Griffey homers to help Reds down Brewers
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09/08/2007 - Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ken Griffey Jr. hit career home run No. 593 and finished with three RBI, guiding the Cincinnati Reds to an 11-4 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers in the first of a three-game set at Great American Ball Park.
Josh Hamilton went 4-for-5 with three runs scored, a homer and a pair of RBI for the Reds, who have won two straight after dropping five in a row.
Bronson Arroyo (8-14) tossed 7 2/3 quality innings, yielding three runs on five hits with eight strikeouts.
Dave Bush (11-10), on the other hand, was battered for eight runs over just one-plus innings for Milwaukee, which remains in a tie for first in the NL Central after the Cubs fell to the Pirates Friday.
Prince Fielder hit his NL-leading 42nd homer in defeat.
The Reds put up six runs in the first inning to assume immediate command. Cincinnati quickly put runners on the corners with nobody out, and Griffey brought the first run in with a single to right. Brandon Phillips then reached safely on a fielder's choice before Adam Dunn singled in Alex Gonzalez for a 2-0 edge. Edwin Encarnacion followed with a two-run base hit a batter later, and Joey Votto's subsequent double scored two more to cap the surge.
Griffey upped the lead to 8-0 in the second with a majestic two-run homer to right, the 593rd of his career.
The offensive outburst continued in the third, as Hamilton drove in a run with a base hit to center, then moved to second on a throwing error. Gonzalez stepped in next and hit a double for a 10-0 Reds lead.
Fielder got the Brewers on the board with a leadoff homer in the fifth, and Craig Counsell added a pinch-hit RBI single later in the frame to make it 10-2. Mike Rivera then hit a two-out, solo homer in the eighth for Milwaukee.
Hamilton's solo shot in the bottom of the eighth upped the Reds advantage to nine runs, and Joe Dillon capped the scoring in the ninth with an RBI single.
Game Notes
Reds catcher Ryan Jorgensen has received a 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program...The Baltimore Orioles purchased right-handed relief pitcher Victor Santos from the Reds for cash on Friday...The Brewers have lost seven of eight on the road, and are now 26-43 away from home this season...Brewers manager Ned Yost was ejected in the third arguing balls and strikes...This was Bush's shortest start of his career. He is 0-1 with an 18.37 ERA in three starts versus the Reds this year.
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