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Reds finally beat Cole Hamels, draft another catcher

For the first time ever, the Reds beat Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels. He entered tonight 9-0 with a 1.59 ERA in 13 career starts against the Reds. The Phillies had won all 14 times Hamels faced the Reds (including when Hamels shut out the Reds 2-0 in the clinching game of the Phillies 3-game sweep of the Reds in the 2010 NLDS).

Frazier and Cozart each had three hits, and Billy Hamilton scored on a Brandon Phillips walk (more on that below). In his first start of his career as a Red, Ivan De Jesus Jr. hit a 2-run home run in the 6th inning off Hamels to break a 3-3 tie.