With hopes for the playoffs all but dashed already, the remaining goals for this season include salvaging respectability (for a team too talented to finish below .500 or so many games out of first) and developing a clearer picture for 2012. One guy we almost never have to worry about is Cueto, who helped the Reds split a 4-gamer with a team that's owned them for a while.
1) Johnny Cueto. No complete game, but a really strong bounce-back performance after getting manhandled in Chicago (because of chicken wings?). 7 IP, 9 strikeouts. No runs allowed, only 3 hits and 2 walks. Finally picked up his 8th win. He won't beat Halladay for the Cy but he deserves second place in the voting.
2) Jay Bruce. The only Red with 2 hits, got the game's first RBI, and his double was one of only 2 hits the team collected after the first inning even if it didn't result in anything. He also had to sprinkle in a couple Ks, but Chacin is tough.
3) Aroldis Chapman. Not one of his easier innings of late, but he still ran his scoreless inning streak to 13.2. He has 3 walks in his last 4 innings, and hopefully that's not a sign of more control trouble ahead.
4) Joey Votto. Nothing stellar, but he got things started with his (ultimately) very important 2-out double in the first, and finished the game by snagging a line drive.
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