Reds Dominate Astros 10-0

Well, I don’t think there is much to say after that game. The Reds came out and played in dominating fashion (As expected). They took advantage early and cruised to an easy 10-0 victory.

Mike Leake looked great on the mound tonight. He was able to avoid any trouble with those key 6-4-3 double plays that the Reds always seem to roll up. As I stated earlier today, Leake has been been one of the keys to this season. We all remember the Mike Leake that we saw last year giving up home run after home run. Leake is “technically” our 6th starter and he just recorded his 14th victory of the season. That says something about your pitching staff.

Jay Bruce and Zack Cozart helped the team offensively. Cozart continues to say hot with 7 RBI in the past two games. You can’t ask for much more than that from the bottom of your order. Jay Bruce delivered with an RBI bloop in the first inning and then added to that with a grand salami later in the game. Bruce finally reached the 100 RBI plateau for the first time in his career. Congrats to Jay!

It was great to see Sean Marshall back on the mound. After nearly 3 and a half months on the DL, Marshall looked dominant. He stuck out the first two batters in the 9th, and then recorded the last out on a lazy pop fly. Welcome back Sean.

Lastly, with this Reds win, they will gain a game on the Pirates. The Pirates lost 5-2 to the Padres. St. Louis looks to be handling business in Colorado, so that means the Reds will remain 2.5 games out of first. There is still more work to do.

The picture below describes not only how this game went for the Astros, but their whole season. The AAAstros just lost their 100th game of the year.

Go Reds