The Reds and Phillies took nineteen innings to decide a winner Wednesday night. The Reds tied the game on a two-run single in the top of the seventh off Roy Halladay, who allowed eleven hits on the game. With the game 3-3 in the tenth, Bruce delivered a solo home run, but Ryan Howard matched that in the bottom of the inning.

Game two started at that point, as two stretched bullpens played a nine-inning, 1-0 game, Philadelphia winning on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Raul Ibanez, and Philadelphia wins 5-4. Carlos Fisher had pitched 4 2/3 innings in three appearances before last night, but pitched the final 5 2/3 innings for the Reds. He threw 95 pitches and finally tired for the loss.

Danys Baez pitched five innings also, allowing just one hit and one walk. The Phillies decided not to push him into a six inning, and position player Wilson Valdez came into pitch the nineteenth. He hit a batter, but did not allow a hit to pick up the win.

Not bad for a journeyman infielder who became the first position player to earn a win since Colorado catcher Brent Mayne on Aug. 22, 2000, according to STATS LLC. Mayne went one inning in a 7-6 victory over Atlanta in 12 innings.

He threw half of his ten pitches for strikes. It seems that the Reds should have just been a bit more patient and waited for the walks.