Reds Win 5-4 In 13 innings

Bronson Arroyo fell one inning short of 200 innings but Juan Francisco provided late inning offense to lead the Reds to its 12 extra-inning victory of the season.

Arroyo's propensity for giving up the long ball caused his removal for a pinch hitter in the ninth inning.

Jay Bruce hit a two-run home run off Chris Capuano in the first inning.  It was his 100th career home run, making him the third youngest Red player to reach 100.  Johnny Bench and Frank Robinson were slightly younger.  Joey Votto hit his 29th home run of the season to tie the game at 3-3 in the sixth inning.

Jose Reyes hit the 45th and 46th home runs that Arroyo has allowed this season.  It is a Reds team record and two short of  Jose Lima's National League record.  Curiously, Arroyo walked only 45 batters.  He is the first pitcher to give up at least 40 home runs and walk fewer than 50 batters since Hall of Famer, Robin Roberts in 1956 and 1957.

The second of Reyes' blasts gave the Mets a 4-3.  This turned out to be the blow to Arroyo's quest for 200 innings.

Dusty Baker would have stuck with Arroyo win or lose but they had to tie the score at least to give Arroyo a shot at the goal.  With two outs and a runner on, Edgar Renteria hit for Arroyo.  Renteria singled.

Juan Francisco didn't start the game .  He hit for Brandon Phillips, who pulled a quad, legging out an infield hit to put his batting average at an even .300.   Francisco doubled to tie the game.

The bullpens battled for four innings until Francisco tripled one out into the 13th.  Drew Stubbs, who already had a single, double and triple came to the plate.  Stubbs maligned for being a subpar bunter executed a perfect squeeze bunt to give the Reds the lead.

Francisco Cordero strolled in looking for his 37th save of the season, the tie breaker for 11th place on the all-time list and his 150th save as a Red.

Coco went loco and walked Nick Evans to start the inning.  Evans was caught stealing as Cordero walked Josh Thole.  His control completely left him.  Cordero walked Josh Satin and Jason Pridie to load the bases.

Justin Turner hit a line drive right to Todd Frazier, who moved from thirdbase to second when Phillips was removed.  Frazier made a nice diving stop to rob David Wright earlier in the game.  He snagged the liner and stepped on second base to give the Red its.29th one-run win and 12th extra inning win.