Five things about today’s 2-1 Reds win over the San Francisco Giants: –Mat Latos looked like an ace again. He threw a complete-game, two-hitter. He did not walk a batter. He struck out seven. “I’m just pounding the zone,” Latos said. “You’ve got to get Strike 1 on a good hitting ballclub like them. The [...]

Joey Votto doesn’t think his left knee problem is serious. He injured it sliding into third last night. “Today I tried to play through it,” he said. “It started acting up. There is some inflammation in my knee.” Votto would not say whether he’ll play tomorrow. “You’ll have to ask (trainer Paul Lessard) and Dusty [...]

Mat Latos pitched a complete-game, two-hitter. Latos struck out seven and walked none. He retired 18 batters in a row before giving up a one-out triple to Brandon Belt in the ninth. Latos threw 115 pitches, 82 strikes. Latos was coming off a complete-game 3-1 win over Milwaukee in which he struck out at career-high [...]

Joey Votto left today’s game after grounding out in the fifth inning. Votto hit a slow grounder to third and jogged to first base. Miguel Cairo replaced him after the inning. He was taken out because of inflammation of his left knee. The Reds announced it was for precautionary reasons.

Scott Rolen was out of the lineup today. It was just a normal day off, i.e., the plan is to use him the same as he was used before going on to the disabled list. “We rest day after night,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said. “We’re hoping he gets his stroke here. He’s hit some [...]

Zack Cozart 6 Drew Stubbs 8 Joey Votto 3 Brandon Phillips 4 Jay Bruce 9 Ryan Ludwick 7 Todd Frazier 5 Ryan Hanigan 2 Mat Latos RHP vs. LH Barry Zito

Five things about tonight’s 5-1 Reds win over the Giants: –Mike Leake threw his first career complete game. Leake wasn’t overpowering. He allowed nine hits, walked one and struck four. “I was able to make a pitch when I needed to,” Leake said. –Leake went 2-for-4 with he second home run of the year. “He’s [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Leake looked a lot more like an ace than Matt Cain Friday night. Leake pitched a complete-game to beat Cain and the San Francisco Giants 5-1 before a crowd of 41,960 at AT&T Park. After getting one-hit Thursday night, the prospect of facing Cain did not bode well for the Reds. [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Joey Votto appreciates baseball history. So anytime he’s about to join two Hall of Famers and one future Hall of Famer on a list, he realizes the significance of it. Votto leads the National League All-Star voting with 4,475,180 votes. That’s more 356,656 more than Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers. [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Phillips is back in the lineup tonight after missing yesterday’s game because of the aftereffects of a collision in Wednesday’s game. Phillips was given the SCAT2 test again today. He showed improvement from yesterday. “We gave him the concussion test,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said. “He got a 100 (Friday). He [...]