PHILADELPHIA - Back in mid-May, he cut down the game-tying run with a peg from the outfield, ensuring a 4-3 win over NL Central rival St. Louis that moved Cincinnati within one-half game of the division lead. Three days later, on May 18 to be exact, his RBI double in the ninth beat Milwaukee, keeping the Reds in first place by a half- game.
Pirates president Frank Coonelly is lobbying Major League Baseball to move his team from the National League Central Division to the NL East. It's a great idea, one I'd fully support, even if the competition might be stiffer.
CINCINNATI - The Reds sent struggling left fielder Jonny Gomes to Washington for two minor leaguers on Tuesday, a move that opens an outfield spot for one of their best young hitters. Former first-round pick Yonder Alonso was called up from Triple- A to take Gomes' spot, giving the defending National League Central Division champions another left-handed hitter who can play left field and back up Joey Votto at first base.
When asked about defending the National League Central Division title, Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker summed up the challenge this way: If you got a target on your back that means somebody's shooting at you," Baker said during a recent stop in Dayton for the Reds Caravan. "You've got two choices: You can either get shot or shoot back.
Matt Holliday homered twice hours after being picked to represent the National League in the Home Run Derby and Jaime Garcia had another stingy home outing for St. Louis in the National League Central Division-leading Cardinals' 8-1 romp over Cincinnati Tuesday night in St. Louis. Holliday totaled 77 homers the last three seasons and entered the game with just 10 in 62 games. He powered up against Edinson Volquez (5-4) with a solo shot in the first and three-run homer in the fifth for his 16th career multi-homer game and first since July 7, 2010, at Colorado.
MIAMI - Yadier Molina's assessment of the three-game series beginning in Cincinnati tonight, with the Cardinals coming to town two games behind the pace-setting Reds in the National League Central Division race, was the strongest offered Sunday before and after the Cardinals' game with the Florida Marlins was rained out. But while he is playing the season one game at a time, or one series at a time as is his wont, even Cardinals manager Tony La Russa didn't discount the fact that the series would be one of the club's most significant of the season.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS : 83-78, first place, World Series champs
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Drew Stubbs, a native of the Lone Star State, enjoyed a breakout season and a National League Central Division title in 2010. The 26-year-old, who visited the Charleston Town Center on Thursday afternoon as part of the annual Reds Winter Caravan stop, feels fortunate to be a part of a small-market team with Texas- sized aspirations.
Chicago -- This wasn't supposed to happen again. After the Milwaukee Brewers folded in the second half of the 2007 season, blowing an 8 1/2-game lead and allowing the Chicago Cubs to overtake them for the National League Central Division crown, changes were made.
DETROIT TIGERS : 95-67, second place, wild card, AL champions
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