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MLB: Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 1

Thu, 10/01/2009 - 09:41 by shalini.bahadur

Cincinnati, Sept. 30: Laynce Nix hit the first grand slam of his career Wednesday, pacing Cincinnati to a 6-1 victory over St. Louis.

The Cardinals lost their third in a row and fell two games behind Philadelphia in the race for the second-best record in the National League. The top two division winners will have home-field advantage when the first round of the playoffs begin next week.

Bronson Arroyo came within two outs of picking up his fourth complete game of the year.

Arroyo (15-13) allowed a run on four hits and struck out six. The 15 wins equaled a career high.

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.