Homer Bailey pitched six scoreless innings and Brandon
Phillips notched three RBIs in the Reds' 6-0 win over the Pirates in Sunday's
season finale at Great American Ball Park.
Bailey gave up seven hits and three walks with seven
strikeouts to finish the season with a 6-1 record and 1.70 ERA over his final
nine starts. He was 8-5 with a 4.53 ERA overall in the Majors.
Seeking 100 RBIs for the year, Phillips was responsible
for the Reds' first three runs and Drew Stubbs scored on two of them. He hit an
RBI double to right field that plated Stubbs in the first inning and drove in
the leadoff man again in the third inning with a groundout to third base.
The big rally came with one out in the fifth against
reliever Donnie Veal when Paul Janish walked and Joey Votto pushed a single
though the right side of the infield. That set up Phillips, who drove another
RBI double to right field for 98 RBIs on the season.
Scott Rolen followed Phillips with a line drive that got
past center fielder Andrew McCutchen for a two-run triple. Jay Bruce's rolling
single up the middle scored Rolen and made it a six-run game.
