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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 3, Miami 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 20, 2013
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 49°
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Bill Welke
Attendance: 35645


Reds 3, Marlins 2 (13): Shin-Soo Choo reached base a career-high six times and scored the go-ahead run on Brandon Phillips’ walk-off sacrifice fly as host Cincinnati improved to 9-3 at home.

Choo went 3-for-4 and walked three times – becoming the first Cincinnati player since Sean Casey in 1999 to reach base six times – while Joey Votto added four hits and homered for the Reds. Alfredo Simon (1-1), the fifth Cincinnati pitcher, tossed a perfect 13th to collect the win.

The Reds managed to push a baserunner past second base for the first time in six innings when Choo reached on a ground-rule double to lead off the 13th inning and moved to third on a fly out from Cesar Izturis. Phillips lifted the second sinker he saw from Steve Cishek (1-2) into center, allowing Choo to score easily.

Votto led off the third with his second homer of the season to open the scoring and doubled the lead to 2-0 in the fourth when he followed a hit by Devin Mesoraco and a walk to Choo with a line-drive RBI single past second baseman Donovan Solano.

The Marlins answered with two runs in the fifth against Reds starter Bronson Arroyo. Pinch hitter Joe Mahoney delivered his first major-league hit and RBI on a liner up the middle and Placido Polanco followed with a run-scoring double two batters later to knot the game at 2.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Arroyo, who allowed two hits and fanned six over eight innings, became the 10th pitcher in team history to record 1,000 strikeouts with the Reds. … The Marlins have scored more than three runs twice through 18 games. … Cincinnati has limited opponents to two runs or fewer in six straight games for the first time since July 2010.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Miami   Cincinnati
Wade LeBlanc Player Bronson Arroyo
No Decision W/L No Decision
4.0 IP 8.0
2 Strikeouts 6
7 Hits 6
4.50 ERA 2.25
Hitting
Miami   Cincinnati
Miguel Olivo Player Joey Votto
2 Hits 4
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
3 TB 7
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Miami 8 0 10 .182 14 10 2 2 1 0
Cincinnati 13 1 18 .271 34 14 3 8 1 1