Johnny Cueto pitches Reds to win over Diamondbacks

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Reds 5

(25-29, 13-17 away)

Diamondbacks 0

(23-35, 9-21 home)

96°
Clear

10:10 PM ET, May 31, 2014
Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	11	0
ARI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

W: J. Cueto (5-4)
L: B. McCarthy (1-7)

 

 

 

Associated Press

Cueto, Reds Blank Diamondbacks

Johnny Cueto pitched 7.1 scoreless innings to lead the Reds past the Diamondbacks 5-0.Tags: Reds, Diamondbacks, Highlights, Johnny Cueto

PHOENIX -- Johnny Cueto pitched effectively into the eighth inning and the Cincinnati Reds gave him some rare run support in a 5-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday night.
The Diamondbacks lost centerfielder A.J. Pollock to a broken right hand after he was hit swinging at a pitch by Cueto in the eighth inning.
The Reds have had trouble hitting with Cueto (5-4) on the mound this season, but followed Friday's big offensive night by scoring all five runs off Diamondbacks starter Brandon McCarthy (1-7).
Billy Hamilton ignited Cincinnati's offense with two hits and two runs from the leadoff spot. Brandon Phillips had a pair of run-scoring singles off McCarthy and the Reds had 11 hits to win for the third time in four games.
Cueto allowed five hits and struck out seven in 7 2/3 innings, and Jonathan Broxton escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth.

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Regular Season Series

Cincinnati leads 2-1 (as of Sat 5/31)
Thu 5/29	@ARI 4, CIN 0	Recap
Fri 5/30	CIN 6, @ARI 4	Recap
» Sat 5/31	CIN 5, @ARI 0	Box Score
Jun 1, 2014	CIN (Simon) @ ARI (Miley)	4:10 PM ET
Jul 28, 2014	ARI @ CIN	7:10 PM ET
Jul 29, 2014	ARI @ CIN	7:10 PM ET
Jul 30, 2014	ARI @ CIN	12:35 PM ET
Complete Schedule: Reds | Diamondbacks

Scoring Summary

			CIN	ARI
	4th	B Phillips singled to center, B Hamilton scored, S Schumaker to third.	1	0
	4th	T Frazier singled to center, S Schumaker scored, B Phillips to second.	2	0
	4th	B Pena doubled to right center, B Phillips scored, T Frazier to third.	3	0
	5th	S Schumaker singled to right, B Hamilton scored.	4	0
	5th	B Phillips doubled to deep center, S Schumaker scored, B Phillips out stretching at third.	5	0
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Game Information

Stadium	Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance	23,765 (48.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:57
Weather	105 degrees, clear
Wind	12 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Kerwin Danley, First Base - Lance Barksdale, Second Base - Mark Ripperger, Third Base - Gary Cederstrom

Research Notes

Opposing hitters are hitting .164 against Johnny Cueto's fastball in the month of May, which is 106 points below the league average. Chris Owings and Miguel Montero are hitting .234 and .242 against fastballs respectively (league average is .291) in the month of May.