Bruce heating up for Reds
Bruce heating up for Reds
Bruce heating up for Reds Jay Bruce was mired in a 6-for-47 slump from June 14-27, striking out 19 times and notching just one extra-base hit. Since then, however, he has returned to his hot-hitting ways, going 6-for-15, with two home runs and five RBIs in his last four games.
Reds Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Shortstop Alex Gonzalez officially called it a season Wednesday, a season in which he played zero games. On Monday, he will have surgery on his left knee.
“I’m shutting it down,” he said. “I don’t want to wait another two months to see if it gets better. If I get it done now I can be ready by November and December and be ready for spring training. I don’t want to miss any more spring training.”
Gonzalez has a year left on his contract, $5.752 million for next year with a mutual option for 2010 at $6 million with a $500,000 buyout.
Last year, his first with the Reds, he played only 110 games because of injury and the illness of his infant son. He then suffered a compression fracture of his left knee early in spring training this year and hasn’t played since.
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Bruce homers twice, but Reds fall
Bruce homers twice, but Reds fall Daryl Thompson struggled in his third Major League start and put the Reds in a hole they couldn’t get out of, as Cincinnati dropped a 9-5 decision to the Pirates on Wednesday
Cincinnati starter Daryl Thompson was impressive in his major league debut - and awfully nervous, too.
Inoa becomes a sign of the times (Yahoo! Sports)
The small-market Oakland A’s won bidding war for 16-year-old Dominican pitcher, signaling an economic sea change.
