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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 5, LA Dodgers 2
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, August 22, 2010
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Angel Campos, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 44788
Joey Votto had three RBIs, including a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning, and Bronson Arroyo earned his 100th career victory as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the host Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 on Sunday afternoon.

Votto also had a two-run single in the ninth to help Cincinnati win for the eighth time in nine games and retain a 3 1/2-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central.

Arroyo (14-7) gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings. The right-hander struck out six and didn’t issue any walks.

Francisco Cordero worked a perfect ninth for his 34th save.

Cincinnati also received a two-run single in the first inning from Ryan Hanigan.

Matt Kemp homered in the second for Los Angeles and A.J. Ellis delivered a game-tying single in the fifth.

Clayton Kershaw (11-8) struck out 11 in defeat, allowing three runs and five hits in seven innings.

Brandon Phillips went 4-for-5 for Cincinnati. Ellis had a career-high three hits for Los Angeles.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cincinnati   LA Dodgers
Bronson Arroyo Player Clayton Kershaw
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 7.0
6 Strikeouts 11
7 Hits 5
2.57 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Cincinnati   LA Dodgers
Brandon Phillips Player A.J. Ellis
4 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
4 TB 3
.800 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cincinnati 8 1 11 .242 17 12 5 7 0 0
LA Dodgers 7 1 10 .219 7 7 2 0 0 0