Reds Avoid The Rain And Benefit From Leake

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On a gloomy, cloud-filled night that felt like rain, the Reds' Mike Leake doused the Marlins offense in the Reds' 5-0 whitewash win on Irish Heritage Night.

Rain did arrive in the ninth inning because it isn't a Reds' home game without a little precipitation. By then, only the Marlin's spirit was dampened.

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Marlon Byrd celebrated his first day back from a broken wrist with his 11th home run of the season.

Byrd took Dan Haren's pitch to rightcenter to provide Mike Leake with a tiny bit of offensive support. Jay Bruce broke it open with a two-run double in the eighth.

“The DL’s no fun. You’re around, you’re watching the team. You love when they win, but the losses, you want to be out there trying to help them. It’s nice to be back out here and contribute and be a part of the 25-man," Byrd said.


Haren and Leade traded three scoreless innings.

"Leake had good stuff from the start," Bryan Price said.  "He did something he doesn't usually do, that's start hitters off with breaking balls."

Haren pitched out of a second and third one-out jam in the first.  Joey Votto walked and Todd Frazier doubled over the head of Marcell Ozuna.  Haren struck out Jay Bruce and got Byrd to pop out to secondbase.

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Leake retired the first 13 Marlin batters, striking out five of them before he walked Ozuna and Justin Bour with one out.  Leake caught J.T. Realmuto looking and Adeiny Hechavarria on a ground out.

Leake allowed three base runners in the sixth. He walked Haren but got leadoff hitter, Dee Gordon to hit into a 4-6-3 double play. Leake hit Derek Dietrich with a pitch and Christian Yellich singled for the first hit for Miami.  Leake struck out the National League home run leader Giancarlo Stanton to end that threat.

"I was attacking, trying to keep the ball down," Leake said. "We had good defense tonight. I'm a guy that has to attack the zone consistently."

Frazier's glove and Leake's heads up play got the Reds through the seventh with the lead in tact.  Ozuna singled to open the frame.  Frazier made a diving stop to rob Bour as Ozuna went to second.  Leake speared Realumuo's comebacker and trapped Ozuna off second.  Hechavarria grounded out.

Haren retired nine of 10 after Byrd's blast.  The only runner was Bruce, who walked.

Tucker Barnhart got his second hit of the night with a double down the leftfield line with one out.  Skip Schumaker hit for Leake, who finished with seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits, three walks and a hit batter.  He struck out seven.   Manager Dan Jennings brought in side arm pitcher SteveCishek.  Schumaker greeted him with an RBI single up the middle.

J.J. Hoover pitched a scoreless eighth, allowing one hit.

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Votto walked against Brad Hand in the bottom of the eighth.  Frazier dumped a bloop single into rightfield as the Marlins played 'no doubles".  Votto read it and easily beat Stanton's throw to third and Frazier took second on the throw.  Bruce made up for missing the earlier chance with a line double to the rightfield corner. Eugenio Suarez doubled off Vin Mazzaro to score Bruce, who stole third.

Pedro Villiarreal struck out Stanton on his way to a scoreless ninth in a non-save situation.

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