Cincinnati Reds

Cingrani went 2-0 with a 3.27 ERA in six starts before being sent down. He struck out 41 batters in 33 innings. 

Hanigan hit a three-run home run in the second inning off Phillies' starter Kyle Kendrick, his first of the season. He added a walk and a run scored to finish 1 for 3 in a 10-0 win.

Hanigan is batting .164 with five RBI in 55 at-bats. 

Bruce went 2 for 4 in the game, with a two-run home run in the sixth inning of a 5-3 loss. Bruce snapped a streak of five games in a row with one strikeout, while also extending his hitting streak to eight games.

He is batting .394 with three home runs, 10 RBI and five runs scored during his streak, raising his batting average for the year from .246 to .275. 

Arroyo scattered five hits through his first seven innings and was cruising to open the eighth before he seemed to run out of gas. Arroyo got the first two batters in the eighth, but walked the next next two and was pulled.

He struck out six in evening his record to 4-4, while lowering his ERA to 3.28. Arroyo has not allowed a run over his last two starts, spanning 14 1/3 innings.

Arroyo's next start is against the Cubs Friday. 

Phillips hit .305 with runners in scoring position last season, which included a .238 average with runners in scoring position and two outs. He's batting .357 (5 for 14) with two outs and runners in scoring position this year.

Frazier went 2 for 4 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored, ending a four-game hitless streak. Frazier is 7 for 44 in May, with a .474 on-base plus slugging percentage. He had six home runs in April. 

Votto went 4 for 4 with a double and the HR. He drove in two runs and scored twice.

Votto's on-base percentage is .473, which would be the highest for a season in the majors since 2004. He has six home runs and 20 RBI to go with a 1.004 on-base plus slugging percentage. He leads the National League with 37 walks and ranks third with a .346 batting average. 

"We talked to him," Baker said. "He did a great job for the limited experience that he had. It was a great learning experience, but he also helped us at the same time. I talked to him and so did (pitching coach Bryan Price). He knows he needs a secondary pitch."

The team optioned Cingrani to Triple-A Saturday to clear room in the rotation for Johnny Cueto, despite Cingrani having a 3.27 ERA in his six starts. But the data bears out Baker's constructive criticism, as Cingrani threw 83.6 percent of his pitches for fastballs.

The organization is not telling Cingrani which pitches to throw or how often, but they want him to learn to be successful even when his fastball isn't working, possibly by focusing on his change-up more. He threw the change-up 5.9 percent of the time in the majors.

"We want him to get comfortable with it on the sideline so he can take it to the game," Baker said. "Everyone says throw the breaking ball. Everyone doesn’t have the delivery or the hand size to throw certain pitches. So we’re going to have to come up with something else to get them off the fastball. His change-up is getting better."

"It wasn’t horrendous," assistant general manager Bob Miller told the Enquirer. "He tweaked it."

Heisey originally was scheduled to return to the Reds Friday before re-injuring his hamstring. The earliest he'll return now is May 24, when the Reds begin their next homestand.

Yet to take a loss on the season, Latos brings a 2.91 ERA into a meeting with the Mets in New York Tuesday.

Chapman has posted a 2.41 ERA this season while saving eight games and compiling an impressive 30 strikeouts in 18 2/3 innings. Thursday's win was his third of the year.

The team has yet to divulge their plans for the rotation, but it has been expected that Leake or Tony Cingrani would be demoted with Cueto's return.