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Article: Defense bails out reliever in ninth: Guardado picks up save after clutch double play.
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2006
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Byline: Jim Massie
Aug. 5--CINCINNATI -- Eddie Guardado took a deep breath before letting loose a laugh in front of his locker last night in Great American Ball Park.
"What are you going to do?" the Reds closer asked. "That was fun, but you never really want to do that all the time. It's just a good thing we got the (win)."
With the help of a spectacular game-ending double play, Guardado worked out of a bases-loaded, noout jam in the ninth inning to preserve a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
The win snapped a five-game losing streak for the Reds and brought them to 21/2 games of firstplace St. Louis in the National League ...