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Matt Cain has never looked worse on a major league mound, although he didn't feel as bad as the final score suggested. Cain was rocked for nine runs, matching the most he has allowed in the big leagues, and Jose Peraza drove in a career-high four runs in the first four innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds over the San Francisco Giants 13-3 on Friday night. Cain (2-1), a 32-year-old veteran of 13 seasons, allowed 10 hits and threw 78 pitches in 3 1/3 innings. Continue to Article

May 06, 2017 12:55:am EST

When 21-year-old Christian Arroyo of the San Francisco Giants stepped in against Cincinnati Reds 40-year-old starter Bronson Arroyo, baseball fans were treated to a first in Major League Baseball history. Never before had two players with the last name Arroyo faced each other. As Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News writes, that’s not true at all. Continue to Article

May 06, 2017 12:17:am EST

The Cincinnati Reds lost four consecutive games on their last road trip, including a couple in ugly fashion. On Sunday in St. Louis, the Reds rallied from a 4-0 deficit. In Monday's series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati came back from two runs down in the sixth and eventually won 4-3 in walk-off fashion in 10 innings. Continue to Article

May 02, 2017 2:33:am EST

The Cincinnati Reds took advantage of some sloppy play by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Arismendy Alcantara pinch-ran for him and went to second on Daniel Hudson's (0-1) errant pickoff attempt. After a groundout, Billy Hamilton lined a double to right, giving the Reds consecutive wins for the first time since completing a four-game winning streak on April 12. Continue to Article

May 01, 2017 11:55:pm EST

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Joey Votto hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and Adam Duvall doubled three times and singled, helping the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Sunday. The Reds had lost eight of their previous nine games. Wandy Peralta (1-0) picked up the win by tossing a scoreless seventh inning. Closer Raisel Iglesias threw two innings to record his fourth save in as many chances. Trevor Rosenthal (0-1) gave up one run on two hits. Duvall, Eugenio Suarez and Scott Schebler drove in runs in the three-run seventh to tie the game. Devin Mesoraco singled sandwiched around walks to Tucker Barnhart and Billy Hamilton to load the bases against Rosenthal in the eighth. Votto Continue to Article

April 30, 2017 11:27:pm EST