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MLB: Cincinnati 3, Florida 2

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 11:04 by shalini.bahadur

Cincinnati, Sept. 18: Darnell McDonald homered during Cincinnati's three-run first Thursday and five pitchers made the lead stand up in a 3-2 decision over Florida.

Since the final day of August, Cincinnati has won seven in a row, lost five straight and now has won five out of six.

After McDonald opened the first inning with his home run against Anibal Sanchez (2-7), the Reds loaded the bases and Jay Bruce delivered a two-run single to shallow left.

Matt Maloney (1-4) gave up two runs over five innings to earn his first major league victory in his sixth start.

Ramon Ramirez, Arthur Rhodes, Nick Masset and Francisco Cordero then combined to throw four innings of one-hit relief. Cordero picked up his 38th save.

MLB: Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 0

Sat, 07/18/2009 - 12:19 by surajdogra

Cincinnati, July 17: Bronson Arroyo teamed with two relievers on a six-hitter Friday and Edwin Encarnacion drove in two runs, bringing the Cincinnati Reds a 4-0 win over Milwaukee.

Arroyo (10-8), who shut out the New York Mets on four hits in previous start, allowed five hits and struck out six over seven innings Friday.

Arthur Rhodes came on to work a perfect eighth and Francisco Cordero allowed a hit and struck out one during the ninth in a non-save situation.

Encarnacion, who went 3-for-3 in the series opener Thursday, went 4-for-4 Friday.

He had an RBI single during Cincinnati's two-run fifth and added a solo homer in the eighth.

The Reds ended a three-game losing streak and won for only the third time in 10 games.