Brandon Phillips delivered the type of hit the Cincinnati Reds have been having a hard time coming up with for so much of this season. Phillips singled in the ninth to drive home the game-winning run and lift the Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night. "What was eluding us early in the year were those big RBI hits," Reds manager Dusty Baker said.

Ken Griffey Jr.'s first career at-bat against Jason Bergmann was a good one. Griffey hit a two-run homer off Bergmann to get Cincinnati off to a fast start and Bronson Arroyo worked six innings, sending the Reds to a 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday. Griffey followed Jay Bruce's one-out double in the first with a 344-foot line drive that bounced off an advertising sign over the...

Two-out runs have been scarce for the Cincinnati Reds this season. They began to cut into the deficit Thursday night. The Reds scored all of their runs with two outs, three driven in by Brandon Phillips, and Cincinnati capitalized on a Washington error to rally for a 5-3 victory over the Nationals. "Two-out hitting is something we haven't done much of lately -- or earlier," Phillips said.

A Pirates bullpen missing its closer managed to pull one out. Xavier Nady homered twice and drove in four runs Wednesday night, setting up a 9-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds shortly after Pittsburgh lost yet another pitcher to injury. Closer Matt Capps will be gone for about eight weeks after a medical test detected bursitis and tightness in his pitching shoulder.

The situation called for a bunt to set up one run. After seeing all the late-inning craziness of the last two days, Pittsburgh Pirates manager John Russell knew he needed more. The Pirates blew two more late leads Tuesday night, but Jack Wilson -- swinging instead of bunting -- saved them with a triple in the 11th inning that set up a 6-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Darren Baker hasn't yet learned the distinction between old and vintage. The 9-year-old son of Reds manager Dusty Baker playfully called Ken Griffey Jr. old on Monday, then watched the 38-year-old outfielder end the game with a swing that was as sweet as ever. His two-run shot -- the 603rd of his career -- sent Cincinnati to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Bronson Arroyo pitched worse and somehow got much better results. The Cincinnati Reds' right-hander bounced back from the worst start of his career and Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer in a 9-5 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday. Arroyo (5-7) struck out six and gave up two runs over six innings for the Reds, who took five of six from their interleague and intrastate rivals this season.

Johnny Cueto added a few wrinkles and changes to go with his crackling fastball. The rookie right-hander won for the first time in four starts for Cincinnati, combining with four Reds relievers to shut out the Cleveland Indians 5-0 on Saturday night. "I've been working on my changeup and slider," Cueto said through an interpreter.

C.C. Sabathia can't even allow himself to watch his latest masterpiece. The reigning AL Cy Young winner, with trade rumors swirling around him, struck out 11 over eight innings, including Ken Griffey Jr. three times, to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-0 on Friday night. "I can't watch any sports (news) on TV because it is so crazy," said Sabathia (6-8), who has insisted since...

Even before the game began, Edinson Volquez knew this wasn't going to be his day. Volquez was tagged for a season-high seven runs, including two on a home run by Scott Rolen, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-1 on Thursday night. The hard-throwing right-hander, who was 3-0 in his previous five starts, struggled with his command, his footing on the mound and was gone after 4 1-3...

Jay Bruce figured bunting for a base hit might shake him out of a slump. Six innings later, a fly ball worked much better. Bruce drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 602nd home run and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Wednesday night.

The Blue Jays made Cito Gaston's return to Toronto one to remember. Scott Rolen hit one of his team's three home runs, A.J. Burnett pitched eight strong innings and the Blue Jays routed the Cincinnati Reds 14-1 on Tuesday night in Gaston's first game in Toronto since being rehired as manager. The crowd chanted Gaston's name as Toronto's long-dormant offense finally showed some life.