TONIGHT'S GAME
: Is
Game 2
(1-0) of a 3-game series vs
Lonnie Soloff's Indians
and
Game 8
(3-4) of a 10-day,9-game homestand that included a pair of
1-2 series losses
to the
Pirates
and
Tigers
...following this series the Redshit the road for a
6-game trip
to
NYM
(3g) and
Cle
(3g) before returning to
Great American Ball Park
for their nalhomestand of the rst half (3g vs Min, 3g vs Mil).
DOT, DOT, DOT....
:
Mat Latos
will start tonight for the Reds and
Mike Leake
tomorrow...
Leake
had been scheduledto start tonight but was ill yesterday...the Reds lead the National League in
elding percentage
(.987)...
LHP Bill Bray
,on the disabled list since
4/24
with a
strained left groin
, has made a pair of rehab apps for
Class A Dayton
(1-0, 0.00,2ip, 0r, 1bb, 4k)...he is scheduled to pitch for
Class AAA Louisville
tomorrow and Friday....Louisville
IF Chris Valaika
yesterday had arthroscopic surgery to repair the torn medial meniscus in his right knee (Dr. Timothy Kremchek)...he isexpected to miss 3-4 weeks.
ALL-STARS AMONG US
: The
All-Star Game
4-person medical staffs announced earlier today by
Major LeagueBaseball
include 3 athletic trainers with ties to the Reds...current head athletic trainer
Paul Lesssard
will work for manager
Tony LaRussa's
National League squad, along with Braves assistant athletic trainer
Jim Lovell
, whileRoyals head athletic trainer
Nick Kenney
and Indians head athletic trainer
Lonnie Soloff
will serve on the medicalstaff of AL manager
Ron Washington
...
Lessard
is in his third season with the Reds...
Soloff
spent 5 seasons asthe Reds' assistant athletic trainer and physical therapist before joining the Indians in 2004...
Kenney
was the Reds'assistant athletic trainer for the 2003 and 2004 seasons, then spent 5 years working for
Soloff
in Cle before he becameKC's head athletic trainer in October 2009.
POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE
: The rst
10,000 fans
attending tonight's game will receive a
Brandon Phillips LouisvilleSlugger Silver Slugger
mini-bat...Ohio State University head football coach
Urban Meyer
, a former
University of Cincinnati
defensive back (1983-84) and 13th-round selection of the
Braves
in the 1982 free-agent draft, will join son
Nate
is tossing one set of tonight's ceremonial rst pitches...at the conclusion of tonight's
National Anthem
,
Sam
the
Bald Eagle
will make the third of his 5 ights from the
Cincinnati Bell Riverboat Deck
to the pitcher’s mound.
FOOD DRIVE
: Wives of Reds players and volunteers from
St. Vincent de Paul
will collect food prior to tonight's gameas part of the
Strike Out Hunger
program...fans who donate a minimum of 2 non-perishable food items will receive aView Level ticket to the game on
7/30 vs SD
...the barrels will be located outside the ballpark gates, so fans don’t needa ticket to tonight's game to donate and receive the free ticket to the 7/30 game.
START ME UP
: The through rst
60g
of the season the Reds have used only
5 starting pitchers
(
Bronson Arroyo
,
Homer Bailey
,
Johnny Cueto
,
Mat Latos
,
Mike Leake
)...is the Reds' longest such streak to open a season since
1992
, when in the
80th game
of that schedule (7/6 at Cubs)
Keith Brown
became the staff's sixth starting pitcher behind
Jose Rijo
,
Tom Browing
,
Tim Belcher
,
Greg Swindell
and
Chris Hammond
...the
Marlins
and
Mariners
arethe only other teams this season to use only
5 starting pitchers
.
PLAYING SMALL
: At least
1 home run
has been hit in each of the last
57g
at
Great American Ball Park
, dating backto a
homerless game
vs the
Giants
on
7/29/11
(last
26g
of 2011, all
31g
in 2012)...it is the longest active ballpark
homer streak in the Major Leagues and the longest home run streak in
GABP
history (
41g
,
8/9/07-5/5/08
, courtesyElias Sports Bureau)...there have been
60 homerless contests
in the ballpark's
762 games
...only twice in the park's
10-year
existence has there been a streak of
2 straight games
without a home run by either team (
8/6-8/7, 2005 vsFla
&
4/5-4/6, 2011 vs Hou
)...there never has been a
3-game homerless stretch
at
GABP
...earlier this season, therewere
29 home runs
hit during the homestand from
5/21-5/27
(Reds
17
, Braves
6
, Rockies
6
), a new
GABP
record for HR during a homestand of 7 games or fewer and including a single-game record
9 homers
in the nale (Col
5
, Cin
4
).
COOPERSTOWN
: Former Reds All-Star
Barry Larkin
and Cubs great
Ron Santo
will be inducted into the
NationalBaseball Hall of Fame
during ceremonies on
Sun, 7/22
in
Cooperstown
...media looking for housing shouldcontact the
Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce
at
(607) 547-9983
or visit its online reservation system at www.cooperstownchamber.org...the
Reds Hall of Fame
and
Provident Travel
are coordinating travel packages for
inductionweekend
...for more information call
(513) 247-1100
or
(800) 354-8108
.
REDS HALL OF FAMERS
: Modern rst basemen
Sean Casey
and
Dan Driessen
, along with 19th Century rst baseman
John Reilly
, on
Sat, 6/23
will be inducted into the
Reds Hall of Fame
...
Casey
was selected by the fans through themodern player ballot presented by Cincyfavorites.com...the veterans committee selected
Driessen
and
Reilly
...a pressconference will be held
Sat, 6/23
at
2:30 p.m.
in Great American Ball Park's
eld level interview room
, with the on-eld
induction ceremony scheduled to begin at
3:30
.
REDS AT GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK (18-13, .581)
: In
10 seasons
and
762 games
at GABP the Reds are
391-370-1
(.513)...the Reds are
3-4
on this homestand (1-2 vs Pit, 1-2 vs Det,
1-0 vs Cle
)...went
5-4-1
in their previous
10 home series
(
2-1 vs Mia
, 1-2 vs StL,
2-1 vs SF
,
2-1 vs Hou
, 1-1 vs Chi, 1-2 vs Wsh,
4-0 vs Atl
,
2-1 vs Col,
1-2 vsPit, 1-2 vs Det) and
2-1-1
on their previous
4 homestands
(3-3,
5-3
, 1-2,
6-1
).
IN THE STANDINGS (70):
The Reds have spent the following days alone or tied at each position in the NationalLeague Central Division standings:
FIRST
- 21,
SECOND
- 36,
THIRD
- 5,
FOURTH
- 7,
FIFTH
- 1 (4/10),
SIXTH
- 0...have spent
40 days
above,
11 days at
and
18 days below
.500.
REDS vs INDIANS
: The Reds are
37-39
all-time vs the Indians, including
1-0
this season and
1-5
in 2011...lost bothseries in 2011 after winning 7 straight series vs Cle...
Brandon Phillips
in 36 apps vs his former team is hitting .333(47-141, 6 2b, 7hr, 23rbi, 6sb)...
at Great American Ball Park
: Reds are
15-10
, including
1-0
this season...have won10 of the last 14g here vs Cle...
last Reds sweep
: at Cin: 5/16-5/18, 2008...at Cle: never.
Game 61, Home 32 (18-13)Cincinnati Reds (33-27)RHP Mat Latos (4-2, 4.85)vsCleveland Indians (32-28)RHP Derek Lowe (7-4, 3.72)Wednesday, June 13, 2012Great American Ball Park
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERSWed vs Cle:
RHP Mat Latos (4-2, 4.85) vs RHP Derek Lowe (7-4, 3.72)
700 wlw/fso, 7:10Thu vs Cle:
RHP Mike Leake (2-5, 4.97) vs RHP Josh Tomlin (3-3, 4.96)
700 wlw/fso, 12:35Fri at NYM:
RHP Bronson Arroyo (2-4, 3.79) vs RHP Dillon Gee (4-4, 4.42)
700 wlw/fso, 7:10Sat at NYM:
RHP Homer Bailey (4-4, 4.35) vs LHP Jonathon Niese (4-2, 3.69)
700 wlw/FOX, 7:15Sun at NYM:
RHP Johnny Cueto (7-3, 2.46) vs RHP Chris Young (1-0, 3.38)
700 wlw/fso, 1:10
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WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS:1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, 1990NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS:1919, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1990
National League Central StandingsTeam W L Pct. GBREDS 33 27 .550 -
Pirates 32 28 .533 -1.0Cardinals 31 31 .500 -3.0Brewers 28 33 .459 -5.5 Astros 26 35 .426 -7.5Cubs 21 40 .344 -12.5
The Reds are in rst place for the 20th straight day
ML Records Beginning April 19Team W L Pct. GB
Yankees 30 19 .612 -
Dodgers 31 20 .608 -
REDS 29 19 .604 -0.5
Rays 29 20 .592 -1.0Giants 29 21 .580 -1.5
NL Team ERAs Beginning April 19Team W L Pct. ERA
Dodgers 31 20 .608 3.14Giants 29 21 .580 3.20Nationals 27 20 .574 3.26
REDS 29 19 .604 3.40
Pirates 27 21 .563 3.45
Ohio Cup MOP....
The
Most Outstanding Player
of the
Ohio Cup Series
between the Reds andIndians,
presented by The Ohio Lottery
,will receive an individual trophy...the pastwinners include Reds
OF Adam Dunn
(2008) and
C Ramon Hernandez
(2009)and Indians
OF Shin-Soo Choo
(2010)and
SS Asdrubal Cabrera
(2011):
Player Avg H AB HR RBI
Dunn .300 6 20 5 10Hernandez .474 9 19 1 4Choo .391 9 23 4 7Cabrera .320 8 25 3 7
Homers At GABP By AL Pitchers
Chi's Jon Garland ............6/18/06 off Esteban YanCle's CC Sabathia ....5/21/05 off Elizardo Ramirez
Reds On The Homestand
Tue vs Pit.......L, 4-8 ................Votto, 2h, 2rbi, 1sbWed vs Pit .....W, 5-4 ............Cueto, 7.2ip, 3er, 6kThu vs Pit.......L, 4-5 (10) ........Ludwick 2 solo HRFri vs Det .......W, 6-5 (10) .......Votto, 3h, 1hr, 3rbiSat vs Det ......L, 2-3 ........Arroyo, 7ip, 2er, 0bb, 4kSun vs Det .....L, 6-7 ....................Frazier, 2-4, 4rbiTue vs Cle .....W, 7-1 .............Cueto, CG, 0bb, 7k
On The Homestand
Bruce ......6-23, 1hr, 4rbi Ludwick ..5-25, 2hr, 5rbiCairo ..................5g, 2-8 Mesraco ..2-10, 1hr, 1rbiCostanzo ...........1g, 0-1 Negron ..............2g, 1bbCozart .....8-26, 1hr, 1rbi Phillips ....9-31, 1hr, 2rbiFrazier ....7-22, 1hr, 8rbi Stubbs ...............1g, 0-2Hanigan .........3-14, 1rbi Valdez .......4g, 4-6, 2rbiHeisey...............8-31, 4r Votto 12-28, 2hr, 8rbi Arredndo ..4g, 4.2ip, 1er Latos ......1gs, 6.1ip, 3er Arroyo .......1gs, 7ip, 2er Leake ........1gs, 7ip, 4er Bailey .....2gs, 9.2ip, 9er LeCure ..........1g, 2ip, 0r Chapman ....3g, 3ip, 3er Marshall ......5g, 3ip, 1er Cueto2gs,16.2ip,4er,1cg Ondrusek .3g, 1.2ip, 3er Hoover ........1g, 2ip, 2er Simon ...........2g, 2ip, 0r
1,500Dusty Baker
is 1 of only 4 in Major League
Baseball to produce at least
1,500 hits
asa player and
1,500 wins
as a manager:
Player/Manager ........Hits .......VictoriesDUSTY BAKER.......1,981 .............1,517
Fred Clarke ..............2,678 .............1,602Lou Piniella ..............1,705 .............1,835
Joe Torre
.................2,342 .............2,326
RED HOTS
Interleague Play
Major League Baseball's
16th season
of interleague play continues at the back end of this homestand with this3-game series vs the
Indians
...in addition to this homestand's matchups vs
Det
and
Cle
, the Reds will play aninterleague road series at
Cle
(3g, 6/18-6/20) and a home series vs
Min
(3g, 6/22-6/24)...all-time vs AL teams, theReds are
101-126 (.445)
, including
4-3 this year
(2-1 at NYY,
1-2 vs Det, 1-0 vs Cle
)...Cin produced a winning
record in 5 of interleague play's rst 15 seasons (9-6 in 1997, 7-6 in 1998, 7-5 in 2003, 9-6 in 2008, 8-7 in 2010)...
theReds' all-time results vs AL teams can be found on
page 311
of the media guide.