Reds Take 13 Innings to Put Marlins Away

A lot of Reds' fans can stop stressing over Joey Votto.

The Reds' leading man had four hits,including his first home run at Great American Ball Park since last June 24, and was on base five times in the Reds' 3-2, 13 inning win.

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Votto homered to lead off the third against Wade LeBlanc, then singled in the second Reds' run with a single in the fourth.

Bronson Arroyo pitched seven exceptional innings and had one bad one, allowing two runs in the Marlins' fifth.  He finished with eight innings of two-run, six hit baseball, striking out six.

The strikeouts give him 1,004 as a Cincinnati pitcher, putting him two ahead of Jim O'Toole for ninth on the Reds' All-Time list.


"He pitched a heck of a game," Dusty Baker said.  "He kept some pretty good hitters off balance."

The Reds still struggle with runners in scoring position, stranding 17 runners for the game, including three in the seventh inning.

Shin-Soo Choo, who was obtained specifically to get on base did so, six times in seven plate appearances.  Choo singled twice, doubled, walked twice and got hit by a pitch for the eighth time this season.

Choo's double led off the 13th.  Zack Cozart took a foul ball off his right hand and had to leave the game.  His condition will be determined.  Cesar Izturis replaced Cozart and flied out deep enough to center to move Choo to third.

Miami wisely walked Votto to pitch to Phillips but the Reds' secondbaseman made them pay on his bobblehead day.

The Reds have won five of the six games on the homestand and improve to 10-8 on the season.