DENVER -- Johnny Cueto gave a glimpse of his pitching prowess to potential trade suitors. He also showed the Cincinnati Reds what they would be missing if they deal him.
Cueto pitched eight scoreless innings, Todd Frazier connected for his 100th career home run, and the Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 Saturday night.
Billy Hamilton had three hits, scored twice and was at the center of two pivotal replay reviews that went the Reds way and also figured in the win.
Cueto's pitching, however, was the most prominent factor.
"He knew that he needed to step it up because the last couple starts, they weren't too good for him," Reds catcher Brayan Pena said. "He said, `Pena, today you're going to see something different. I'm going to be me.' And that's exactly what he did. When he's on, he's a game-changer."
Cueto (7-6), whose name has come up repeatedly in trade-rumors, put on a dominating display in hitter-friendly Coors Field, limiting the power-hitting Rockies' lineup to four singles before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the ninth. He struck out five and walked one in a performance sure to heighten attention ahead of the July 31 trade deadline.
"He's one of the best pitchers in the business, one of the best I've faced this year," Rockies slugger Carlos Gonzalez said. "He's one of those guys that you won't feel very comfortable (facing) at the plate because if you try to do too much he's really smart and he will get you out quick."
Cueto will find out in the coming days whether it was his last start for the Reds.
"Everytime I come to the ballpark, I feel like this is the last time," Cueto said through an interpreter. "My teammates are feeling the same way. Something is going to happen. They're going to trade me, so I don't know what's going on."
The Rockies scored twice in the ninth off Jumbo Diaz before Aroldis Chapman came on to retire pinch-hitter Michael McKenry for the game's final out, notching his 20th save.
Chris Rusin (3-4) allowed five runs and 10 hits in five innings.
The Reds batted around in the third to take a 4-0 lead behind Joey Votto's RBI single and the three-run shot by Frazier -- the winner of the home run derby during All Star game festivities at his home park. It was Frazier's 27th of the season.
Hamilton, the major league leader in stolen bases, triggered the Reds' big inning when he singled to lead off the third. Initially called out, a reply review showed he beat the ball to the bag.
In the fifth, he manufactured another run, singling up the middle and then flashing his speed on the bases.
"Hamilton creates some havoc with his speed. We had a hard time containing him," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
Rusin threw to first in an attempted pickoff but Hamilton was already headed to second, forcing a hurried and errant throw by first baseman Ben Paulsen that went into the outfield, allowing Hamilton to advance to third. He scored on Votto's groundout after initially being called out at home. The Reds challenged and the replay showed Hamilton got in ahead of the tag.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: RHP Christian Bergman pitched a simulated game (35 pitches) Saturday in the latest step toward returning from right shoulder inflammation that landed him on the DL late last month. He's slated to pitch a simulated game (45 pitches) Tuesday for Triple A Albuquerque as part of a minor league rehab assignment. ... Nolan Arenado was lifted for pinch-hitter McKenry in the ninth after being hit by a pitch on the top of his left hand in the seventh inning. X-rays were negative and a team spokesman said Arenado was day to day with a hand contusion.
UP NEXT
Reds: Rookie RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-4) beat the Rockies the first time he faced them on May 26. He'll try for a repeat of that performance in the series finale.
Rockies: RHP Kyle Kendrick, an offseason free-agent acquisition, makes his 10th start this season at Coors Field, where he has gone 1-5 with a 6.89 ERA.
Cueto pitched eight scoreless innings, Todd Frazier connected for his 100th career home run, and the Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 Saturday night.
Billy Hamilton had three hits, scored twice and was at the center of two pivotal replay reviews that went the Reds way and also figured in the win.
Cueto's pitching, however, was the most prominent factor.
"He knew that he needed to step it up because the last couple starts, they weren't too good for him," Reds catcher Brayan Pena said. "He said, `Pena, today you're going to see something different. I'm going to be me.' And that's exactly what he did. When he's on, he's a game-changer."
Cueto (7-6), whose name has come up repeatedly in trade-rumors, put on a dominating display in hitter-friendly Coors Field, limiting the power-hitting Rockies' lineup to four singles before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the ninth. He struck out five and walked one in a performance sure to heighten attention ahead of the July 31 trade deadline.
"He's one of the best pitchers in the business, one of the best I've faced this year," Rockies slugger Carlos Gonzalez said. "He's one of those guys that you won't feel very comfortable (facing) at the plate because if you try to do too much he's really smart and he will get you out quick."
Cueto will find out in the coming days whether it was his last start for the Reds.
"Everytime I come to the ballpark, I feel like this is the last time," Cueto said through an interpreter. "My teammates are feeling the same way. Something is going to happen. They're going to trade me, so I don't know what's going on."
The Rockies scored twice in the ninth off Jumbo Diaz before Aroldis Chapman came on to retire pinch-hitter Michael McKenry for the game's final out, notching his 20th save.
Chris Rusin (3-4) allowed five runs and 10 hits in five innings.
The Reds batted around in the third to take a 4-0 lead behind Joey Votto's RBI single and the three-run shot by Frazier -- the winner of the home run derby during All Star game festivities at his home park. It was Frazier's 27th of the season.
Hamilton, the major league leader in stolen bases, triggered the Reds' big inning when he singled to lead off the third. Initially called out, a reply review showed he beat the ball to the bag.
In the fifth, he manufactured another run, singling up the middle and then flashing his speed on the bases.
"Hamilton creates some havoc with his speed. We had a hard time containing him," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
Rusin threw to first in an attempted pickoff but Hamilton was already headed to second, forcing a hurried and errant throw by first baseman Ben Paulsen that went into the outfield, allowing Hamilton to advance to third. He scored on Votto's groundout after initially being called out at home. The Reds challenged and the replay showed Hamilton got in ahead of the tag.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: RHP Christian Bergman pitched a simulated game (35 pitches) Saturday in the latest step toward returning from right shoulder inflammation that landed him on the DL late last month. He's slated to pitch a simulated game (45 pitches) Tuesday for Triple A Albuquerque as part of a minor league rehab assignment. ... Nolan Arenado was lifted for pinch-hitter McKenry in the ninth after being hit by a pitch on the top of his left hand in the seventh inning. X-rays were negative and a team spokesman said Arenado was day to day with a hand contusion.
UP NEXT
Reds: Rookie RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-4) beat the Rockies the first time he faced them on May 26. He'll try for a repeat of that performance in the series finale.
Rockies: RHP Kyle Kendrick, an offseason free-agent acquisition, makes his 10th start this season at Coors Field, where he has gone 1-5 with a 6.89 ERA.
8:10PM,EDT,July 25,2015
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cincinnati - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Phillips grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Votto grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Frazier grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Blackmon grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Bruce fouled out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Peña singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Byrd struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Suárez safe at first on error by second baseman LeMahieu, Peña to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Cueto grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| González lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Paulsen lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Hamilton reached on bunt single to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Phillips singled to right, Hamilton to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Votto singled to center, Hamilton scored, Phillips to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Frazier homered to right center (387 feet), Phillips and Votto scored. | 4 | 0 |
| Bruce singled to right center. | 4 | 0 |
| Bruce caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| Peña struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Byrd singled to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Suárez singled to center, Byrd to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Cueto struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Hundley lined out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Rusin struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Hamilton singled to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Phillips struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Hamilton stole second, Hamilton safe at third on throwing error by first baseman Paulsen. | 4 | 0 |
| Votto grounded out to shortstop, Hamilton scored. | 5 | 0 |
| Frazier struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| LeMahieu lined out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| González singled to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Arenado lined out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Bruce singled to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Peña bunted into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Bruce out at second. | 5 | 0 |
| Byrd grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Dickerson singled to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Paulsen grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Dickerson out at second. | 5 | 0 |
| Hundley flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Germen relieved Rusin. | 5 | 0 |
| Suárez grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Cueto grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 0 |
| Hamilton singled to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Phillips flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Stubbs hit for Germen. | 5 | 0 |
| Stubbs singled to right, Stubbs out stretching at second. | 5 | 0 |
| Blackmon lined out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| LeMahieu fouled out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Christian Friedrich pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Friedrich relieved Germen. | 5 | 0 |
| Votto singled to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Frazier grounded into double play, third to second to first, Votto out at second. | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Tulowitzki flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| González grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Arenado hit by pitch. | 5 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Yohan Flande pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Flande relieved Friedrich. | 5 | 0 |
| Peña struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Byrd grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Suárez struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Paulsen walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Hundley struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Rosario hit for Flande. | 5 | 0 |
| Rosario flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Rafael Betancourt pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Betancourt relieved Flande. | 5 | 0 |
| Schumaker hit for Cueto. | 5 | 0 |
| Schumaker struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Hamilton struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| Phillips flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jumbo Diaz pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Díaz relieved Cueto. | 5 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| González singled to deep right, LeMahieu to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Descalso hit for Arenado. | 5 | 0 |
| Descalso grounded out to pitcher, LeMahieu scored, González to second. | 5 | 1 |
| González to third on balk by Díaz. | 5 | 1 |
| Dickerson safe at first on error by shortstop Suárez, González scored. | 5 | 2 |
| Chapman relieved Díaz. | 5 | 2 |
| McKenry hit for Paulsen. | 5 | 2 |
| McKenry grounded out to first. | 5 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Phillips 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .277 | .313 | .361 |
| Votto 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .304 | .416 | .522 |
| Frazier 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .279 | .332 | .576 |
| Bruce RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .253 | .338 | .470 |
| Peña C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .275 | .340 | .310 |
| Byrd LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .248 | .301 | .468 |
| Suárez SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .304 | .341 | .480 |
| Cueto P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .162 | .184 | .162 |
a-Schumaker PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .221 | .306 | .305 |
Díaz P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Chapman P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Hamilton CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .230 | .275 | .296 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 142 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for J Cueto in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: Frazier (27, 3rd inning off Rusin 2 on, 0 Out) RBI: Votto 2 (48), Frazier 3 (67) GIDP: Peña, Frazier Reds RISP: 2-5 (Cueto 0-2, Frazier 1-1, Votto 1-2) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Hamilton (46, 2nd base off Rusin/Hundley) CS: Bruce (5, 2nd base by Rusin) Picked Off: Bruce (1st base by Rusin) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Suárez (9, ground ball) DP: 1 (Votto-Suárez-Cueto). Outfield Assist: Bruce (Stubbs at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 41,998 (83.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:47 |
| Weather | 90 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 3 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bob Davidson, First Base - Hunter Wendelstedt, Second Base - Marvin Hudson, Third Base - Pat Hoberg |
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