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WASHINGTON -- After watching his team commit four errors
in a bad loss the night before, after putting Joey Votto
on the disabled list before the game, after watching his
team go hitless through the first three innings,
Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price decided it was time
for a pep talk. So he called a team meeting, right there
in the dugout before the start of the fourth inning. "You
know, sometimes you need a little kick in the butt,"
shortstop Zack Cozart said. "And he did it." And his team
responded. The next two batters scored, supplying all the
runs Cincinnati would need Thursday in a 2-1 win over the
Washington Nationals that allowed the undermanned Reds to
split a six-game road trip. "He really fired this lineup
up," first baseman Brayan Pena said. "It was a very, very
clutch speech from the skipper. ... I didnt know he could
speak like that." Cozart started the inning with a
double. Brandon Phillips followed with an RBI single.
Devin Mesoraco reached on third baseman Kevin Frandsens
error, setting up an RBI single by Pena that scored
Phillips. Granted, it was only two runs, but the Reds
lead the league in one-run losses. Their offence has been
struggling without Votto and Jay Bruce, who came off the
DL on Wednesday. The pair of runs were just enough to
support Alfredo Simon (6-2), who weathered a 61-minute
rain delay to allow one run over seven innings. "We have
the ability to do more offensively," Price said. "And we
know were better than weve performed. ... We can talk
about treading water until we get whole again, but when
you look at that lineup, its not a lineup thats going to
embarrass me or any opponent. Thats a lineup thats going
to go out there and have the ability to score runs." Yet,
despite his players glowing words, Price didnt want to
connect the dots between his speech and the fourth-inning
rally. "I dont really care to talk about it," he said.
"We just got together collectively and decided to make a
rally. ... Theres nothing really important or
significant, to be honest with you." Simon gave up a
leadoff homer to Denard Span in the first, worked out of
a jam in the second, then allowed only three more
baserunners as the Reds took two of three from
Washington. Simon threw two innings after the storm.
Jonathan Broxton handled the eighth, and Aroldis Chapman
pitched a one-two-three ninth for his third save, hitting
103 mph on the stadiums radar gun while striking out
Danny Espinosa. Tanner Roark (3-2) allowed six hits and
two runs -- one unearned -- over six innings for the
Nationals, who have their own share of lineup-depleting
injuries and have been just as up-and-down as the Reds.
"Right now, were banged up, man," Span said. "Its tough
because I still feel like were playing good baseball,
even with our circumstances right now." If nothing else,
the game was notable because it contained overlapping
replay and rain delays. Everyone was awaiting the ruling
on a challenge by Price on Todd Fraziers steal attempt in
the top of the sixth when the grounds crew came out with
the tarp. The four-minute replay delay yielded no change:
Frazier was out, as signalled by the four umpires huddled
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games with a quadriceps strain in his left knee. His move
to the DL is retroactive to May 16. ... Bruce was
reinstated but did not play. He had arthroscopic surgery
May 5 to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. ...
Reds OF Ryan Ludwick was given the day off because of
some swelling just above his kneecap. ... RPH Blake
Treinen will be called up to start for the Nationals on
Thursday, when they begin a road series against the
Pittsburgh Pirates. RHP Ryan Mattheus will be sent down
the minors to open up the roster spot.
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