Wed May 14 23:25:47 2008

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Janish salvages Reds' collapse with game-winning hit in 10th

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Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - Paul Janish, making his major league debut, hit a game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning as Cincinnati survived a bullpen meltdown to take a 7-6 win over the Florida Marlins.

After Reds relievers Mike Lincoln and Francisco Cordero combined to allow six runs in the ninth inning, Jared Burton (2-1) threw a scoreless top of the tenth. Renyel Pinto (1-2) struck out Joey Votto and Edwin Encarnacion to begin the bottom half.

But David Ross and Paul Bako worked walks, and pitcher Johnny Cueto came on to pinch-run for the catcher Ross. Up stepped Janish, who was recalled from Triple-A Louisville earlier Wednesday to take the roster spot of shortstop Jeff Keppinger, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a broken kneecap.

Janish drove Pinto's third pitch into right field -- for his first MLB hit -- to drive in Cueto and propel Cincinnati to its third straight win. Jerry Hairston went 3-for-4 with a triple and double, while Adam Dunn homered and Brandon Phillips went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Reds starter Bronson Arroyo threw seven shutout innings, giving up only five hits and three walks with five strikeouts, but got the no-decision for Cincinnati, which has won the first three contests of this four-game set.

Cody Ross hit a three-run homer that tied the game for Florida, whose current three-game slide comes on the heels of a seven-game win streak. Matt Treanor went 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Luis Gonzalez had an RBI double.

Ricky Nolasco threw 4 2/3 innings in his start, and surrendered two runs on five hits and three walks. Justin Miller gave up three runs -- two earned -- in two innings of relief work, while Pinto threw 1 2/3 total innings of relief.

After getting down six runs through eight innings, the Marlins staged a startling comeback in the ninth inning against an ineffective Reds bullpen. Jorge Cantu and Dan Uggla led off with singles, and Gonzalez followed with a double to plate one run. Lincoln then hit Wes Helms with a pitch to load the bases and prompt a pitching change.

Cordero, who came into the game having given up just three runs in 16 1/3 innings, gave up a single right away to Treanor to bring home Uggla and Gonzalez, and bring Florida within 6-3 with no outs.

Cordero got Mike Jacobs swinging, but with runners on the corners, Cody Ross crushed a ball to left field to tie the game at 6-6 and send it to extra innings.

The teams had trouble scoring in the early innings, and Reds center fielder Corey Patterson helped keep Florida off the board with a pair of nice defensive plays. In the fifth inning, after Treanor hit a leadoff single, Nolasco bunted down the first base line.

Votto's throw to second was well off the mark, and the ball rolled into center field to Patterson, who mistakenly let the ball roll by him. Treanor decided to lumber around third to home on the error, but Patterson rebounded and threw out the Marlins' catcher.

Then, in the sixth, Hanley Ramirez hit a lead-off double and tried to tag up on a fly ball off Cantu's bat. But Patterson again made the throw for the out, completing the double play, and Florida's inning ended shortly thereafter.

Meanwhile, the Reds took advantage of Patterson's defensive work and gradually took a commanding lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Patterson scored on a Hairston triple with two outs to put Cincinnati ahead 1-0. After Nolasco intentionally walked Ken Griffey Jr., Phillips looped a single to right to plate Hairston, and the Reds led by two.

Dunn's seventh homer of the season gave the Reds a three-run advantage, and they seemingly blew it open in the seventh.

Hairston led off with a single, and Griffey followed with a double to center, just past the glove of a diving Cody Ross. The third baseman Cantu then unleashed a bouncing throw on a Phillips grounder that went into the stands and allowed Griffey to trot home and Phillips to go to second -- still with no outs.

Two straight ground outs brought Phillips home, and boosted the Reds' lead to 6-0.

Game Notes

It was Cordero's -- and the Reds' -- first blown save of the season...Attendance was 12,756...The Reds stranded nine runners, while the Marlins left six men on base.