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Updated Jul 23, 2009 1:30 PM ET
     
 
CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Reds are in Los Angeles and might want to check out the Hollywood Bowl, the La Brea Tar Pits and/or Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Going to Dodger Stadium is a waste of time and effort. The Reds haven't won a game there in nearly four years and are 0-9 over the last three seasons. They completed a four-game homestand Sunday, July 19, with a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers and lugged a 2-2 record since the All-Star break to the west coast. Before Sunday's game, Jonny Gomes checked the lineup card, playfully pointed to his name, and said, "Jonny Gomes? What's he doing in there?" What he did was win the game, breaking a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with a two-run home run. And he put the Reds into a 3-3 tie in the third with a run-scoring single after Prince Fielder's two-run homer off Johnny Cueto, Fielder's 24th, gave Milwaukee a 3-2 lead in the top of the inning. Gomes was somewhat serious when he saw the lineup card and asked why he was on it because Milwaukee started right-hander Yovani Gallardo, "And I don't start against right-handers for this team," Gomes said. Why Sunday? Because left-hander Laynce Nix, originally in the lineup, showed up with a stiff back and Gomes was a quick replacement. "Now it's off to Mannytown," Gomes said, referring to L.A. and Manny Ram?rez. Of his team's La-La Land failures, Baker said, "That's OK. Law of averages. But first we had to fight for our lives today - it was a fight and a struggle. We're scratching and clawing and digging." Chris Dickerson led off the eighth with a single and Gomes was facing relief pitcher Seth McClung, who was a starter for Tampa Bay when Gomes was there. "Known him a long time," Gomes said. "You know what to expect, since Day One - power arm with a big slider." Gomes admits it bothers him to be classified as a guy who can't hit right-handers and said, "Yeah, it definitely does. I hit all the way up through the minors. I don't think I've been labeled that, but it's a role I've been thrown into and I'd love to hit my way out of it." His single was off a righthander and his home run was off a right-hander. Proof enough?
Tagged: Reds, Brewers, Jonny Gomes, Prince Fielder

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