I'm glad that the Reds and Phillies are not in the same division as their games tend to take odd often excruciating, twists and turns. On Tuesday night it was Vance Worley, just recalled, vs. Johnny Cueto. Worley worked hard for five innings and the Phillies took an early 3-1 lead only to allow the Reds to tie it. With the game 3-3 in the 9th, Ryan Madson came in to hold it there, but bobbled a ball back to him and the runner was safe. Things kind of fell apart after that. Pretty soon the Reds had gone ahead 6-3 on a Jay Bruce double and the game was over.
Ryan Madson took the loss, his first in nine attempts. The good? He seemed to shrug it off. But the early lead, tie, then Jay Bruce RBI was to become a theme in the series.
