Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 8, LA Dodgers 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 22, 2010
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Tim McClelland, 1B - Mike Everitt, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 13261

Scott Rolen and Jay Bruce each drove in a pair of runs and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 in the finale of a three-game series on Thursday.


Rookie Mike Leake (1-0) picked up the victory, becoming the first Reds starter of the season to earn a win. Leake went seven innings, allowing eight hits and all five runs in the see-saw affair.

Francisco Cordero closed out the game for his sixth save.


The Reds trailed 5-4 entering the bottom of the seventh inning but scored four times in the frame highlighted by Rolen’s go-ahead two-run double. Bruce hit a two-run homer, his third of the year, in the sixth.


Andre Ethier and Garret Anderson both hit two-run homers for the Dodgers.


Los Angeles had nine hits in the game, one night after pounding out 18 in a 14-6 win over the Reds. The Dodgers lead the majors in batting.

Hong-Chih Kuo (0-1) took the loss for the Dodgers in relief of Vicente Padilla.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   Cincinnati
Vicente Padilla Player Mike Leake
No Decision W/L Win
6.0 IP 7.0
8 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 8
3.00 ERA 6.43
Hitting
LA Dodgers   Cincinnati
Russell Martin Player Orlando Cabrera
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 9 2 15 .257 10 8 5 2 0 2
Cincinnati 12 1 17 .333 18 10 8 3 0 0