Ryan Hanigan News

Johnny Cueto looked like, well, Johnny Cueto in his return from the disabled list.

Logan Schafer tied a career high with three hits, part of a 3-for-4 effort with a pair of doubles and two RBI, as Milwaukee silenced Cincinnati, 6-0, in the middle test of a three-game series.

This time the Cincinnati offense wouldn't let the club's baffling eighth inning struggles hold it back, as Jay Bruce's 10th inning solo homer to left gave the Reds a 4-3 walk-off win over the Brewers at Great American Ball Park on Friday.

Shin-Soo Choo cf Derrick Robinson lf Brandon Phillips 2b Jay Bruce rf Todd Frazier 3b Jack Hannahan 1b Zack Cozart ss Ryan Hanigan c Bronson Arroyo p This is the first time all year Joey Votto has been out of the lineup.

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Ryan Hanigan's prowess behind the plate is pretty well-proven. He seems to coax better performances out of the Reds ' staff, frames pitches effectively and generally makes crouching look easy.

Just when you thought shellacking the Cubs couldn't be any more fun, you find out that roughing up Matt Garza after he tried to be tough guy is that much sweeter.

The Cubs have not had much luck against the Reds the last couple of years. Perhaps that can begin to change starting tonight.

On the surface, LaMarre's 2013 looks disappointing. However, if he was sporting the same BABIP as last year, he'd be hitting .302 with a .390 OBP.

A Kenton County grand jury indicted a 30-year-old Covington man on Thursday for bail jumping.

Rocky Mountain BYE. Reds will lick their wounds today and prepare for a big weekend series against the Cardinals of St. Louis.

Ryan Hanigan #29 of the Cincinnati Reds slides in safely to second base for a RBI double in the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Great American Ball Park on June 4, 2013 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Given deadlines and the late craziness of the game, I left more than a few things out of my game story.

Reds 3, Rockies 0: Bronson Arroyo allowed four hits in eight innings and Jay Bruce delivered a two-run homer as part of his three-hit night as host Cincinnati won its sixth straight over Colorado.

With the Cincinnati Reds being one of the hottest teams in Major League Baseball in the month of May, Joey Votto is one of many players on the team who received excellent grades for the month.

Johnny Cueto was in ace form Friday in Pittsburgh as he helped the Cincinnati Reds blank the Pirates 6-0. Cueto allowed just one hit to Brandon Inge and allowed two others Pirates in eight innings and finished with six strikeouts.

Better, not good, is how Vinnie Pestano described his first appearance as the Indians' closer after Chris Perez went on the disabled list Monday with tendinitis in his right rotator cuff.

For the first time in his brief career, backup Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco was the designated hitter in the lineup vs.

Bronson Arroyo went 5 2/3 innings and allowed five runs on eight hits. He walked one and struck out three.

Maybe we're doing what we once feared and starting a controversy when there isn't one, but it's interested me to see how the Reds have been splitting up catching duties.