Titanic Struggle Recap: Heartbreaker

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle…. FINAL Cincinnati 3 Tampa Bay 4 W: K. Farnsworth (3-1) L: L. Ondrusek (3-3) BOX SCORE POSITIVES –Until the bitter end, Johnny Cueto was dominant again. His final line: 7.2 IP, 4 hits, 3 runs, 6 K, 1 BB. Two of those three runs came in the eighth inning, when he was pulled. –Drew Stubbs had two hits, including a triple. Of course, he was thrown out stealing in the ninth, representing the go-ahead run. –Jay Bruce hit a homer in the 9th that tied up the game, after the Rays had come back to take the lead. NEGATIVES –Logan Ondrusek did not retire a batter in the bottom of the ninth, giving up the walkoff homer to Evan Longoria on his second pitch. –Scott Rolen: 0-4. Now hitting .252/.290/.411 on the season. NOT-SO-RANDOM THOUGHTS –That was a heartbreaker. The Reds were within shouting distance of a series win against a quality opponent, on the road. The good guys had battled back, and took the ...