Joey Votto

RHP Bronson Arroyo, Saturday's starter, allowed five hits in 6 2/3 shutout innings to beat Milwaukee 5-1 in his last start on May 12. Arroyo, who struck out five and walked one, had lost his three previous starts, and was winless since beating the...

LHP Antonio Bastardo, pressed into service as the set-up man because of Mike Adams' back problems, surrendered a game-tying home run to Joey Votto in the eighth Friday night. Bastardo, 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA to date, has 13 strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings,...

RHP Steve Cishek, the closer, is struggling. He is 1-4 with a 5.40 ERA. He went a combined 7-3 his first two years in the big leagues with a 2.66 ERA. LHP Duane Below was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans. He is 2-2 with a 3.38 ERA in four starts....

MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH The Reds will continue to be a heavily left-handed team for another week or two at the very least. Left-fielder Chris Heisey's re-injury to his hamstring was not severe. But he won't be returning any...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH The Marlins are gradually loosening the reins on rookie pitcher Jose Fernandez. The 20-year-old threw a career-high 99 pitches Thursday night when he allowed two runs in seven innings...

MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH They say that numbers never lie. But when you look at the case of the Phillies after 25 percent of the season has been put into the books, the numbers don't give you any kind of idea of why they...

The Sports Xchange By Walter Villa, The Sports Xchange Diamondbacks 9, Marlins 2 MIAMI - Paul Goldschmidt hammered a pair of two-run homers to left and Trevor Cahill pitched a gem to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-2 victory over the Miami Marlins...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Phillies 5, Reds 3 Phillies 5, Reds 3: Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run homer and host Philadelphia took advantage of a Cincinnati error to score the go-ahead run in the eighth inning in the opener of the three-game series. Justin...

The Sports Xchange Phillies 5, Reds 3 PHILADELPHIA -- Domonic Brown drove in the go-ahead run with a fielder's choice in a two-run eighth inning Friday night, as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3. With one out in the eighth and the...

Phillies rally late, beat Reds 5-3 PHILADELPHIA - Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker said his team was done in by "a series of bad events" Friday night. The Philadelphia Phillies turned a walk, infield single (by slugging first baseman Ryan Howard,...

The Sports Xchange By Walter Villa, The Sports Xchange Goldschmidt's two homers lead Arizona victory MIAMI - At 6-3, 245 pounds, Paul Goldschmidt is a big man - but he's playing even larger than that at the moment. Goldschmidt hammered a pair of two-...

PHILADELPHIA — Oh, the glory of baseball. You just never know what you’re going to see.  After going 0-for-3 with runners on base Friday, Ryan Howard’s infield single, followed by him tagging up at home on a shallow fly ball to...