Cincinnati Reds News

Left-handed reliever Mike Stanton has reached a tentative, two-year agreement with the Cincinnati Reds, a person familiar with the discussions said on Sunday. Stanton, 39, played for Washington and San Francisco last season, making 82 appearances that proved he hadn't lost his knack for pitching often. Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky declined to confirm the deal, which also contains an option for a third year. The Reds don't discuss their ...

The Reds got utility player Jerry Gil from Arizona on Friday as part of a swap of minor leaguers, sending right-hander Abe Woody to the Diamondbacks. Gil, who turns 24 on Saturday, was added to the 40-man roster. He hit .256 in 128 games at Double-A and Triple-A last season with 27 homers. Gil has played 29 games in the majors, all for Arizona in 2004. Gil made his major league debut against the Reds and singled ...

The Reds sent infielder Trevor Lawhorn to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, completing their August trade for left-hander Scott Schoeneweis. Lawhorn hit .224 with four homers and 28 RBIs in 91 games for Cincinnati's Gulf Coast League team in Sarasota, Fla. He was a ninth-round pick in the June 2004 amateur draft. The Reds got Schoeneweis on Aug. 16 for a player to be named or cash. Schoeneweis was ...

Cincinnati hitting coach Chris Chambliss was fired Wednesday after the Reds endured had an offensive slump in the last five weeks of the season and fell out of playoff contention. Chambliss wasn't offered another contract after three seasons as the hitting coach, the team said. Bullpen coach Lee Tunnell won't return, but could have a position in the farm system. Cincinnati finished 80-82, its sixth straight losing season, after collapsing ...

For a moment, Freddy Sanchez's unlikely pursuit of the National League batting title got to him for the first time all season. He felt stressed out and nervous, and began swinging at anything to try for a hit. Sanchez shook off his self-imposed pressure to get two hits and become the Pirates' first batting champion in 23 years, helping Pittsburgh to a 1-0 victory Sunday over Cincinnati that was decided ...

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Freddy Sanchez had two hits while becoming the Pittsburgh Pirates' first National League batting champion in 23 years, and Xavier Nady's third hit of the game drove in the only run in a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Sanchez, not a regular when the season began, went 2-for-4 to finish with 200 hits and a .344 average, five points better than Florida's Miguel Cabrera, who went 0-for-2 ...

The Cincinnati Reds insisted they didn't have a big letdown after being eliminated from the NL Central race a few hours earlier. Losing to a pitcher with only one previous career victory suggested otherwise. Marty McLeary, a journeyman minor leaguer most of his career, pitched seven shutout innings in only his second major league start and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Reds 3-0 Saturday night to end an eight-game losing ...

Marty McLeary, a journeyman minor leaguer most of his career, pitched seven shutout innings in only his second major league start and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 Saturday night to end an eight-game losing streak. The Reds were mathematically eliminated from the NL Central race earlier in the day when the Cardinals beat the Brewers and they looked like it, doing nothing offensively against a 32-year-old right-hander ...

Aaron Harang pitched an eight-hitter for his National League-leading sixth complete game and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Friday to keep their slim post-season hopes alive. The Reds entered play in third in the NL Central, 2{ games behind division-leading St. Louis. They have two games left against the Pirates. Rich Aurilia homered and drove in three runs for the Reds, who have won five of six. ...