Votto helps Reds down Jays
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06/25/2009 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joey Votto went 4-for-5 with a double, homer and three runs batted in as the Cincinnati Reds edged the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-5, in the finale of a three-game interleague series at Rogers Centre.
Jay Bruce chipped in with a two-run double and Willy Taveras had three hits with an RBI and run scored for the Reds, who salvaged one win in the series and snapped a four-game slide.
Johnny Cueto (7-4) picked up the win after allowing five runs on as many hits. He struck out four and walked three. Francisco Cordero earned his 18th save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning.
Vernon Wells and Scott Rolen each had a pair of RBI, while Aaron Hill hit a solo homer for Toronto, which had a three-game winning streak halted.
Brett Cecil, who was making only his sixth big league start, lasted only three innings. The lefy was raked for nine hits and five runs while walking three, but did not figure in the decision. Shawn Camp (0-3) was tagged with the loss despite giving up a run on three hits in four innings of relief.
With the game deadlocked at 5-5, Votto, born and raised in the Toronto area, belted a first-pitch slider over the right-field wall to lead off the seventh. The Reds then tacked on another in the eighth. Paul Janish doubled to start the inning, took third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Taveras' squeeze bunt single.
Cordero took the hill for the bottom of the ninth and issued a one-out walk to Lyle Overbay, but the hard-throwing closer set down Rod Barajas and Russ Adams to end the game.
Cincinnati jumped on Cecil for a four spot in the top of the first. Taveras got things started with a double and after the next two batters were retired, back-to-back RBI doubles by Votto and Jonny Gomes made it 2-0. Ramon Hernandez then drew a walk and Bruce chased in two more with another two-bagger.
Hill's solo homer in the bottom half got the Blue Jays on the board.
Votto's run-scoring single in the second put the Reds in front 5-1. However, Toronto pushed across four runs to even things in the fifth. With the bases loaded and two away, Wells roped a two-run base hit to left, then after a brief mound visit, Rolen's two RBI single up the middle tied it.
Game Notes
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The Indianapolis Colts know that winning the Super Bowl last season put a huge target on their backs, and they expect opponents to go all-out to knock them from the top of the mountain.
They’ll get their first test from the New Orleans Saints this Thursday night. The defending champs had nothing but good things to say about the New Orleans defense this past week, praising their opponents’ pass rush and run-stopping abilities.
"They play very aggressively," head coach Tony Dungy told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "They play a lot of man-to-man coverage, and they come after you. They have good pass rushers, and they're going to try to pressure us, I'm sure."
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Oddsmakers are preparing for some fireworks this Thursday when the NFL season kicks off. online Sportsbooks have Thursday’s total set at a whopping 52 points, accounting for two of the league’s most explosive offenses.
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