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Joey Votto swings for the fences as he hits a three-run homer against
the Indians
Thursday. The Reds won the game 12-5 to
complete a three
game sweep of Cleveland.
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Reds sweep Tribe
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CINCINNATI -- Brandon Phillips homered and drove in four runs, while
Joey Votto had a three-run home run to give the Reds a 12-5 win and
three-game series sweep over the Indians on Thursday.
Cleveland opened a quick 2-0 lead on starter Mike Leake when Shin-Soo
Choo began the game with a homer to right field and Asdrubal Cabrera
followed with a double and later scored on a groundout.
Other than a second Choo homer leading off the top of the fifth inning
and a two-run Cleveland seventh after the game was already a blowout,
it was pretty much all Reds the rest of the day.
In the bottom of the first, following singles by leadoff hitter Chris
Heisey and Zack Cozart, Votto sent a 3-1 pitch from Josh Tomlin to
center field for a three-run homer and 3-2 Cincinnati lead.
Phillips, who was 3-for-3 with three RBIs on Wednesday, delivered his
second homer in as many games with a leadoff shot to left field in the
third. In the bottom of the fourth, following a two-out intentional
walk to Votto that loaded the bases, Phillips made Cleveland pay. On an
outside Tomlin pitch, Phillips lunged for the ball and pushed it into
right field for a two-run single.
It was a 6-3 game when the Reds sent 11 men to the plate during a
five-run fifth inning. Following a Todd Frazier leadoff double, Ryan
Ludwick took lefty reliever Scott Barnes deep with a two-run homer to
left field.
Later, with runners on the corners, Heisey grounded into a fielder’s
choice at third base that put Devin Mesoraco in a rundown. Trying to
avoid a tag, Mesoraco collided with Cleveland catcher Lou Marson near
third base and was awarded home on interference while Marson was
charged with an error. Later, following a one-out walk to Votto that
loaded the bases, Phillips’ rolling single into left field scored
another run.
Unable to reach the requisite five innings to qualify for a victory,
Leake wasn’t the beneficiary of all the run production. Pushed back
from his originally scheduled Wednesday assignment due to illness,
Leake lasted only 4 1/3 innings. While throwing 84 pitches, he allowed
three runs and seven hits with two walks and six strikeouts.
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