Cincinnati Reds Inside Pitch
by Sports Xchange
"The doctors tell me no, so I don't think either Freel or Hairston will play again," said manager Dusty Baker. "There isn't enough time to come back. There is no place for them to go on rehab. They haven't played for a long time.
"You can take all the batting practice you want, but there is nothing like live hitting and it would look to them like the pitchers are throwing 1,000 miles an hour. I do like their desire to come back."
Freel played 48 games and was hitting .298 when a hamstring injury stopped him cold on a run to first base on June 4 and he underwent surgery. Hairston hit .338 in 63 games before he, too, collapsed on a run to first base and went on the disabled list June 10. He tried to come back early and played one game before going back on the DL.
REDS 10, CUBS 2: RHP Bronson Arroyo won his 14th game, 10th in his last 13 decisions, holding the Cubs to one run and four hits over 6 1/3 innings, while RF Jay Bruce drove in four runs on his first career grand slam home run Friday.
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