GAME THREAD: NL: CINCINNATI (68-80) at MILWAUKEE (75-72)

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 0
MILWAUKEE 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 x 5 6 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CIN - MATT BELISLE, MARCUS MCBETH (7TH), BRAD SALMON (8TH) AND
JAVIER VALENTIN, RYAN HANIGAN (6TH), DAVID ROSS (8TH)

MIL - CARLOS VILLANUEVA, MATT WISE (8TH), BRIAN SHOUSE
(8TH), FRANCISCO CORDERO (8TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA

HOME RUNS: CIN - NONE

MIL - NONE</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 0
MILWAUKEE 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 x 5 6 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CIN - MATT BELISLE, MARCUS MCBETH (7TH), BRAD SALMON (8TH) AND
JAVIER VALENTIN, RYAN HANIGAN (6TH), DAVID ROSS (8TH)

MIL - CARLOS VILLANUEVA, MATT WISE (8TH), BRIAN SHOUSE
(8TH), FRANCISCO CORDERO (8TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA


WP - CARLOS VILLANUEVA (8-4)
LP - MATT BELISLE (8-9)
SAVE - FRANCISCO CORDERO (43)

HOME RUNS: CIN - NONE

MIL - NONE


TIME: 2:39 ATT: 31,150

PROBABLES: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO (8-4, 3.99)
HOU - MATT ALBERS (4-8, 5.79)

PROBABLES: CIN - BRONSON ARROYO (9-14, 4.31)
CHN - RICH HILL (9-8, 3.91)</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">CINCINNATI (2) VS MILWAUKEE (5) - FINAL

CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Hopper cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .335
J Keppinger ss 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .337
K Griffey Jr rf 5 0 2 0 0 3 4 .280
B Phillips 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 .291
A Dunn lf 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .269
E Encarnacion 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 4 .287
J Votto 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .438
J Valentin c 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .272
R Hanigan c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
b-J Cantu ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400
D Ross c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
M Belisle p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .065
a-B Coats ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125
M McBeth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Salmon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-A Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272

Totals 36 2 11 2 3 9 17

a-singled to center for M Belisle in the 7th; b-struck out swinging for R
Hanigan in the 8th; c-struck out swinging for B Salmon in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - E Encarnacion (22, C Villanueva); B Phillips (26, M Wise). RBI -
A Dunn (104), E Encarnacion (70). 2-out RBI - E Encarnacion. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Cantu 1, E Encarnacion 2. GIDP - J Valentin, B
Phillips. Team LOB - 10.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (B Phillips-J Keppinger-J Votto).


MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 .232
C Counsell 3b 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 .228
J Dillon lf 4 1 2 4 0 1 0 .392
G Jenkins lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
P Fielder 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .291
C Hart rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .296
J Hardy ss 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .275
J Estrada c 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .280
B Hall cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .256
C Villanueva p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
a-T Gwynn Jr ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
F Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 28 5 6 5 2 13 4

a-fouled out to catcher for C Villanueva in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - J Dillon 2 (5, M Belisle 2). S - C Villanueva. RBI - J Dillon 4
(8), P Fielder (110). 2-out RBI - J Dillon 4, P Fielder. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Estrada 1, P Fielder 1. GIDP - J Estrada. Team LOB
- 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Hardy (1, 2nd base off M Belisle/J Valentin).

FIELDING: DP: 2 (R Weeks-J Hardy-P Fielder 2).


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CINCINNATI - 000 000 020 -- 2
MILWAUKEE - 002 030 00x -- 5
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CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
M Belisle (L, 8-9) 6 6 5 5 2 9 0 5.39
M McBeth 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.60
B Salmon 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.57

MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Villanueva (W, 8-4) 7 6 0 0 3 4 0 4.11
M Wise 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 0 4.05
B Shouse 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.68
F Cordero (S, 43) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 4 0 2.78

HBP - C Counsell (by M Belisle). Pitches-strikes: M Belisle 101-65; M McBeth
17-10; B Salmon 9-8; C Villanueva 106-67; M Wise 13-8; B Shouse 8-5; F Cordero
23-16. Ground balls-fly balls: M Belisle 6-3; M McBeth 0-1; B Salmon 1-0; C
Villanueva 8-9; M Wise 0-0; B Shouse 1-0; F Cordero 0-0. Batters faced: M
Belisle 26; M McBeth 3; B Salmon 3; C Villanueva 28; M Wise 3; B Shouse 3; F
Cordero 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--John Hirschbeck. 2B--Wally Bell. 3B--Mike
Dimuro.

T--2:39. Att--31,150.
Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, right
to left.</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
CINCINNATI 2
MILWAUKEE 5 FINAL</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

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CINCINNATI (2) AT MILWAUKEE (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
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MILWAUKEE 3RD: B Hall flied out to right. C Villanueva grounded out to
third. R Weeks walked. C Counsell singled to left, R Weeks to second.
J Dillon doubled to deep right, R Weeks and C Counsell scored. P Fielder
grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, MILWAUKEE 2.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: B Hall reached on bunt single to third. C Villanueva
sacrificed to pitcher, B Hall to second. R Weeks flied out to right, B Hall to
third. C Counsell hit by pitch. J Dillon doubled to deep right, B Hall and
C Counsell scored. P Fielder singled to left, J Dillon scored. C Hart grounded
into fielder's choice to shortstop, P Fielder out at second. (3 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, MILWAUKEE 5.

CINCINNATI 8TH: M Wise relieved C Villanueva. J Keppinger singled to
center. K Griffey Jr struck out swinging. B Phillips doubled to left,
J Keppinger to third. B Shouse relieved M Wise. A Dunn grounded out to second,
J Keppinger scored, B Phillips to third. E Encarnacion singled to left center,
B Phillips scored. J Votto singled to left, E Encarnacion to second. F Cordero
relieved B Shouse. J Cantu hit for R Hanigan. J Cantu struck out swinging.
(2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 5.</div>

 

Dillon helps Brewers stop Reds

<h3>MILWAUKEE 5, CINCINNATI 2</h3>MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- From Japan to a pennant race, MilwaukeeBrewers utility player Joe Dillon has come a long way in a shortperiod of time.


Dillon's career-high four RBI helped the Brewers defeat theCincinnati Reds, 5-2, Sunday at Miller Park


Carlos Villanueva (8-4) pitched seven shutout innings and PrinceFielder extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an RBIsingle as the Brewers (76-72) moved within one-half game of theNational League Central Division-leading Chicago Cubs (77-72),who are playing at St. Louis.


Reds starter Matt Belisle (8-9) struck out the side in the firsttwo innings but ran into trouble in third. Rickie Weeks walkedand Craig Counsell singled and Dillon delivered them both homewith a double to right.


Two innings later, after Bill Hall led off with a bunt singleand Counsell was hit by a pitch, Dillon again doubled to rightwith two outs, scoring both runners. He then scored onFielder's single to left.


After six minor league seasons from 1997 to 2003, Dillon was outof professional baseball and coaching college baseball at hisalma mater, Texas Tech University, in 2003. He began hiscomeback in 2004, made his big league debut with the FloridaMarlins in 2005 and spent last season in Japan with the YomiuriGiants.


Before being recalled by the Brewers this season, Dillon batted.317 with 20 home runs in 94 games for Class AAA Nashville, andon Sunday, Brewers manager Ned Yost gave the journeyman hissixth start of the season. And Dillon responded.


Villanueva won for the second time in three September startssince replacing the injured Claudio Vargas in the Brewersrotation. He allowed six hits, five of which were singles, andstruck out four with three walks.


The Reds threatened with two runs on four hits off relieversMatt Wise and Brian Shouse, but Francisco Cordero struck outpinch hitter Jorge Cantu to end the frame and struck out theside in the ninth for his 43rd save.


Belisle tied a career high with nine strikeouts, but allowedfive runs on six hits over six innings. Belisle also struck outnine on Aug. 25 vs. the Marlins.

 

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CINCINNATI (2) AT MILWAUKEE (5) - EVENT LOG
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Cincinnati Starting Lineups -- N Hopper CF, J Keppinger SS, K Griffey Jr RF,
B Phillips 2B, A Dunn LF, E Encarnacion 3B, J Votto 1B, J Valentin C, M Belisle RHP.

Milwaukee Starting Lineups -- R Weeks 2B, C Counsell 3B, J Dillon LF, P Fielder 1B,
C Hart RF, J Hardy SS, J Estrada C, B Hall CF, C Villanueva RHP.

Umpires -- Bill Welke (HP), John Hirschbeck (1B), Wally Bell (2B), Mike Dimuro (3B).

Gametime Weather: 65 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 7 mph.


CINCINNATI 1ST: N Hopper walked. J Keppinger singled to center, N Hopper
to second. K Griffey Jr struck out swinging. B Phillips popped out to
shortstop. A Dunn walked, N Hopper to third, J Keppinger to second.
E Encarnacion popped out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0,
MILWAUKEE 0.

MILWAUKEE 1ST: R Weeks struck out swinging. C Counsell struck out
swinging. J Dillon struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0,
MILWAUKEE 0.

CINCINNATI 2ND: J Votto flied out to right. J Valentin flied out to right.
M Belisle struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0,
MILWAUKEE 0.

MILWAUKEE 2ND: P Fielder struck out looking. C Hart struck out swinging.
J Hardy walked. J Hardy stole second. J Estrada struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, MILWAUKEE 0.

CINCINNATI 3RD: N Hopper fouled out to first. J Keppinger lined out to
third. K Griffey Jr singled to right. B Phillips flied out to right. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, MILWAUKEE 0.

MILWAUKEE 3RD: B Hall flied out to right. C Villanueva grounded out to
third. R Weeks walked. C Counsell singled to left, R Weeks to second.
J Dillon doubled to deep right, R Weeks and C Counsell scored. P Fielder
grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, MILWAUKEE 2.

CINCINNATI 4TH: A Dunn struck out swinging. E Encarnacion doubled to deep
center. J Votto walked. J Valentin grounded into double play, second to
shortstop to first, J Votto out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0,
MILWAUKEE 2.

MILWAUKEE 4TH: C Hart flied out to right. J Hardy struck out looking.
J Estrada struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0,
MILWAUKEE 2.

CINCINNATI 5TH: M Belisle struck out swinging. N Hopper grounded out to
second. J Keppinger flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0,
MILWAUKEE 2.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: B Hall reached on bunt single to third. C Villanueva
sacrificed to pitcher, B Hall to second. R Weeks flied out to right, B Hall to
third. C Counsell hit by pitch. J Dillon doubled to deep right, B Hall and
C Counsell scored. P Fielder singled to left, J Dillon scored. C Hart grounded
into fielder's choice to shortstop, P Fielder out at second. (3 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, MILWAUKEE 5.

CINCINNATI 6TH: K Griffey Jr reached on infield single to third.
B Phillips grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, K Griffey Jr
out at second. A Dunn reached on infield single to second. E Encarnacion
grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, MILWAUKEE 5.

MILWAUKEE 6TH: R Hanigan catching. J Hardy singled to left. J Estrada
grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Hardy out at second.
B Hall struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, MILWAUKEE 5.

CINCINNATI 7TH: J Votto flied out to center. R Hanigan grounded out to
pitcher. B Coats hit for M Belisle. B Coats singled to center. N Hopper
grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, MILWAUKEE 5.

MILWAUKEE 7TH: M McBeth relieved M Belisle. T Gwynn Jr hit for C
Villanueva. T Gwynn Jr fouled out to catcher. R Weeks struck out swinging.
C Counsell struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0,
MILWAUKEE 5.

CINCINNATI 8TH: M Wise relieved C Villanueva. J Keppinger singled to
center. K Griffey Jr struck out swinging. B Phillips doubled to left,
J Keppinger to third. B Shouse relieved M Wise. A Dunn grounded out to second,
J Keppinger scored, B Phillips to third. E Encarnacion singled to left center,
B Phillips scored. J Votto singled to left, E Encarnacion to second. F Cordero
relieved B Shouse. J Cantu hit for R Hanigan. J Cantu struck out swinging.
(2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 5.

MILWAUKEE 8TH: D Ross catching. B Salmon relieved M McBeth. J Dillon
grounded out to shortstop. P Fielder struck out swinging. C Hart struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 5.

CINCINNATI 9TH: G Jenkins in left field. A Gonzalez hit for B Salmon.
A Gonzalez struck out swinging. N Hopper struck out swinging. J Keppinger
reached on infield single to pitcher. K Griffey Jr struck out looking.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 5.</div>

 

Dillon helps Brewers stop Reds

<h3>MILWAUKEE 5, CINCINNATI 2</h3>By Dave Cotey
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- From Japan to a pennant race, MilwaukeeBrewers utility player Joe Dillon has come a long way in ashort period of time.


Dillon, who retired following the 2003 season because of a backinjury, had a career-high four RBI to help the Brewers defeatthe Cincinnati Reds, 5-2, Sunday at Miller Park.


Carlos Villanueva (8-4) pitched seven shutout innings and PrinceFielder extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an RBIsingle as the Brewers (76-72) remained one game behind theNational League Central Division-leading Chicago Cubs (78-72),who beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2.


"They're not going to let (Prince Fielder) or (Ryan Braun) andthose type of guys beat you this time of season," Dillon said."It's got to be the role guys chipping in and getting the bighits in big situations."


Reds starter Matt Belisle (8-9) struck out the side in the firsttwo innings but ran into trouble in third. Rickie Weeks walkedand Craig Counsell singled and Dillon delivered them both homewith a double to right.


Two innings later, after Bill Hall led off with a bunt singleand Counsell was hit by a pitch, Dillon again doubled to rightwith two outs, scoring both runners. He then scored onFielder's single to left.


"He'll give you a great at-bat everytime he steps into thebatter's box," Brewers manager Ned Yost said of Dillon. "Thoseare guys I like to have. I'm glad we've got him now."

After six minor league seasons from 1997 to 2003, Dillon was outof professional baseball and coaching college baseball at hisalma mater, Texas Tech University, in 2003. He began hiscomeback in 2004, made his big league debut with the FloridaMarlins in 2005 and spent last season in Japan with the YomiuriGiants.


Before being recalled by the Brewers this season, Dillonbatted.317 with 20 home runs in 94 games for Class AAANashville, and on Sunday, Brewers manager Ned Yost gave thejourneyman his sixth start of the season. And Dillon responded.

"It's been a long road for me, so it's so gratifying to finallybe able to contribute," Dillon said. "This is what I've workedfor my whole life, to get to this point and contribute."

Villanueva won for the second time in three September startssince replacing the injured Claudio Vargas in the Brewersrotation.


"Being able to help the team right now in the situation we're inis a good feeling," Villanueva said.


The righthander allowed six hits, five of which were singles,and struck out four with three walks.


"He really had good stuff," Reds interim manager Pete Mackaninsaid. "It was a very impressive outing for him. He kept our batsquiet."


The Reds threatened with two runs on four hits off relieversMatt Wise and Brian Shouse, but Francisco Cordero struck outpinch hitter Jorge Cantu to end the frame and struck out theside in the ninth for his 43rd save. It was Cordero's secondfour-out save in as many days.


"We're one game behind, and there's only 14 days left and we cando a lot of damage," Cordero said. "We can win the division,and we're trying to do that."


Belisle tied a career high with nine strikeouts, but allowedfive runs on six hits over six innings. Belisle also struckoutnine on Aug. 25 vs. the Marlins.


"Dillon had my number, but it's the way I got to Dillon thathurt me," Belisle said. "Walking Weeks (in the third) andCounsell getting hit (in the fifth), that's what set it up.Makes me want to puke."