Cincinnati Reds Notes, Quotes
by Sports Xchange
--Friday's game was the first to be played at Great American Ball Park under Major League Baseball's new instant-replay rules. Replay wasn't needed.
--2B Brandon Phillips logged the 100th two-base hit of his career with a line drive down the left-field line and into the corner with two outs in the first inning.
--LF Jolbert Cabrera snapped an 0-for-15 slump with a double to lead off Cincinnati's four-run fourth inning.
BY THE NUMBERS: 1 -- Complete games by the Reds starting pitchers through Aug. 26, the day RHP Bronson Arroyo went the route to beat the Astros.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I'd love to have some complete games, but too many times our pitchers have a high pitch count early in the game, at least one inning with a high count, that prevents them from pitching a complete game." -- Manager Dusty Baker.
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