursday: Off day in Cincinnati Oakland Athletics (34-38) Fri vs Cle: RHP Sam LeCure (1-4, 4.50) vs TBA 700wlw/fso, 7:10et LHP Dallas Braden (4-6, 3.78) Sat vs Cle: RHP Aaron Harang (5-7, 5.17) vs RHP Justin Masterson (2-6, 4.87) 700 wlw, 7:10et Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Sun vs Cle: RHP Mike Leake (5-1, 2.92) vs RHP Mitch Talbot (7-5, 4.21, +tonite at Phi) 700 wlw/fso, 1:10et Oak-Alameda County Coliseum RED HOTS Interleague Play Major League Baseball's 14th season of interleague play continues for the Reds this week...their interleague National League Central Standings schedule concludes with a home series vs Cle this upcoming weekend...all-time vs AL teams, the Reds are 87-110 Team W L Pct. GA/B (.442), including 4-6 this season (2-1 at Cle, 1-2 vs KC, 0-3 at Sea, 1-0 at Oak)...only 3 times in the previous 13 Cardinals 38 31 .551 - seasons has Cin produced a winning record in interleague play (9-6 in 1997, 7-5 in 2003, 9-6 in 2008)...the Reds' Reds 38 33 .535 -1.0 all-time results vs AL teams can be found on page 305 of the media guide. Cubs 31 38 .449 -7.0 Brewers 29 40 .420 -9.0 TONIGHT'S GAME: Is Game 2 (1-0) of a 3-game series vs Adam Loberstein's Athletics and Game 5 (1-3) of a Astros 26 44 .371 -12.5 6-game road trip that also included an 0-3 sweep loss in Sea...beginning 6/4 the Reds are 7-10 in a stretch in which Pirates 25 44 .362 -13.0 they are fi nishing the fi rst half with 32-36g outside the NL Central Division, the lone intra-division series scheduled for 7/1-7/4 at Chi...extending the schedule to beyond the All-Star break, the Reds are playing 39-43g outside the division... On The Road Trip following this series the Reds return to Great American Ball Park for their last homestand of the season's fi rst half, a Bruce .............2-12, 1rbi Miller ........................0-4 6-gamer vs Cle (3g) and Phi (3g). Cabrera ..................1-12 Nix ...........................0-5 Cairo ........................2-7 Phillips .................. 2-16 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: In last night's 10-inning, 6-4 win the Reds tied the club record (1944-45) by winning their eighth Gomes ...........1-16, 1rbi Rolen ......4-15, 1hr, 1rbi consecutive extra-inning game on the road, dating back to June of last season...the Reds homered 3 times in the same Heisey ....................1-10 Stubbs .....................2-9 extra inning (10th, Hernandez, Votto, Rolen) for the fi rst time in franchise history (since 1900)...the A's allowed 3 Hrnandz ....2-6, 1hr, 1rbi Votto .......6-15, 1hr, 3rbi homers in the same extra inning for the fi rst time since their move to Oakland. Janish ......................0-4 Arroyo .......................0g LeCure ......1gs, 6ip, 5er JET LAG: This road trip to Sea (0-3) and Oak (1-0) marks the Reds' fi rst visit of the season to the West Coast... Cordero .......1g, 1ip, 3er Masset .......1g, 1.2ip, 0r in 2009, the Reds went 2-7 during their 3 visits to the West Coast (0-3 at SD, 0-3 at LAD, 2-1 at SF)...over the last Cueto .....1gs, 5.2ip, 1er Ondrusek ...1g, 1.1ip, 0r 5 seasons, the Redlegs are 14-35 (.286) on the West Coast (0-12 at LAD, 4-9 at SD, 7-7 at SF, 2-2 at Oak, 1-5 at Harang ......1gs, 6ip, 1er Owings .....................0g Sea)...the 14-35 stretch includes an active 12-game losing streak at Dodger Stadium, where the Reds haven't won Herrera ......2g, 1.2ip, 0r Rhodes .........3g, 2ip, 0r since their fi nal appearance of 2005 (a 6-1 victory by Brandon Claussen on 7/28/05)...the Reds were swept in all four Leake ........1gs, 6ip, 1er Smith ..2g, 1sv, 2.2ip, 0r 3-game series in Chavez Ravine since then. National League All-Star BATTLING FOR FIRST: The Reds enter today's games just 1.0g behind the fi rst-place Cardinals in the National Arthur Rhodes leads all National League League Central Division...for a season-high 12 straight days from 6/6-6/17 led the National League Central Division or relievers with a 0.29era in 34g...his active shared the lead...the Reds haven't been in fi rst place this late in a season since the fi nal week of the 1999 campaign, 29-inning scoreless streak, covering 32 when for 5 days from 9/27-10/1 they led or shared the division lead...beginning 5/16, the Reds have spent 28 of the apps, is a career high, the longest by a last 37 days in fi rst place or tied for fi rst...the 4-game stretch in fi rst place from 5/16-5/19 was their fi rst perch atop the reliever in the Major Leagues this season division at any time during a season since 4/17/07...the Reds' 2.0-game lead on 5/29 was their biggest since 6/2/04 and the longest by a Reds reliever since (+2.5g)...haven't led the division by more than 2.5g since 5/18/02 (+5.0g). Ted Abernathy threw 30.0 consecutive scoreless innings from 8/19-9/29, 1967... STREAKING: Joey Votto has reached base safely via hit, walk or hit-by-pitch in each of his last 30g, the second- no Reds reliever has thrown more than longest such streak in the Major Leagues this season (TB's Evan Longoria, 32g) and the longest by a Reds' player 30.0 straight scoreless frames since since Austin's Kearns' 32-game streak from 4/19-5/25, 2003...courtesy Elias Sports Bureau. Frank Smith's club-record 35-inning scoreless stretch from 5/22-6/24, 1952 DOT, DOT, DOT....: Tonight 3B Scott Rolen is expected to make his 100th start as a Red (61-38 record in his starts, (courtesy Elias Sports Bureau). .616)...last night's win was Dusty Baker's 1,352nd as a manager, tying Chuck Tanner for 26th on the all-time list... pitching coach Bryan Price today is celebrating his 48th birthday...he was born in San Francisco...Scott Rolen needs Vote Red 2 HR for 300 in his career...OF Chris Dickerson has been sent to Louisville to begin a rehabilitation assignment...since All-Star Game online balloting continues 4/30 Dickerson has been on the 15-day disabled list with right hand and wrist injuries until 11:59 p.m. ET on Thu, 7/1...the Reds' entire starting infi eld has broken CLOSE, LATE & COMEBACK: The Reds lead the Major Leagues with 23 comeback wins and rank second with 13 into the Top 5...the Phillies are the only wins in their last at bat (Atl 14). other National league team with their 1B, 2B, 3B and SS in the Top 5: REHAB NOTES: RHP Edinson Volquez, on the 60-day disabled list recovering from 8/3/09 "Tommy John" surgery on Joey Votto, 1B ................5th ...... 691,075 his right elbow, on Thu for Class A Lynchburg made another rehab start vs Kinston and threw 5.0 scoreless innings to Brandon Phillips, 2B .......5th ...... 631,737 earn the 2-0 victory (1h, 0bb, 4k)...in his 2 rehab starts for Lynchburg Volquez is 1-0, 0.00 (8ip, 3h, 0r, 0bb, 7k)...he is Scott Rolen, 3B...............5th ...... 812,450 scheduled to pitch again tomorrow morning in Louisville for the Bats vs Toledo. Orlando Cabrera, SS ......5th ...... 641,759 Jonny Gomes, OF ........14th ...... 547,681 REDS AT GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK (23-17 .575): In 8 seasons at GABP the Reds are 304-303-1...went 4-6 on their most recent homestand (2-2 vs SF, 1-2 vs KC, 1-2 vs LAD)...have followed a 6-series winning streak at GABP At The Plate by going 0-2-1 in their last 3 home series...went 8-4-1 in their previous 13 home series...produced a winning or .500 Reds batters lead the National League record on 5 of their 6 homestands (3-3, 3-3, 4-2, 4-1, 5-2, 4-6). in hitting (.273), hits (662), total bases (1080), HR (86), RBI (333), slugging (.445) REDS ON THE ROAD (15-16, .484): The Reds are 1-3 on this road trip (0-3 at Sea, 1-0 at Oak)...went 4-5-1 in their 10 and hitting with RISP and 2 outs (81-291, previous road series...produced a winning or .500 record on 3 of their previous 5 road trips (2-5, 4-2, 3-0, 2-3, 3-3)... .278)...lead the Major Leagues in hitting the Reds have won their last 8 extra-inning road games dating back to June of last season, tying their club record with RISP (174-599, .290) and in pinch- established over the 1944-45 campaigns...courtesy Elias Sports Bureau.