Last Pitched
: Sun at Pit and produced a career-high 11 strikeouts in 6.0shutout innings to earn the 5-0 victory (2h, 3bb, 107 pitches, 68 strikes)...Reds pitchers combined for 17 strikeouts, including 2 each by J.J. Hoover, Aroldis Chapman and Alfredo Simon, to tie the club record for strikeouts ina 9-inning game (3rd time).
Red Hots
: The 24-year-old righthander tonight is making his seventh startof the season...on 12/17/11 was acquired from the Padres in exchangefor
1B Yonder Alonso
,
RHP Brad Boxberger
,
C Yasmani Grandal
and
RHP Edinson Volquez
...produced 2 quality start in his 6 apps...in his 6starts the Reds went 3-3 and scored 26 runs (4.33 r/g).
Career Highlights
: For the Padres from
6/10-9/7, 2010
established a Major League record by allowing 2 runs or fewer in 15 consecutive starts with aminimum of 5.0 innings pitched each start...his run support averages of 3.95 in 2010 and 3.29 in 2011 ranked ninth- and fourth-lowest, respectively,
among all National League qualifying pitchers...his 18 wins in his rst 2
seasons was a Padres record for a pitcher younger than 23 years old...
was drafted in 2006 and signed in 2007 as one of the nal draft-and-follow
eligible players.
Career Highs
:
Innings Pitched
: 9.0, 5/13/10 at SF;
Hits
: 10 (2x), 6/21/11at Bos & 4/29/12 vs Hou;
Runs
: 8 (2x), 9/17/10 at StL & 4/18/12 at StL;
Earned Runs
: 8 (2x), 9/17/10 at StL & 4/18/12 at StL;
HR
: 3, 4/10/10 at Col;
Walks
: 5 (2x), 9/5/09 at LAD & 4/21/11 vs Phi;
Strikeouts
: 11, 5/6/12 at Pit;
Scoreless Streak
: 21.0, 5/1-5/18, 2010;
Winning Streak
: 6g, 6/10-7/24,2010;
Losing Streak
: 5 (2x), 9/12-10/3, 2010 & 4/11-5/9, 2011;
CompleteGames/Shutouts
: 1, 5/13/10 at SF (1-0 win);
Hits (batting)
: 2 (2x), 5/7/10at Hou & 7/8/10 at Wsh
Latos’ Most Recent Starts
:
4/7 vs Mia
and in his Reds debut suffered the8-3 loss (4.2ip, 7h, 4er, 2bb, 4k, 1hr, 81 pitches, 51 strikes)...left trailing,4-2...allowed an RBI-double to Giancarlo Stanton in the fourth inning and
then 3 runs in the fth on a solo HR to Omar Infante leading off the frame
followed by a 2-out, 2-run single to Stanton...
4/12 at Wsh
and in theNationals’ home opener suffered the 10-inning, 3-2 loss (5ip, 5h, 2er, 3bb,
1k, 99 pitches, 62 strikes)...left trailing, 2-0...allowed only a 2-out, 2-run single to Adam LaRoche in the bottom of the fth inning...Wsh’s Ryan Zimmerman scored the
winning run in the 10th on Alfredo Simon’s 2-out wild pitch...
4/18 at StL
and suffered the 11-1 loss (5.2ip, 9h, 8er, 3bb, 6k, 1hr, 112 pitches, 71 strikes)...left trailing,
7-1, but was charged with another run scored on Rafael Furcal’s RBI-single off Sam LeCure...allowed 3 runs in the rst inning on Lance Berkman’s RBI-ineld single
and David Freese’s 2-run double...with 2 outs in the second allowed a 2-run HR to Carlos Beltran...with 2 outs in the sixth allowed a 2-run triple to Jaime Garcia beforehe was replaced by LeCure...
4/24 vs SF
and threw 7.0 scoreless innings to earn the 9-2 victory (4h, 2bb, 3k, 95 pitches, 66 strikes)...was his rst win as a Red...left
leading, 3-0, and with 2 outs the Reds extended that cushion with 5 more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning...allowed 5 singles and stranded 5 baserunners...left the bases loaded in the sixth...
4/29 vs Hou
and received no decision in the 6-5 win (6.1ip, 10h, 5er, 0bb, 4k, 2hr, 108 pitches, 69 strikes)...left trailing, 5-3, butthe Reds tied it on Joey Votto’s 2-out, 2-run double in the seventh and won it on Jay Bruce’s homer leading off the eighth...allowed an RBI-single to Jed Lowrie in
the rst inning, a suicide squeeze bunt to pitcher Jordan Lyles in the second, a 2-out, 2-run HR to Jed Lowrie in the fth and a solo HR to Matt Downs in the sixth.
Latos’ 2012 Starts
date opp. dec rec era ip h r-er bb so hr result
4/7 vs Mia L 0-1 7.71 4.2 7 4-4 2 4 1 L, 3-84/12^ at Wsh - - 5.59 5.0 5 2-2 3 1 - L, 2-3 (10)4/18 at StL L 0-2 8.22 5.2 9 *8-8* 3 6 1 L, 1-114/24 vs SF W 1-2 5.64 7.0 4 - 2 3 - W, 9-24/29 vs Hou - - 5.97 6.1 *10 5-5 - 4 2 W, 6-5
April Totals 1-2 5.97 28.2 35 19-19 10 18 4 5g, 5gs
5/6 at Pit W 2-2 4.93 6.0 2 - 3 *11 - W, 5-0
2012 Totals 2-2 4.93 34.2 37 19-19 13 29 4 6g, 6gsMajor League Totals 29-31 3.49 464.1 398 193-180 148 442 43 78g, 78gsCareer at GABP 2-1 3.38 32.0 26 12-12 6 20 4 5g, 5gsCareer at Home 13-14 3.23 203.1 179 81-73 60 190 20 34g, 34gsCareer on the Road 16-17 3.69 261.0 219 112-107 88 252 23 44g, 44gs
^ Nationals’ home opener, * Career high
Latos’ career appearances at Great American Ball Park
date opp. dec rec era ip h r-er bb so hr result
7/29/09 at Cin W 1-0 1.29 7.0 1 1-1 1 4 1 W, 7-18/12/11 at Cin - - 1.93 7.0 4 2-2 1 5 - L, 3-54/7/12 vs Mia L 1-1 3.38 4.2 7 4-4 2 4 1 L, 3-84/24/12 vs SF W 2-1 2.45 7.0 4 - 2 3 - W, 9-24/29/12 vs Hou - - 3.38 6.1 *10 5-5 - 4 2 W, 6-5
Career at GABP 2-1 3.38 32.0 26 12-12 6 20 4 5g, 5gs
* Career high
Latos’ career appearances vs Nationals
date opp. dec rec era ip h r-er bb so hr result
7/24/09 at Wsh W 1-0 3.18 5.2 5 2-2 2 5 2 W, 6-25/29/10 vs Wsh W 2-0 3.09 6.0 4 2-2 3 8 - W, 5-37/8/10 at Wsh W 3-0 1.93 7.0 5 - 2 8 - W, 10-46/10/11 vs Wsh L 3-1 2.19 6.0 4 2-2 2 6 1 L, 4-74/12/12* at Wsh - - 2.43 5.0 5 2-2 3 1 - L, 2-3 (10)
Career vs Nationals 3-1 2.43 29.2 23 8-8 12 28 3 5g, 5gsCareer at Nationals Park 2-0 2.04 17.2 15 4-4 7 14 2 3g, 3gs
2009-2011 for SD, * Nationals’ 2012 home opener
Nationals batters vs Latos
Avg H AB HR RBI K Avg H AB HR RBI K
Bernadina .200 2 10 0 0 3 Morse .500 1 2 1 2 1
DeRosa .333 1 3 0 1 0 Nady .143 1 7 0 0 3
Desmond .375 3 8 0 0 0 Ramos .000 0 3 0 0 0Espinosa .000 0 3 0 0 1 Werth .100 1 10 0 1 4LaRoche .273 3 11 1 3 3 Zimmerman .273 3 11 1 1 0
Starting Pitcher RHP Mat Latos #55
Tomorrow’s Pitcher: Bronson Arroyo
Last Pitched
: Mon at Mil and earned the 6-1 victory (6.2ip, 6h, 1er,1bb, 9k, 1hr, 110 pitches, 73 strikes)...left leading, 5-1, with a pair of runners on base but Logan Ondrusek stranded both...allowed only
a solo HR to Ryan Braun in the rst inning.
Red Hots
: Tomorrow will make his
seventh
start of the season,his
208th
start for the Reds (
81-73
,
4.10
) and the
298th
start of hiscareer...will be his second start of the season vs the Nationals...once was the victim of a blown save...produced 4 quality starts inhis 6 apps...in his 6 starts the Reds went 4-2 and scored 24 runs (4r/g)...on 4/25 reached
10.000 years
of
Major League service time
.
Career Highlights
: In 3 of his 6 seasons with the Reds receivedthe Johnny Vander Meer Award as the staff’s Most OutstandingPitcher (2006, 2009, 2010)...3 times won the club’s Joe NuxhallGood Guy Award (2006, 2009, 2011)...in 2010 won the Rawlings
Gold Glove Award for elding excellence...led the Reds in starts in
each of the last 6 seasons, in innings pitched 5 times in the last 6years and in quality starts 3 times in the last 5 years...in each of the last 7 seasons produced at least 32 starts and in 6 of the last 7seasons threw at least 200 innings...his 6-year 200 innings pitchedstreak was snapped in 2011, when he threw 199.0...since he wasacquired by the Reds in 2006 leads all National League pitchers with207 starts and 1,325.2 innings pitched...his 207 starts over the last 7seasons rank third in the Major Leagues behind Dan Haren (210gs)and Derek Lowe (208) and his 1,325.2 innings pitched ranks sixth.
Arroyo vs Nationals
:
4/13 at Wsh
and threw 7.1 shutout inningsbut was the victim of a blown save in the 13-inning, 2-1 loss (3h,1bb, 4k)...left leading, 1-0, but pinch hitter Xavier Nady homered off Bill Bray to tie it...singled in the third inning off Jordan Zimmerman
for the Reds’ rst hit and then drove in the game’s rst run with asacrice y in the fth.
Arroyo’s 2012 Starts
date opp. dec rec era ip h r-er bb so hr result
4/8 vs Mia - - 5.68 6.1 10 5-4 - 4 - W, 6-5
4/13 at Wsh (bs) - 2.63 7.1 3 - 1 4 - L, 1-2 (13)
4/19 at StL W 1-0 2.91 8.0 5 3-3 - 5 1 W, 6-34/25 vs SF - - 2.70 5.0 9 2-1 1 2 1 W, 4-2
April Totals 1-0 2.70 26.2 27 10-8 2 15 2 4g, 4gs
5/2 vs Chi L 1-1 3.03 6.0 9 3-3 1 3 2 L, 1-35/7 at Mil W 2-1 2.75 6.2 6 1-1 1 9 1 W, 6-1
2012 Totals 2-1 2.75 39.1 42 14-12 4 27 5 6g, 6gsMajor League Totals 114-106-1 4.25 1914.0 1955 1001-904 558 1253 261 333g, 297gsCareer at GABP 39-37 3.95 674.2 661 326-296 182 459 104 104g, 104gsCareer at Home 55-50-1 4.20 972.1 990 512-454 280 635 140 168g, 148gsCareer on the Road 59-56-0 4.30 941.2 965 489-450 278 618 121 165g, 149gs
(bs) Victim of blown save
Arroyo’s career appearances vs Nationals
date opp. dec rec era ip h r-er bb so hr result
4/26/06 at Wsh W 1-0 0.00 8.0 1 - 2 8 - W, 5-0
5/11/06 vs Wsh (bs) - 0.00 8.0 6 - 1 8 - W, 5-4 (11)
5/21/07 vs Wsh - - 3.00 2.0 6 6-6 3 2 1 W, 8-78/1/07 at Wsh L 1-1 5.95 1.2 7 7-7 2 1 1 L, 2-77/4/08 vs Wsh W 2-1 4.56 6.0 5 - 3 3 - W, 3-08/13/09 vs Wsh W, CG 3-1 3.38 *9.0 2 - 1 3 - W, 7-0
6/6/10 at Wsh (bs) - 3.16 8.0 6 2-2 1 5 - W, 5-4 (10)
7/21/10 vs Wsh L 3-2 4.10 5.2 6 7-7 3 1 1 L, 5-88/18/11 at Wsh L 3-3 4.14 6.0 7 3-3 2 3 1 L, 1-3
4/13/12 at Wsh (bs) - 3.65 7.1 3 - 1 4 - L, 1-2 (13)
Career vs Nationals 3-3 3.65 61.2 49 25-25 19 38 4 10g, 10gsNationals Park 0-1 2.11 21.1 16 5-5 4 12 1 3g, 3gsCareer at RFK Stadium 1-1 6.52 9.2 8 7-7 4 9 1 2g, 2gs
(bs) Victim of blown save, * Career high
Last 10 Starts By Reds PitchersDate dec ip h r er bb k hr Pitcher Notes
5/11 vs Wsh L 3.0 7 6 6 2 3 2 Leake L, 3-75/9 at Mil - 7.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 Cueto W, 2-1 (Baker’s 1,500th)
5/8 at Mil L 3.2 6 6 6 3 4 0 Bailey L, 3-8
5/7 at Mil W 6.2 6 1 1 1 9 1 Arroyo W, 6-15/6 at Pit W 6.0 2 0 0 3 11 0 Latos W, 5-0 (staff 17k)5/5 at Pit L 7.0 4 3 3 4 4 2 Leake L, 2-3
5/4 at Pit W, CG 9.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 Cueto W, 6-15/3 vs Chi - 6.0 9 3 3 1 4 3 Bailey W, 4-3 (10)
5/2 vs Chi L 6.0 9 3 3 1 3 2 Arroyo L, 1-3
4/29 vs Hou - 6.1 10 5 5 0 4 2 Latos W, 6-5