Cincinnati Reds News

Cincinnati Reds righthander Aaron Harang left Saturday’s game with the Chicago Cubs with lower-back soreness.

The Cincinnati Reds on Saturday acquired infielder Jorge Cantu for a pair of minor-league pitchers and future considerations.

CINCINNATI (AP) –The Cincinnati Reds acquired infielder Jorge Cantu, a minor leaguer and cash from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for reliever Brian Shackelford, a minor league pitcher and future considerations on Saturday. The Reds optioned Cantu to Triple-A Louisville. The 25-year-old Cantu had played out his welcome in Tampa Bay after setting the [...]

Dmitri Young got another chance with Washington, and the Nationals aren’t about to let him go now. Young and the Nationals announced Saturday they’ve reached agreement on a two-year contract extension, capping an amazing turnaround for the All-Star first baseman. “We are very pleased that Dmitri Young has decided to remain with us in Washington,” [...]

Edwin Encarnacion’s bat and Ryan Freel’s arm keyed another dramatic win for the surging Cincinnati Reds. Freel threw out the potential go-ahead run at home in the top of the ninth and Encarnacion, who had homered earlier, drove in Norris Hopper with a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the [...]

Edwin Encarnacion’s ninth-inning single drove in Norris Hopper from second base to give the surging Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 win over Chicago Cubs on Friday night. After the Cubs reached closer David Weathers (2-3) for five hits and two runs in the ninth, Hopper led off the bottom of the ninth against Bobby Howry (5-6) [...]

Edwin Encarnacion’s ninth-inning single drove in Norris Hopper from second base to give the surging Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 win over Chicago Cubs on Friday night. After the Cubs reached closer David Weathers (2-3) for five hits and two runs in the ninth, Hopper led off the bottom of the ninth against Bobby Howry (5-6) [...]

The Cincinnati Reds outrighted right-hander Kirk Saarloos to Triple-A Louisville on Friday and recalled right-hander Victor Santos. Saarloos, 28, was 1-4 with an 8.19 ERA in 29 games — including two starts — in two stints with Cincinnati this season. He was charged with his first blown save of the season in the Reds’ 6-5, [...]

For the Los Angeles Angeles, according to baseball sources, it’s going to be either acquiring Mark Teixeira…

The NL Central leaders have big problems. Not even All-Star closer Francisco Cordero can save them now. Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 588th homer Thursday, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied against Milwaukee’s nearly automatic closer for a 6-5, 10-inning victory that added to the Brewers’ growing woes. They’re still in first place, but not by [...]