Padres take 2 of 3 from Reds

August 18: Padres 7 Reds 2 

The combination of 1 run pitching by Clayton Richard and the hitting of his battery mate Nick Hundley made winnners of the Padres in game 1. Richard went 6 innings allowing 1 run and 5 hits. Hundley drove in Padres 1st run with a single in the 4th inning and then hit a 3 run homer in Padres 5 run 7th inning. Andrian Gonzalez and Chris Denorfia each had 3 hits as Padres pounded out 15 hits.

August 19:  Reds 6 Padres 5

A stunning win for the Reds. Trailing 5-1 in the 8th inning, Brandon Phillips hit a 3 run homer and 2 batters later Ryan Ludwick hit a 2 run homer and suddenly Cincinnati had grabbed the lead. Chase Headley had 3 hits including a homerun and 2 rbis and both Hundley and Gonzalez continued to hit with 2 hits each. Frazier had solo homer for Reds first run. Chapman pitched 1-2-3 inning for the save. Cincinnati starter Cueto once again could not pitch more than 5 innings in his 3rd start of the season.

August 20:  Padres 5 Reds 0

Kevin Correia pitched 7 shutout innings allowing only 4 hits, striking out 5 and walking 2. He was backed by 2 run homers by Will Venable and Ryan Ludwick. Miquel Tejada singled in the final run in the 8th that was set up by Scott Rolen's error to start the inning. Ryan Webb and Luke Gregerson closed out the shutout. Reds only had 1 runner reach 3rd base and that was in the 8th after Webb's throwing error.