TIM ADLEMAN TOSSED EIGHT INNINGS OF ONE-HIT BALL, ADAM DUVALL AND SCOTT SCHEBLER HOMERED AND THE CINCINNATI REDS BEAT THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 5-2 ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
ADLEMAN (3-2) ENTERED WITH A 6.19 ERA AND HADN'T PITCHED MORE THAN SEVEN INNINGS IN 19 CAREER STARTS. BUT HE LOOKED LIKE GREG MADDUX AGAINST PHILADELPHIA. ANDRES BLANCO'S FIRST-INNING SINGLE WAS ALL THE STRUGGLING PHILLIES GOT OFF ADLEMAN.
HE STRUCK OUT FOUR AND WALKED TWO.PHILADELPHIA IS 5-21 SINCE AN 11-9 START.