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captaincarl · 03-13-2009, 08:52 PM

March 31, April 2,3 vs Arizona

March 31
Arizona 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 6 3
Cincinnati 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 2
Webb, Pena (8), Lyon (9), Qualls (10) and Snyder, Salazar (10)
Harang, Mercker (10), Burton and Valentin
WP: Qualls (1-0) LP: Burton (0-1)
HR - ARI: J.Upton (1) CIN: E.Encarnacion (1)

Justin Upton went 2-5, including a 2-run homer in the top of the 11th to break a 3-3 tie, to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on opening day in 11 innings. Arizona scored first on an RBI ground out by Eric Byrnes then Cincinnati plated 3 runs on an RBI double by Brandon Phillips and a 2-run homer by Edwin Encarnacion in the bottom of the 4th. The D-backs tied the game in the top of the 6th of Reds' starter Aaron Harang on an RBI single by Stephen Drew and a sac fly by Orlando Hudson and it stayed 3-3 until Upton's heroics in the 11th.

April 2
Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 10 0
Cincinnati 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 x - 6 12 0
Haren, Medders (5), Cruz (7) and Snyder
Arroyo, Weathers (7) and Bako
WP: Arroyo (1-0) LP: Haren (0-1) SV: Weathers (1)
HR - ARI: Hudson (1) CIN: Keppinger (1), Dunn (1)

Jeff Keppinger went 4-5 with a solo homer to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in game two of the three game series. Ken Griffey Jr and Adam Dunn both drove in a pair of runs and Edwin Encarnacion drove in the remaining Cincinnati run. The D-backs runs came off the bats of Orlando Hudson (2-run HR in 6th) and Eric Byrnes (sac fly in 9th). Bronson Arroyo allowed 2 runs and 6 hits over 6+ innings to pick up the win. David Weathers came on after Arroyo allowed a leadoff double to Chris Snyder in the 7th and went the rest of the way to record his first save of the season. Dan Haren took the loss allowing 5 runs on 9 hits in 4 1/3 innings before being chased by Adam Dunn's 2-run homer in the 5th.

April 3
Arizona 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 0
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - 4 11 0
Davis, Pena (8), Lyon (9) and Snyder, Salazar (9)
Cueto, Affeldt (8) and Bako
WP: Affeldt (1-0) LP: Lyon (0-1)
HR - ARI: Snyder (1)

Roger Freel scored from third base on a fly ball by Brandon Phillips for the winning run in the bottom of the 9th to provide the Cincinnati Reds with a 4-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the rubber game of the 3-game set. Chris Snyder (pog) belted a 2-run homer in the 2nd to give Arizona the lead before Cincinnati tied it in the bottom of the 5th on a 2-run RBI single by Jeff Keppinger. The Reds took a 3-2 lead on an RBI single by Johnny Cueto in the last of the 6th before the D-backs tied the game with an RBI single by Chris Young in the 8th before Phillips sent the crowd home happy.

April 4,5,6 vs Philadelphia

April 4
Philadelphia 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 13 0
Cincinnati 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 5 0
Moyer, Gordon (6), Seanez (7), Madson (9) and Coste
Fogg, Adkins (4), Weathers (5), Affeldt (8) and Valentin
WP: Moyer (1-0) LP: Fogg (0-1)
HR - PHI: Howard (4), Dobbs (2)

Ryan Howard went 2-5 with a home run and 3 RBIs as he led the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of a 4-game series. Howard belted a 2-run HR to cap a 5-run outburst by Philadelphia to blow the game open in the 5th inning off reliever Jon Adkins, who came in for an ineffective Josh Fogg (0-1). Greg Dobbs drove in a pair of runs with Pat Burrell and Chase Utley driving the other Philadelphia runs. Adam Dunn had a 2-run single with Brandon Phillips and Scott Hatteberg driving in the other runs for the Reds. Jamie Moyer (1-0) went 5 innings allowing 4 runs on 4 hits to pick up the win.

April 5
Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 1 - 11 11 1
Cincinnati 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 12 0
Hamels, Condrey (7), Lidge (8), Smith (9) and Coste
Harang, Mercker (6), Burton (7), Weathers (8), Cordero (8), Bray (9) and Bako
WP: Hamels (2-0) LP: Harang (0-1)
HR - PHI: Werth 2 (2), Dobbs (3) CIN: Bako (1)

Jayson Werth went 3-4, including a pair of home runs, and drove in 4 runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to an 11-4 rout over the Cincinnati Reds. Greg Dobbs went 2-4 and drove in 4 runs, 3 of them on a HR in the 5-run 8th inning, to provide some extra help. Chris Coste drove in other 3 Phillies' runs. Paul Bako drove in 3 runs, 2 on a home run, and Edwin Encarnacion had an RBI ground out for the Cincinnati runs.

April 6
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 0
Tavarez, Lidge (8), Romero (9), Seanez (11) and Ruiz, Coste (9)
Volquez, Coffey (10), Affeldt (11), Burton (13) and Bako
WP: Burton (1-1) LP: Seanez (0-1)
HR - PHI: Dobbs (4) CIN: Griffey Jr (1), Phillips (1)

Brandon Phillips crushed a 2-out, 2-run walkoff homer off Rudy Seanez (0-1) in the bottom of the 13th to give the Cincinnati Reds a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in 13 innings. Ken Griffey Jr and Greg Dobbs each hit solo homers to provide runs for Cincinnati and Philadelphia, respectively. Reds' starter Edinson Volquez was named the player of the game for going 9 innings allowing only 1 run and 5 hits.

MLB News

Weekly Awards
Kansas City's Mark Teahen was named AL Player of the Week after piling up 12 hits in 22 at bats with 1 home run and 7 RBIs while hitting .545.
Milwaukee's Prince Fielder won the NL Player of the Week. Fielder batted .579 with 11 hits in 19 at bats, 3 home runs and 12 RBIs.

MLB Injury News
4/1 - Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki is expected to miss 2 weeks due to a strained elbow ligament
4/2 - Oakland's Rich Harden is expected to miss 1-2 weeks with a strained back muscle
4/2 - Houston's Miguel Tejada is expected to be out for up to 4 weeks because of a torn thigh muscle
4/4 - Colorado's Brad Hawpe sustained a fractured cheekbone after being hit by a pitch and is out for the season as he is out for at least 11 months.
4/4 - Seattle's Miguel Batista suffered a ruptured bicep tendon and is lost for the rest of the year and could miss some of next season as well. He is expected to be out for at least 8 months
4/4 - Florida's Luis Gonzalez has been lost for the season and will be out at least 13 months wit a torn back muscle
4/4 - Atlanta's Tim Hudson developed a inguinal hernia while running the bases and is expected to miss 5 weeks
4/5 - Washington's Jon Rauch is expected to miss 2 weeks due to a tender elbow

MLB Contract News
4/7 - Akinori Otsuka will pocket $1,560,000 after re-signing with the Rangers and will hang around another 1 year.

MLB Milestones & Achievements
3/31 - Mark Grudzielanek drills 5 hits
4/4 - Miguel Olivo smacks 5 hits
4/5 - Yunel Escobar tags Mets for 5 hits
4/6 - 2500 hits for Ivan Rodriguez

Both San Francisco's Keiichi Yabu and Chicago Cubs' Henry Blanco have announced that they will retire at the end of the 2008 season.

03-13-2009, 08:52 PM	#4
captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 4,363	March 31, April 2,3 vs Arizona March 31 Arizona 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 6 3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 2 Webb, Pena (8), Lyon (9), Qualls (10) and Snyder, Salazar (10) Harang, Mercker (10), Burton and Valentin WP: Qualls (1-0) LP: Burton (0-1) HR - ARI: J.Upton (1) CIN: E.Encarnacion (1) Justin Upton went 2-5, including a 2-run homer in the top of the 11th to break a 3-3 tie, to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on opening day in 11 innings. Arizona scored first on an RBI ground out by Eric Byrnes then Cincinnati plated 3 runs on an RBI double by Brandon Phillips and a 2-run homer by Edwin Encarnacion in the bottom of the 4th. The D-backs tied the game in the top of the 6th of Reds' starter Aaron Harang on an RBI single by Stephen Drew and a sac fly by Orlando Hudson and it stayed 3-3 until Upton's heroics in the 11th. April 2 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 10 0 Cincinnati 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 x - 6 12 0 Haren, Medders (5), Cruz (7) and Snyder Arroyo, Weathers (7) and Bako WP: Arroyo (1-0) LP: Haren (0-1) SV: Weathers (1) HR - ARI: Hudson (1) CIN: Keppinger (1), Dunn (1) Jeff Keppinger went 4-5 with a solo homer to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in game two of the three game series. Ken Griffey Jr and Adam Dunn both drove in a pair of runs and Edwin Encarnacion drove in the remaining Cincinnati run. The D-backs runs came off the bats of Orlando Hudson (2-run HR in 6th) and Eric Byrnes (sac fly in 9th). Bronson Arroyo allowed 2 runs and 6 hits over 6+ innings to pick up the win. David Weathers came on after Arroyo allowed a leadoff double to Chris Snyder in the 7th and went the rest of the way to record his first save of the season. Dan Haren took the loss allowing 5 runs on 9 hits in 4 1/3 innings before being chased by Adam Dunn's 2-run homer in the 5th. April 3 Arizona 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - 4 11 0 Davis, Pena (8), Lyon (9) and Snyder, Salazar (9) Cueto, Affeldt (8) and Bako WP: Affeldt (1-0) LP: Lyon (0-1) HR - ARI: Snyder (1) Roger Freel scored from third base on a fly ball by Brandon Phillips for the winning run in the bottom of the 9th to provide the Cincinnati Reds with a 4-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the rubber game of the 3-game set. Chris Snyder (pog) belted a 2-run homer in the 2nd to give Arizona the lead before Cincinnati tied it in the bottom of the 5th on a 2-run RBI single by Jeff Keppinger. The Reds took a 3-2 lead on an RBI single by Johnny Cueto in the last of the 6th before the D-backs tied the game with an RBI single by Chris Young in the 8th before Phillips sent the crowd home happy. April 4,5,6 vs Philadelphia April 4 Philadelphia 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 13 0 Cincinnati 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 5 0 Moyer, Gordon (6), Seanez (7), Madson (9) and Coste Fogg, Adkins (4), Weathers (5), Affeldt (8) and Valentin WP: Moyer (1-0) LP: Fogg (0-1) HR - PHI: Howard (4), Dobbs (2) Ryan Howard went 2-5 with a home run and 3 RBIs as he led the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of a 4-game series. Howard belted a 2-run HR to cap a 5-run outburst by Philadelphia to blow the game open in the 5th inning off reliever Jon Adkins, who came in for an ineffective Josh Fogg (0-1). Greg Dobbs drove in a pair of runs with Pat Burrell and Chase Utley driving the other Philadelphia runs. Adam Dunn had a 2-run single with Brandon Phillips and Scott Hatteberg driving in the other runs for the Reds. Jamie Moyer (1-0) went 5 innings allowing 4 runs on 4 hits to pick up the win. April 5 Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 1 - 11 11 1 Cincinnati 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 12 0 Hamels, Condrey (7), Lidge (8), Smith (9) and Coste Harang, Mercker (6), Burton (7), Weathers (8), Cordero (8), Bray (9) and Bako WP: Hamels (2-0) LP: Harang (0-1) HR - PHI: Werth 2 (2), Dobbs (3) CIN: Bako (1) Jayson Werth went 3-4, including a pair of home runs, and drove in 4 runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to an 11-4 rout over the Cincinnati Reds. Greg Dobbs went 2-4 and drove in 4 runs, 3 of them on a HR in the 5-run 8th inning, to provide some extra help. Chris Coste drove in other 3 Phillies' runs. Paul Bako drove in 3 runs, 2 on a home run, and Edwin Encarnacion had an RBI ground out for the Cincinnati runs. April 6 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 0 Tavarez, Lidge (8), Romero (9), Seanez (11) and Ruiz, Coste (9) Volquez, Coffey (10), Affeldt (11), Burton (13) and Bako WP: Burton (1-1) LP: Seanez (0-1) HR - PHI: Dobbs (4) CIN: Griffey Jr (1), Phillips (1) Brandon Phillips crushed a 2-out, 2-run walkoff homer off Rudy Seanez (0-1) in the bottom of the 13th to give the Cincinnati Reds a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in 13 innings. Ken Griffey Jr and Greg Dobbs each hit solo homers to provide runs for Cincinnati and Philadelphia, respectively. Reds' starter Edinson Volquez was named the player of the game for going 9 innings allowing only 1 run and 5 hits. MLB News Weekly Awards Kansas City's Mark Teahen was named AL Player of the Week after piling up 12 hits in 22 at bats with 1 home run and 7 RBIs while hitting .545. Milwaukee's Prince Fielder won the NL Player of the Week. Fielder batted .579 with 11 hits in 19 at bats, 3 home runs and 12 RBIs. MLB Injury News 4/1 - Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki is expected to miss 2 weeks due to a strained elbow ligament 4/2 - Oakland's Rich Harden is expected to miss 1-2 weeks with a strained back muscle 4/2 - Houston's Miguel Tejada is expected to be out for up to 4 weeks because of a torn thigh muscle 4/4 - Colorado's Brad Hawpe sustained a fractured cheekbone after being hit by a pitch and is out for the season as he is out for at least 11 months. 4/4 - Seattle's Miguel Batista suffered a ruptured bicep tendon and is lost for the rest of the year and could miss some of next season as well. He is expected to be out for at least 8 months 4/4 - Florida's Luis Gonzalez has been lost for the season and will be out at least 13 months wit a torn back muscle 4/4 - Atlanta's Tim Hudson developed a inguinal hernia while running the bases and is expected to miss 5 weeks 4/5 - Washington's Jon Rauch is expected to miss 2 weeks due to a tender elbow MLB Contract News 4/7 - Akinori Otsuka will pocket $1,560,000 after re-signing with the Rangers and will hang around another 1 year. MLB Milestones & Achievements 3/31 - Mark Grudzielanek drills 5 hits 4/4 - Miguel Olivo smacks 5 hits 4/5 - Yunel Escobar tags Mets for 5 hits 4/6 - 2500 hits for Ivan Rodriguez Both San Francisco's Keiichi Yabu and Chicago Cubs' Henry Blanco have announced that they will retire at the end of the 2008 season.