GAME THREAD: NL: CINCINNATI (52-68) at MILWAUKEE (62-59)

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">CINCINNATI (8) VS MILWAUKEE (3) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Hamilton cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 .286
J Keppinger ss 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 .357
K Griffey Jr rf 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .282
B Phillips 2b 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 .270
A Dunn lf 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 .261
S Hatteberg 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .302
J Valentin c 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .276
E Encarnacion 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .264
B Arroyo p 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .093
B Bray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 38 8 12 5 4 8 14

BATTING: 2B - B Phillips (21, J Suppan); K Griffey Jr (17, J Suppan); B Arroyo
(1, J Suppan). 3B - J Hamilton (2, M Wise). HR - S Hatteberg (10, 6th inning
off J Suppan 0 on, 0 Out), A Dunn (33, 9th inning off S Linebrink 1 on, 1 Out).
S - B Arroyo. RBI - B Phillips (67), K Griffey Jr (77), S Hatteberg (42), A
Dunn 2 (81). 2-out RBI - B Phillips, K Griffey Jr. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Dunn 2, J Hamilton 1, B Phillips 1, J Keppinger 1. GIDP - S
Hatteberg, J Valentin. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Keppinger (1, 2nd base off J Suppan/J Estrada), B
Phillips (24, 2nd base off B Shouse/J Estrada).

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


MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Gross rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .237
J Dillon 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .500
P Fielder 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .285
R Braun 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .344
G Jenkins lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .276
J Estrada c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .277
C Hart cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .271
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Hardy ss 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 .272
J Suppan p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .087
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260

Totals 31 3 9 3 1 7 10

BATTING: 2B - G Jenkins (21, B Arroyo); J Dillon (1, B Arroyo). HR - J Hardy 2
(22, 3rd inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 1 Out, 8th inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 0 Out),
G Gross (5, 8th inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Hardy 2 (68), G Gross
(10). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Estrada 1, G Jenkins 1. GIDP
- P Fielder. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Braun (4, 2nd base by B Arroyo/J Valentin).

FIELDING: E - J Hardy (12, ground ball); C Hart (2, bobble); R Braun (19,
throw); G Gross (2, throw). DP: 2 (P Fielder-J Hardy-J Suppan, J Estrada-J
Dillon).


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CINCINNATI - 101 011 202 -- 8
MILWAUKEE - 001 000 02 -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
B Arroyo 7 1/3 9 3 3 0 7 3 4.58
B Bray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.70
J Burton 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.12

MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
J Suppan 5 2/3 8 4 3 2 4 1 4.89
B Shouse 1 1/3 1 2 0 2 1 0 2.43
M Wise 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.67
S Linebrink 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 3.67

B Bray pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP - J Suppan. Pitches-strikes: B Arroyo 89-66; B Bray 6-2; J Burton 11-7; J
Suppan 114-76; B Shouse 23-12; M Wise 18-11; S Linebrink 19-12. Ground
balls-fly balls: B Arroyo 8-6; B Bray 0-0; J Burton 0-2; J Suppan 7-6; B Shouse
4-0; M Wise 0-1; S Linebrink 1-1. Batters faced: B Arroyo 29; B Bray 1; J
Burton 2; J Suppan 27; B Shouse 7; M Wise 4; S Linebrink 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Joyce. 1B--Jim Wolf. 2B--Mike Dimuro. 3B--Tim Tschida.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE - PITCHING CHANGE
CIN: DAVID WEATHERS (2-4, 3.71) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 8, MILWAUKEE 3

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J ESTRADA (.277, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: D Weathers relieved J Burton.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 8
MILWAUKEE 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J Estrada (.277, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Ellison in left field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 8
MILWAUKEE 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J Estrada (.277, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: C Counsell hit for S Linebrink.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CINCINNATI 8
MILWAUKEE 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C Counsell (.224, 3 HR, 19 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CINCINNATI 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 8 12 0
MILWAUKEE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 9 4 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CIN - BRONSON ARROYO, BILL BRAY (8TH), JARED BURTON (8TH), DAVID
WEATHERS (9TH) AND JAVIER VALENTIN

MIL - JEFF SUPPAN, BRIAN SHOUSE (6TH), MATT WISE (8TH),
SCOTT LINEBRINK (9TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA

HOME RUNS: CIN - SCOTT HATTEBERG (10) OFF JEFF SUPPAN IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
ADAM DUNN (33) OFF SCOTT LINEBRINK IN THE 9TH, 1 ON

MIL - J.J. HARDY (21) OFF BRONSON ARROYO IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
J.J. HARDY (22) OFF BRONSON ARROYO IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
GABE GROSS (5) OFF BRONSON ARROYO IN THE 8TH, 0 ON</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CINCINNATI 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 8 12 0
MILWAUKEE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 9 4 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CIN - BRONSON ARROYO, BILL BRAY (8TH), JARED BURTON (8TH), DAVID
WEATHERS (9TH) AND JAVIER VALENTIN

MIL - JEFF SUPPAN, BRIAN SHOUSE (6TH), MATT WISE (8TH),
SCOTT LINEBRINK (9TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA


WP - BRONSON ARROYO (6-13)
LP - JEFF SUPPAN (8-10)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: CIN - SCOTT HATTEBERG (10) OFF JEFF SUPPAN IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
ADAM DUNN (33) OFF SCOTT LINEBRINK IN THE 9TH, 1 ON

MIL - J.J. HARDY (21) OFF BRONSON ARROYO IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
J.J. HARDY (22) OFF BRONSON ARROYO IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
GABE GROSS (5) OFF BRONSON ARROYO IN THE 8TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:55 ATT: 41,008

PROBABLES: CIN - ELIZARDO RAMIREZ (0-0, 0.00)
MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS (9-4, 4.87)</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">CINCINNATI (8) VS MILWAUKEE (3) - FINAL

CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Hamilton cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 .286
J Keppinger ss 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 .357
K Griffey Jr rf 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .282
B Phillips 2b 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 .270
A Dunn lf 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 .261
D Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Hatteberg 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .302
J Valentin c 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .276
E Encarnacion 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .264
B Arroyo p 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .093
B Bray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Ellison lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 38 8 12 5 4 8 14

BATTING: 2B - B Phillips (21, J Suppan); K Griffey Jr (17, J Suppan); B Arroyo
(1, J Suppan). 3B - J Hamilton (2, M Wise). HR - S Hatteberg (10, 6th inning
off J Suppan 0 on, 0 Out), A Dunn (33, 9th inning off S Linebrink 1 on, 1 Out).
S - B Arroyo. RBI - B Phillips (67), K Griffey Jr (77), S Hatteberg (42), A
Dunn 2 (81). 2-out RBI - B Phillips, K Griffey Jr. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Dunn 2, J Hamilton 1, B Phillips 1, J Keppinger 1. GIDP - S
Hatteberg, J Valentin. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Keppinger (1, 2nd base off J Suppan/J Estrada), B
Phillips (24, 2nd base off B Shouse/J Estrada).

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


MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Gross rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .237
J Dillon 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .500
P Fielder 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .285
R Braun 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .344
G Jenkins lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .276
J Estrada c 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .277
C Hart cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .271
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-C Counsell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223
J Hardy ss 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 .272
J Suppan p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .087
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260

Totals 34 3 9 3 1 7 10

a-lined out to center for S Linebrink in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - G Jenkins (21, B Arroyo); J Dillon (1, B Arroyo). HR - J Hardy 2
(22, 3rd inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 1 Out, 8th inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 0 Out),
G Gross (5, 8th inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Hardy 2 (68), G Gross
(10). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Estrada 1, G Jenkins 1. GIDP
- P Fielder. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Braun (4, 2nd base by B Arroyo/J Valentin).

FIELDING: E - J Hardy (12, ground ball); C Hart (2, bobble); R Braun (19,
throw); G Gross (2, throw). DP: 2 (P Fielder-J Hardy-J Suppan, J Estrada-J
Dillon).


----------------------------------------------------
CINCINNATI - 101 011 202 -- 8
MILWAUKEE - 001 000 020 -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
B Arroyo (W, 6-13) 7 1/3 9 3 3 0 7 3 4.58
B Bray (H, 1) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.70
J Burton (H, 4) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.12
D Weathers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.65

MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
J Suppan (L, 8-10) 5 2/3 8 4 3 2 4 1 4.89
B Shouse 1 1/3 1 2 0 2 1 0 2.43
M Wise 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.67
S Linebrink 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 3.67

B Bray pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP - J Suppan. Pitches-strikes: B Arroyo 89-66; B Bray 6-2; J Burton 11-7; D
Weathers 13-7; J Suppan 114-76; B Shouse 23-12; M Wise 18-11; S Linebrink
19-12. Ground balls-fly balls: B Arroyo 8-6; B Bray 0-0; J Burton 0-2; D
Weathers 1-2; J Suppan 7-6; B Shouse 4-0; M Wise 0-1; S Linebrink 1-1. Batters
faced: B Arroyo 29; B Bray 1; J Burton 2; D Weathers 3; J Suppan 27; B Shouse
7; M Wise 4; S Linebrink 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Joyce. 1B--Jim Wolf. 2B--Mike Dimuro. 3B--Tim Tschida.

T--2:55. Att--41,008.
Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, out to
center.</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
CINCINNATI 8
MILWAUKEE 3 FINAL</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">CINCINNATI (8) VS MILWAUKEE (3) - FINAL

CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Hamilton cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 .286
J Keppinger ss 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 .357
K Griffey Jr rf 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .282
B Phillips 2b 4 0 2 1 1 1 2 .272
A Dunn lf 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 .261
D Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Hatteberg 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .302
J Valentin c 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .276
E Encarnacion 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .264
B Arroyo p 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .093
B Bray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Ellison lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 39 8 13 5 3 8 14

BATTING: 2B - B Phillips (21, J Suppan); K Griffey Jr (17, J Suppan); B Arroyo
(1, J Suppan). 3B - J Hamilton (2, M Wise). HR - S Hatteberg (10, 6th inning
off J Suppan 0 on, 0 Out), A Dunn (33, 9th inning off S Linebrink 1 on, 1 Out).
S - B Arroyo. RBI - B Phillips (67), K Griffey Jr (77), S Hatteberg (42), A
Dunn 2 (81). 2-out RBI - B Phillips, K Griffey Jr. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Dunn 2, J Hamilton 1, B Phillips 1, J Keppinger 1. GIDP - S
Hatteberg, J Valentin. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Keppinger (1, 2nd base off J Suppan/J Estrada), B
Phillips (24, 2nd base off B Shouse/J Estrada).

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


MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Gross rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .237
J Dillon 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .500
P Fielder 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .285
R Braun 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .344
G Jenkins lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .276
J Estrada c 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .277
C Hart cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .271
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-C Counsell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223
J Hardy ss 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 .272
J Suppan p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .087
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260

Totals 34 3 9 3 1 7 10

a-lined out to center for S Linebrink in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - G Jenkins (21, B Arroyo); J Dillon (1, B Arroyo). HR - J Hardy 2
(22, 3rd inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 1 Out, 8th inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 0 Out),
G Gross (5, 8th inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Hardy 2 (68), G Gross
(10). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Estrada 1, G Jenkins 1. GIDP
- P Fielder. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Braun (4, 2nd base by B Arroyo/J Valentin).

FIELDING: E - J Hardy (12, ground ball); C Hart (2, bobble); R Braun (19,
throw); G Gross (2, throw). DP: 2 (P Fielder-J Hardy-J Suppan, J Estrada-J
Dillon).


----------------------------------------------------
CINCINNATI - 101 011 202 -- 8
MILWAUKEE - 001 000 020 -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
B Arroyo (W, 6-13) 7 1/3 9 3 3 0 7 3 4.58
B Bray (H, 1) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.70
J Burton (H, 4) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.12
D Weathers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.65

MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
J Suppan (L, 8-10) 5 2/3 8 4 3 2 4 1 4.89
B Shouse 1 1/3 2 2 1 1 1 0 2.68
M Wise 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.67
S Linebrink 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 3.67

B Bray pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP - J Suppan. Pitches-strikes: B Arroyo 89-66; B Bray 6-2; J Burton 11-7; D
Weathers 13-7; J Suppan 114-76; B Shouse 24-13; M Wise 18-11; S Linebrink
19-12. Ground balls-fly balls: B Arroyo 8-6; B Bray 0-0; J Burton 0-2; D
Weathers 1-2; J Suppan 7-6; B Shouse 4-0; M Wise 0-1; S Linebrink 1-1. Batters
faced: B Arroyo 29; B Bray 1; J Burton 2; D Weathers 3; J Suppan 27; B Shouse
7; M Wise 4; S Linebrink 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Joyce. 1B--Jim Wolf. 2B--Mike Dimuro. 3B--Tim Tschida.

T--2:55. Att--41,008.
Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, out to
center.</div>

 

NL: CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CINCINNATI (8) AT MILWAUKEE (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CINCINNATI 1ST: J Hamilton struck out swinging. J Keppinger safe at first
on error by shortstop J Hardy. K Griffey Jr flied out to center. J Keppinger
stole second. B Phillips doubled to left, J Keppinger scored. A Dunn struck
out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) CINCINNATI 1, MILWAUKEE 0.

CINCINNATI 3RD: B Arroyo flied out to left. J Hamilton struck out
swinging. J Keppinger walked. K Griffey Jr doubled to shallow right center,
J Keppinger scored. B Phillips flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 0.

MILWAUKEE 3RD: C Hart struck out swinging. J Hardy homered to left.
J Suppan grounded out to second. G Gross singled to right. J Dillon popped out
to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 1.

CINCINNATI 5TH: B Arroyo doubled to deep left. J Hamilton flied out to
center. J Keppinger singled to center, B Arroyo scored on error by center
fielder C Hart. J Keppinger to second on wild pitch by J Suppan. K Griffey Jr
grounded out to second, J Keppinger to third. B Phillips walked. A Dunn flied
out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) CINCINNATI 3, MILWAUKEE 1.

CINCINNATI 6TH: S Hatteberg homered to right. J Valentin struck out
swinging. E Encarnacion singled to left. B Arroyo sacrificed to catcher,
E Encarnacion to second. B Shouse relieved J Suppan. J Hamilton struck out
looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 4, MILWAUKEE 1.

CINCINNATI 7TH: J Keppinger singled to right. K Griffey Jr grounded into
fielder's choice to third, J Keppinger safe at second on throwing error by
third baseman R Braun, J Keppinger and K Griffey Jr scored on throwing error by
right fielder G Gross. B Phillips singled to right. B Phillips stole second.
A Dunn walked. S Hatteberg grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Dunn
out at second, B Phillips to third. J Valentin grounded into double play,
catcher to second, S Hatteberg out at second.(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors)
CINCINNATI 6, MILWAUKEE 1.

MILWAUKEE 8TH: J Hardy homered to center. B Hall struck out looking.
G Gross homered to right center. J Dillon doubled to right center. B Bray
relieved B Arroyo. P Fielder walked. J Burton relieved B Bray. R Braun flied
out to center. G Jenkins lined out to right. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
CINCINNATI 6, MILWAUKEE 3.

CINCINNATI 9TH: S Linebrink relieved M Wise. K Griffey Jr singled to right.
B Phillips struck out looking. A Dunn homered to right, K Griffey Jr scored.
S Hatteberg grounded out to second. J Valentin flied out to left. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 8, MILWAUKEE 3.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CINCINNATI (8) AT MILWAUKEE (3) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cincinnati Starting Lineups -- J Hamilton CF, J Keppinger SS, K Griffey Jr RF,
B Phillips 2B, A Dunn LF, S Hatteberg 1B, J Valentin C, E Encarnacion 3B,
B Arroyo RHP.

Milwaukee Starting Lineups -- G Gross RF, J Dillon 2B, P Fielder 1B, R Braun 3B,
G Jenkins LF, J Estrada C, C Hart CF, J Hardy SS, J Suppan RHP.

Umpires -- Jim Joyce (HP), Jim Wolf (1B), Mike Dimuro (2B), Tim Tschida (3B).


Gametime Weather: 71 degrees, Clear, wind out to center at 10 mph.


CINCINNATI 1ST: J Hamilton struck out swinging. J Keppinger safe at first
on error by shortstop J Hardy. K Griffey Jr flied out to center. J Keppinger
stole second. B Phillips doubled to left, J Keppinger scored. A Dunn struck
out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) CINCINNATI 1, MILWAUKEE 0.

MILWAUKEE 1ST: G Gross singled to right. J Dillon struck out swinging.
P Fielder grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, G Gross out at
second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 1, MILWAUKEE 0.

CINCINNATI 2ND: S Hatteberg grounded out to second. J Valentin grounded
out to second. E Encarnacion lined out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CINCINNATI 1, MILWAUKEE 0.

MILWAUKEE 2ND: R Braun singled to left. R Braun caught stealing second,
catcher to shortstop. G Jenkins struck out swinging. J Estrada struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 1, MILWAUKEE 0.

CINCINNATI 3RD: B Arroyo flied out to left. J Hamilton struck out
swinging. J Keppinger walked. K Griffey Jr doubled to shallow right center,
J Keppinger scored. B Phillips flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 0.

MILWAUKEE 3RD: C Hart struck out swinging. J Hardy homered to left.
J Suppan grounded out to second. G Gross singled to right. J Dillon popped out
to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 1.

CINCINNATI 4TH: A Dunn singled to left center. S Hatteberg grounded into
double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, A Dunn out at second. J Valentin
singled to right. E Encarnacion grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
J Valentin out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 1.

MILWAUKEE 4TH: P Fielder fouled out to catcher. R Braun grounded out to
shortstop. G Jenkins doubled to left. J Estrada grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, MILWAUKEE 1.

CINCINNATI 5TH: B Arroyo doubled to deep left. J Hamilton flied out to
center. J Keppinger singled to center, B Arroyo scored on error by center
fielder C Hart. J Keppinger to second on wild pitch by J Suppan. K Griffey Jr
grounded out to second, J Keppinger to third. B Phillips walked. A Dunn flied
out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) CINCINNATI 3, MILWAUKEE 1.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: C Hart grounded out to second. J Hardy grounded out to
pitcher. J Suppan struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 3,
MILWAUKEE 1.

CINCINNATI 6TH: S Hatteberg homered to right. J Valentin struck out
swinging. E Encarnacion singled to left. B Arroyo sacrificed to catcher,
E Encarnacion to second. B Shouse relieved J Suppan. J Hamilton struck out
looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 4, MILWAUKEE 1.

MILWAUKEE 6TH: G Gross flied out to center. J Dillon fouled out to first.
P Fielder singled to right. R Braun flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CINCINNATI 4, MILWAUKEE 1.

CINCINNATI 7TH: J Keppinger singled to right. K Griffey Jr grounded into
fielder's choice to third, J Keppinger safe at second on throwing error by
third baseman R Braun, J Keppinger and K Griffey Jr scored on throwing error by
right fielder G Gross. B Phillips singled to right. B Phillips stole second.
A Dunn walked. S Hatteberg grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Dunn
out at second, B Phillips to third. J Valentin grounded into double play,
catcher to second, S Hatteberg out at second.(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors)
CINCINNATI 6, MILWAUKEE 1.

MILWAUKEE 7TH: G Jenkins grounded out to second. J Estrada flied out to
center. C Hart struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 6,
MILWAUKEE 1.

CINCINNATI 8TH: M Wise relieved B Shouse. B Hall in center field.
E Encarnacion flied out to left. B Arroyo struck out swinging. J Hamilton
tripled to deep center. J Keppinger struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CINCINNATI 6, MILWAUKEE 1.

MILWAUKEE 8TH: J Hardy homered to center. B Hall struck out looking.
G Gross homered to right center. J Dillon doubled to right center. B Bray
relieved B Arroyo. P Fielder walked. J Burton relieved B Bray. R Braun flied
out to center. G Jenkins lined out to right. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
CINCINNATI 6, MILWAUKEE 3.

CINCINNATI 9TH: S Linebrink relieved M Wise. K Griffey Jr singled to right.
B Phillips struck out looking. A Dunn homered to right, K Griffey Jr scored.
S Hatteberg grounded out to second. J Valentin flied out to left. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 8, MILWAUKEE 3.

MILWAUKEE 9TH: D Weathers relieved J Burton. J Ellison in left field.
J Estrada grounded out to second. C Counsell hit for S Linebrink. C Counsell
lined out to center. J Hardy flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CINCINNATI 8, MILWAUKEE 3.</div>

 

Arroyo, Reds crush Brewers, knock them out of first place

<h3>CINCINNATI 8, MILWAUKEE 3</h3>MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- Bronson Arroyo and the Cincinnati Redscontinued the Milwaukee Brewers' freefall, knocking them out offirst place in the National League Central Division.

Bronson Arroyo threw 7 1/3 strong innings and Scott Hatteberghomered as the Reds posted an 8-3 victory over the Brewers onFriday.


Jeff Keppinger had two hits and scored three times forCincinnati, which has won five of the eight meetings between theclubs this season.


Arroyo (6-13) was efficient, throwing 67-of-90 pitches forstrikes and allowing just three runs and nine hits. He alsostruck out seven as the Reds notched their eighth win in 12games.


"(They had) a lot of swings, lot of pop-ups, a lot of groundballs," Arroyo said. "It was probably the easiest start I hadall year. They were being really aggressive."


Arroyo left with one out in the eighth after allowing solo homeruns by Gabe Gross and J.J. Hardy.


"That's the least amount of pitches I've had through seveninnings, maybe ever," Arroyo said. "It's kind of one of thosedays where it rolls. It would have been nice to finish withthat pitch count, but (Jared) Burton did a great job coming inand locking that inning down. Those were a huge two outs thathe got."


Hardy also homered in the third to record his second career<div class="pre">multi-home run game for the Brewers (62-60), who own the best</div>home record in the NL at 39-24 but fell one-half game behind theChicago Cubs (62-59) for the division lead.


Cincinnati took a 3-1 lead into the sixth and Hatteberg extendedit by leading off the frame with a homer off Brewers starterJeff Suppan (8-10), who allowed four runs - three earned - andeight hits in 5 2/3 innings.


Suppan was not worried about the team's recent struggles,though.


"We're playing together well as a team," Suppan said. "It mightnot look like it, but we are. I get so sick of answeringquestions about why we're lazy. We're doing everything we canto win. No one is lying down. We have to keep our focusthrough all of this because it's going to change."

Brandon Phillips and Ken Griffey Jr. each had RBI doubles in thefirst two innings and Arroyo scored in the fifth, when hedoubled and came home when Corey Hart mishandled Keppinger'ssingle to center field.


Milwuakee, which has lost a season-high five straight at homeand 14 of 19 overall, has fallen out of first place for thefirst time since August 2 and only the second time since April21.


"These guys haven't been playing their best baseball this seasonand I feel fortunate we're catching them at this time," Redsmanager Pete Mackanin said. "Hopefully, we can come out of herewith a couple more wins. That's an important thing when you'replaying these teams, catching them at a down time rather thanwhen they're hot. A lot of it is fortune."


Arroyo and the Reds benefited from some sloppy defense by theBrewers to put away the game in the seventh. Milwaukeecommitted two of its four errors in the frame and turned adouble-play ball into two runs.


With the Reds already ahead, 4-1, Keppinger led off the framewith a single. Griffey then hit a bouncer to rookie thirdbasemen Ryan Braun, who airmailed a throw into right field whiletrying to force out Keppinger at second.


Right fielder Gross sailed his throw back into the infieldtoward the tarp along the left field line, allowing both runnersto score.


"I'm counting it - 591!" Griffey joked, referring to his careerhome run total. "I'm counting it (as a home run), even if theydon't."


Adam Dunn added a majestic 455-foot two-run homer in the eighth- his 33rd of the season - for Cincinnati, which is 22-17 sinceMackanin took over as interim manager on July 3.