CLEVELAND -- The Indians believe theyve found the right reliever to fix their
issue against left-handed hitters.
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from St. Louis on Tuesday, adding an experienced veteran to a bullpen that has
struggled all season to retire lefties. The Indians left-handers have a 6.47
ERA. To get Rzepczynski (Zep-chin-skee), the Indians, who began the night
trailing first-place Detroit by 2 1/2 games in the AL Central, sent minor league
infielder Juan Herrera to the Cardinals. "Hes been very effective at getting
left-handed hitters out at the major league level," Indians general manager
Chris Antonetti said of Rzepczynski, who has been nicknamed "Scrabble" by
previous teammates who struggle to pronounce or spell his name. "In addition to
that, he has post-season experience and has pitched in some very pressurized
games and games we aspire to play in. "We think he addresses a need both in the
short and long-term for the organization and hell fit in very well." The
27-year-old is 9-17 with a 4.20 ERA in 177 career games for Toronto and St.
Louis. Left-handed hitters have batted .224 against Rzepczynski, who pitched 2
2-3 scoreless innings for the champion Cardinals in the 2011 World Series.
Rzepczynski has split this season between St. Louis and Triple-A Memphis,
posting a 7.84 ERA in 11 games at the major league level. But in the minors, hes
got a 3.07 ERA in 32 games and held lefties to a .185 average. "Hes only given
up two extra-base hits on the year to left-handed hitters and only eight
combined in two years," Antonetti said. "He hasnt been quite as successful at
the major league level this year, but its a very small sample. He has a good
fastball, he gets ground balls. Hes been a guy weve had interest in for quite a
while. We liked him when he was with Toronto." The Indians only other current
left-handed reliever is Rich Hill. However, this season theyve had lefties Scott
Barnes, Nick Hagadone and David Huff pitch in relief but they were all sent back
to the minors because of ineffectiveness. Antonetti said its possible the
Indians could make another move before Wednesdays 4 p.m. non-waiver deadline.
"Were still working to try and improve the team, and if we think there are guys
out there who will improve upon the options we have well explore it," Antonetti
said. "But we do feel confident that Marc can help our team and hell be part of
hopefully a push to the playoffs. Theres a lot that can happen in 24 hours."
Antonetti does not yet know when Rzepczynski will join the Indians. Herrera
batted .275 with one homer and 11 RBIs in 39 games for Class A Mahoning Valley.
He will be assigned to State College (Pa.) of the Class-A New York-Penn League.
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injury. ST. LOUIS -- Tyler Holt made his manager look smart Tuesday night.Holt,
an inning after entering the game in a triple switch, doubled home the
game-winning run as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4.Ive
been searching for something like that for a long time, Holt said. To hit the
ball flush like that is pretty encouraging.Holts double off Matt Bowman (1-4)
broke a 4-4 tie in the eighth. He then scored from second on an infield hit by
Billy Hamilton after Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter bobbled a
barehanded attempt to get the speedy Hamilton at first.Holt runs the bases
better than a lot of people I know, Hamilton said. He hustles . hes going to
give you 100 percent every time hes on the field.Reds manager Bryan Price said
Holts appearance was more of a necessity than a stroke of genius. Scott
Scheblers calf started tightening up after getting hit by a pitch and second
baseman Brandon Phillips was dealing with a tight quad making Holt and Ivan De
Jesus substitutions a no-brainer.It just played out well, Price said. It was
certainly no genius; it was just some good fortune.Adam Duvalls two-run single
in the third broke a career high 0-for-18 skid and gave the Reds a 2-1 lead.Joey
Votto had two hits, an RBI and a walk and has hit safely in 18 of his last 19
games.Reds lefty Brandon Finnegan struck out five, but walked six in six
innings. Michael Lorenzen (2-0) gave up a run in two innings of relief and
Raisel Iglesias picked up his first major league save.Weve had a lot of beer
showers at the end of a win with guys getting their first hit or their first
save or their first win, Price said. And thats the fun part of youth.Yadier
Molinas solo home run in the second inning broke a career-high 13-inning
scoreless streak for Finnegan. It also extended Molinas streak for reaching base
safely to 22 games.Matt Hollidays solo homer in the fifth tied the game 3-3.Had
a couple opportunities to get big hits to so it was just one of those nights
where they outlasted us and we gave up a little on the back side which is pretty
atypiical for us, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.
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Sb. Cardinals right-hander Mike Leake failed to record a clean
frame in six innings, surrendering a season-high four walks. Still, the three
runs allowed were a much better showing than his two previous starts against his
former club when he gave up six and seven runs, respectively.DAZZLING
DEBUTHighly touted prospect Alex Reyes made his Cardinals debut in the ninth.
The right-handers fastball topped out at 101 mph twice in a perfect frame that
included a strikeout of Duvall.It was electric, Price said. Theyve got another
good one.RUN BILLY RUNHamilton stole three bases and he has nine steals in his
past three games. He has more stolen bases (48) than the Reds have wins (46).My
main job is getting on base, Hamilton said. I got picked off today and a bunch
of guys would have shut it down after that. Thats something I feel comfortable
in. Im going to come out next time and get you.PARKING ISSUESThe Cardinals
closed their locker room for about 10 minutes to discuss temporary parking
arrangements in preparation for the Paul McCartney concert Saturday at Busch
Stadium.TRAINERS ROOMReds: RHP Alfredo Simon (right trapezius) and RHP A.J.
Morris (strained right shoulder) will continue their rehab assignment Wednesday
at Triple-A Louisville. Simon is scheduled to pitch two innings and Morris
one.Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha (strained right shoulder) was placed on the DL
and Reyes was promoted from Triple-A Memphis.UP NEXTReds: RHP Anthony DeSclafani
(6-0, 2.94 ERA) is coming off a no-decision against Pittsburgh in which he gave
up two runs in six innings. Last season, he became the first Reds rookie since
Ewell Blackwell in 1946 to face St. Louis in consecutive starts and win them
both.Cardinals: LHP Jaime Garcia (8-8, 4.04) is coming off eight shutout innings
in a 1-0 win over Atlanta. He drove in the lone run of that game with a single
and allowed just three hits.
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