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Reds win against the Nats for the second night. They tack on the first 3 as Leake pitches a fantastic 5 innings. Then the rains came and delayed the game for 2 hours, forcing Leake out of the game. After resuming play the Reds tack on three more runs for a 8-1 lead going to the 6 inning. Long reliever Micah Owings then walks Adam Dunn and allows a two run home run to make it 8-3. 6th was not done, after getting the next two batters Owings and Bill Bray give up 4 more runs on two outs to make it a 8-7 lead going into the 7th. With the combo of Masset, Rhodes, and Cordero the Reds were able to squeeze it out and stay within a half game of the Cardinals and maintain the Wildcard lead.

Tomorrow the Reds get Strasburg facing off against Arroyo before a national televised audience.