CINCINNATI -- Nolan Arenado was fifth among NL third baseman in the All-Star Game vote totals released on Wednesday.
If he keeps playing the way he has the past few days, he's sure to make it.
Arenado hit a three-run homer on Wednesday, extending his hitting tear, and Kyle Kendrick pitched into the eighth inning for his first win since opening day, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
The Rockies won for the fourth time in five games. Arenado had a lot to do with it, going 9 for 16 with three homers, one triple and 10 RBI in the past four games.
"He'll be in the All-Star Game, I believe -- one way or another," manager Walt Weiss said. "That's my campaign speech."
Arenado hit his 10th homer in the first inning off Mike Leake (2-4) and added a single, giving Kendrick (2-6) the help he needed to get a long-awaited win.
Kendrick signed with the Rockies as a free agent, pitched seven shutout innings to beat Milwaukee on opening day, and hadn't won since, going 0-6 with a 7.58 ERA in his past eight starts. The right-hander gave up five hits, including solo homers by Todd Frazier and Tucker Barnhart, in 7 1/3 innings.
"The first couple of innings, I got quick outs and the ball was moving well, my sinker was good," said Kendrick, who got nine outs off ground balls. "I got ahead in the count and got early contact. As a starter, that's what you want to do."
Boone Logan walked Frazier with the bases loaded in the eighth and gave up Jay Bruce's RBI single, cutting it to 6-4. John Axford faced three batters in the ninth while getting his eighth save in as many chances.
The Rockies lost 11 in a row earlier this season, the worst slump in the majors. They've started to play better all-around lately.
"A couple of weeks ago, it was really hard," Arenado said. "Hopefully we're past the really hard road trips."
The Reds have lost 10 of 11, a streak that started when one of the home run smokestacks at Great American Ball Park caught fire during a loss to the Giants on May 15. After the latest loss, manager Bryan Price held a closed-door meeting.
"Nobody likes talking about the last 11 games," Price said. "Nobody in there is bringing in any dancing girls."
The Reds ended a nine-game losing streak -- their longest in 17 years -- with a 2-1 win on Tuesday night. They didn't have much of a chance as Leake struggled through another rough start, giving up nine hits and six runs in only five innings. Charlie Blackmon added a two-run homer in the second inning.
In his past three starts, Leake has allowed 20 runs, 27 hits and six homers in only 14 innings.
TWO FOR THE ROAD
After winning the season opener at Milwaukee, Kendrick went 0-4 with a 7.39 ERA in his next five road starts before winning on Wednesday.
STILL GOING
D.J. LeMahieu had a pair of singles, extending his hitting streak to 10 games (15 for 37).
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Left-hander Jorge De La Rosa, who was skipped on Tuesday because of a cut on his pitching hand, will start on Saturday in Philadelphia. Jordan Lyles, who has a sprained toe on his left foot, will start on Sunday.
Reds: Second baseman Brandon Phillips was out of the lineup for a second consecutive day because of a sore left foot. He pinch hit in the ninth and struck out.
UP NEXT
Rockies: Colorado has a day off before starting a weekend series in Philadelphia. Chad Bettis (1-0), who was called up on May 14, faces left-hander Cole Hamels (5-3).
Reds: After a day off on Thursday, Cincinnati continues its homestand with three games against Washington. Anthony DeSclafani (2-4), who has lost his past four decisions, faces the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg (3-5).
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If he keeps playing the way he has the past few days, he's sure to make it.
Arenado hit a three-run homer on Wednesday, extending his hitting tear, and Kyle Kendrick pitched into the eighth inning for his first win since opening day, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
The Rockies won for the fourth time in five games. Arenado had a lot to do with it, going 9 for 16 with three homers, one triple and 10 RBI in the past four games.
"He'll be in the All-Star Game, I believe -- one way or another," manager Walt Weiss said. "That's my campaign speech."
Arenado hit his 10th homer in the first inning off Mike Leake (2-4) and added a single, giving Kendrick (2-6) the help he needed to get a long-awaited win.
Kendrick signed with the Rockies as a free agent, pitched seven shutout innings to beat Milwaukee on opening day, and hadn't won since, going 0-6 with a 7.58 ERA in his past eight starts. The right-hander gave up five hits, including solo homers by Todd Frazier and Tucker Barnhart, in 7 1/3 innings.
"The first couple of innings, I got quick outs and the ball was moving well, my sinker was good," said Kendrick, who got nine outs off ground balls. "I got ahead in the count and got early contact. As a starter, that's what you want to do."
Boone Logan walked Frazier with the bases loaded in the eighth and gave up Jay Bruce's RBI single, cutting it to 6-4. John Axford faced three batters in the ninth while getting his eighth save in as many chances.
The Rockies lost 11 in a row earlier this season, the worst slump in the majors. They've started to play better all-around lately.
"A couple of weeks ago, it was really hard," Arenado said. "Hopefully we're past the really hard road trips."
The Reds have lost 10 of 11, a streak that started when one of the home run smokestacks at Great American Ball Park caught fire during a loss to the Giants on May 15. After the latest loss, manager Bryan Price held a closed-door meeting.
"Nobody likes talking about the last 11 games," Price said. "Nobody in there is bringing in any dancing girls."
The Reds ended a nine-game losing streak -- their longest in 17 years -- with a 2-1 win on Tuesday night. They didn't have much of a chance as Leake struggled through another rough start, giving up nine hits and six runs in only five innings. Charlie Blackmon added a two-run homer in the second inning.
In his past three starts, Leake has allowed 20 runs, 27 hits and six homers in only 14 innings.
TWO FOR THE ROAD
After winning the season opener at Milwaukee, Kendrick went 0-4 with a 7.39 ERA in his next five road starts before winning on Wednesday.
STILL GOING
D.J. LeMahieu had a pair of singles, extending his hitting streak to 10 games (15 for 37).
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Left-hander Jorge De La Rosa, who was skipped on Tuesday because of a cut on his pitching hand, will start on Saturday in Philadelphia. Jordan Lyles, who has a sprained toe on his left foot, will start on Sunday.
Reds: Second baseman Brandon Phillips was out of the lineup for a second consecutive day because of a sore left foot. He pinch hit in the ninth and struck out.
UP NEXT
Rockies: Colorado has a day off before starting a weekend series in Philadelphia. Chad Bettis (1-0), who was called up on May 14, faces left-hander Cole Hamels (5-3).
Reds: After a day off on Thursday, Cincinnati continues its homestand with three games against Washington. Anthony DeSclafani (2-4), who has lost his past four decisions, faces the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg (3-5).
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Follow Joe Kay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/apjoekay
12:35PM,EDT,May 27,2015
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Leake pitching for Cincinnati | COL | CIN |
| Blackmon walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Ynoa flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| González singled to center, Blackmon to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Blackmon caught stealing third, catcher to third, González to second on runner's fielder's choice. | 0 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado homered to left (400 feet), González and Tulowitzki scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Paulsen struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | CIN |
| Schumaker grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Votto grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| Frazier homered to left center (394 feet). | 3 | 1 |
| Bruce struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for Cincinnati | COL | CIN |
| McKenry lined out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Kendrick struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Blackmon homered to right (379 feet), LeMahieu scored. | 5 | 1 |
| Ynoa singled to left. | 5 | 1 |
| González flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | CIN |
| Byrd lined out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Cozart popped out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| Barnhart grounded out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for Cincinnati | COL | CIN |
| Tulowitzki flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Paulsen grounded out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | CIN |
| Leake grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Hamilton reached on infield single to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Hamilton stole second. | 5 | 1 |
| Schumaker flied out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| Votto grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for Cincinnati | COL | CIN |
| McKenry grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| LeMahieu reached on infield single to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Kendrick lined out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Blackmon grounded into fielder's choice to second, LeMahieu out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | CIN |
| Frazier doubled to deep left. | 5 | 1 |
| Bruce fouled out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Byrd popped out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Cozart grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for Cincinnati | COL | CIN |
| Ynoa grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| González singled to left center. | 5 | 1 |
| Tulowitzki struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Arenado singled to center, González to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Paulsen singled to center, González scored, Arenado to third. | 6 | 1 |
| McKenry flied out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | CIN |
| Barnhart lined out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| Boesch hit for Leake. | 6 | 1 |
| Boesch grounded out to first. | 6 | 1 |
| Hamilton lined out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Manny Parra pitching for Cincinnati | COL | CIN |
| Parra relieved Leake. | 6 | 1 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Kendrick flied out to right. | 6 | 1 |
| Blackmon grounded out to first. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | CIN |
| Schumaker lined out to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Votto flied out to right. | 6 | 1 |
| Frazier popped out to second. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Manny Parra pitching for Cincinnati | COL | CIN |
| Ynoa struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| González fouled out to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Badenhop relieved Parra. | 6 | 1 |
| Tulowitzki grounded out to third. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | CIN |
| Barnes in left field. | 6 | 1 |
| Bruce flied out to left. | 6 | 1 |
| Byrd grounded out to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Cozart grounded out to third. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Burke Badenhop pitching for Cincinnati | COL | CIN |
| Arenado grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 1 |
| Paulsen doubled to deep center. | 6 | 1 |
| McKenry flied out to left. | 6 | 1 |
| LeMahieu intentionally walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Kendrick grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | CIN |
| Barnhart homered to right (374 feet). | 6 | 2 |
| Peña hit for Badenhop. | 6 | 2 |
| Peña fouled out to second. | 6 | 2 |
| Hamilton singled to center. | 6 | 2 |
| Schumaker walked, Hamilton to second. | 6 | 2 |
| Logan relieved Kendrick. | 6 | 2 |
| Votto walked, Hamilton to third, Schumaker to second. | 6 | 2 |
| Frazier walked, Hamilton scored, Schumaker to third, Votto to second. | 6 | 3 |
| Bruce singled to shallow left center, Schumaker scored, Votto to third, Frazier to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Betancourt relieved Logan. | 6 | 4 |
| Byrd flied out to right. | 6 | 4 |
| Cozart flied out to left. | 6 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tony Cingrani pitching for Cincinnati | COL | CIN |
| Cingrani relieved Badenhop. | 6 | 4 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| Barnes struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| González grounded out to second. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| John Axford pitching for Colorado | COL | CIN |
| Axford relieved Betancourt. | 6 | 4 |
| Barnhart flied out to right. | 6 | 4 |
| Phillips hit for Cingrani. | 6 | 4 |
| Phillips struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| Hamilton grounded out to second. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .262 | .340 | .442 |
| Ynoa LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .294 | .321 | .373 |
Barnes LF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .429 | .455 | .619 |
| González RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .208 | .287 | .322 |
| Tulowitzki SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .266 | .286 | .403 |
| Arenado 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .287 | .331 | .549 |
| Paulsen 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .353 | .421 | .529 |
| McKenry C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .256 | .385 | .395 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .338 | .391 | .432 |
| Kendrick P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .200 | .238 | .300 |
Logan P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
Axford P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 152 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Paulsen (3, Badenhop) HR: Arenado (10, 1st inning off Leake 2 on, 2 Out); Blackmon (7, 2nd inning off Leake 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Arenado 3 (31), Blackmon 2 (19), Paulsen (5) 2-out RBI: Arenado 3, Blackmon 2, Paulsen Rockies RISP: 2-5 (Paulsen 1-1, Kendrick 0-1, Arenado 1-1, McKenry 0-2) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Blackmon (3, 3rd base by Leake/Barnhart) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH |
| Attendance | 23,917 (56.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:46 |
| Weather | 78 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 14 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tim Welke, First Base - Mike Everitt, Second Base - Tim Timmons, Third Base - Todd Tichenor |
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