Bruce Continues to Demonstrate New Ability to Hit Everything, Reds Win in Extras 5-4

The Reds walked off again tonight, with a nice win over the Brewers, who have actually been playing pretty well of late. Homeboy didn't pitch great but kept the team in it long enough for the offense to rebound and win on a Bruce single to left in the 12th. The team chased him around for a while and finally caught him and gave him a congratulatory beating.

The bullpen was more than satisfactory, throwing 4 scoreless innings with Coco picking up the win. The offense featured a leadoff bomb from Bruce and a tying double from Votto. Phillips scored the winner in the 12th, showing that he is also a very fine pinch runner, bruised paw and all. The big news out of Cincinnati is the impending call up of Chapman and his 140 mph fastball. That will be a big story, with Strasburg broken down and Joel Zumaya's body unable to do anything which involves throwing a baseball for more than a couple of weeks at a time. Rhodes, also, is rumored to be disintegrating, so it will be nice to have a lefty down there who is not Bill Bray. So, watch out Cincinnati and, while I'm on the subject, when is the concession stand going to start selling Cuban sandwiches. I like the pickle/swiss cheese combination. Reds! Reds! Reds!