Mike Leake

MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH The Reds are hoping it is a temporary setback. Left-hander Sean Marshall was unavailable because of "crankiness" in this left shoulder for Wednesday's game. As a result, Reds manager Dusty Baker...

ATLANTA Decisions, decisions. Braves rookie sensation Evan Gattis was poised and ready at the plate Wednesday afternoon, working with a 3-0 count and the bases loaded. The question was, when the next pitch came over the plate, where was he going to put...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH After blowing two straight save chances, Aroldis Chapman breezed through one Monday night. He worked a 1-2-3 inning, struck out two and hit 100 mph on the radar gun several times....

RHP Mike Leake continued his recent strong pitching Tuesday, when he threw seven strong innings and combined with two relievers on a three-hit shutout in the Reds' 4-0 win over the Mets. Leake, who walked two and struck out four on Tuesday, has thrown...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Johnny Cueto's return to the Reds' rotation was fine -- once he started pitching like Johnny Cueto. Cueto, out since April 15 with a strained lat, beat the New York Mets...

Reds shut down Mets NEW YORK -- The Cincinnati Reds have scored in just four of their last 18 innings. But with the way their pitchers have shut down the scuffling New York Mets, that has been more than enough. Mike Leake threw seven shutout innings...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Reds 4, Mets 0 Reds 4, Mets 0: Mike Leake pitched seven strong innings and Cincinnati took advantage of an error to score three runs in the first and clinch the series over host New York. Leake (4-2) allowed three hits and...

The Sports Xchange By Jerry Beach, The Sports Xchange Reds 4, Mets 0 NEW YORK -- Mike Leake threw seven shutout innings and combined with two relievers on a three-hitter and the Cincinnati Reds scored three unearned runs in the first inning Tuesday...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Reds at Mets After showing signs of offensive life in Chicago over the weekend, the New York Mets went right back to their low-scoring ways upon returning home. They will be hoping to get the bats turned around when they...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH Based on numbers alone, rookie left-hander Tony Cingrani pitched very well in his six starts in place of No. 1 starter Johnny Cueto. He went 2-0 with a 3.27 ERA. But the Reds knew...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Matt Harvey didn't have his best fastball. It didn't matter. Harvey showed a new dimension in dispatching the Cubs Friday at Wrigley Field, relying heavily on his breaking pitches...

Just as the weather heated up, so too did the Cincinnati Reds. And Ohio's other team kept winning as well. Shin-Soo Choo has been at the top of the Reds' lineup and has been making a difference, as he had another multi-homer game last week in helping...