The Reds have won seven of their last ten games. Not too shabby. And for a brief moment, they pulled themselves out of the cellar only to inspire the Pirates to two straight wins. Those two wins pushed us back down to the bottom.

But at least we’re dragging the Brewers down closer to us as we took two of three this weekend. Friday night’s game was plain old butt whoopin and Adam Dunn did the whoopin. The future Hall of Famer belted two homers (putting his season total at 27) and drove in three runs. Joe Randa drove in three runs in what was his final game in a Reds uniform and Felipe Lopez went yard.

Between Friday and Saturday’s game, the Reds traded Joe Randa to the Padres. In return, we get two pretty good young arms. Justin Germano has struggled so far this year but he’s a pretty good prospect. Baseball Prospectus said he had excellent control and a good groundball inducing arsenal. That also picked up Travis Chick, who also seems to be a stingy with the walks.
Germano will turn 23 this in a couple of weeks and Chick is 21. I give the Reds an A for effort on this one.

In Saturday’s game, the Padres turned the tables and scored 11 runs of their own. Brandon Claussen was on the receiving end of the beatdown as he gave up nine earned runs in less then four innings. Ryan Freel filled in for Randa at third and scored twice, and Adam Dunn once again got it done by driving in three. His two for three day kept him right at .250.

The Reds actually got some pitching in Sunday’s game. Luke Hudson had his best start of the season (which really isn’t that tough) and matched Doug Davis by giving up only two runs. Unfortunately for the Brew Crew, they don’t have an apparant future Hall of Famer, because Adam Dunn once again got things done by hitting a solo walk off homer to win the game. Give some credit to the Reds bullpen. They pitched three innings of one hit ball.

Now we go on one of those west coast swings. First up to the plate are the Dodgers. Four games at Chavez Ravine, then we go to San Diego over the weekend.

Brian has the Reds diary caught up again, but this is a pretty boring part of the season. Although if compared to the 2005 version of the Reds, the 1975 version might seem pretty surreal. All they do is win.

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