Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, May 21, 2010
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - Angel Campos, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 23028

Laynce Nix scored three runs and hit one of the Cincinnati Reds’ three homers in a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Indians on Friday.

Jonny Gomes hit a two-run home run and scored a pair of runs as the Reds rebounded from a crushing loss to Atlanta on Thursday, when they blew a seven-run lead in the ninth, to send the Indians to their fifth straight loss.

Shin-Soo Choo homered twice for Cleveland, both off starter Bronson Arroyo (4-2). The right-hander allowed four runs in 6 2/3 innings, but pitched well enough to win his third-straight start.

The last four spots in Cleveland’s order went a combined 0 for 13, while closer Kerry Wood, still working his way into shape after recently coming off the disabled list, allowed a ninth-inning homer to Brandon Phillips to close the scoring.

Wood has allowed six runs in his last 1 1-3 innings.

Choo’s homer in the fifth tied the game at 4, but Nix doubled in a run in the sixth – one of his three hits – and Orlando Cabrera added an RBI single off reliever Aaron Laffey (0-1).

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cincinnati   Cleveland
Bronson Arroyo Player Jake Westbrook
Win W/L No Decision
6.2 IP 5.0
2 Strikeouts 3
7 Hits 7
5.40 ERA 7.20
Hitting
Cincinnati   Cleveland
Laynce NixPlayer Shin-Soo Choo
3 Hits 3
2 RBI 3
1 HR 2
8 TB 9
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cincinnati 10 3 22 .286 15 7 7 4 3 0
Cleveland 8 2 16 .235 11 4 4 3 0 0