Logan Ondrusek News

With the Reds trailing the Cubs 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth on Friday night, Votto -- the National League's reigning Player of the Week -- hit a solo bomb to left field to put his team on the board.

Mike Leake held New York's floundering offense to just three hits over seven innings of work, and the Cincinnati Reds shut out the Mets, 4-0, on Tuesday to take the second test of a three-game set.

May 25, 2011; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Masset during the ninth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke would have liked to sit second baseman Rickie Weeks on Sunday, but without divulging many details, said he could not.

Jay Bruce appears to be emerging from the longest slump of his young career, and for the first time this season he looked really, really dangerous at the plate today.

Andrelton Simmons homered twice and drove in a career-high four runs on Monday night, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 7-4 victory that ended the Cincinnati Reds' winning streak at three games.

The Cincinnati Reds used a four-run eighth inning to beat the Chicago Cubs, 6-4, in the middle installment of a three- game series.

April was nothing but grueling for the Cincinnati Reds . Last year's NL Central Division champions are barely over .500 in the first month of the season.

Matt Carpenter went 3-for-4 with two doubles and sparked a three-run sixth inning to lead the St.

Mat Latos spun six scoreless innings of five- hit ball and the Cincinnati Reds held off the St.

Donald Lutz is headed to the big leagues. The Cincinnati Reds announced today that the 24-year-old Lutz has been called up from the Double-A affiliate Pensacola Blue Wahoos to replace outfielder Chris Heisey, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained hamstring.

Have the Reds faced a disproportionately high number of injuries this season? Or does it just feel like University Hospital needs to open a wing for Reds players? Yes, as Jeff Seidel reports, the Reds ' left-handed setup man, Sean Marshall, looks to return to action after re-joining the big league club yesterday.

Logan Ondrusek's time at Double-A Pensacola was brief, but it was apparently productive.

Gio Gonzalez was nearly unhittable Thursday and got plenty of run support as the Washington Nationals rolled to an 8-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a four-game series.