A Great Day To Be A Reds Fan

After round one of the Buckeye Battle I wrote about on Friday night I was very happy to say the least. The Reds had just won their season high fourth straight game. I kinda slacked off yesterday as the Reds won the middle game of this three game set, beating the Indians 4-2. Aaron Harang was, well Aaron Harang which has been very good this year but the Reds just don't seem to score runs for him. Harang worked seven innings allowing only one run and left the game with the scored tied at one. Fausto Carmona got one out in the eighth before he also left the game with it tied, turning it over to the bullpen.

The Indians got a run in the eighth from Ben Franciso as he went yard for the first time this season. It stayed this way until the bottom of the ninth when Adam Dunn, after failing to get a sacrifice bunt down, hits a monster walk off home run to win it for "MY REDS"

This win sent the Reds home kind of cocky and looking for the sweep of the series if they could pull off another win on Sunday.

Sundays match up was one for the ages. I am sure the NL and AL ERA leaders have squared off before in the regular season, but I just can't remember it. Anyway Edinson Volquez went up against the Indians Cliff Lee for the much anticipated match up. Needless to say that Volquez got the best of this match up going six innings and just giving up two runs as the Reds hit Lee pretty good getting to him for ten hits and six runs to sweep the series and extend the Reds current winning streak to six games.

Fantasy Note: If you didn't have Adam Dunn in your lineup it might be time to get him in. He has only hit a home run in the last four games, he just might be heating up like I predicted on Friday night. He will get his 40 HR's, 100 RBI's and 100 walks.....you might have to eat a few K's but year after year he is a top ten scorer of the fantasy outfielders.

YES IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A REDS FAN.......KEEP THE ROLL GOING AS YOU HEAD OUT WEST GUYS AND LET'S GET BACK IN THIS RACE