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Reds follow no-hitter with walk-off win over Giants

Thursday, July 4, 2013

CINCINNATI — It only counted for one game in the standings.
But to Shin-Soo Choo at least, the Cincinnati Reds' 3-2, 11-inning victory over the San Francisco Giants was worth a bit more. The game ended on Choo's RBI single that scored Todd Frazier four hours and 32 minutes after it started.
"It's always good to win one like this, especially against a good team," Choo said. "We used all our bullpen, all the bench players. We got a day game tomorrow. It feels like more than one game."
It was the Reds' eighth walk-off victory of the year.
Members of the Boston Red Sox wait at home plate for pinch hitter Jonny Gomes (5) after hitting a walk off home run during the ninth inning against the San Diego Padres on July 3.
Choo's hit came off left-hander Javier Lopez. Choo was hitting .152 off lefties coming into the night.
"My numbers aren't good off left-handers," Choo said. "I work on it everyday. I talked to (Jay) Bruce and (Joey) Votto. They had more experience against Lopez. I got some good information."
The win means the Reds have clinched the four-game series by winning the first three. They had lost four straight series.
The Reds are 7-7 in extra-inning games.
Todd Frazier led off the 11th with a walk. Chris Heisey sacrificed him to second. The Giants intentionally walked Devin Mesoraco. The Reds sent Ryan Hanigan up as a pinch-hitter for the first time this year. He flied to shallow right. Choo swung through the first pitch, then lined a bullet into right to end it.
It was the first run Lopez had allowed in 22 appearances.
A sellout crowd of 40,757 witnessed it at Great American Ball Park. It was the ninth sellout of the year for the Reds. That means LaRosa's better stock up on dough. Aroldis Chapman struck out the first batter in the ninth for strikeout No. 11 for the Reds on the night — thus free pizza.
Reds center fielder Shin-Soo Choo (center) is congratulated by left fielder Chris Heisey (28) and second baseman Brandon Phillips (4) after hitting a game-winning single during the eleventh inning against the San Francisco Giants on July 3.
Left-hander Tony Cingrani went 5 2/3 innings and allowed two runs on four hits in his return to the rotation. He walked four and struck out five. He continued to struggle a bit with pitch efficiency. He needed 97 pitches (53 strikes) to get the 17 outs.
The bullpen — Logan Ondrusek, Sam LeCure, Alfredo Simon, Manny Parra, Chapman and J.J. Hoover — allowed only one hit over 5 1/3 innings.
"Everyone who came out of the bullpen was outstanding," Mesoraco said. "Sammy, J.J., Chapman. Those are some of the best performances I remember."
Hoover (2-5) got the win by pitching a scoreless 10th and 11th.
"We were down to our last man, (Curtis) Partch," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "They were down to their last man, (Sergio) Romo. We cleared the benches trying to win that game. It was a good game."
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis, right, celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off single in the ninth inning against the Phialdelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium.
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