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
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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
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 |
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