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Topic Started: Nov 23 2012, 03:01 AM (201 Views)
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ST. Kendall Wright Jersey . LOUIS -- It was a day of firsts for several Cincinnati Reds hitters. And another day to forget for Adam Wainwright. Brandon Phillips homered for his first RBI of the season and Drew Stubbs homered for his first extra-base hit Thursday as the Reds backed soft-tossing Bronson Arroyos eight innings and broke loose for a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals that averted a three-game sweep. "Its been so long since we played a game like that," manager Dusty Baker said. "Im just glad our offence got clicking." Ryan Ludwick also homered for the Reds, who had connected just once in their previous nine games and began the day with a .211 batting average. The Reds picked on Wainwright (0-3), a 20-game winner in 2010 coming off reconstructive elbow surgery that sidelined him all of 2011. Wainwright is winless in his first three decisions for the first time in his career. He allowed multiple home runs in consecutive starts for just the second time ever. "His velocity is a little bit down," Ludwick said. "I feel like we were able to take advantage of it a little bit and in that scenario, youve got to. When hes on, when he gets back to 100 per cent, hes one of those guys that sometimes youre lucky to get one run against." Though he said it was a "valid question" to ask whether the comeback had been a lot tougher than he had anticipated, Wainwright added, "Im just in a funk." "You can say whatever you want to about surgery and all that," he said. "My arm feels fine, Im just not throwing great." Wainwright allowed four runs in five innings, leaving him with a 9.88 ERA. He thought his fastball had more life and that his curveball also was improved, but "my cutter was brutal, and thats what both home runs were on." Phillips hit his first homer since Sept. 20 against the Astros, a span of 53 at-bats, and earned his first RBI in 40 at-bats. Stubbs was 3 for 5 and the homer was his first extra-base hit in 50 at-bats. Ludwicks two-run homer was the Reds second in a span of three at-bats in the fourth. Stubbs hit his first off Victor Marte in the seventh. Matt Hollidays three-run homer in the sixth was the only damage against Arroyo (1-0), who struck out five and walked none while scattering five hits. Arroyo threw just 90 pitches. "He doesnt throw any fastballs on fastball counts," Holliday said. "He mixes it up, slow, slow and slower, and then hell sneak his fastball in there. He had us off-balance." Joey Votto added an RBI single in the Reds ninth off Fernando Salas. Sean Marshall struck out the side after allowing a leadoff hit in the ninth for his second save in second chances. Cardinals centre fielder Jon Jay left after the seventh with a sprained right shoulder after bumping into the wall trying to snare Stubbs homer. Jay said X-rays showed no significant damage and said he was day to day. "I was about to make my jump and just miscalculated my steps," Jay said. "Its not too bad. Tomorrow is going to be a bigger day." Earlier Thursday, general manager John Mozeliak said first baseman Lance Berkman would be placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left calf injury. The Cardinals plan on activating utilityman Skip Schumaker from the 15-day disabled list from a pulled right side muscle sustained in spring training. "If you cant run, you cant play," Berkman said after the game. "Its not really that tough of a decision." Phillips got his RBI with one out in the third, Jay Bruce followed with a single and Ludwick hit the next pitch beyond the visitors bullpen. Arroyo allowed two hits the first five innings, but the Cardinals opened the sixth with three straight hits. Rafael Furcal and Jay singled before Holliday, who had been 3 for 26 on the homestand, hit his third homer to cut the deficit to 4-3. The NL Central-leading Cardinals are 9-4. 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Confined to practices and film sessions for the past week -- and growing increasingly antsy in the meantime -- the Spurs expressed relief Sunday after watching the Los Angeles Clippers knock out Memphis in the NBAs last first-round playoff series to finish up and finally lock down their matchup for the Western Conference semifinals. Game 1 on Tuesday night will be the first game in eight days for the Spurs. The Clippers, whose battered and bruised include Chris Paul and Blake Griffin following a physical seven-game series with the Grizzlies, will be playing their sixth game in 11 days. Theyll get no sympathy from San Antonio. "We earned ourselves this break," Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said Sunday. "Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesnt." Coach Gregg Popovich, who spent the week emphasizing conditioning and not losing the rhythm built during their current 14-game winning streak, is ready to find out one way or the other. "It drives you a little crazy preparing for two teams at once. One day you think somebodys going to win, and then it changes, and then it goes back and forth," Popovich said. "Those guys really went after each other and played a great series. At least we know now who were playing." San Antonios extended layoff between series, while unusual, is hardly unprecedented. The Dallas Mavericks waited nine days last season for Oklahoma City to meet them in the conference finals on their way to their first NBA championship. In 2004, the Indiana Pacers went 11 games between the first round and the semifinals. The All-Star break afforded the Spurs just six dayss of rest in the compressed, lockout-shortened season. Michael Griffin Jersey. Eight days allowed the Spurs to work in their most intense practices since training camp -- something Popovich often expressed regret about missing during the season -- but the rest was mostly a bonus after emerging from a four-game sweep of Utah with hardly a scratch on them. 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