What do you know? Another win streak. Great to see some late-inning resilience from the bunch. I had a feeling before Bruce's AB he might pull some magic like that.
1) Jay Bruce. Can't give this to anyone else but him after his beyond-clutch 3-run blast in the 8th to win it. 4 of the 5 RBIs in the game, and on fire of late.
2) Bronson Arroyo. Sure, it was the Padres, he didn't get the win, and he made TWO errors, but the guitarist only gave up two runs in 6 innings to keep the Reds hanging around.
3) Drew Stubbs. I think every Reds fan was on edge during his 7th inning AB with Cairo on third and 1 out, thinking "please just hit a fly ball." He did better than that, with a hard single up the middle.
4) Bill Bray. Only got one out, but it was a big one with runners on 2nd and 3rd in the top of the 8th, keeping the deficit at 1. He was mopping up for Sam LeCure, who's been a little too generous with the mustache rides lately (9 runs and 7 walks in his 7 August innings)
And get this - while they only got 5 hits and produced 8 overall baserunners, the Reds only stranded 3 all game. No LOBster Kings this evening, thanks to Bruuuuuce and Dreeeewww.
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