CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Phillips delivered the type of hit the Cincinnati Reds have been having a hard time coming up with for so much of this season.
Phillips singled in the ninth to drive home the game-winning run and lift the Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night.
"What was eluding us early in the year were those big RBI hits," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "We got two tonight."
The Nationals tied the game in the top of the ninth off Reds closer Francisco Cordero, but Jerry Hairston led off the bottom half with his third hit of the game, a single off Joel...
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