What happened to the Astros? I thought Roger Clemens was coming back to “win.” Since he’s come back, the Astros have been pretty bad. Good thing is, their bad luck is our good luck. They beat us today, putting us a game and a half back of the Cardinals in NL Central (Cards play tonight), but the Reds won another series.

Friday was exciting. The Reds went down 3-0 and were down most of the game until the eighth inning. Then opportunity struck and Rich Aurilia hit a three run homerun to tie the game up. Not content with a tie, the Reds kept up the heat and later that inning, Royce Clayton drove home Brandon Phillips for the go ahead run. Bronson Arroyo had a pretty good start but he didn’t get a decision. The winner was Ryan Franklin with Scott Schoenweis getting his first save.

There was very little drama yesterday. The Reds exploded for thirteen runs in the first four innings in the 14-0 blowout. Adam Dunn hit homerun number 38 and he drove in three runs. Scott Hatteberg homered as well and he had four RBIs. Five different Reds scored twice and Kyle Lohse and Mark Belisle combined for a four hit shutout.

Man, our bullpen blows. This time, Todd Coffey was the culprit. He gave up six runs in the seventh inning in the 7-3. He didn’t even get a guy out. Rheal Cormier didn’t help things because most of Coffey’s runs were actually scored on hits Cormier gave up. Ken Griffey, Jr. and Todd Hollandsworth each had two hits and RBI in the loss.

No days off here. The Reds fly right to San Francisco for a four game series against the Giants. The Giants have been winning so hopefully the Reds put an end to that.

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