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(Drawings: Sept. 21) Pick 3 (early): 0 5 0 Pick 4 (early): 9 0 8 8 Pick 5 (early): 7 6 6 9 8
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FULL Oct. 13
(Drawings: Sept. 20) Pick 3 (late): 8 3 1 Pick 4 (late): 0 2 7 5 Pick 5 (late): 1 7 6 1 2 Rolling Cash 5: 4 14 15 22 24 Classic Lotto: Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $3.3 million.
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(Drawings: Sept. 21) Pick 3 (early): 8 9 4 Pick 4 (early): 5 1 5 4 (Drawings: Sept. 20) Pick 3 (late): 2 8 2 Pick 4 (late): 4 9 5 4 Cash Ball: 11 27 30 33, 15
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TEMPERATURE High/low ........................... 89/67 Normal high/low ............... 76/55 Record high ................. 97 (1940) Record low .................. 35 (1962) HUMIDITY High .................................... 86% Low ..................................... 35% PRECIPITATION Last 24 hours ...................... 0.00” Month to date .................... 0.49” Normal month to date ........ 1.81” Year to date ...................... 42.30” Normal year to date ......... 31.60”
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(Drawings: Sept. 21) Daily 3 (early): 5 2 6 (SB: 3) Daily 4 (early): 5 9 1 5 (SB: 3) (Drawings: Sept. 20) Daily 3 (late): 4 6 9 (SB: 9) Daily 4 (late): 2 0 2 8 (SB: 9) Cash 5: 9 10 22 31 33 Hoosier Lotto: Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $3.5 million.
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It appears Republican Chris Monzel will attempt a political comeback a year after suff ering one of the region’s biggest upset losses in recent memory. The veteran politician from Glendale has pulled petitions to run for state House against freshman Rep. Jessica Miranda, D-Forest Park, in the competitive 28th House District in northern Hamilton County. Political newcomer and Democrat Stephanie Summerow Dumas stunned the political establishment last year when she unseated Monzel on the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners. Monzel was the last Republican county commissioner, serving on the board since 2011. Prior to that, Monzel was a Cincinnati city councilman for 10 years. Monzel didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Friday. Miranda won by 56 votes after absentee ballots put her ahead of incumbent Republican Rep. Jonathan Dever. Miranda thinks she’ll be tougher to beat next year. Monzel will have a tough time getting the suburban women to vote for him, she said. The “heartbeat” bill outlawing most abortions after six weeks, which passed the Republican-controlled Ohio General As-
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Fractured Dems must be careful with Portune’s seat Politics Extra Jason Williams Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
The rumor mill has been churning since Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune announced last week that he’s not running for re-election in 2020. Eric Kearney, Brigid Kelly, Alicia Reece and Rob Richardson Jr. are the names I’ve heard as potential successors to Portune, who’s expected to step down before his term ends on Jan. 2, 2021. Among them, Reece is the only one who’s publicly shown interest in the seat. Reece, former state lawmaker and Cincinnati vice mayor, picked up petitions the day Portune announced his forthcoming retirement. “My phone has been ringing off the hook with people who want me to run,” Reece told Politics Extra this week. This is new territory for the Hamilton County Democratic Party. They’ve rarely had the opportunity to fi ll a high-profi le seat since the GOP had long controlled most countywide executive offi ces up until a few years ago. Botch this and the county could end up with Stephanie Dumas 2.0, someone who’s not fi t to be commissioner. Or a misstep could give Republicans a shot at regaining a seat on the board
of commissioners. A big question is whether Portune, who’s battling cancer, will remain in offi ce through the March primary. If he does, it would avoid his appointed successor having to go through a primary. Regardless, someone is going to be appointed at some point – and Democrats have to do a better job of vetting candidates now that they’re in control. A fractured party needs to somehow come together and rally around someone who is going to have the citizenry’s best interests in mind. One thing the party shouldn’t do is let Portune – or any one or two individuals – hand pick his successor. Portune told PX he would like to have a say about who succeeds him. He felt completely ignored the last time he vacated a public offi ce early. That was in 2000, when he left Cincinnati City Council to become commissioner. Portune had given party leaders the names of six potential successors. None of them were picked, and instead John Cranley was chosen to fi nish out Portune’s term. Cranley, now mayor, and Portune have been butting heads on policy and projects ever since. Party leaders should defi nitely listen to Portune, and take his suggestions into consideration. He’s earned the right to be heard. Portune wouldn’t say who he’d like to succeed him, but
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it’s widely believed North Avondale’s Kearney is the commissioner’s preferred choice. They are former law partners, and Kearney stood alongside Portune at his press conference on Sept. 12. Kearney declined comment to Politics Extra. Kearney, CEO of the region’s African-American Chamber and a former state senator, is highly respected for helping to fi x the state retirement fund. He’s also regarded for his ability to work across the aisle. He very well could end up being Portune’s heir apparent. But that’s a decision party leaders collectively need to make – not Portune alone. Several Democrats felt like it wasn’t a total team eff ort when it came time to choose a candidate to run for commissioner last year. Democratic insiders have said a small faction strong-armed party leaders into backing Mount Healthy Mayor James Wolf as the candidate to run against Republican Commissioner Chris Monzel. Wolf supporters say that’s just not true. Regardless, Wolf never actually got to face Monzel. Wolf seemed to overlook that he had a primary against Dumas, the former Forest Park mayor. He sat on $30,000 and squandered the party’s endorsement in an embarrassing loss. Dumas went on to beat Monzel in a big year for county Democrats. It’s led to Democrats blaming Dem-
ocrats for the county commission ending up with Dumas, whose history of personal tax problems and other issues have raised questions about whether she’s fi t for the offi ce. It would behoove Democrats to fi nd someone to replace Portune who’s willing to take a stand against all the county’s plans to increase taxes. But if Portune’s successor is tax happy, it could give Republicans hope of winning back a seat in November 2020. Either Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman or Councilwoman Amy Murray would likely be the GOP’s best chance for winning the seat. Republican Andy Black, a former Mariemont councilman, has already fi led to run for Portune’s seat. Kearney, Reece, Kelly and Richardson would all be solid, qualifi ed candidates. Kelly is a two-term state lawmaker. Richardson is UC’s former board president and has run unsuccessfully for mayor and state treasurer. They may end up squaring off in a primary, and the county would be better for it. What Democrats don’t want is for their appointee to be such a disaster that it opens the door for an unqualifi ed outsider from either party to win the seat. The county can’t aff ord a repeat of what happened in the 2018 commissioner’s race. Email: jwilliams@enquirer.com
6A ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
3 meetings to weigh in on possible sales tax hike Scott Wartman
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As Hamilton County’s government struggles to pay its bills, the three county commissioners are considering a sales tax hike. You can have your say at three public meetings in October. The tax hike would take the form of continuing a 0.25% sales tax set to expire in April 2020. Voters approved the tax in 2014 to pay for the $230 million in renovations to Union Terminal with the idea it would expire in 2020 fi ve years after it went into eff ect. If the commissioners decide to keep the 0.25% sales tax, Hamilton County’s sales tax rate would remain at 7%. County offi cials project a $20 million budget shortfall for next year as a result of rising costs and decreased revenue from the state. To pay for that, county staff has proposed keeping the 0.25% tax on the rolls indefi nitely after April 2020. The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners will decide by the end of October whether to increase the tax as part of Hamilton County’s $276 million budget. The three public meetings the county commissioners will hold on the sales tax will be:
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COLUMBUS – For months, the advice has been passed along among Ohio’s medical marijuana patient community: Don’t buy marijuana vape pens off the street – stick to legal, tested products. It’s advice that has again cropped up amid a rash of mysterious lung disease that has struck at least 530 people and killed eight. But are vaping products sold through Ohio’s medical marijuana program safe? Public health offi cials are warning people to cease all vaping until a cause for the illness has been determined. Meanwhile, Ohio medical marijuana businesses are distancing themselves from unregulated products believed to be the culprit in these cases. In Ohio, 90% of the 17 confi rmed cases involve vaping illegal cannabis products, but nicotine products were also used in many cases, according to the Ohio Department of Health. None of the cases has been linked to product sold at an Ohio medical marijuana dispensary. More than 57,000 Ohioans have registered under 21 qualifying medical conditions including HIV and cancer. State regulators say they’re talking with state health offi cials and can notify patients quickly or initiate a product recall if an ingredient is found to be a problem. “Regardless if there’s a connection or or not, we just want to make sure we’re staying on on top of this,” Greg McIlvaine, medical marijuana policy chief for the Ohio Department of Commerce, told The Enquirer.
What we know The illness has been described by treating physicians as resembling acute lipoid pneumonia, caused when oil enters the lungs. Symptoms include shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, fever and abdominal pain. The exact cause hasn’t been determined. But all reported cases had a history of vape or e-cigarette use and many involved bootleg cannabis vape pens – handheld devices that heat an oil or liquid heats a liquid to produce vapor that is then inhaled. Only one reported case, in Oregon state, has been linked to a legal cannabis product. New York offi cials tested cannabis and nicotine vape cartridges from people with the illness. They found found large amounts of vitamin E acetate, an oil used as a thickener, in all of the THC vapes but not the nicotine products.
Counterfeit packaging for popular vape brands like Heavy Hitters can be seen in a display case in a store in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 28. Bootleggers eager to profi t off unsuspecting consumers are mimicking popular, legal vape brands with untested cannabis oil. MICHAEL R. BLOOD/AP
“We take seriously the trust placed in us, and we will continue to operate at the highest standards possible to produce top-quality cannabis options – our patients deserve nothing less,” Firelands Scientifi c spokeswoman Cassie Neiden said in an email. Neiden said that doesn’t mean the company is claiming vaporization cannabis oil is a safer or healthier alternative to other methods of administration. Cure Ohio’s vape oil contains botanical terpenes that do not come from cannabis, and company offi cials note they have passed state tests. “That does not happen in the black market. We’re incredibly clear about exactly what’s in our product,” Cure Ohio Chief Operating Offi cer Ryan Smith said. “We want patients to have pharmaceutical-grade medicine. That’s what we’re producing.” Ohio does not require the actual vape cartridges be tested for potential metal leakage, which was a problem in Michigan earlier this year. Several companies have voluntarily had empty cartridges tested at the state’s two operating testing labs.
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Vitamin E acetate is found in lotions and skincare products, but little is known about its eff ects when inhaled. The additive was not found in nicotine vapes also used by the New York patients. The federal Food and Drug Administration has not identifi ed a single ingredient in common among all the samples it has tested. The FDA is testing products from Ohio and other states for a range of chemicals: nicotine, THC and other marijuana compounds, cutting agents, additives, pesticides, opioids and toxins.
them. All medical marijuana products are tested at multiple stages for toxic metals, pesticides, bacteria, residual solvents from extraction methods and other harmful contaminants. The labs also test for the amount of active compounds, called cannabinoids, present, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). Medical marijuana businesses say testing sets apart their products from those sold on the illicit market at half the price or less.
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Ohio does not have a list of banned additives for medical marijuana vaping liquids and cartridges. But there are some restrictions. Non-marijuana ingredients must be nontoxic and safe for human consumption and can only come from licensed and regulated sources that comply with state and federal laws. Food grade glycerin and propylene glycol, used as base liquids for vaping oils, are allowed but none of the products currently on the market use
None of Ohio’s medical marijuana vape manufacturers uses vitamin E acetate or other cutting agents in their products, the companies told The Enquirer. Vaping oils and cartridges sold by Standard Wellness Company, Grow Ohio and Firelands Scientifi c do not contain any non-cannabis additives. The companies make their oils by extracting cannabinoids as well as terpenes, compounds that add fl avor and aroma.
Health offi cials and physicians have told consumers to avoid vaping marijuana or switch to other methods, including smoking. But in Ohio, state law prohibits patients from smoking medical marijuana. State lawmakers crafting the law said they couldn’t support the idea of someone “smoking their medicine.” Most Ohio patients who vape are vaporizing dried fl ower, or bud. That could change as cheaper vape oils and products such as disposable vape pens become more widely available. Dr. Amy Acton, director of the Ohio Department of Health, is mirroring the CDC’s advice and recommending patients stop vaping. “The illness is very, very severe and we just don’t know enough yet,” Acton said in an interview. “They’re looking into all possibilities from devices to what people are buying off the street to what people are buying off the shelf.” But Acton also understands that some patients can’t take an edible, which is absorbed through the digestive tract, or other form of marijuana to treat their symptoms. Acton said patients who are concerned should talk with their health care provider about the possible risks and benefi ts of continuing use. Medical marijuana patients can report adverse eff ects to the state’s tollfree help line 1-833-464-6627. Anyone experiencing symptoms of the illness should contact their doctor.
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When the rain fi nally stopped, Norbert Werner had $70,000 worth of damage in the basement of his Edgewood home. The washer and dryer were shot. So was a player piano he restored fi ve years earlier. This is how Werner remembers the July 15 storm. It was just one of the heavy rainfalls this summer that left Northern Kentucky residents with damaged homes and a lingering sewer stench. Werner was one of the 139 residents who fi led a fl ood-related claim for their damages this year with Sanitation District No. 1, the government entity responsible for 1,600 miles of sanitarysewer system pipeline that run beneath neighborhoods. Many fi led claims to avoid “fi nancial hardships,” as one homeowner put it. SD1’s insurance provider denied every fl ood-related claim, according to a review of SD1 insurance claims and denial letters The Enquirer obtained through a Kentucky Open Records Act request. The insurance provider, Collins and Company, wrote in its letters that the damages were linked to “capacity issues,” which they don’t cover. That’s not how it works across the river in Hamilton County. The Metropolitan Sewer District, which serves Hamilton County residents in Ohio, does specifi cally cover damages “caused by inadequate capacity or negligent maintenance,” according to its website. It doesn’t do it through insurance. Instead, that county sets aside about $1.1 million a year to settle about 180 damage claims related to its Sewer Backup program, said Metropolitan Sewer District Communications Manager Deb Leonard. The pipes in Northern Kentucky couldn’t handle the heavy storms. It’s up to homeowners to make sure they’re “properly” insured for such events, SD1 spokesman Chris Cole said. Werner tried to get fl ood insurance. He didn’t qualify. His home insurance didn’t cover his damages either. “One organization points their fi nger at the other one, and then (they) point it back,” Werner said. “It’s like they don’t care for the residents here at all.”
The night of the flood Sarah Streutker drove to her home in Erlanger to check the usual drains that ruin her furniture, family heirlooms and memories. All clear — but the 35-year-old knew a risk remained. By the time she fi nished a load of laundry, she realized a “monsoon” of water had returned to
Norbert Werner stands in flood waters and talks with his neighbor as he clears the area of logs to help the water drain faster. PROVIDED/NORBERT WERNER
same insurance claim denial letter that blamed “capacity issues,” which meant they were all out of luck. When the district grew it agreed to maintain the existing systems. It has “no obligation,” to increase pipe sizes or system capacity to meet “current regulatory standards,” said SD1’s Cole. “Capacity issues are the direct result of an inundation of water that our systems, for practical and economic reasons, are not designed to handle,” said Cole. “Floods, tornadoes, lightning, etc., are acts of God and should be properly insured by the property owner.”
This isn’t a new problem in Northern Kentucky Norbert Werner of Edgewood goes through documents Sept. 14 that were destroyed after his basement flooded. Werner was one of 139 residents who fi led a claim for damages with Sanitation District No. 1. CARA OWSLEY/THE ENQUIRER
her basement. The damages will be less this time, she told herself. Nothing could be as devastating as losing the plaster footprints cast of her son, who died when he was 3 days old. After that fl ood, Streutker spent hundreds of dollars raising the shelves to prevent future heartbreak. “I had a lot of his stuff that I just, I just can’t get that back,” Streutker said. About two miles away Edgewood
neighbors scrambled to save their homes. Thomas O’Connor knew he should check on the basement. Reluctantly, he went. Sewage seeped up through the shower drain and spewed onto the fl oor. These neighbors point to one culprit – the pipes that run beneath their homes. Werner hoped SD1 would help, but he and his neighbors received the
Randy Fitzwater looked at his yard in Covington and recalled each storm that fl ooded his property since the 1980s. The night of July 15 wasn’t any diff erent. “We all got fl ooded out that night. There was about 12 families that lost everything,” Fitzwater said. He fl ipped through the photo album labeled “fl ood pictures” and shook his head. The photos look like duplicates of his fence submerged in murky waters. The marked dates give clues that they’re diff erent: 1979, 1993, 2002. His wife was born in the house, he explained. They can’t leave. It’s their See FLOODS, Page 12A
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home. In 2007, the federal government noticed what was happening in Fitzwater’s yard and throughout Northern Kentucky. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered the district to make at least $880 million of “extensive improvements” to its sewage systems to stop overfl ow of untreated sewage and to control overfl ows of sewage and stormwater, according to the 2007 settlement. In Ohio, Hamilton County’s Metropolitan Sewer District also faced a federal mandate in 2004 to reduce sewer overfl ows into local streams and rivers. Federal and state regulators approved a plan for $2 billion worth of storm and sewer projects for that agency to complete. First, SD1 had until 2025 to complete their mandate. It got an extension in February that gave it until 2040 to spend an estimated $1.3 billion to comply with the federal Clean Water Act of 1972. The delay made improvements more aff ordable for SD1 customers, said Executive Director Adam Chaney in a news release about the extension. He said it allowed SD1 to spread costs over a longer period to reduce the cost for customers. Those customers come together as neighbors on Fitzwater’s street after each fl ood subsides. They place twin
Pushed to consider leaving home Steutker thought about selling her Erlanger home. She said she feels it may be the only way out of the stress each fl ood brings. She’s already spent about $26,000 trying to fi x the issues. Werner has similar thoughts about leaving his Edgewood home. Memories keep his family there, he said. His wife grew up in the house and now his kids do the same. Fitzwater doesn’t think anyone would buy his house in Covington, but his sentiment to stay is the same as Werner’s. Fitzwater has seen families move in and quickly leave. Like that house over there, he pointed out. “No one told her it fl oods,” he said.
Randy Fitzwater sits on his porch in Covington and looks at photos of his flooded home dating back to the 1980s. JULIA FAIR/THE ENQUIRER
planters that sprout bright yellow marigolds on either side of a storm drain. It’s their way of sprucing up the block. “No matter how much work SD1 does to improve the region’s stormwater system, overland fl ooding issues can only be mitigated – they can never be totally eliminated,” said Cole. The district has programs aimed to help homeowners reduce fl ood and waste overfl ow. With the Backup Assistance program, for example, residents fi le claims for backup issues and the district takes care of the cost to install a back fl ow valve. Once installed,
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Ex-Bengal: Assault accusation is extortion Kevin Grasha
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In competing lawsuits fi led Thursday, a woman accuses former Bengal Chinedum Ndukwe of sexually assaulting her, while Ndukwe says he is a victim of an extortion attempt. The sexual assault allegations were reported to Cincinnati police Aug. 24, a report shows, two days after the woman says Ndukwe groped and kissed her at a work meeting, then later forced his hand into her pants and touched her genitals. No charges have been fi led against Ndukwe, who owns a Cincinnatibased real estate and development fi rm, Kingsley and Company. Police records say an investigation is pending. But on Thursday, Ndukwe sued the woman, her husband and their Atlanta-based attorneys “proactively,” a statement said, to challenge false claims that “would harm my personal and professional reputation.” Ndukwe’s lawsuit said the woman’s attorneys demanded $10 million. It says they “made it clear that they would immediately fi le a civil complaint if (Ndukwe) did not meet their demands.” It says the woman’s claims are baseless and that he has passed a polygraph test.
Later Thursday, records show, the woman fi led a lawsuit outlining her allegations. Both were fi led in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. One of the woman’s attorneys, James L. Walker Jr., told The Enquirer that the extortion claim is an attempt to intimidate the lawyer. He said that Ndukwe had given the woman $1,000 in $100 bills “in hopes of buying her off .” “He can try to twist this anyway he wants to, but Mr. Ndukwe knows he assaulted our client and thought that he could buy her silence,” Walker said. “His attempt to further coerce her by fi ling a frivolous lawsuit … further validates his desperation.” The allegations date to Aug. 22, a Thursday. The woman was working for Ndukwe’s company as a summer intern and attended a work meeting with him at his request, her lawsuit says. The meeting took place at a Hyde Park restaurant, and Ndukwe then drove her to a Clifton-area restaurant for another meeting. At that second meeting, the lawsuit says Ndukwe groped her, smacked her buttocks and kissed her, according to the lawsuit. She told him to stop, pushed him away and then told him to drive her to her car, which was Downtown, the lawsuit says. Ndukwe, however, insisted that she drive, it says, and he then told her
Chinedum Ndukwe during the fi rst day of training camp with the Cincinnati Bengals in July 2009. ENQUIRER FILE
to stop at one of his construction sites, where it alleges Ndukwe tried to force the woman to have sex with him. It says that after she fought him off , Ndukwe then urinated on the concrete fl oor in front of her. According to the lawsuit: The woman then drove Ndukwe’s car with him in the passenger seat to retrieve her car. During the drive, it says Ndukwe fondled, groped and kissed her as she drove. At one point, the lawsuit says, he forced his hand into her pants and touched her genitals. “For the entire trip, from the Defendant Ndukwe’s construction worksite
to Plaintiff Jane Doe’s car,” the lawsuit says, “Defendant Ndukwe continually committed sexual battery and assault against her until she arrived to her car and fl ed.” Ndukwe’s lawsuit describes a Sept. 13 call involving the woman, her husband, their attorneys and Ndukwe’s attorney. In that call, it says both Walker and the other attorney repeatedly threatened to sue Ndukwe if he did not “make a substantial payment.” Among other things, that lawsuit says they threatened to pursue criminal charges and contact the media to arrange “an infl ammatory press conference to humiliate, embarrass and damage” Ndukwe. Walker said the police investigation was already underway at that point. He also said he never demanded $10 million. He said he has pushed for money to pay for a lifetime of therapy and counseling for both the woman and her husband, an amount he said could be in the millions of dollars. Walker also said he wants Ndukwe to apologize to the woman and get therapy. In a statement, Ndukwe, who played for the Bengals from 2007 to 2010 and graduated from the University of Notre Dame, said he will “vigorously fi ght these false claims to prove my innocence.” His attorney, Scott Croswell, could not be reached for comment.
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Pork schnitzel sandwich from The Lubecker is photographed with Helmut and Connie Keintz at the opening day of Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Downtown Cincinnati on Friday. PHOTOS BY JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER
The best eats at Oktoberfest Polly Campbell
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Well, this was a new experience: trying out the Oktoberfest food in the middle of the day. For the fi rst time, Cincinnati’s favorite German festival started at 11 a.m. Friday. That gave me a chance to try some new and some standard dishes early and help you steer your way through the feast. Some things to try: Get to The Lubecker. Their pork schnitzel sandwich, which is built on bread from local artisan bakery Allez, is the best thing at the fest. Lightly crunchy and juicy pork cutlets, lettuce and tomato (about the only vegetables I came across) on the chewy ciabatta-style bread. I decided this year to make faceoff s between some dishes that had multiple examples. First up: sauerkraut balls. There are three or four versions to choose from. I liked the Mecklenburg Garden’s version, which seems diff erent – and better – than previous years,
but really my favorite were the ones from Hey Hey with added goetta. Not too hard-fried, with a moist, tangy fi lling. Then, I matched up goulash: only two contenders there. Hey Hey’s is strongly paprika-spiced, as is traditional for a Hungarian goulash, and served over homemade noodles. Kinderhaus’ seemed sweeter, maybe tomatoey, over spaetzle that looked delicious, but were lost in the stew. And I tried three versions of bienenstich, the “bee sting” cake, with a creamy fi lling and a topping made of almonds and honey. Elli’s Pastries versions is, I imagine, the more authentic version, but I liked the moister, more creamy piece from Goetta and Sweets (or Suessikeiten). And then, I tried the “bienenstich” from Busken’s Halo Donut truck. Very, very, loosely interpreted. Vanilla ice cream, with coconut and pecans and chocolate, inside a doughnut that’s lightly grilled. Other notables included the goetta Continued on next page
Goulash from Hey Hey is photographed at the opening day of Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Downtown Cincinnati on Friday.
Goetta quesadillas from Goetta and Suessikeiten are pictured Friday.
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Youths demand action on climate change Activists fi nd receptive audience at UN gathering
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UNITED NATIONS – Fresh off the climate strike that took hundreds of thousands of young people out of classrooms and into the streets globally, youth leaders gathered at the United Nations on Saturday to demand radical moves to fi ght climate change. “We showed that we are united and that we, young people, are unstoppable,” said 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg of Sweden, who started the climate strike movement with her lone protest in front of her country’s parliament about a year and a half ago. More than 700 mostly young activists attended the fi rst of its kind Youth Climate Summit, according to Luis Alfonso de Alba, the U.N. special climate summit envoy. Friday’s strike across six continents and Saturday’s youth conference presage a full-on climate conference this week at the U.N. General Assembly, which has placed climate change front and center as world leaders gather for the annual meeting. Activists at Saturday’s gathering demanded money to help poorer nations adapt to a warming world and provide greener energy. They also insisted that the world wean itself quickly from coal, oil and gas that cause climate change. “Stop the criminal contaminant behavior of big corporations,” said Argentine climate activist Bruno Rodriguez. “Enough is enough. We don’t want fossil fuels anymore.” Jayathma Wickramanayake, the U.N. Secretary-General’s youth envoy, called climate change “the defi ning issue of our time. Millions of young people all over the world are already being aff ected by it.”
IS claims bus bomb that killed 12 in Iraq
The Youth Climate Summit at the U.N. on Saturday brings together young activists who want action on global warming. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
During Thunberg’s short lifetime, for example, the Earth has already warmed 0.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Fiji climate activist Komal Karishma Kumar said global warming is not just taking a toll on the planet but on her generation, especially people from vulnerable places like her Pacific island nation. “Young people from diff erent parts of the world are living in constant fear and climate anxiety, fearing the future, the uncertainty of a healthy life or a life for their children at all,” Kumar said. She added: “I do not want our future generations to submerge with our sinking islands.” After listening to Thunberg and other youth climate activists, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres credited young people with transforming him from a pessimist to an optimist in the fi ght against global warming. Guterres said he sees “a change in momentum” going into Monday’s Climate Action Summit and the U.N. General Assembly gathering of world
leaders that starts Tuesday, telling the youths, “You have started this movement.” “I encourage you to keep your initiative. Keep your mobilization and more and more to hold my generation accountable,” Guterres said. “My generation has largely failed until now to preserve both justice in the world and to preserve the planet.” Kumar told Guterres that “we will hold you accountable, and if you do not, remember we will mobilize to vote you out.” The youth activists brainstormed about what they could do to change the trajectory of an ever-warming planet and how they can help the world adapt to climate’s changes. There was talk of hashtags, entrepreneurial ideas and climate art and poetry. “Be that hummingbird that puts out the forest fi re by fetching water with its small beak as all the other animals, including the elephant, told her it was impossible,” said Kenyan activist Wanjuhi Njroge.
BAGHDAD – The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Saturday for a minibus bombing in Iraq a day earlier that killed 12 people outside the Shiite holy city of Karbala. The brief claim was carried by the group’s Aamaq new agency. The charred minibus was still on the road near the city on Saturday morning. The bombing was one of the biggest attacks targeting civilians since the extremist group was declared defeated inside Iraq in 2017. The group’s sleeper cells continue to wage an insurgency and carry out sporadic attacks across the country. In the wake of the bombing, which also wounded fi ve people, Iraqi forces have increased their presence and security measures around Karbala. Iraq’s prime minister, Adel AbdulMahdi, said security forces detained a man suspected of leaving the bomb on the bus. The statement gave no further details about the suspect. Speaker of Parliament Mohamad al-Halbousi expressed his frustration with the repeated “failures of intelligence agencies” to prevent such attacks. His statement added that security plans should be reviewed and intelligence-gathering intensifi ed. On Saturday, security was tight on the roads entering Karbala, with added checkpoints searching cars.
A destroyed minibus sits near an Iraqi army checkpoint about 6 miles south of Karbala, Iraq, on Saturday. ADI MIZBAN/AP
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Judge weighs when to split families ACLU says separations being done over dubious allegations, minor transgressions Elliot Spagat
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SAN DIEGO – A federal judge said Friday that he was struggling with a request to defi ne more narrowly what behavior justifi es separating children from their parents at the border after complaints that the Trump administration has abused discretionary powers to split families under limited circumstances, like criminal history or questions about whether the adult is really the parent. The American Civil Liberties Union argued the government has been separating families over dubious allegations and minor transgressions such as traffi c off enses. In a court fi ling, it reported one parent was separated for having damaged property valued at $5, and a 1-yearold was taken away after an offi cial criticized her father for letting her sleep with a wet diaper. Justice Department attorney Scott Stewart acknowledged some mistakes but said the government has a good system in place. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw called it a “thorny issue” and didn’t
A federal judge is considering a complaint from the ACLU that children are being separated from parents over trivial offenses. GREGORY BULL/AP FILE
rule immediately on the ACLU’s request to intervene during a two-hour hearing, which is unusually long for him. He said a parent convicted of assault with a deadly weapon may be “the most loving, protective parent” and present no danger to the child, but is probably unfi t to be held in a family immigration detention center. “It’s a unique context,” he said. The administration separated 955 children from their parents from
June 26, 2018, when Sabraw halted the practice except in limited circumstances, to July 20, 2019. The government noted that it accounted for a tiny percentage of the more than 500,000 arrests and detentions of people who crossed the Mexican border in families during that time, suggesting restraint. A two-page memo issued a day after Sabraw’s 2018 order by Kevin McAleenan, then Customs and Bor-
der Protection commissioner and now acting Homeland Security secretary, describes criteria for separating families, including a parent being convicted of a felony or “violent misdemeanors,” having a communicable disease or presenting “a danger to the child.” The Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector in Texas, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings, separates families if a parent has been convicted of crimes including assault, battery, burglary, resisting arrest, hit-and-run and disorderly conduct, Lloyd Easterling, who oversees processing and prosecutions in the sector, said in a court fi ling last week. “Simple thefts,” fraud, minor drug or traffi c off enses and driving while intoxicated without an aggravating factor generally do not result in separation. Allegations of criminal histories or gang affi liations in another country are more challenging to prove, but biometric checks and photographic comparisons usually provide answers, Easterling said. The two sides argued over how widely to use rapid DNA tests on adults suspected of lying that they are parents of a child. The government says expanding use of the tests, which deliver results in about 90 minutes and have been tested along the Mexican border, would pose fi nancial and logistical obstacles.
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BEAUMONT, Texas – The widespread damage brought to the Houston area by one of the wettest tropical cyclones in U.S. history came into broader view Saturday, as fl oodwaters receded to reveal the exhausting cleanup eff ort that lies ahead. Hundreds of homes and other buildings in the region, extending
eastward from Houston and across the Louisiana state line, were damaged by Imelda, as the one-time tropical storm dumped more than 40 inches of rain in some spots and was being blamed for at least fi ve deaths. Authorities raised the storm’s death toll to fi ve, saying it is believed to have killed a 52-year-old Florida man who was found dead Thursday in his stranded pickup along Interstate
10 near Beaumont. Jeff erson County spokeswoman Allison Getz said that although fl oodwaters seeped into Mark Dukaj’s truck, investigators don’t believe he drowned, though they do believe his death is storm-related. A section of the highway just east of Houston remained closed Saturday after at least two runaway barges struck two bridges carrying eastbound and westbound traffi c.
A truck drives on a southeast Texas highway flooded from the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda on Friday. JON SHAPLEY/HOUSTON CHRONICLE VIA AP
NATION & WORLD WATCH Rep. Joe Kennedy formally announces US Senate campaign
City to settle suit in Republican National Convention flag protest
Greek island refugee camp too crowded to house newcomers
Syria says it captured drone near Israeli-occupied Golan
BOSTON – U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III formally declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Saturday, becoming the fi rst member of the Kennedy dynasty to run for the upper chamber of Congress from Massachusetts since Edward M. Kennedy. The Democrat held a kickoff in East Boston, where the Kennedy clan fi rst settled after arriving from Ireland well over a century ago. Joe Kennedy is a grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, who was attorney general in his own brother John F. Kennedy’s White House and was a senator in his own right.
CLEVELAND – An attorney for a protester arrested during the 2016 Republican National Convention says Cleveland will pay his client $50,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit. Attorney Subodh Chandra said that in July 2016, Richard Newburger joined protesters preparing to burn an American fl ag when they were assaulted by police. The fl ag burning was led by Gregory Lee Johnson, whose arrest at the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating state fl ag-burning laws.
ATHENS, Greece – A perpetually full refugee camp on the island of Lesbos can’t accommodate any more asylum-seekers after the number of people housed reached 400% of the camp’s intended capacity, authorities said Friday. Migrants who made it to Lesbos were sleeping in the open or in tents outside the Moria refugee camp, and the population inside has reached 12,000. The Moria camp was built to host 3,000 refugees. The island authorities said at least 410 migrants coming in boats from Turkey reached Lesbos on Friday.
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syrian authorities Saturday captured and dismantled a drone rigged with cluster bombs near the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, state news agency SANA said. SANA posted photos of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Israel conducts airstrikes and missile attacks in Syria but says it targets the bases of Iranian forces and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said it was not clear who downed the drone.
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Democratic chiefs allow Iowa ‘satellite’ caucuses need to elect Democrats up and down the ticket next November.” The state party tested the satellite program in 2016. Groups of people who “demonstrated a clear need” were able to petition the party to add nontraditional caucus locations. Four sites were approved: The Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, a senior-living facility in Iowa City, and the behavioral health institutes in Woodward and Glenwood. Those caucuses were held at the same day and time as that year’s traditional caucuses. Price said Thursday that petitioners for the 2020 caucuses who show a demonstrable need may get approval to have their satellite caucuses at a diff erent time. “It still has to take place on the same day, and we prefer it to take place as close to (7 p.m.) as possible,” he said. Price said he would convene a satellite caucus review committee made up of State Central Committee members who have pledged to remain neutral in the caucuses. Any Iowa Democrat would be able to petition that committee to host a satellite caucus location before Nov. 18. The sites could be in-state or out-of-state locations. The committee will approve those petitions by Dec. 16 and make the list public by Dec. 18, he said.
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Democrats will be able to petition the state party to host “satellite” caucuses at nursing homes, work sites, out-ofstate college campuses and even overseas in 2020. The plan was approved by the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee on Friday, just weeks after the same committee rejected Iowa’s plan to host telephone-based virtual caucuses. The Iowa Democratic Party proposed its virtual caucuses as a way to meet a DNC mandate that caucus states fi nd some way to allow people to participate without being physically present on caucus night in an eff ort to make the process more inclusive and accessible. But that plan was rejected earlier this month – less than fi ve months before the caucuses – because of unresolved cybersecurity concerns. The committee said there was no technology-based system that it would approve. Iowa Democrats scrambled to come up with a replacement plan that could still expand access, considering such things as absentee ballots and proxy votes. Though the plan approved Friday by the committee still will require
Gary Weaver leads caucusgoers through the process in his home in Rippey, Iowa, in 2016. MICHAEL ZAMORA/THE DES MOINES REGISTER
Iowans to be physically present at a caucus, committee members and Iowa Democrats said they were pleased it does something to expand access to people who may not be able to travel to a traditional precinct site. “This is a solid plan, and it allows us to meet the goals we have set as a party,” state party chairman Troy Price said Thursday as he described
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Trudeau promises to ban military-style assault rifl es Jeanine Santucci USA TODAY
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he plans to ban military-style assault rifl es if reelected. The announcement comes as he is dealing with backlash from recently uncovered instances of him wearing dark makeup years ago in forms of brown- or blackface. “We know you do not need a military-grade assault weapon, one designed to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time, to take down a deer,” he said while speaking in Toronto. Trudeau is running to keep his seat in Canada’s Oct. 21 election. A photo of Trudeau dressed as a character from “Aladdin” with his skin painted dark brown was published by Time magazine on Wednesday. Two more instances were revealed since then. After the bombshell photos came out, Trudeau’s Conservative Party opponent Andrew Scheer said Trudeau is “someone who is not fi t to govern this country.” When he announced the new gun control plan, Trudeau was speaking
in Toronto’s Greektown neighborhood, which was the site of a shooting that left two people dead and injured 13 more last year. “Gun crime in Canada is on the rise. It’s a fact,” he said. “Frankly, I don’t understand how anyone could look at this alarming trend and conclude that we need less gun control. But that’s for the Conservative leaders to explain to Canadians.” The Canadian Liberal Party’s push comes at the same time the American Democratic Party is splintered over a similar proposal. Some progressive lawmakers have supported a mandatory buyback and ban of certain assault weapons, a notion spearheaded by former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, but those progressives are opposed by other Democrats and Republicans who say such a proposal makes it more diffi cult to reach bipartisan agreement on new gun control measures in the wake of recent mass shootings in the U.S. Trudeau said he would implement a buyback program for militarygrade weapons that were legally purchased.
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Area 51 party fails for lack of Earthlings Ken Ritter
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HIKO, Nev. – The promoter of an event set up for Earthlings to party around the “Storm Area 51” internet craze in the Nevada desert has pulled the plug due to low attendance, while the host of a festival for several thousand people in the tiny town of Rachel said Saturday her show will go on. “Area 51 Basecamp” organizer Keith Wright said that after drawing just 500 attendees at a Friday event planned for 5,000 at the Alien Research Center souvenir shop in Hiko, he had to pull the plug. “We put on a safe event for the people that showed up,” Wright said. “But we had to make the decision today because it costs tens of thousands of dollars to staff each day. It was a gamble fi nancially. We lost.” Several dozen campers still at the site can stay until Sunday, he added. In Rachel, Little A’Le’Inn owner Connie West said she was sad to hear the Hiko festival didn’t succeed. West, in a voice hoarse from stress and lack of sleep, said a noonto-midnight slate of “Alienstock” event musical entertainment will continue for the several thousand revelers camping on her property and nearby federal land. “This is the most fabulous time,” West said. “I’m just so grateful that people came. This is their event as much as it is mine.” Lincoln County Sheriff Kerry Lee called activities “pretty calm” early Saturday in Rachel and Hiko. In Nye County, Sheriff Sharon Wehrly reported that no one showed up at a main entrance and an auxiliary gate at the once-secret Area 51 U.S. Air Force facility.
English record producer and DJ Paul Oakenfold performs at the Alien Research Center during a party and gathering organized in Hiko, Nevada, on Friday night. ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE
Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks in Washington on Aug. 31. CLIFF OWEN/AP
Ginsburg hits the road, proves vitality, longevity Justice not letting bouts with cancer stop her Richard Wolf USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – Over her 861⁄ 2 years on earth, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been lauded as a women’s rights pioneer, a Supreme Court justice and a cultural icon. These days, she receives ovations just for staying on the job. To satisfy some liberal allies, she must do that for another 16 months. Fresh off three weeks of radiation treatment for her fourth bout with cancer, the woman fondly known as the “Notorious RBG” is traveling the nation giving speeches, staging conversations and accepting awards and honorary degrees. By demonstrating her vitality before adoring audiences, she hopes to tamp down concerns about her longevity. “As cancer survivors know, that dread disease is a challenge, and it helps to know that people are rooting for you. Now, it’s not universal,” she quipped Thursday night at the famed 92nd Street Y in New York City. She
vowed to stay on the job “as long as I’m healthy and mentally agile.” Ginsburg must remain on the nation’s highest court at least until January 2021 to avoid giving President Donald Trump and a Republicancontrolled Senate the opportunity to replace her. Now split 5-4 and with John Roberts in the chief justice’s chair, the Supreme Court has been less reliable than conservatives would like. With the help of Roberts or another conservative justice last term, the court’s four liberals held sway in as many 5-4 decisions as their counterparts. But add a sixth conservative justice and “it becomes so much more diffi cult,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of CaliforniaBerkeley School of Law, who caught fl ak in 2014 for suggesting Ginsburg should step down while President Barack Obama and a Senate Democratic majority could have replaced her. If Democrats eventually prevail in confi rming a liberal-leaning justice to their liking, Chemerinsky says, “This could be the swing vote down the road.” Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall faced a similar choice in 1991.
With his health declining as he approached his 83rd birthday, he retired during the third year of Republican George H.W. Bush’s presidency. The New York Times headline read: “Marshall retires from high court; blow to liberals.” The lone statement issued by the court after Ginsburg’s latest bout with pancreatic cancer was upbeat. “The tumor was treated defi nitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body,” it said. “No further treatment is needed at this time.” The statement was issued Aug. 23, and three days later Ginsburg was at the University of Buff alo to receive an honorary degree. If Ginsburg’s health holds out, next year’s presidential and Senate elections will decide whether Democrats or Republicans choose her successor. “It seems like for more than a decade, Supreme Court observers have been trying to guess Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s last day as a justice. It’s a hopeless eff ort,” said Elizabeth Wydra, president of the liberal Constitutional Accountability Center.
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 22 Brews + Bulldogs: 3, noon, Braxton Brewing, 27 W. 7th St., Covington. Benefits Queen City Bulldog Rescue. eventbrite.com. Cincinnati Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oasis Golf Club & Conference Center, 902 LovelandMiamiville Road, Loveland. $3. Benefits Bake Me Home. concert:nova Tribute to Sallie Wadsworth 2 p.m., Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum, 3738 Eastern Ave., Columbia-Tusculum. $50. Benefits Wadsworth Future Fund. eventbrite.com. Golf Outing for Sickle Cell Research 1:30 p.m., Glenview Golf Course, 10965 Springfield Pike, Glendale. $75 per golfer, $300 per foursome. Benefits Sickle Cell Anemia research at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. eventbrite.com.
MONDAY, SEPT. 23 Talbert House Annual Luncheon Hyatt Regency Cincinnati, 151 W. 5th St., Downtown. Reservations: 513751-7747 ext 1095. Benefits Talbert House.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 24 Hoxworth Blood Center Golf Outing 10 a.m., Losantiville Country Club, 3097 Losantiville Ave., Pleasant Ridge. $225 per golfer. Benefits Hoxworth Blood Center’s Research & Regenerative Medicine Program. eventbrite.com.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 26 Diamonds & Diabetes 6 p.m., Richter & Phillips Jewelers, 601 Main St., Downtown. Benefits Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund Southwest Ohio. eventbrite.com. HopeFest 2019 5:30 p.m., Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Avondale. Benefits Boys Hope
Slice Night benefi ting UC’s Cancer Institute occurs Thursday night. LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL
Girls Hope eventbrite.com. Slice Night 5-9 p.m., Yeatman’s Cove, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown. $20, $15 advance. $5 ages 10-under. Benefits cancer research at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute. Sunrise with SOTENI Breakfast 7:30 a.m., Phoenix, The, 812 Race St., Downtown. Free. Benefits SOTENI. eventbrite.com.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 27 Night of Courage 6:30-9:30 p.m., The Phoenix, 812 Race St., Downtown. $75 VIP, $40. Benefits Dragonfly Foundation. cincinnatiusa.com/ events/night-courage. Silent Disco for the Cure 6:30 p.m., The Lofts at Shillito Place, 151 W. 7th St., Downtown. $20. Benefits Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. tinyurl.com/DTSilentDisco2019. The Heroes’ Fund Fun’d’ Raiser: Salute A Hero 5:30-8:30 p.m., Roosevelt Room, 7500 Bales St., Liberty Township. Benefits The Heroes’ Fund. caringlikeangelsandheroes.com.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 Ride for a Wish Charity Motorcycle Ride 11 a.m., Quaker Steak and Lube, 590 Chamber Drive, Milford. Benefits Make a Wish Foundation. eventbrite.com. NautiCrawl 3-11 p.m., Graydon on Main, 1421 Main St., Over-the-Rhine. $30. Benefits Lighthouse Youth Services. eventbrite.com. Adult Prom: 80’s Edition 7 p.m., Oxford Community Arts Center, 131 E High St., Oxford. Benefits McGuffey Montessori. eventbrite.com. Anderson Township Historical Society Country Store 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Miller-Leuser Log House, 6550 Clough Pike, Anderson Township. Free. Benefits Miller-Leuser Log House. Sips in Sunflowers 5-8 p.m., Burwinkel Farms, 4359 Hamilton Cleves Road, Ross. Benefits Epidermolysis Bullosa Hope Foundation. Butler/Warren County HeartWalk 10 a.m.-noon, Atrium Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Franklin. Benefits American Heart Association. heart.org/butlerwarrencounty.
Cincinnati NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner 6:30 p.m., Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Downtown. Benefits Cincinnati NAACP. eventbrite.com. One Million Steps for the One Million Faces 9 a.m., Pine Hill Lakes Park, 211 Kings Mills Road, Mason. $10. Benefits Sustainable Med. eventbrite.com. Pulling for Hope: Sporting Clay Classic 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sycamore Pheasant Club, 6254 Lower Lewis Road, Loveland. Benefits Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship. ctrhequinetherapy.org/ pulling-for-hope. St. Jude Walk/Run Smale Riverfront Park, Downtown. Benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. cincinnatievents.com.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29 2019 Sophies Angel Run 1-4 p.m., Saint Jude Catholic Church, 5924 Bridgetown Road, Green Township. Benefits Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Sophie Meinhardt Memorial Scholarship Fund. Benefit Golf Outing for Bladder Exstrophy 12:30 p.m., TopGolf, 9568 Water Front Drive, West Chester. $125 per golfer, $65 non-golfer. Benefits Association for the Bladder Exstrophy Community. eventbrite.com. Children’s inCHAARG noon, Ault Park, 5090 Observatory Ave., Mount Lookout. Benefits Cincinnati Children’s Oncology patients and families. eventbrite.com. JRJ Memorial Golf Outing 1:30 p.m., Glenview Golf Course, 10965 Springfield Pike, Glendale. $80. Honors memory of Joe Molter, Joe Bertram, and Ryan Jones. eventbrite.com. Guided Walking Tour of Historic Mount Adams 1-3 p.m., Mount Adams Bar and Grill, 938 Hatch St., Mount Adams. $10. Benefits Mount Adams Civic Association.
Biden, Warren attack Trump on Ukraine call ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday decried reports that President Donald Trump urged the president of Ukraine to look into his son’s business dealings there. Biden said that if the reports are true, “Then there is truly no bottom to President Trump’s willingness to abuse his power and abase our country.” The 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful said Trump should release the transcript of a July phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy “so that the American people can judge for themselves.” Biden released the statement after the media reported Trump had urged Zelenskiy to probe the activities of Biden’s son Hunter, who worked for a
Ukrainian gas company. The Democratic front-runner’s campaign later sent out a fundraising letter urging potential donors, “Don’t let the President get away with this gross abuse of power.” Trump said there was nothing inappropriate in his contacts with foreign leaders. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has resisted calls for impeachment from many members of her caucus, arguing such a step would be divisive and could backfi re against the party in 2020. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said that posture makes Congress complicit in Trump’s outreach to Ukraine. “A president is sitting in the Oval Offi ce, right now, who continues to commit crimes,” Warren tweeted. “He
continues because he knows his Justice Department won’t act and believes Congress won’t either. Today’s news confi rmed he thinks he’s above the law. If we do nothing, he’ll be right.” Julián Castro, the former housing secretary, said Trump “needs to be impeached. “I love these House Democrats – my brother is one of them,” he added. “But it’s time for them to do something. It’s time for them to act.” Castro’s brother Joaquin represents Texas in the House. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker didn’t call for impeachment but said the allegations were “sobering and serious stuff .” “I want to see this investigated,” he said. “What we know already, if it is true, constitutes at the very least serious misconduct.”
Joe Biden is slamming President Donald Trump over reports he urged Ukraine’s president to look into his son’s business dealings. CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP
6B ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
Was Afghanistan war worth it? Veterans question value of American involvement Marco della Cava USA TODAY
Isiah James was stationed in Afghanistan nearly a decade ago. But something the village elders would whisper haunts him to this day. “They’d look at us and say, ‘You may have the watches, but we have the time,’ ” says James, 32, a onetime Army infantryman. After 18 years of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, that waiting game continues, leaving some veterans questioning whether the confl ict – and the risks they took for their countrymen – were worth it. President Donald Trump, who has complained about wasted “blood and treasure” in Afghanistan and has vowed to pull all U.S. troops, now seems less sure of a full withdrawal. “Afghanistan is an unwinnable war, an empire killer,” says James, a Democrat who is running for a U.S. House seat in New York. “Ask Alexander the Great, ask the Russians. America is no diff erent.” The Trump administration appeared poised to wrap up a confl ict that began as a Special Operations campaign shortly after 9/11 and peaked a decade ago with a massive presence of 100,000 troops. It has cost the U.S. in excess of $2 trillion. Last October, U.S. diplomats opened up peace talks with Taliban representatives in Oman. But on Sept. 9, in response to a Taliban attack that killed a U.S. soldier and 11 others, Trump called that dialog “dead.” The violence has since escalated. Roughly 14,000 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan. Some 2,400 U.S. soldiers have died in the war. “In scholarship circles, there are roughly two camps on this war: one crowd that says ‘This never would have worked, and we should have seen that,’ and the other that says ‘It could have, but we’ve done it all badly,’ ” says Aaron O’Connell, an associate professor of history at the University of Texas, Austin, who is a colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve and was special assistant to Gen. David Petraeus in Afghanistan. O’Connell says some of the mistakes made include the withdrawal of troops and aid when the U.S. decided to invade Iraq in 2003, which led then-President Hamid Karzai to “strike corrupt bargains with strongmen that delegitimized his government.” But perhaps the biggest problem was simply establishing a presence as “military occupiers” that fundamentally undermined nation-building eff orts, he says. Seth Jones, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., says launching the war was likely an error from the beginning. “Sticking kids over there without the right training for the job at hand wasn’t right,” says Jones, director of
U.S. soldiers deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, pray before a Thanksgiving meal in 2012. Some still are conflicted about whether the mission has succeeded. AP
Army’s Chosen Company, which repelled a storied 2008 Taliban attack in the Battle of Wanat. “I’m glad we got in and I’m proud of what we did. But I can also understand that after almost two decades of open confl ict, it’s a lot to ask of our military and the American people.”
Poll says war a mistake
Isiah James is proud of his service but does not support an endless war in Afghanistan. He says he is running for a congressional seat in New York to try and create policy changes. PROVIDED BY ISIAH JAMES
the center’s Transnational Threats Project and author of “In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan.” “It was a mistake to think we could use conventional forces for this mission.” For those who risked their lives while tasked with improving the quality of life in Afghanistan, questions about wrapping up the war have become more intense as the Trump administration has debated offi cially ending the confl ict. “It’d be great if Afghanistan were now like Switzerland, a beautiful, mountainous place that’s free and peaceful with no Taliban, but it’s not,” says Erik Haass, 43, a management consultant from Chicago and veteran of two Afghan tours as part of the
A Pew Research Center poll conducted this past spring suggests that the public and U.S. veterans agree things have not been handled well. It found that 58% of veterans and 59% of the public think that when considering cost versus benefi ts, the war has been “not worth fi ghting.” For some veterans, the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden should have spelled the end of operations in Afghanistan. When President George W. Bush initiated Operation Enduring Freedom on Oct. 7, 2001, the stated aim was killing bin Laden. On May 2, 2011, that mission fi nally was accomplished in a nighttime raid on bid Laden’s redoubt in neighboring Pakistan. Kyle Bibby, 33, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was a Marine stationed in Afghanistan on the day bin Laden died. “Right after that, my fi rst thought was, what the (expletive) are we still doing here?” says Bibby, now a lead organizer with Common Defense, a New York-based nonprofi t whose mission is to draw veterans to progressive causes. “When we didn’t leave, it seemed like we were suddenly OK with an endless war.” Ian Eads, 37, another Chosen Company veteran who did two tours in Afghanistan a decade ago, says he would “never trade the experience for anything and I’d never want to do it
again.” Eads, now a police offi cer in Newport, Kentucky, saw his service as a job, one that sometimes meant killing people and other times meant befriending them. “I remember one Afghan that had a little shop at our base,” he says. “I’d trust him with my kids.” But when he returned home, his survivor’s guilt sometimes had him contemplating suicide, he says. He has battled valiantly to fi nd purpose and meaning. “So many people were lost, it was so big a price to pay,” he says quietly. For many vets, another frustration stems from wondering whether they’re the only ones thinking about Afghanistan. Unlike the Vietnam War — which ended in 1975 after 20 years and claimed 57,000 American servicemen — the Afghanistan War is being fought with a volunteer force. “Because we don’t have a draft, the average American person isn’t impacted by these confl icts, but we need to look at how something like this 18year war impacts families who are involved,” says Brooklynne Mosley, 35, a Democratic political operative from Lawrence, Kansas. She fl ew 190 combat sorties mostly over Afghanistan, helping refuel Air Force jets from tankers. “The people in Afghanistan don’t know why we’re there, and most Americans don’t know why we’re there,” says Mosley, whose little brother was 9 months old during 9/11 and now is entering college. “We’re going to have a hard time recruiting for more forever wars. We need to get out of there. We should be focusing our resources here on America and our crumbling infrastructure.”
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Iran’s Guard declares readiness to do battle A member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard points out pieces of an American drone shot down by the Guard in the Strait of Hormuz in June.
Amir Vahdat
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard is ready for combat and “any scenario,” its chief commander said Saturday, as the U.S. alleges that Iran was behind an attack on major oil sites in Saudi Arabia that shook global energy markets. Iran has denied involvement in the Sept. 14 attack that was claimed by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in New York for the U.N. meetings, has warned that any retaliatory strike on Iran by the U.S. or Saudi Arabia will result in “an all-out war.” On Saturday, Gen. Hossein Salami, at a ceremony displaying pieces of an American drone Iran shot down in June, said his forces have carried out “war exercises and are ready for any scenario.” He added: “If anyone crosses our borders, we will hit them.” Zarif claimed in a tweet that Saudi Arabia does not believe its own allegations that Iran was responsible for the attack on Saudi oil sites. “It is clear that even the Saudis themselves don’t believe the fi ction of Iranian involvement,” Zarif said, pointing to what he described as a Saudi retaliatory attack on Houthi forces in southwestern Yemen. Saudi Arabia has been at war with the Houthi rebels since March 2015.
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The U.N., Gulf Arab nations and the U.S. accuse Iran of supplying arms to the Houthis, something Tehran denies. The Houthis announced Friday they are halting all drone and ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia – a move welcomed Saturday by Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffi ths. If
implemented in good faith, he said, a halt to hostile military acts against the Saudis “could send a powerful message of the will to end the war.” Analysts say the missiles used in the Sept. 14 assault wouldn’t have enough range to reach the oil sites in eastern Saudi Arabia from impoverished Yemen. The missiles and drones
used resembled Iranian-made weapons, although analysts say more study is needed to defi nitively link them to Iran. On Friday the Pentagon said the U.S. will send additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to boost security.
Charge against mechanic shows threat to planes David Koenig
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The arrest of an airline mechanic suspected of being sympathetic with terrorists and charged with sabotaging a jetliner has renewed fear about the “insider threat” to aviation security. Despite security upgrades since the hijacking terror attacks of 2001, breaches that include a gun-running operation at the nation’s biggest airport illustrate the possibility that a well-placed airline or airport employee could bring down a plane. “Should people be worried? Hell, yeah,” said Doron Pely, a former aviation security consultant in Israel. “This doesn’t require a suicide bomber. It requires access to an airframe, an aircraft and motivation.” Several experts interviewed said it would be diffi cult if not impossible to stop every determined criminal or terrorist. They said steps that might beef up defenses against an insider attack – such as requiring aviation workers to go through security checkpoints as passengers do – could add costs and slow down work that goes on at airports. While there have been several cases in recent years of insiders using their special access to board planes without going through security – in one case, even steal a plane – they
Despite security upgrades since 9/11, recent breaches illustrate how an airline or airport employee could bring down a plane. TERESA CRAWFORD/AP FILE
haven’t harmed passengers, and there has been no clamoring for tougher security. Under federal law, people applying to work in secure areas of an airport must pass a three-part vetting process run by the Transportation Security Administration: a criminal-records check, a “security threat assessment” that includes checking their names against a terrorism watch list, and proof that they are eligible to work in
the U.S. Abdul Alani, who was born in Iraq and became a U.S. citizen in 1992, passed that test and got a job repairing planes for American Airlines. Alaska Airlines fi red him in 2008 for shoddy work – something that American apparently didn’t know – but there was no criminal history, no other outward signs of problems. On Sept. 5, Alani was arrested in Miami and charged with trying to dis-
able or damage an aircraft. According to an air marshal’s affi davit, Alani admitted that in July he used his access to the back side of the Miami airport terminal to drive up to a Boeing 737, open a compartment below the cockpit and glue a piece of foam inside navigation equipment in such a way that pilots wouldn’t be able to tell how fast or high they were fl ying. The pilots aborted the takeoff . Investigators have found that TSA reviews also fall short. In 2015, the inspector general of the Homeland Security Department, TSA’s parent, found that TSA failed to identify 73 aviation workers with security badges who should have triggered terrorismrelated red fl ags. The reason: TSA wasn’t authorized to get all terror-related information from other federal agencies. After an outcry, TSA got more access. The watchdog offi ce found that TSA’s checking of applicants’ crime history and legal status to work in the U.S. was worse. “Thousands of records” were unreliable because they were missing Social Security numbers or contained merely an initial instead of a fi rst name. TSA did not check records to see if aviation employees committed crimes after getting their badges – it counted on the workers reporting that themselves, the inspector general said.
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Obituaries Name Age Bailey, Judy Marie 52 *Barnaclo, Carey Michele 31 *Battershell, Mary Virginia 90 *Bell, James Ralph 77 *Binzer, Alfred 89 Boyd, Rontony 40 Brewster, Joyce 68 *Calme, Edward Emil 83 Carrico, Ronald “Ron” L. 74 Carter, Robert Neal 96 Coulter, Mickey A. 67 Davis, Donna L. 77 *Davis-Collins, Virginia Lehman Denniston, Paul 75 *Fister, Mary 91 *Godfrey, David H. Goins, Gregory Lee 62 *Green, Rita Darlene 58 *Guethlein, Gay H 86 *Gusweiler, Edwin Thomas 94 Harrington, Jr., Dante’ 17 *Harrison, Robert E. 87 *Hayes , Judy 78 *Heideman, Psy. D., John Thomas87 Herbert, Walter T. 72 *Higgs, Mary Esther 91 Irick, Todd Carlton 84 *Johnson, Robert 93 Jones, Rodger J. 65 *Kock, Lee Charles 89
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Town, State Death Date Arrangements Forest Park 15-Sep Preston Charles Funeral Home Cincinnati 10-Sep Gilligan ~ Woodburn Bellevue 20-Sep Dobbling, Muehlenkamp-Erschell Cincinnati 15-Sep TP White and Sons Funeral Home Colerain Twp. 19-Sep Frederick Cincinnati 14-Sep Walker Funeral Home Lincoln Heights 17-Sep Preston Charles Funeral Home Tyler 18-Sep Stewart Family Funeral Home Bellevue, KY 20-Sep Connley Brothers Funeral Home - Latonia, KY Interdependence 19-Sep Chambers and Grubbs Independence Hamilton 20-Sep Webster Funeral Home, Fairfield Milford 18-Sep Evans Funeral Home - Milford Taylor Mill 18-Sep Floral Hills Funeral Home Mt. Orab 15-Sep Cahall Funeral Home-Georgetown Cincinnati 31-Aug Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home Elsmere Blue Ash 16-Sep Strawser Funeral Home Milford 10-Sep Advantage Cremation Care Crittenden 11-Sep Serenity Funeral Care Western Hills 19-Sep Rebold Cincinnati 16-Sep Gilligan - Kenwood Seven Hills 13-Sep Preston Charles Funeral Home Green Township 17-Sep Meyer Funeral Home & Crematory Cincinnati 11-Sep Newcomer - West Side Cincinnati 19-Sep Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions Cincinnati 19-Sep Newcomer-West Side 13-Sep TP White and Sons Funeral Home Union 18-Sep Chambers & Grubbs, Florence Cincinnati 30-Aug Spring Grove Funeral Homes Elden Good Hamilton 20-Sep Webster Funeral Home, Fairfield West Chester 18-Sep Mueller Funeral Home
Name Age *McMillen, Audrey S. 90 *Mercer, Dorothy J. 91 *Morgan , Martin A. 81 *Nead, William E. 93 Padgett, Gladys 88 *Pape Jr., Billy G. 73 Patterson, Jr., Roosevelt 84 Phillips, Franklin D. 82 Pitts Sr., Douglas Norman 71 Pollard, MaeBelle (Polley) Verax 91 *Reckner, Helen Mary 98 *Roose, Joyce “Joy” 75 *Schneider, Joseph A. 71 *Sears, Stephen O. “Steve” 61 Shannon, Robert “Bob” 79 *Smith, Anna Marie 91 *Sontag, Diane L. 57 Steele Jr, Joseph 63 *Swoboda, Marilyn G. 81 *Thomas, Shirley 88 *Torbeck, Richard L. 97 *Tudor, Clara 84 Turner, Miriam Rose 70 Varner, Tammy 50 *Warfel, Eldon Raymond 76 Wedmore, Edith Lenora 73 *Wessel, Jean 91 *Whitley, Teresa “Terri” Lee (Leonhard)68 Whitt, Robert Dale 74 *Wilson, Joseph B. 70
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Town, State Death Date Arrangements Greenhills 13-Sep Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Cincinnati 17-Sep Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Hamilton 19-Sep Zettler Funeral Home Delhi 17-Sep Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Cincinnati 17-Sep Preston Charles Funeral Home Loveland 19-Sep Rose Hill Funeral Home Hamilton 11-Sep Preston Charles Funeral Home Cincinnati 18-Sep Walker Funeral Home Cincinnati 13-Sep Walker Funeral Home Stout,OH 19-Sep Wilson Home for Funerals Union 16-Sep Kindred Funeral Home Cincinnati 17-Sep Spring Grove Funeral Homes St. Bernard 19-Sep Hodapp - Carthage 20-Sep T P White & Sons Funeral Home Union Township 17-Sep Tufts Schildmeyer - Loveland Erlanger 17-Sep Serenity Funeral Care Harrison 20-Sep Neidhard-Minges Sardinia 18-Sep Meeker Funeral Home Colerain Township 19-Sep Webster Funeral Home Villa Hills 18-Sep Linnemann Funeral Home Erlanger Cincinnati 18-Sep Hodapp Funeral Home - College Hill Cincinnati 26-Aug Catchen Family Funeral Home, Cincinnati Loveland 12-Sep Tufts Schildmeyer - Loveland Colerain Township 19-Sep Newcomer Northwest Cincinnati 16-Sep Spring Grove Funeral Homes Bethel 18-Sep Advantage Cremation Care Cincinnati 18-Sep Dalbert, Woodruff & Isenogle Funeral Home Miamisburg 16-Sep Newcomer Centerville Chapel Waynesville 20-Sep Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home, Waynesvil e, OH West Chester 20-Sep Weigel Funeral Home
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Carey Michele Barnaclo CINCINNATI - Carey Michele Barnaclo, 31 years of age, passed away
suddenly September 10, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH. Although Carey often struggled throughout her short life, her wit and humor would light up a room. She will be dearly missed by all. She is survived by her beloved family: parents Laura Ryan and David Barnaclo, brothers Ross and John Barnaclo, grandparents Mary Ann Ryan, Harry and Reita Barnaclo, aunts and uncles Bill (Janet) Ryan, Patty (Wilhelm) Genn, Maria (David) Myron, Marty (Melissa) Ryan, Peggy (Mike) Akey, Annette Smith (Mike Hough), Doug (Becky) Barnaclo, and numerous cousins, other relatives, and friends. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, William R. Ryan. A private funeral service was held September 16, 2019 at St. Gertrude Church in Madeira. Internment was at Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Montgomery, OH. Memorials may be made to The Lindner Center for Hope, 1N5, One Mind or a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be expressed at: GilliganFuneralHomes.com
Audrey S. McMillen GREENHILLS - (nee Seifert) beloved wife, for over 66 years, of William W.“Bill” McMillen, loving mother of William D. “Bill” (Teresa) McMillen and Sharon “Sherry” McMillen, cherished grandmother of Jennifer (Kurt) Gaertner, Suzanne (Thor) Waller and Christine McMillen, ecstatic and adoring great grandmother of Jameson Gaertner, sister of David (Shelia) Seifert, aunt to Robin Seifert LaPrete and Andrew Seifert. Audrey was an enthusiastic and much loved volunteer mentoring 1st and 2nd grade classes along with participating in the Ohio Reads program for elementary school students and assisting in the high school home economics sewing class. She also was active in delivering “meals on wheels” and was a wedding coordinator at her church. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, Friday September 13, 2019 at age 90. Visitation Thursday, September 26, 6:30-8:30 PM at the Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Funeral Home 3425 Harrison Ave. (45211) and also Friday 12 PM until time of service at 1PM at Northminster Presbyterian Church 703 Compton Rd. (45231). Memorials may be made to Greenhills-Forest Park Kiwanis Foundation or Northminster Presbyterian Church. www.vittstermeranderson.com
James Ralph Bell CINCINNATI - James
Ralph Bell, age 77, passed away September 15, 2019. Beloved husband of Nell L ove t t - B e l l (nee Hinson). Son of the late Garnett H. and Stella (nee Lawless) Bell. Devoted father of Christa Wall Schmidt, Jason (Alison) Bell, Jordan (Stephanie) Bell and Angie (Drew Harris) Bell. Memorial Service at Mt. Washington Baptist Church, 2021 Sutton Ave. on Sat. Sept. 28, at 2 PM with a reception following the service. Memorials to Hospice of Cincinnati or Christ Hospital Heart Center. T P WHITE & SONS Funeral Home serving the family.
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Alfred Binzer COLERAIN TWP. - Alfred J. Binzer, beloved husband for 63 years of Rosemary (nee Herrmann) Binzer. Devoted father of Barb (John) Stehlin, Patty (Rick) Covey, Kathy (Sam) Guenther, David (Ann) Binzer, Carolyn (Ken) Peaslee and Michael (Lorinda) Binzer. Loving grandfather of 15 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Dear brother of Raymond (Mary Carol) Binzer, Mary (late Charlie) Wenzel and Irene (late Bill) Heinzelman. Alfred passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at the age of 89. Visitation at Frederick Funeral Home, 2553 Banning Rd. on Wednesday (Sept 25) from 9-10:30am, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at St. James Church (White Oak) at 11am. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 633597 Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597. Special condolences may be expressed at frederickfh.com
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Robert Johnson CINCINNATI - Robert Clarke Johnson, age 93, passed away August 30, 2019. Bob was born March 6, 1926 in Gary, Indiana to the late C. Elmer and Mabel (Anderson) Johnson. He graduated from Horace Mann High School in Gary in 1944, then served for two years in the US Navy as a sonar technician on the U.S.S. Nicholson in the Western Pacific during WWII. Bob graduated from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey in 1950 and married Lillian Anna Darwesh on August 20, 1950. Bob served as Minister of Music at First Presbyterian Church, Arkansas City, Kansas for three years prior to moving to Cincinnati where he served as Minister of Music at Knox Presbyterian church for 18 years. During this time, he received his Master’s of Music in Choral Conducting from CCM. Bob and Lillian moved to Kettering in 1972 where he served as Minister of Music at Fairmont Presbyterian Church. Making a career change in 1978 and relocating to Saint Louis, Bob became a district sales manager
Mary Fister CINCINNATI - Mary Jane Fister (1928-2019)
Mary Jane Osborn was born in Sandpoint, ID on July 11, 1928, the oldest of four siblings. She lived her early life across the West United States in mining and logging camps up to the Second World War. After the war, she moved with her mother and siblings to Pittsfield, MA, where she met Bertram Fister. They were married on August 11, 1953 and eventually settled in Cincinnati, OH. Mary was committed to her family and her faith; baptized and confirmed into the Catholic Faith. She was heavily involved in supporting her local Catholic Church parishes, where she was a tutor, a substitute teacher and volunteer. Mary loved her children, and she taught them to use their gifts and talents, supporting them in games, plays, and recitals. She was known for her beautiful gardens and her one of a kind embroidered gifts. Mary and Bert’s family includes their six children Mike (Teresa), Bill (Nancy), Teri (Joe), Ceil (Mike), Tom (Rhonda), Jim (Mary); 12 grandchildren, Allison (Don), Tom (Coral), Kasey (Aaron), Sara (Mason) John, Kate (Chris), Sam, Dan, James, Meg, Carly, and Erin and five great-grandchildren, Ruby, Tech, Mac, Georgia, and Blaise. Her passing has left an immense hole in our hearts, but her love is an eternal comfort for us and all she ever met. She was a loving, caring Wife, Mom and Gram and we are truly blessed to have had her in our lives. A celebration of Mary’s life will be held at St. Gabriel Church in Glendale, OH on Saturday, September 28 at 10:00. Memorials can be made to St. Elizabeth pastoral care department.
Edwin Thomas Gusweiler CINCINNATI - Edwin Thomas Gusweiler, age 94,
died peacefully in Howell Michigan with his five daughters by his side. Ed lived his life in Cincinnati, Ohio with wife of 63 years, Joan Kessen Gusweiler. He is survived by daughters, Jane Cooper (Steve), Joy Grembo (Stan), Jill Melton, Julie Slaughter (Howard) and Joanne Gusweiler (Richard Moseley), nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, brother, Earl Gusweiler and sister, Janet Reeder and numerous nieces and nephews. Ed was a joy and light to everyone he met, belting out Frank Sinatra day and night. As an avid athlete, Ed played baseball, golf and bowled most all his life. He spent his career days on the car lot at Gusweiler Pontiac and several other dealerships before retiring. His boyish sweetness will be missed by all. Funeral services will be held on Saturday September 28, 2019 at All Saints Church, 8939 Montgomery Rd. Viewing at 9am, followed by Mass at 10:30am. Condolences may be expressed at: GilliganFuneralHomes.com.
for Schulmerich Carillon and Handbells. Upon his retirement from Schulmerich in 1989 he and Lillian returned to Cincinnati to be closer to family and friends. Bob is survived by his beloved wife of 69 years, Lillian and four children, Marcy Johnson of Bellevue, KY, Claudia (Jack) Gruber of Cincinnati, David (Molly) Johnson of Charlotte, NC and Sara Skolnick of Cincinnati; seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; his brother, Warren (Linda) Johnson of Salem, OR; and several loving nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Bob was predeceased by his brother, Richard Johnson and his wife Emma, and his sister Margaret Powell and her husband Robert. The Johnson family expresses gratitude and thanks to all the caregivers of Heartland Hospice. A celebration of life for Bob will take place September 27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church at Michigan and Observatory Ave. Cin. OH 45208. A time to greet Bob’s family will be held immediately following the service in the church’s Social Hall. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed in Bob’s memory to Knox Presbyterian Church Youth Ministry. Spring Grove Funeral Homes Elden Good in charge of arrangements.
David H. Godfrey BLUE ASH - Died Monday, Sep-
tember 16, 2019. Visitation is tomorrow, Monday, 10:00 am., followed by funeral services at 11:00 am. at Strawser Funeral Home, Blue Ash. More info at www.strawserfuneralhome.com.
Gay H Guethlein WESTERN HILLS - Gay Havlin Guethlein, beloved wife of the late Albert H Guethlein, loving mother of Libby Guethlein, sister of the late Tom Havlin, sister–in-law of Mary Schneider, Jean Michaels and Edith Richardson, aunt of many nieces and nephews. Died, Thursday, September 19, 2019, age 86. Please join the family for the Funeral Mass, Tuesday, 10:30 AM, St Aloysius Gonzaga Church. Burial to follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the charity of your choice. Arrangements entrusted to Rebold, Rosenacker & Sexton Funeral Home. Condolence may be shared and donations completed online at www.rebold.com
Robert E. Harrison GREEN TOWNSHIP - Beloved husband of the late Bobbie June Harrison (Nee Wilson). Loving father of Terri (Tim) McErlane, Robin Harrison and Bob (Sarah) Harrison. Devoted grandfather of Amy Seta, Matthew (Megan) Brown, Jim (Annie) Willson, Eric (Ellen) Harrison, Sara (Aaron) Carmack, Brian Harrison and great grandfather of many great grandchildren. Passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 87 years of age. Visitation at MEYER FUNERAL HOME, 5864 Bridgetown Rd., on FRIDAY from 10:00 AM until time of Catholic Service at 11:30 AM. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice of Cincinnati, PO Box 633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263. www.bjmeyer.com
Judy Hayes CINCINNATI - Hayes, Judith Ann
age 78, of Cincinnati, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2019. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio on September 26, 1940 to LeRoy and Dorothy Thomas (nee Sunderhaus). She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward; son, Thomas (Sandy); parents, LeRoy and Dorothy; brothers, Robert (Nancy) and Donald (Gloria). Judith is survived by her sister, Nancy (Louis) and brothers, William (Judy), Daniel (Karen); dear friend, Dick ; and a host of other family members. A visitation will be held from 10:30 am to 11:00 am with Memorial Mass to immediately follow on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at Saint Martin of Tours, 3720 St. Martin Place, Cincinnati, OH 45211.
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John Thomas Heideman, Psy. D. CINCINNATI - John
T h o m a s Heideman, Psy. D. was born July 27, 1932 and died Sept. 19, 2019 at the age of 87. He is survived by his ex-wife, Carol Heideman; daughters, Susanna Heideman and Anneliese Frazier; nephew, Hank Heideman and niece, Cathy Becker-Heideman. He was born in Dayton, Ohio then moved to Maryland for college. He taught at Sinclair College for a number of years and started out working for NCR. He received a Doctorate in Psychology and had his practice in Dayton, and then in Cincinnati. He attended both Unitarian Fellowships of Cincinnati and Dayton. John’s ashes will be scattered at David’s Cemetery in Kettering, Ohio by his family. To send a special message please visit www.NewcomerDayton.com.
Mary Esther Higgs - - Mary Esther Higgs, age 91 years, died Sept. 13, 2019. Daughter of the late Charles and Ruth Higgs, god-mother of Jacqueline Doll Carter (Phil), Jacqueline’s daughter and sister, Jennifer Carter and Julia Doll Sachs (Bob), also survived by many Higgs and Bogue cousins, especially Martha Ann Bogue, and many very dear and special friends at Mt. Washington Presbyterian Church, and organ, piano and yoga students who have been “family” throughout the years. Thank you all. Memorial Service at Mt. Washington Presbyterian Church, 6474 Beechmont Ave., on Thur. Sept. 26, at 4 PM. Memorials to the Mt. Washington Presbyterian Church Music Ministries or the Hunger Fund. T P WHITE & SONS Funeral Home serving the family.
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Lee Charles Kock
William E. Nead
Joseph A. Schneider
WEST CHESTER - 89, passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 18, 2019. Beloved husband of the late Margaret Marie (nee Delong) Kock; loving father of Karen L. Adams and Michael (Pamela) Kock; adoring grandfather of Clayton Adams, Lauren Kock, Cierra Scotton, Christopher Kock, and Dalton Scotton; great-grandfather of Evelyn and Idris Adams; brother-in-law of Grace Kock and Ann Kock; and brother of the late Bernard Kock and George ‘Bus’ Kock. Visitation will be held at Mueller Funeral Home, 6791 Tylersville Road, Mason, OH 45040 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 from 10:30 a.m. until time of Service at 12:00 noon. Please visit Muellerfunerals. com for complete obituary.
DELHI - Beloved husband of the late Betty Nead (nee Noren), visit www.vittstermeranderson.com for full obituary.
ST. BERNARD - SCHNEIDER, Joseph Aloysius, beloved father of Joseph A. Schneider Jr. Dear brother of Mary (Jack) Harnest, James (Patricia) Schneider and the late John Schneider. Son of the late Aloysius J. and Alberta Schneider. Also survived by nieces, nephews, and relatives. Passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at the age of 71. Visitation will be held at St. Clement Church, 4536 Vine St., St. Bernard, on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 10 AM until time of Mass of Christian Burial at 11 AM. Memorials may be directed to St. Clement Church. Condolences at HodappFuneralHome.com
Dorothy J. Mercer CINCINNATI - (nee
McClelland) b e l ove d wife of the late Charles Mercer, loving mother of Bonnie Hutchinson and Karin Kuhlmann, dear grandmother of 6 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, sister of the late Betty Wilson. Passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Graveside service will be Tuesday, September 24th at 10:30AM at Crown Hill Memorial Park, 11825 Pippin Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45231. In lieu of flowers: Donations would be made to JDRF through the Team Lily One Walk Team. Lily is Grandma Dot’s great-granddaughter. <https://www2.jdrf.org/site/ TR?fr_id=7962&pg=team&team_ id=294057&ref_px=11324776> www.vittstermeranderson.com
Joyce “Joy” Roose CINCINNATI - Joyce Roose, 75, of Cincinnati, OH passed away peacefully on September 17, 2019. Joy is survived by her children Thomas (Jennifer) Roose and Tanya (Doug) Cooper, grandchildren; Jacob Roose, Katie Cooper, Quinn Cooper and Makayla Roose; brother James (Myra) Albrecht, sister-inlaw Gloria Albrecht. Joy was preceded in death by her parents and brother Richard “Dick” Albrecht. Per Joy’s wishes, a private celebration of her life will be held in the near future. Memorial donations can be made in her name to TriState Honor Flight, address TriState Headquarters, 8627 Calumet Way, Cincinnati, OH 45249, or at https://www.honorflighttristate. org/donate Online condolences can be left at www.SpringGrove. org.
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Stephen O. “Steve” Sears - - Stephen O. “Steve” Sears loving husband of Robyn J. Sears (nee Haungs) married for 38 years, beloved father of Jason C. (Ashley) Sears, dear grandfather of Sebastian and Braxton, devoted brother of Jeff (Liz) Sears, Lynn (Mike) Norman, Terrie Sears, Harry (Debbie) Sears, and the late Brian (Tammy) Sears, son of the late Homer and Mary Ellen Sears, son-in-law of Patricia and the late Robert Haungs, also survived by many nieces and nephews. Sept. 20, 2019. Age 61 years. Residence Mt. Washington. Memorial Service at T P WHITE & SONS Funeral Home 2050 Beechmont Ave. Mt. Washington on Sun. Sept. 29, at 3:30 PM. Friends may visit on Sun. from 2-3:30 PM. Memorials to the Wounded Warrior Project.
Martin A. Morgan HAMILTON - Morgan, Martin A. age 81 of Hamilton passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at Berkeley Square Retirement Community. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 22, 1938, the son of Martin and Marietta (Gannon) Morgan. On August 26, 1961, in St. Agnes Church he married Joan E. Leckinger. Martin was owner and operator of Martin Morgan Construction Company and later Morgan Concrete Products retiring in 2001. He was a member of Sacred Heart Church and volunteered for Meals on Wheels. Survivors include his wife, Joan; five children, Pamela (John) Hodge, Diane Abner, Martin (Tami) Morgan, Mary (Marshall) Merriss, and Anthony (Rhonda) Morgan; thirteen grandchildren, Andrew, Katherine, Alex and Michael Hodge, Zakari, Miranda, Joshua, Sara and Gabriel Abner, Nicholas, Noah, Taylor and Ryan Morgan. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Theresa Morgan and a son, Scott Morgan. Visitation will be from 6-8:00pm Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at Zettler Funeral Home, 2646 Pleasant Ave. Hamilton, Ohio. Prayers will be offered at 9:30 am Thursday, September 26, 2019, in the funeral home followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00am Thursday in Sacred Heart Church, 400 Nilles Rd. Fairfield, Ohio, with Fr. Larry Tharp celebrant. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Fairfield Food Pantry or St. Vincent de Paul Society of Sacred Heart Church. Online condolences may be made at www.zettlerfuneralhome.com
Ohio
Diane L. Sontag
Clara Tudor
HARRISON - Sontag, Diane L.
CINCINNATI - Clara Dieckmann
(nee Martini) Passed away on September 20th at the age of 57. Visitation Thursday, September 26th from 4pm - 8pm at Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, 10385 New Haven Rd Harrison, Ohio 45030. Funeral Mass on Friday, September 27th at 10:30am at St. John the Baptist Church, 10010 Carolina Trace Rd, Harrison, OH 45030. For a full obit visit www.neidhardminges.com
Tudor was born January 11, 1935 in Cincinnati, daughter of Irma Becky and Ferdinand H. Dieckmann and died August 26,2019 in Arizona. She was a native of Clifton and a 1953 graduate of Walnut Hills High School. In 1954, she married the late Col. Ronald Tudor. They had 5 children and lived thru out the world. She is survived by her 5 children who live in the western states; Richard Tudor, Susan Dallas, Elizabeth Wilson, Ken Tudor and Doug Tudor, also two granddaughters and her older sister, Emma Dieckmann Hartkemeier, Clifton. She was cremated and will be interned at Hillside Chapel - Catchen Family F.H., 525 M. L. K. Dr., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Marilyn G. Swoboda COLERAIN TOW N S H I P
- Marilyn G. Swoboda age 81 passed away Thursday September 19, 2019. She was born January 17, 1938 in Springdale, AR to the late Harold and Beth (nee Graham) Kendrick. On September 24, 1960 in Kansas City, KS she married Robert J. Swoboda. She is survived by her husband Robert Swoboda; children Michelle Swoboda, Mike (Cheryl) Swoboda, Melissa Wingham; grandchildren Kevin Swoboda, Andrew Wingam, Robbie Swoboda, Max Swoboda; and was also survived by brother Don (Cathy) Kendrick. Visitation at THE WEBSTER FUNERAL HOME 3080 Homeward Way at Rt 4 Fairfield Saturday September 28, 2019 from 10am until the time of the Memorial Service at 12NOON with Thomas Meyer officiating. www.websterfuneralhomes.com
Helen Mary Reckner UNION - Helen Mary Reckner, age 98 formerly of Union, passed away peacefully on September 16, 2019. Helen loved time with her family and was a proud military wife and traveled with her husband and five children throughout his service. Helen is survived by her children: Jo Ann (Frank) Luecke, Robert (Doris) Reckner, Judi (Alex) Kale, Michael (Kathy) Reckner, son-in-law: David Ault, 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband: Robert Reckner, grandson: Kristopher, daughter: Teri Ault, parents: William and Johanna Buerger, and siblings: Elizabeth Schmidt, Bernard Buerger, William Buerger. A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at St. Christopher Catholic Church (435 E National Rd., Vandalia) with Fr. John Tonkin as celebrant. Interment will immediately follow at Medway Cemetery in Medway. The family will receive friends on Monday September 23, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Kindred Funeral Home (400 Union Blvd., Englewood). Memorial Contributions can be made to Helen’s care givers and last residence at C & G Cares Whispers. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.KindredFuneralHome.com
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Jean Wessel
Teresa “Terri” Lee (Leonhard) Whitley
CINCINNATI - Jean Wes-
sel (nee Sieck). Beloved wife of the late Albert B. Wessel. Loving mother of Gail (Carl) Woolley, Stephanie (Richard) Patterson and the late James Wessel and Linda (Robert) Matre. Also survived by many grandchildren, great grandchildren and daughterin-law Karen Wessel. Wednesday September 18, 2019. Age 91 years. Visitation Wednesday September 25, 2019 at the Bayley Place Chapel from 12:30 PM to 1 PM, 990 Bayley Dr., 45233. Followed by a 1 PM Mass of Christian Burial. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice Care of Middletown, 3909 Central Ave., Middletown, OH 45044. Dalbert, Woodruff & Isenogle Funeral Home serving the family. www.dwifuneralhome.com
MIAMISBURG - Whitley, Teresa “Terri” Lee (Leonhard), age 68, of Miamisburg, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 16, 2019. Terri was born November 13, 1950 in Green Bay, WI to the late Robert & Ruth Leonhard. Terri was a caring nurse and an active member within her church. She is survived by her loving husband of 15 years, Russ Whitley; sons, Sean Bush, Patrick Bush and Kevin Bush; siblings, Barb Cason, Patt & her husband Quent Hepola, Scott Leonhard, Tim & his wife Teri Leonhard and Marty & his wife Treena Leonhard. Arrangements entrusted to Newcomer Centerville Chapel.
Joseph B. Wilson WEST CHESTER - Age 70, of West Chester, passed away Friday, September 20, 2019. Visitation will be held Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 9:30 AM, followed by a Funeral Mass at 10:30 AM at Saint John, the Evangelist Church, 9080 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, West Chester, Ohio. see full obituary at www. weigelfuneralhome.com
Richard L. Torbeck CINCINNATI - Richard “Dick”, 97, died Wednesday, September 18th, 2019. Loving father to Carol (Bruce) Yeazell, Rich (Jan) Torbeck, Lynn (Spike) Makia, Beth (Bill) Schnell, Bill (Ellen) Torbeck, Sally (Jim) Rechel, Larry (Theresa) Torbeck and Steve (Lynne) Torbeck. Dear brother of Mary Lou Busam and father-in-law of Dennis Behler. Preceded in death by his daughter Suzanne Behler, grandson Michael C. Torbeck, brother Frank Torbeck and sisters Jane Schmidt and Betty Ann Fehring. Also survived by 29 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Visitation is Friday, September 27th 5-8pm at Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton Ave., 45224. Mass of Christian Burial is Saturday, September 28 at 10:00am at Bellarmine Chapel (Xavier University campus). In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made out to Hospice of Cincinnati. Condolences may be expressed at www.hodappfuneralhome.com
Eldon Raymond Warfel CINCINNATI - Eldon Raymond Warfel (Ray) passed away on September 16, 2019, age 76 years. Ray was a devoted husband to Linda Hanners Warfel for 39 years, a caring son-in-law to Kazuko Hanners, and a thoughtful brother-in-law to Edward T. Hanners. Ray was a dedicated son to Benton and Lois Warfel, a loyal brother to Clark and Michael Warfel, and a cherished family member to many relatives. After an international financial career, he enjoyed his retirement in Missouri and Ohio. Ray’s friendly and humorous personality will be dearly missed by his family, friends, neighbors and professionals contacts. A private family visitation will be held on September 25, 2019 at the Spring Grove Funeral Home, 4521 Spring Grove Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45232. Following the visitation, a burial will be held Sept 25, 2019 at the Spring Grove Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark. Online condolences may be given at www.springgrove.org
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This radio station could be Cincinnati’s new WNKU Digital station Inhailer enjoys new digs in OTR
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Many people worry about running out of money in retirement. That’s understandable, since we don’t know how long we’ll live, what your future costs might be and what kind of returns we can expect on our savings. There are several ways, however, to boost the odds that your money will last as long as you need it. Among them:
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Inhailer Radio has been around for two years working to fi ll the void that WNKU left. Their most recent development was moving into a new space. It’s smaller than their old studio. But it’s defi nitely cooler. To get to their offi ce, you have to walk through Herzog Music store – through the old records, the shiny new guitars and stacks of music books. As you walk up the stairs, you can hear muffl ed riff s from whichever band is rehearsing in the old King Records studio just above. It truly is a music hub. Inside their offi ce, framed posters on the fl oor lean against the wall. They aren’t exactly settled yet, but that’s okay. A lot of their DJs work from home, anyway. They can do that, since everything is digital. Radio – like newspapers, magazines and other media – is changing. But the demand for music isn’t going anywhere. And neither is Inhailer’s passion to provide just that.
How to make money last in retirement
Reduce ‘must have’ expenses Lowering your fi xed expenses – shelter, food, transportation, insurance, utilities and minimum loan payments – can help you withdraw less from your savings. One powerful way to reduce expenses is to downsize to a smaller home if you can reduce or eliminate your mortgage payment and shrink other costs such as property taxes, utilities and insurance. Getting rid of a car could save you nearly $9,000 a year, which is the average cost of car ownership according to AAA. Eliminating debt before you retire is often a good way to reduce expenses, but consult a fee-only fi nancial planner before withdrawing retirement funds to pay off a mortgage.
How it works
Inhailer Radio and music director Nils Illokken just moved into a new space above Herzog Music in Over-the-Rhine. PROVIDED/INHAILER
Inhailer music director and Friday daytime DJ Nils Illokken still gets into his car and turns the dial on occasion. “That’s how most people know radio stations,” he said. Inhailer is diff erent. Listeners can tune in from their phones and laptops at www.inhailer.com, or stream live from an app available for iPhone and Android. Illokken insists that while Inhailer isn’t “on the air” in the traditional sense, they still operate with the same format as a traditional radio station. And both Illokken and Kaitlyn Peace, content director for Inhailer’s blog and Monday morning/Thursday
evening DJ, think running an onlineonly radio has its own perks. For starters, Inhailer DJs have much more freedom than corporate radio DJs do. At corporate stations, Illokken said that DJs are mostly personalities and are told what to play, as opposed to picking out tracks themselves. At Inhailer, DJs can upload music they want to share with listeners, or choose from a long list they’ve been growing on a cloud-based system. You’ll rarely hear the same song twice in a day. “There’s a person behind it, not an algorithm,” said Peace.
Getting you home in time for what matters.
For listeners, Illokken said the added pressure of fi nding that perfect playlist doesn’t exist with Inhailer. “There can be some anxiety to it, like, I don’t know what I want to listen to – there’s so much to choose from,” said Illokken. “Do I want to listen to something new? Do I want to listen to an old album? And when it’s all sitting there in your phone ... With us, you’re able to have someone else curate that for you.” Another way Inhailer stands out from corporate stations is the education and context that the DJs can See INHAILER, Page 3D
Keep earning A study for the National Bureau of Economic Research found that delaying the start of retirement from age 62 to age 66 could raise someone’s annual, sustainable standard of living by 33%. Even if you can’t continue working full time, income from a part-time job or side business could help you withdraw less from your savings.
Maximize Social Security Most people will live past the “break-even point,” where the larger checks they get from delaying the start of their Social Security benefi t will total more than the smaller See RETIREMENT, Page 3D
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No laughing matter for young Sheldon show Strictly Legal Jack Greiner Guest columnist
The Federal Communications Commission recently released a “Notice of Apparent Liability” to the CBS Television Network based on an April, 2018 episode of the comedy “Young Sheldon.” The episode featured a simulation of the Emergency Alert System. Under FCC rules, that is a prohibited act. I confess I was not aware of that rule, but lesson learned. According to the FCC, the EAS is “a national public warning system that requires broadcasters, cable television operators, wireless cable operators, wireline video service providers, satellite digital audio radio service providers, and direct broadcast satellite providers to supply communications capability to the President of the United States to address the American public during a national emergency.” In more practical terms, it’s that jarring signal you hear on TV and radio when there’s an announcement of severe weather. Section 47 11.45 of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations says that “[n]o person may transmit or cause to transmit the EAS codes or Attention Signal, or a recording or simulation thereof, in any circumstance other than in an actual National, State or Local Area emergency or authorized test of the EAS.” The FCC notes there are several reasons for this regulation. Section 11.45 protects the integrity of the EAS by helping to avoid: (1) immediate confusion in the event of a public threat or emergency; (2) public alert fatigue over time; and (3) false triggering of the EAS. A critical piece of the regulation is the fact that it prohibits a simulation of the EAS. This provision was an important part of the CBS proceedings. “Young Sheldon” is a prequel to “The Big Bang Theory.” It follows the exploits of Sheldon Cooper growing up in a small Texas town. In an April 2018 episode, titled “When the Storm Comes to Sheldon,” there is a scene in Sheldon’s home depicting his sister watching a Bugs Bunny cartoon as a tornado alert comes across the screen. CBS apparently downloaded an EAS alert from YouTube and modifi ed it so that it would be partially obscured by the Bugs Bunny dialogue.
In the FCC’s view, the facts equated to an admission of liability by CBS. The network presented an unauthorized simulation of the EAS signal. Case closed. CBS argued, however, that no reasonable viewer would have mistaken the modifi ed signal for the real thing. But the FCC was unmoved, noting that CBS got tangled up in its own argument. In defending its use of the simulated signal, CBS argued that it was a “dramatic portrayal” intended to realistically portray a tornado warning. As the FCC noted, “[i]t is illogical … for CBS to contend that its use of the EAS Tones was designed to ‘accurately portray[]’ an emergency ... while also maintaining that no reasonable person could be confused by this ‘portrayal.’” The FCC considered this argument an admission that CBS “appropriated the meaning of the EAS Tones for nonemergency dramatic purposes.” And it noted that “[t]he rule, however, prohibits such appropriation because non-emergency uses of the EAS Tones actually dilute their real meaning over time.” And the proposed punishment isn’t insignifi cant. In assessing a fi ne, the
FCC considered that CBS functions as a broadcast network and a licensee for affi liate stations it owns. In its role as a network, CBS broadcast the episode twice – once for its East Coast affi liates and once for its West Coast affi liates. Given the base amount of the fi ne was $8000, that translated to a total of $16,000. And in its role as a licensee, CBS owns 15 affi liate stations – that’s $120,000. The FCC didn’t stop there. Using its discretion to make an upward adjustment to the fi ne, the FCC noted that CBS has an additional 200 affi liated stations that it doesn’t own, but who nonetheless broadcast CBS programming. The coast to coast reach of the CBS signal, in the FCC’s view, increased the extent and gravity of the violation. Accordingly, the FCC doubled the fi ne to $272,000. CBS has 30 days to either pay up or fi le a written statement seeking reduction or cancellation of the proposed fi ne. No word yet on what it plans to do. So the storm may rage on. Jack Greiner is managing partner of Graydon law fi rm in Cincinnati. He represents Enquirer Media in First Amendment and media issues.
How to save for retirement without a 401(k) Simply Money Amy Wagner & Nathan Bachrach Guest columnists
Question: Molly in Cincinnati: I don’t have a 401(k) through work. How can I still save for retirement? A: According to the Stanford Center on Longevity, about half of all U.S. households don’t have access to a 401(k), like yourself. The good news? You do have other options. Consider saving in a traditional IRA and/or a Roth IRA. Like a 401(k), a traditional IRA will grow tax-deferred over time, meaning you get a tax break now but pay income taxes on withdrawals in retirement. A Roth IRA is the opposite: you make contributions with money you’ve already paid taxes on, then withdrawals on earnings come out tax free once you’re 59 1⁄ 2 and have held the account for longer than fi ve years (contributions can come out anytime tax free). For 2019, if you’re younger than age 50, you can contribute up to $6,000 into a traditional IRA and/or Roth IRA (this is a combined limit). Here’s another idea: if you have a high-deductible healthcare plan, con-
sider saving in a Health Savings Account (HSA). This type of account offers triple tax benefi ts (pre-tax contributions, tax-free growth, and tax-free withdrawals on qualifi ed medical expenses). But the important part here is to not touch this money until retirement. Retirement healthcare costs continue to rise, so this HSA will provide you with tax-free money specifi cally earmarked for these expenses. And even better? Once you turn age 65, the penalty is dropped for withdrawals on non-qualifi ed expenses, meaning you only have to pay income tax. This essentially turns your HSA into a de facto 401(k). For 2019, someone who’s single can contribute up to $3,500; a family can contribute up to $7,000. You can also save in a taxable investment account, such as a mutual fund you buy through a brokerage fi rm or directly through the fund. There are no contribution limits, income limits, nor age restrictions. If you hold the assets within the account for longer than a year, withdrawals will be subject to long-term capital gains taxes – which have historically been lower than ordinary income tax rates. Here’s The Simply Money Point: We’re glad you’re not using your lack of a 401(k) as an excuse not to save for retirement. While you’re at a slight disadvantage compared to those with a 401(k), it’s not a lost cause. No matter
which route you take, make your contributions automatic. This is the easiest way to ensure consistent saving. Q. Corey from Edgewood: My mom and dad are in their mid-60s. Is it too late for them to buy a long-term care policy? A. First, the question is do your parents even need long-term care insurance? Some retirees, depending on their level of savings, may be able to ‘self-fund’ long-term care needs – most typically defi ned as nursing home stays – making the need for a policy moot. If your parents don’t believe they’ll be able to self-fund, the decision then comes down to whether or not the premium is aff ordable. Unfortunately, over the last decade or so, policies have become more expensive while the benefi ts covered in those polices have been reduced – in just the past year alone, long-term care coverage has climbed nine percent according to Kiplinger. If your parents can’t aff ord the premium, it’s probably not a fi nancially prudent move to make. Now, we get to the question of age. Generally speaking, premiums jump in price the older someone gets. The sweet spot for buying a long-term care policy is usually in the early-to-mid 50s. This doesn’t mean someone in their mid-60s can’t (or shouldn’t) buy a policy – but it’s important to know it will be more expensive.
The Simply Money Point is that this is a conversation that should be had with a fi duciary fi nancial advisor, someone who’s legally obligated to make recommendations based on their clients’ best interests. Every week, Allworth Financial’s Nathan Bachrach and Amy Wagner answer your questions in their Simply Money column. If you, a friend, or someone in your family has a money issue or problem, feel free to send those questions to yourmoney@enquirer.com. Responses are for informational purposes only and individuals should consider whether any general recommendation in these responses are suitable for their particular circumstances based on investment objectives, fi nancial situation and needs. To the extent that a reader has any questions regarding the applicability of any specific issue discussed above to his/her individual situation, he/she is encouraged to consult with the professional adviser of his/her choosing, including a tax adviser and/or attorney. Retirement planning services off ered through Allworth Financial, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Securities off ered through AW Securities, a Registered Broker/Dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Call 513- 469-7500 or visit allworthfi nancial.com.
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Business Inhailer
The name “Inhailer” comes from the word “hail,” which Stetter said is defi ned as “to cheer enthusiastically.” The phonetic spelling of the word, inhaler, refers to the medical device. Stetter said he chose this name because he knew a lot of people had anxiety about losing WNKU. “We want to be that medicine that people can use to catch their breath,” he said.
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provide with their sets. Their shows aren’t pre-packaged like iHeart or Kiss FM; since the DJs choose their own music, they also know about what they’re playing, and then share that information with listeners. “I can’t do this anywhere else in the city,” Illokken said.
Rebuilding Cincinnati’s music community
Following a pipe dream Peace enjoys the freedom for another reason: she’s a fi rst-timer, and Inhailer’s free form style takes the pressure off . “I was driving to work every day, listening to the radio, and I was like, ‘man, I could do this. I could be a DJ,’ ” she said. She didn’t know how to follow that pipe dream. She thought she had missed her calling. But when Peace found Inhailer through the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards in January, everything changed. Suddenly, Peace was in charge of her own destiny – and her own sets. “I’ve always worked for somebody, and I’ve always been somebody’s assistant, or whatever,” she said. “And just to have somebody have a little faith in me and to be a part of the creative process ...” Peace went on, her eyes bright with excitement and her hands bouncing around as she explained what it was like to run her fi rst show. She’s only been DJ-ing for about eight months now, but she said she really feels like she’s found her place. Peace isn’t the only one that had a pipe dream come true. Coran Stetter, founder of Inhailer, said the station itself was founded through Facebook messaging. Stetter had just started getting heavily involved in the music scene
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checks they bypass in the meantime. More importantly, though, bigger Social Security checks serve as a kind of longevity insurance. The longer you live, the greater the chances you’ll burn your savings and depend on Social Security for most if not all of your income. It’s particularly important for the higher earner in a couple to delay as long as possible to maximize the survivor benefi t that one of them will get after the fi rst spouse dies.
Consider buying guaranteed income Many retirement experts say it’s a
Inhailer will host its fi rst benefi t concert on Friday, Oct. 25, at Southgate House Revival. PROVIDED/INHAILER RADIO
that WNKU provided with his own band just about a year before the university cut the cord on the station. “The rug got pulled out from underneath us,” Stetter said. He started posting to Facebook asking for contributions to “save the station.” Instead, he found people reaching out off ering services to start
a new station; people who knew graphic design, or the business side, or who wanted to DJ. Stetter and program director Taylor Fox launched Inhailer in June 2017. Illokken found out about them on Christmas Day. Two years later, and now the station has about 15 DJs and streams content 24/7
good idea to have enough guaranteed income to cover your basic, must-have expenses. If those expenses exceed what you expect to get from Social Security and traditional pensions, consider buying additional guaranteed income by purchasing an immediate annuity. Unlike other types of annuities that can be complicated and expensive, an immediate annuity can provide a stream of income for life in exchange for a single lump-sum payment upfront.
more than 4% of their nest egg in the fi rst year of retirement, increasing the withdrawal by the infl ation rate in subsequent years. That means a retiree with $200,000 in retirement savings could withdraw $8,000 in the fi rst year. If infl ation is 3%, the retiree would add $240 (3% of $8,000) and withdraw $8,240 the second year, and so on. People who retire early or who want to be more conservative might start at 3% rather than 4%, or skip infl ation adjustments in years when markets are bad.
Choose a sustainable withdrawal rate Big withdrawals or bad markets at the start of your retirement can dramatically increase the risk you’ll run out of money. Financial planners typically recommend that people take no
Get good tax advice Get good tax advice: Your tax situation can become more complicated in retirement, especially if you were a good saver. You could be thrown into a higher tax bracket by required mini-
When WNKU left, so did Cincinnati on the map of some traveling artists. Stetter explained that when artists book concerts for tours, they need to make sure that their investment is worthwhile. When a city doesn’t have a true local station, it’s hard to tell if there will be an audience. This domino eff ect impacts medium-sized venues like the Woodward in Over-the-Rhine and Madison Theater in Covington. In their absence, Cincinnati would just see local bar-sized concerts or stadium tours coming to town. The mid-level artists would likely drive through Cincinnati from Columbus to Louisville, Stetter said. “At the end of the day, it’s really just a music community,” he said. The ecosystem must be balanced, and that is what Inhailer plans to do. Part of that plan is their fi rst benefi t concert, entitled INspired 2019, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 25 in Newport at Southgate House Revival. The concert will feature 20 local bands on three stages. The music will begin at 5 p.m. and general admission tickets are available online for $12. Local indie rock band Physco will headline the concert. A full lineup can be viewed on Inhailer’s website. Inhailer is hoping to grow its sustaining member list in the next month leading up to the concert. You can donate to Inhailer Radio at inhailer.com/donate.
mum distributions from retirement funds that typically must start at age 701⁄ 2. The higher income also can cause more of your Social Security to be taxable and raise your Medicare premiums. Sometimes it can make sense to start distributions earlier or to do Roth conversions to reduce future taxes.
Protect your health Many chronic health conditions are associated with higher medical costs in retirement, including diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis and heart disease, according to a study by Vanguard and Mercer Health and Benefi ts. Some health risks are beyond our control, but regular screenings, proper medical care and a healthy lifestyle may help you reduce some of those costs.
4D ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
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Test scores not only predictor of students’ future potential Your Turn Michael J. Graham Guest columnist
Recently, Xavier University decided to make optional the inclusion of standardized test scores from the SAT and ACT in the student application process (for all but a handful of programs, usually where licensure requirements still stipulate them). In doing so, Xavier joins a growing list of now more than 1,000 colleges and universities which have decided to allow students to choose whether to submit test scores, including Wake Forest, George Washington, the University of Chicago, and about half of the 27 American Jesuit Colleges and Universities. To provide some context for the decision, I want to clarify that it was reached after much consideration of our Jesuit Catholic mission as a liberal arts university, our growing national footprint (60% of our undergraduates now come from beyond Ohio), and careful data analysis. We determined that standardized test scores are not the only predictor of a student’s potential to succeed and thrive at Xavier, because of increasing national evidence that such test scores can be socially, culturally, economically and racially biased. Like a growing number of schools, we prefer to focus on the totality of a student’s high school accomplishments – their GPA, the types of courses they are taking, the activities they are involved in, their job and volunteer service experiences in the community, etc. We want a picture of the “whole” student, which ties into our Jesuit mission of educating the “whole” person. We call it cura personalis – the care of the person – and it’s at the heart of what Jesuit schools do, here at Xavier and elsewhere. It seems to be working. For several years now, 98% of our graduates have been either employed, in graduate school or the military or in a full-time service or volunteer position within six months of graduation. Another data point: this past year, 92% of Xavier students who applied to medical school were accepted, against a nationally reported 41% acceptance rate into M.D. programs. (Law school acceptance rates are likewise robust.) Xavier’s goal, however, is not just
More colleges have decided to allow students to choose whether to submit test scores. NICK OZA/THE REPUBLIC
to prepare students for a job (which we do very well), but to prepare them for life, which means our graduates not only go on to fulfi lling careers but also to rewarding lives that involve contributing to the greater good through service to others. The students who choose Xavier are looking for this kind of university experience. They want the chance to learn, to serve and to achieve in a community of educators and learners who are told on Day One that we expect them to support one another toward the goal of graduation. We believe everyone who wants an education should have the same opportunity to be selected based on their high school achievements and community participation, and not be excluded because of standardized
test scores. Of course, anyone who wants to submit their scores to supplement their high school record may do so, and their scores will be considered. I suspect that most will continue to do so. But those who don’t will not be penalized. We believe our approach will attract some very bright applicants who might not otherwise have considered Xavier, but who are looking for the kind of exceptional, holistic educational experience we off er. That has been a clear message in the early feedback we’ve received. It will also allow us to deepen our commitment to educate a diverse, inclusive and academically talented student body, which is currently about 20% fi rst-generation and 21%
students of color. We believe that diversity and inclusion of all kinds – economic, geographic, racial, ethnic, religious and much more – are essential to the learning process, and Xavier is poised to provide the education students need and want to become leaders who leave Xavier inspired to make the world a better place and have the skills to do so. Our world is constantly changing. And we will make sure that Xavier will be there for future generations as one of the top Midwestern Comprehensive Universities (as we have been for 25 years), and ever more focused on our Jesuit Catholic mission of forming men and women for and with others. The Rev. Michael J. Graham is president of Xavier University.
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Forum LETTERS TO THE EDITOR those kids who were denied access to those elite colleges, they may change their mind quickly. Felicity Huff man’s 14day prison sentence was a gift to her. Although she is a fi rst-time off ender, the 30-day recommended sentence by the prosecution was more than just, and the judge should not have split the diff erence. Hopefully, the 250 hours of community service will be diffi cult time, yet benefi cial to the community. I do applaud her for taking responsibility immediately and for those who have refused, I hope the punishment is much more severe. The wealthy are not entitled to better schools or to run through life playing by their own rules. The little guy deserves respect and fairness.
Felicity Huffman and her husband, William H. Macy, leave the federal courthouse in Boston following her Sept. 13 sentencing. CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE
Felicity Huff man’s sentence a gift The college admission’s scandal may not be a serious matter to some, but to those kids who worked hard to qualify for admission to those elite schools, only to be turned down, while parents bought their child’s admission into
those schools, were hurt. The right college can make or break a career. For the probation department, in their letter to the judge asserting no one was harmed by greedy school personnel and those nefarious parents need to speak to
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Ohio AG should probe archdiocese The Vatican investigation into the Cincinnati Archdiocese leadership is long overdue, but not the only option that should be considered for this matter. The current issue at hand is the archdiocese’s handling of allegations of inappropriate and abusive behaviors. The archdiocese and church hierarchy in general have not been honest, transparent or accountable to its membership in the past, so it is hard to trust that they would be now. One cannot help but wonder if an investigation by the Ohio attorney general may not be a better and more pertinent process. Kathy Weyer, Loveland
US can’t solve climate change alone Pray tell me why our country should be doing more for climate change when we are about 4% of the Earth’s population? If we closed down all fossil fuel use and cut carbon emissions 100%, what good would it do? The other 96% aren’t doing anything to help! Robert Dollenmeyer, Milford
Bus tax would hurt retirees I agree that our bus system is a mess. Buses don’t go where needed and are usually “near empty” where they do go. And it is certainly not fair for the city to have to pay for the entire county. But our City Council is saying that if the earnings tax is repealed, it will be a wash. Do they not realize or care that retirees without income do not pay the earnings tax and that this sales tax levy will be an increased burden on us? When I pointed this out to one of our famous council members, his reply was insulting: “You can always get a job.” Maybe they just don’t care for retirees. Jim Bodmer, College Hill
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6D ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
The Liberal View
Striking workers remind us they saved GM E.J. Dionne Columnist
During the debate over whether the federal government should save the American auto industry in late 2008, a driver rammed into my old Saturn in a late-night accident while it was parked in front of my house. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but I needed a new car. I strongly supported the rescue effort, so I felt an obligation to look to a Detroit-based car company organized by the United Auto Workers union for a replacement. I got a Chevy Malibu – my kids called it “Dad’s Boo” – and remain happy that I did. In organizing what critics called the “bailout” of GM and Chrysler, President Barack Obama was defying popular sentiment. Yet what was in many ways the most radical step he took to revive an American economy in free fall turned out to be one of his most politically benefi cial initiatives. The eff ort was far closer to what could be called “socialism” than anything in Obama’s health care plan, although he was, in fact, trying to keep the auto companies under private
ownership. But socialism or not, the rescue was key to his success in 2012 in carrying Michigan and Ohio, states that would elude Hillary Clinton in 2016. And it worked – witness GM’s $35 billion in North American profi ts over the last three years. The taxpayers got most of their money back and, by certain measures, even turned a modest profi t off the government’s investment. Either way, a catastrophe was averted. It wasn’t just two big companies that were saved. So were suppliers whose collapse would have devastated the Midwest. My support for the bailout was rooted in practical economic concerns: Our economy was teetering and could not aff ord the damage an auto-sector implosion would infl ict. But my passion for it came from a concern for the lives of the workers involved and a lifelong respect for the UAW. Unions get knocked for being unconcerned about the health of the companies they organize. The UAW showed how untrue this is. It made sweeping concessions to management to persuade federal offi cials to undertake the investment of public money – and to keep the companies
alive. Among other gripes is the tiered wage system that Neal Boudette described well in The New York Times: “Workers hired before 2007 make about $31 an hour, and can retire with a lifelong pension. Those hired after them (now more than a third of the work force) start at about $17 an hour and can work their way up to about $29 an hour over eight years. They also have to rely on 401(k) retirement accounts instead of pensions. In addition, GM uses temporary workers (about 7 of the staff ) who earn about $15 an hour, and do not have vision or dental benefi ts.” The rank-and-fi le don’t like the idea of people doing the same labor at radically diff erent pay levels. And then there are the plant closures that have slashed 14,000 North American jobs, as well as the announcement that the Chevy Blazer would be built in Mexico. Symbolically and substantively, the closure earlier this year of the legendary GM plant in Lordstown, Ohio, that had produced Chevy Cruzes was an especially heavy blow – and it fl ew in the face of President Trump’s promise in a 2017 speech in nearby Youngstown that factory jobs are “all coming back. They’re all coming
back.” So confi dent was Trump that he told his supporters not to sell their homes. The bottom line is that the strikers are fi ghting not only for greater fairness and a larger share of the company’s success, but also for work itself. Too late to avert the strike, GM fi nally put an off er on the table to begin addressing some of these issues. But the rank-and-fi le are restive for more, and for good reason. Those of us who supported keeping GM alive a decade ago – and put our wallets where our mouths, pens and votes were – didn’t do so to make it easier for management to outsource jobs or hold down pay and benefi ts forever. Every Democratic candidate for president should be joining the UAW’s picket lines to drive that point home. The cliché is singularly appropriate in this case: The struggle for employment, pay and benefi ts in the auto industry is where the rubber meets the road in our too often very abstract discussion of the challenges facing American wage earners in an economy undergoing rapid transformation. The battle at GM is a fi ght that unions and workers cannot aff ord to lose. Follow E.J. Dionne on Twitter: @EJDionne.
More ‘Game of Thrones’ instead of ‘West Wing’ Eugene Robinson Columnist
WASHINGTON – I want to hear the Democratic presidential candidates explain, convincingly, how they’re going to beat Donald Trump. Then I want to hear how they propose to repair the devastating damage Trump has done to all three branches of government – and to our trust in our institutions. First, Trump has to be sent packing. I shudder to think of what four more years of this chaos and decay would do to the nation. Trump is so unpopular, and has so neglected making any attempt to broaden his base, that the agenda of the eventual Democratic nominee is clear: motivate loyal Democratic constituencies to turn out in large numbers; win back at least some of the Rust Belt voters who chose Barack Obama in 2008 and Trump in 2016; and invite independents and antiTrump Republicans along for the ride. None of these tasks are mutually exclusive, and none involve rocket science. With just a couple of exceptions, I can see any of the Democrats on
stage last Thursday getting the job done. But then would come the hard part. Perhaps the most straightforward and least complicated undertaking, since it would be entirely within the next president’s purview, is rebuilding the executive branch from the corrupted ruin Trump will leave behind. One of the most underreported stories about the Trump administration is its basic incompetence. Perhaps Trump’s biggest con of all was convincing his supporters that he was some sort of business wizard with a genius for management. In truth, the Trump Organization was a mom-and-pop family business that he repeatedly micromanaged to the brink of collapse. He is doing exactly the same with the government of the United States. The White House itself is less like “The West Wing” than like “Game of Thrones.” Courtiers vie for the favor of the Mad King, unable or unwilling to perform normal duties for fear of risking Trump’s ire. Usually, the White House is a place where information from outside sources is synthesized and digested so the president can make the best possible decisions.
Under Trump, the fl ow is reversed – his whims, however ill-informed or contradictory or just plain loopy, are tweeted out and must be made into policy. Agencies vital to our national security – including the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency – lumber along, month after month, without permanent leadership. “It’s easier to make moves when they’re acting,” Trump has said, but really the situation refl ects his own insecurity. By keeping his underlings weak and beholden only to him, he limits their power – and thus hamstrings the departments they nominally lead. So the fi rst job of the next president will be to restock the executive branch with the kind of competent, dedicated professionals who have served both Democratic and Republican administrations in the past. This will be a big endeavor, but it’s relatively straightforward. More diffi cult is fi guring out how to address the damage Trump has done to the legislative branch. With the help of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Trump has rendered Congress all but impotent. Even measures with upward of 90%
public support, such as universal background checks for gun purchases, cannot even get an up-or-down vote because Senate Republicans are so terrifi ed of Trump’s displeasure. Hardest of all will be fi xing what Trump has done to the judicial branch. Trump and McConnell have confi rmed more than 150 new federal judges, most of them far-right ideologues. Their impact on jurisprudence in the coming decades will be bad; their impact on public perception of the judiciary is already worse. We need to be able to believe that justice is blind, that our judges are fair and impartial – including those who serve on the ultimate tribunal, the Supreme Court. Trump’s brazen court-packing threatens to shatter that belief, and I don’t know if anything but probity and time can restore that faith. Benjamin Franklin famously said that the Constitutional Convention produced “a republic, if you can keep it.” Trump will leave behind a banana republic, and his successor is going to have to fi x it. Contact Eugene Robinson at eugenerobinson@washpost.com.
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The Conservative View
Hong Kong across from nasty regime George Will Columnist
HONG KONG – Lee Cheuk-yan, unlike most Americans, remembers and reveres Lane Kirkland, a hero of the fi rst Cold War. During 16 years as leader of the AFL-CIO, 1979-95, Kirkland gave crucial support, both material and moral, to Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement in Poland, where it was an early tremor in the political earthquake that ended European communism. Here, in this island city at the other end of the Eurasian land mass, a city that has become a fl ashpoint in Cold War 2.0, Lee is lending support to a fl uid, shapeshifting protest movement that has no Lech Walesa. This lack is a strength and a weakness. The movement has no leader with whom the local government, which is an appendage of Beijing and hence of the Chinese Communist Party, might negotiate. Fortunately, however, a movement without a head cannot be easily decapitated, which otherwise probably would be Beijing’s default position. This thought experiment became the premise of a 2018 novel (Chloe
Benjamin’s “The Immortalists”): If you knew when you were going to die, how would this change how you choose to live? Hong Kong’s young people, from whom come most of the demonstrations’ participants and energy, know that the clock is ticking for their city. It is 22 years into what was supposed to be a 50-year grace period. In 1997, Britain ended 156 years of responsibility for Hong Kong, transferring it to China. So, just eight years after the Tiananmen massacre, there began what was supposed to be half a century of Hong Kong’s exceptionalism preserved, after which the city might be gracefully melded with a mellowed mainland. Just 22 years later, this hope has been as refuted as the 1989 hope that the massacre would be followed by a less authoritarian, because more secure, Beijing regime. Lee was in a hotel overlooking Tiananmen Square when the tanks rolled in. He later organized Hong Kong’s memorial museum, which is overseen by the same organization that facilitates commemorations every June 4. As a human bridge between the fi rst Cold War and the next one, he knows that this city today is not like East Berlin in 1953, or Budapest in 1956, or Prague in 1968. In those places, people who were in despotism’s fi rm grip rebelled and
quickly learned how fi rm the grip was. Hong Kong is spectacularly vibrant and prosperous because it perennially – since 1970 – holds the top position in the Economic Freedom of the World rankings. When demonstrators here have waved colonial-era fl ags and shouted “Reclaim Hong Kong,” they were not nostalgic for colonial restoration. Rather, this was largely a cry for the status quo. Largely, until now. Now, however, less and less. As a young Hong Kong woman studying in Boston recently wrote in her college newspaper, “I am from a city owned by a country that I don’t belong to.” Residents of this city, especially young residents, are decreasingly likely to think of themselves as Chinese rather than as Hong Kongers. In 1997, 47% of residents were “proud to be a citizen of China.” Now only 38% are. Among those 18 to 29 years old, 55% have a negative opinion of the Beijing regime, which has sown discord and is reaping disaff ection. The 1992 United States-Hong Kong Policy Act commits America, as the State Department notes, to “promote Hong Kong’s prosperity, autonomy, and way of life.” Its “way of life” is a multifaceted condition that rests on freedom and universal suff rage. A re-
cent Hong Kong demonstration called for passage by the U.S. Congress of legislation that would impose sanctions on mainland Chinese or Hong Kong offi cials who abridge the city’s freedoms, and it would require annual review of the special economic privileges Hong Kong gets from America. This would make U.S. relations with Hong Kong more like those with Taiwan, which receives substantial U.S. military and other assistance to buttress its independence, even as U.S. policy adheres to the prudential fi ction that Taiwan is something it will not soon, if ever, be – part of “one China.” But Hong Kong could become yet another casualty of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, which made many Americans comprehensively skeptical of U.S. attempts, in the words of President John Kennedy’s inaugural address, “to assure the survival and the success of liberty” around the world. Hong Kong, however, unlike Iraq, has a vibrant democratic culture and civil society. What is required of U.S. policy is not “nation building” but sustaining the reality of a polity that, without claiming or seeking nationhood, simply refuses to be absorbed into the domain of an increasingly nasty regime. Contact George Will at georgewill@washpost.com.
Smearing of Justice Brett Kavanaugh continues Marc A. Thiessen Columnist
WASHINGTON – A Columbia Journalism Review poll released this year found that half of all Americans have “hardly any confi dence at all” in the media, which beat out even Congress as the institution for which the public has the lowest confi dence. It’s not hard to see why. Last week, CNN reported that the CIA was forced to pull a highly placed source inside the Kremlin because of concerns that President Trump might burn him – when it turns out the decision to extract the source was made before Trump took offi ce because of leaks from senior Obama administration offi cials. Now, The New York Times has published an adapted excerpt from a new book by Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly in which they breathlessly describe a “previously unreported story” about how Max Stier, a college classmate of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, notifi ed senators and the FBI that he saw Kavanaugh expose himself to a girl at a Yale party and that “friends pushed his
penis into the hand of a female student.” One small problem: In the book, Pogrebin and Kelly write that the female student in question “refused to discuss the incident” and that “several of her friends said she does not recall it.” That calls the entire allegation into question. Yet the Times did not include this vital information in the excerpt it published. Pogrebin and Kelly conveniently blamed their editors. Why didn’t they insist it be included when they reviewed the story before publication? And how then do they explain the fact that they also failed to mention it in an interview with NPR? When asked by Terry Gross the specific question “Are there other women who have come forward?” (emphasis added), they repeat their uncorroborated accusation without mentioning that this “other woman” not only did not come forward but also does not recall the incident. The Times was later shamed into appending an editors’ note to the story saying “the book reports that the female student declined to be interviewed and friends say that she does not recall the incident. That information has been added to the article.” Too little, too late. If prosecutors in a court
of law were to do what the Times did – fail to disclose evidence that goes toward negating a defendant’s guilt – they could have their case thrown out and face potential disbarment for prosecutorial misconduct. But in the court of public opinion, anything goes. That’s not all. In their article, the reporters innocuously describe Stier as someone “who runs a nonprofi t organization in Washington.” They fail to share with readers in the story the fact that Stier was a member of Bill Clinton’s legal team at the same time that Kavanaugh was working for independent counsel Kenneth Starr on the other side of the Monica Lewinsky investigation. That seems relevant information that could call his motives into question. Amazingly, the Times story leaves out the one truly newsworthy revelation in the book. During the Kavanaugh hearings, Leland Keyser – whom Christine Blasey Ford named as a witness to her alleged assault – never testifi ed, but her lawyer wrote the Senate Judiciary Committee that while she “has no recollection of the incident in question … she believes Dr. Ford’s account.” In their excellent book, “Justice on Trial,” Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino fi rst broke the news
that Keyser told friends she did not in fact believe Ford. But Pogrebin and Kelly got Keyser to speak on the record for the fi rst time. “It would be impossible for me to be the only girl at a get-together with three guys, have her leave, and then not fi gure out how she’s getting home” she told them, adding “I just really didn’t have confi dence in the story.” She said she was pressured by many who “wanted me to remember something diff erent” and threatened “behind the scenes that certain things could be spread about me if I didn’t comply.” For some reason, the Times did not fi nd this news fi t to print – perhaps because it strengthens the case that Kavanaugh was smeared. The only thing more shameful than the Times’s irresponsible reporting was news of all the Democratic presidential candidates who seized on the Times story to call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment. In light of Keyser’s comments, they should be apologizing to Kavanaugh instead. And if the media wants to understand why it has surpassed Congress as the least-trusted institution in the country, here is a textbook example. Follow Marc A. Thiessen on Twitter: @marcthiessen.
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A construction worker walks along a stretch of Vine Street that’s undergoing major redevelopment in Over-the-Rhine. New businesses have opened and incomes have increased in the past decade, but some former residents say they could no longer afford to live there. PHOTOS BY JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER
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THE LONG, HARD ROAD PART 3
A view of the University of Cincinnati campus and surrounding neighborhoods that are undergoing constant change. PHIL DIDION, ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER
Our yearlong series putting faces on the faceless statistics Beryl Love Editor The Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
If you’ve been following The Long, Hard Road, The Enquirer’s yearlong eff ort to tell the story of fi nancial hardship in our region, you’ve already met 28 individuals or families whose struggles shed light on what it means to be poor in our towns and neighborhoods. In Part 1, we started our journey near Middletown and headed south on Route 4 through Cincinnati’s northern suburbs. Here, we encountered the so-called new poor, people who once lived comfortably but have yet to recover from the Great Recession. A machinist forced to drive a truck for less pay after his factory job was eliminated. An asthma suff erer who delays medical treatment for fear of missing work and losing his job. A family living under the ominous cloud of a mortgage they now can barely aff ord.
In Part 2, the road took us inside the I-275 loop, where a common thread stitched together the stories we found: When you are poor, everything costs more, in relative terms. We introduced you to a mother stretching her cash by searching for clothes for her children at the Goodwill Store in Woodlawn. We found refugees from Bhutan growing food for their families in a community garden established by St. Clare Convent in Springfi eld Township. In Part 3, the road passes through our urban core, where generational poverty shapes the 11 stories we share today. It’s a world where payday loans siphon away hard-earned dollars and minor criminal off enses – the likes of which people with fi nancial means can mitigate with a good lawyer – trap the working poor in low-paying jobs that don’t require background checks. The issue of poverty can be diffi cult to grasp. It’s usually framed with faceless statistics such as income levels and unemployment rates. Too often, news reports on income disparity fall
short of connecting with us on an emotional level. Our purpose with The Long, Hard Road is to, pardon the pun, take the road less traveled. Since January, more than 22 Enquirer journalists have been out on the road – an 80-mile stretch that cuts through dozens of communities in our region – searching for people who can give us a more intimate understanding of what poverty means in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky. Their stories have been both gutwrenching and inspirational, off ering hope but leaving us with the grim reminder that despite our collective efforts, the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to widen. The stories from the Long, Hard Road deserve to be told. They are our stories. Thank you for taking this journey with us. lll The Long, Hard Road is the centerpiece of a project called Prosperity Disparity, a series of special reports that look at how fi nancial hardship af-
fects our region. I’d like to thank the Kroger Co. for underwriting Prosperity Disparity and encourage you to learn about their eff orts to reduce hunger across the nation through their Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative. I’d also like to invite you to a Prosperity Disparity public forum The Enquirer is holding in partnership with Xavier University on Oct. 23 that will look at new and innovative ways to help individuals break the grip of poverty in our community. Details can be found in today’s special print section and online at Cincinnati.com/ prosperitydisparity Beryl Love is the executive editor of The Enquirer. Email him with comments about Prosperity Disparity at blove@enquirer.com
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The series Part 1 (Middletown and northern suburbs): Dreams Detoured – For some, the Great Recession never ended. Part 2 (First suburbs and Mill Creek Valley): The Heavy Toll of Having Less – Barely Making it in America Part 3 (The region’s urban core): Why The Poor Stay Poor Part 4 (Suburban and rural Kentucky): Coming in December
The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River is a little more than 1,000 feet long, but it sometimes feels to residents in Cincinnati and Covington that the two are worlds apart. The truth, though, is that each side has plenty in common with the other. And that includes the struggles of the poor. Cincinnati’s poverty rate is 28.7%, while Covington’s is 24.7%. Median income is $36,400 in Cincinnati and $38,300 in Covington. About 15% of people on both sides of the river don’t have a high school diploma. And the share without health insurance is 13% in Covington and 11% in Cincinnati. ALBERT CESARE, PHIL DIDION/THE ENQUIRER
THE MYTHOLOGY AROUND MONEY A mericans tell a story about poverty that goes something like this: If the poor work hard enough, they won’t be poor anymore.
❚ There is truth in this, of course. America is a nation built on hard
work. History teems with tales of self-made men and women, of entrepreneurs and astronauts and presidents who started with little and achieved their dreams. ❚ But there’s mythology in that story, too. Tens of millions of poor Americans spend lifetimes working hard, only to fi nd it isn’t enough. ❚ Kids who grow up in poverty are as much as 75 times more likely to be poor in adulthood than those who don’t. And workers struggling to overcome those odds are rewarded less for their labor than they used to be. The productivity of American workers has increased 70% since 1979, but their average hourly pay has gone up less than 12%. Wages aren’t the only problem. Predatory lending can trap poor families in a costly cycle of debt. Gentrifi cation can transform neighborhoods for the better while pricing the poor out of their homes. And institutional barriers, from discriminatory housing policies to job restrictions on peo-
ple who’ve committed minor crimes, can stand in the way. Hard work is important. That part of the American story is still true. But for millions living in poverty, the rest of the tale often feels more like fi ction. Today, The Enquirer begins Part 3 of its yearlong series, The Long, Hard Road, telling the stories of people who live, work and struggle along 80 miles in the heart of Greater Cincinnati.
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THE LONG, HARD ROAD PART 3
CHANGE COMES WITH A COST
Jerome Manigan, 72, lived in the house behind him on Larona Avenue in Avondale for 68 years. His parents bought it in 1940. He sold it in 2015 because he feared he would otherwise be displaced by corporate expansion into the neighborhood. He now lives in Northern Kentucky. PHOTOS BY SAM GREENE/THE ENQURER
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erome Manigan stands in front of his Avondale home, where he’s lived for 68 of his 72 years, and remembers the families who lived here. Once, they owned homes in Cincinnati’s bedrock black community. Today, they are mostly gone. The family names come easily as Manigan speaks. McIntosh. Williams. Bowen. Hargrove. Rev. Conners. Educators, pianists, politicians, chefs, nurses. “Great people, good people, helping-hands people, kind people,” he says. “An aspiring neighborhood, a solid middle-class black neighborhood.” He hasn’t been back to the Avenue District neighborhood of Avondale since he sold his two-story, 2,900square-foot brick house in 2015. Over the years, he’s seen his neighborhood
give way to a Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden parking lot, a later zoo expansion and, most recently, to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The hospital bought dozens of houses and eventually tore many of them down to make room for an eightstory, $550 million expansion across Erkenbrecher Avenue. All cities evolve, but most do so by sweeping aside properties that are deemed less valuable than what will replace them. The burden of that loss is not always shared equally. In Cincinnati, black neighborhoods often have lost the most, from the razing of the black-majority neighborhood of Kenyon-Barr in the 1950s to the homes lost to the hospital expansion here on Manigan’s old street. Those left behind continue to pay a price. A Brookings Institute study in 2018 found that similar homes in majority black neighborhoods in Cincinnati are worth almost 9% less ($10,262 per home on average) than those in white Cincinnati neighborhoods. Still, Manigan begins with this disclaimer: “I am happy that these sick children are being taken care of. That
The eight-story, $550 million expansion of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center marks its entry into the Avenue District of Avondale.
shows compassion and love. That shows the desire to heal. What disappoints me and many others is that the same expressions of compassion, love and goodwill were not shown to the people of this neighborhood.” Besides the stable community that has been lost, says Manigan, many black families lost the wealth provided by generations of home ownership. They could never get this much house for the money anywhere else. Manigan remembers that, as a child
in the ‘50s, he walked uphill on Rockdale Avenue to Rockdale Academy. Over here, he says, lived the owner of the biggest black mortician business. Over there is the house where former world heavyweight boxing champion Ezzard Charles lived. Up ahead, near the steel-and-glass framework of Children’s Hospital, Manigan points to the spot where the St. James and AME Church once stood. Looking around, he sees the childhood home of former Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent Rosa Blackwell and the home of retired Cincinnati Public Schools teacher Joel McCray. There’s a story for almost every house and every vacant lot and stretch of land. Ending the tour, Manigan is back in front of the house his parents bought in 1940. He’s having a diffi cult time leaving. “We had a beautiful patch of blackeyed Susans right there,” he says, again pointing. He always thought he’d die in Avondale. He lives in Northern Kentucky now. – By Mark Curnutte
cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ 5G
IN MEDICAL SCHOOL, SLOW GAINS
In the fi rst-year class at the University of Cincinnati Medical School, 23% of the 185 new students are people of color, the most ever. While gender equality has been achieved in medical education, economic diversity lags. To apply at UC, the fees total $400, though waivers are available. Still, getting in means shouldering close to $200,000 on average in student-loan debt. Economic diversity matters. Because in many ways it plays itself out in how people of color have access to medical care. In Cincinnati, the life expectancy in largely white neighborhoods, for example, is 20 years longer than in black neighborhoods. First-year med student Adam Butler, left, says, “In addition to being the best physician possible, I want to represent the kids who have the dreams of being a doctor but haven’t really seen one who looks like them.” Halimat Olamiyan, right, says she can’t wait to someday,” tell a sickle-cell patient, I have been here, and I know what you’re going through.” Fernando Blank, center, who is bilingual, says, “When I was at Ohio State, people would arrive from other places, like Cuba, and I was able to greet them in their language, and I could see the weight was lifted.”
Austin Thompson receives his white coat during the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine white coat ceremony for incoming medical students in early August. PHOTOS BY ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER
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THE LONG, HARD ROAD PART 3
NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR EVERYONE
Willa Jones has lived at Parkway Towers in Over-the-Rhine for seven years after being homeless for fi ve. She is being forced to search for affordable housing as the owners are pushing tenants out for renovations. PHOTOS BY JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER
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illa Jones walks through the parking lot toward her apartment at Parkway Towers in Over-the-Rhine. She’s lived here for the past seven years after being homeless for fi ve, after her husband died. It’s the fi rst place she found after living on the streets, when she had nothing. Now, she’s being forced to move. She passes the building maintenance man. “Why’s you putting me out?” she asks. He looks at her then walks away, leaving unanswered the question Jones and so many of her neighbors are asking. As Jones walks toward her building, she greets almost everyone she sees. “Hi, Miss Willa,” one man says as he
Willa Jones is well known at the Parkway Towers in Over-the-Rhine where she has lived for for seven years.
passes. These are her neighbors or people who work at Findlay Market where she sells Streetvibes, a newspaper of-
fered through the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition. The coalition helped her get a lawyer three years ago when the battle to delay displacement of those in her apartment house began. The lawyer held them off for a year, but again, the owners of the building tried to force Jones and her neighbors to move. Jones was told that the apartment house owners wanted to widen the hallways and make the units bigger, turning 100 apartments into 49. Jones tried to convince them to move everyone to one side of the building and renovate in sections. They told her that would cost too much money. Finally, they off ered the 62-yearold woman a stipend attached to moving expenses, and she said she would take it. Now, because of Jones’ success, everyone in the building can choose to have the owners help them move, or they’ll get $800 to cover the costs. This kind of shifting of populations to establish new housing and new businesses in a languishing neighborhood is referred to as gentrifi cation.
It’s been happening in small pockets in most of the nation’s largest cities but, in Cincinnati, most noticeably along Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine. The upside is a sparkling new part of town, fi lled with trendy shops, hot restaurants and hopeful entrepreneurs. The downside is that people who live there are priced out of housing, forced to move. Jones now must fi nd a new apartment. She needs to stay near Findlay Market, where she sells her newspapers. She also needs to stay close to the soup kitchens and food banks where she gets most of her food, especially since her food stamp money has been reduced from $200 to $15. The food bank where Jones used to lunch every day is now open only on weekends. There’s not enough demand now because so many of those in need have moved. The medical clinic she used to frequent has been shuttered, too, and she is unsure where she’ll get help now when she needs it. Even the homeless shelter on the block has been relocated in the name of progress. - By Rachel Berry
cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ 7G
THE BALLAD OF REGINALD STROUD
Reginald Stroud greets customers from behind the counter of Anybody’s Dream, his convenience store in Northside. Stroud’s store and home used to be on Walnut Street in Over-the-Rhine, but he had to move when developers bought his building. AMANDA ROSSMANN/THE ENQUIRER
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eginald Stroud hears the music and wishes he had never left. Leaving wasn’t his choice. Everyone knows that. He raised his kids here on Walnut Street, opened a martial arts studio and sold candies for 2 cents apiece at his convenience store. The rainbow-colored sign out front said, “Anybody’s Dream Variety Store by Reginald.” It was perfect, as far as Stroud was concerned. He never wanted to leave. Five years later, though, here he is. A stranger in his own neighborhood. It’s early August, and Stroud is making his way through the crowd around Washington Park, moving closer to the choir and the song he came to hear. “Anybody’s Dream Variety Store. Anything you need, anything and more.” Stroud fi nds a spot to listen near
the choir. The song is about him, about his store, which should be surprising but isn’t. Anybody’s Dream was the kind of place people visited every day, part convenience store, part community center. Need a bag of chips? A nail clipper? Anybody’s Dream had it. Need advice or a kind word? Stroud had that, too. He also had jars and jars of 2-cent candy, watermelon and strawberry and cherry, the same kind he used to buy when he was little. The kids loved the stuff , and Stroud loved having them around. The Army veteran talked about martial arts and discipline, about chasing dreams. He was chasing his, he’d say. Right here on Walnut Street. “You don’t have to be a millionaire, but you need a dream to walk in there.” Stroud awoke one day to fi nd a letter taped to his front door. The building had been sold to a developer, and Stroud and his family had to go. Over-the-Rhine had been changing for more than a decade and now change had come to Anybody’s Dream Variety Store. Investors were buying old row houses and storefronts, fi xing them up and charging higher rents. This was, in many ways, a good
Gentrification brings benefits to cities, but not for everyone Development in urban areas is accelerating and rents are rising, leaving less affordable housing for the poor. Here’s the percentage of low-income neighborhoods that have seen large increases in rent in recent decades in U.S. cities.
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thing. But not in all ways. Instead of being part of the renaissance, some people, like Stroud, were being pushed out.
Median income today is $52,000 in the part of Over-the-Rhine that Stroud used to call home – twice what it was in 2010. And African-Americans, who made up more than half the population then, now account for about one-third. “Heard he had to get a new address … Heard he had to get a new address.” It’s been months since the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra called to tell Stroud it was commissioning a song about him for an event celebrating the community. He wasn’t sure what to expect, but as he stands in the crowd today, taking it all in, he decides it’s a good song. When the Cincinnati Men’s Chorus fi nishes the performance, Stroud makes his way out of the crowd and heads home, which is now in Northside. Starting over is expensive and hard, but that’s what he’s doing. His kids are in new schools and he’s teaching martial arts out of his house. He has a store there, too, with a rainbow-colored sign out front and jars fi lled with 2-cent candy by the counter. He calls the place Anybody’s Dream. – By Dan Horn
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THE LONG, HARD ROAD PART 3
OVERWHELMED
Football motivated Da’Quan Smith to do well in school after outside forces once threatened to knock him off course. Smith plays football at Taft High School. PHOTOS BY JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER
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a’Quan Smith scrolls through his phone, searching for his grades. His mentor sits across from him in a conference room at Taft Information Technology High School, less than a mile from Vine Street. The junior earned all As so far this year. His GPA is soaring, two points higher than its lowest point when he was a freshman. Two years ago, Da’Quan witnessed his uncle’s slaying, and afterward the avid football player avoided going outside. His grades plummeted, bottoming out around a 1.50 GPA. His father was in prison then, and
Da’Quan Smith, right, kneels during football practice at Taft High School.
still is today, and his grandmother died not long before he lost his uncle. Da’Quan’s mother, Keva Gray,
feared losing her son, too. “He acted like he didn’t have anything to live for. Life was overwhelming.”
Da’Quan and millions of other kids suff er daily from what experts call “adverse childhood experiences,” such as violence, hunger, divorce, neglect, drug abuse and poverty. One study found that those who experience them are about 1.5 times more likely to not graduate high school and about 2.5 times more likely to be unemployed, compared to those who don’t. Da’Quan hopes to do better. He maintains his grades in part to continue playing as a safety and receiver on the high school football team. He’s hoping for a college scholarship. An after-school study hall helps to keep the grades up, providing the quiet atmosphere he prefers. Taft lost its fi rst game this year, but Da’Quan is confi dent his team will bounce back. “I feel like you can’t give up,” he says. “You can’t give up on anything.” – By Max Londberg
cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ 9G
THE PRICE OF BEAUTY (SCHOOL) Criminal records stifle wages and job opportunities
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n March 2007, police caught Shaunae Jackson smoking marijuana, holding an amount that has since been decriminalized in Cincinnati. The misdemeanor conviction resulted in a $150 fi ne, but the true punishment came later. The blemish on her record made it nearly impossible to leave a “dead end” job at a sandwich shop. She nearly landed a job at a local hospital but was turned down after a background check. So she did one of the few things she could: enrolled at Cincinnati’s Empire Beauty School. Tuition wasn’t cheap. She received a $7,000 grant and covered the remaining $11,000 with a loan. She hustled for the next year and a half, attending night classes to allow time for her side job and her two
Governments impose almost 20,000 restrictions nationwide on employment for people convicted of felonies and misdemeanors. These can bar applicants from a wide range of jobs and limit their ability to earn a living wage. Locked out of the labor market Annual earnings because of criminal convictions for men at age 45 $39,100 $23,500 1 in 4 Americans Source: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
young children. She graduated in 2013 and found work as a stylist. But the 33-year-old College Hill resident remains thousands of dollars in beauty school debt. “When you try to go the straight and narrow,” Jackson said, “it’s kind of like all these obstacles that you have to try to fi ght through.”
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The cost is so high because, in most states, it takes 12 times as many educational hours to get a cosmetology license as it takes to become certifi ed as an emergency medical technician. According to the Institute of Justice, aspiring cosmetologists need 1,500 hours to graduate and be licensed in Ohio while EMTs need 150.
In addition to the cost, Jackson had to make sure her misdemeanor record wouldn’t run afoul of Ohio’s cosmetology licensing rules, which, like those in many states, can consider “moral character” before approving applicants. In her case, it wasn’t an issue. But not everyone is so lucky. Nationwide, nearly 20,000 rules and regulations restrict employment opportunities for people with criminal records. Jackson, her hair streaked with pink dye, took time away from work on a recent weekday to try to fi nally remove the decade-old misdemeanor from her record. At a free Hamilton County clinic, about a block from Vine Street, she learned she may qualify. She’s awaiting a date to make her case before a judge. Her children are older now, preteens, and the family is starting to feel cramped in their current home. Though she’s saved enough to move, landlords are rejecting her applications. One told her she didn’t pass a background check. – By Max Londberg
LIVING IN ‘UNBANKED’ COMMUNITIES About 9 million households in the United States don’t have a checking or savings account. Surveys show many “unbanked” or “underbanked” people don’t trust banks or believe they don’t earn enough to bother setting up an account. But others say they stay away from banks because of high fees or lack of access. While banks have been closing branches everywhere, the losses have been greater in low income neighborhoods, according to S&P Global. The costs of living without a bank account are high. A University of Pennsylvania Wharton School public policy initiative found that using alternative fi nancial resources, such as payday lenders, costs households an additional $108 a month. Sources: FDIC, The Wharton School and Bloomberg
PHOTOS BY JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER
10G ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
THE LONG, HARD ROAD PART 3
THE LONG WALK
Neil Nicks walks uphill on Vine Street. Nicks, 47, is coming home from a job placement center. Google Maps says the trip should take 12 minutes, but Nicks has cerebral palsy and walks with a cane. It takes him more than an hour. He does it nearly every day. PHOTOS BY CARA OWSLEY/THE ENQUIRER
Neil Nicks walks on his toes, shuffl ing forward with knees pointed inward. His heels almost stick out the back of his shoes, which don’t have laces but Velcro straps. Nicks has cerebral palsy, a disability that can aff ect one’s mobility. He uses a cane. He is leaving a job placement facility and walking home in 92 degree heat. Google Maps says Nicks’ walk should take 12 minutes. It takes him more than an hour. Nicks receives public assistance but wishes he didn’t need to. He’d rather be working. But like the majority of people with disabilities in America, he’s not. According to a study done by the University of New Hampshire, only about 36% of working-age Americans with disabilities have jobs.
People with disabilities earn less and are more likely to be poor The obstacles facing people with disabilities go beyond physical limitations. Here’s a comparison between median earnings and poverty rates in the U.S. for those with and without disabilities.
Median earnings $32,479
Poverty rate
$22,047
With disabilities
Nicks crosses Vine and McMillan streets near the University of Cincinnati.
21% 13%
Without disabilities
Source: Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire
With disabilities
Without disabilities The Enquirer/Dan Horn and Michael Nyerges
cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ 11G
HELL TO PAY
Legal Aid Society’s Nick DiNardo reviews the fi le of one of his clients, who spent more than $3,000 in fees on a payday loan. JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER
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ick DiNardo looks over the stack of folders next to his desk and plucks out the one for the single mother he met this spring. He remembers her walking into his offi ce at the Legal Aid Society in downtown Cincinnati with a grocery bag fi lled with papers and a story he’d heard at least a hundred times. DiNardo opens the fi le and shakes his head, looking over the numbers. “I hate these guys,” he says. The “guys” he’s talking about are payday lenders, though DiNardo often just refers to them as “fraudsters.” They’re the guys who set up shop in strip malls and old convenience stores with neon signs promising FAST CASH and EZ MONEY. Most payday loan customers are poor, earning about $30,000 a year. Most pay exorbitant fees and interest rates that have run as high as 590%. And most don’t read the fi ne print,
which can be unforgiving. DiNardo, a lawyer who has fought payday lenders for years, fl ips through the pages of the single mom’s fi le. He’d spent hours organizing the receipts and documents she’d carried into his offi ce that fi rst day in the grocery bag. He found the trouble started when she’d gone to a payday lender in April 2018 for an $800 loan. She was working but needed the money to cover some surprise expenses. The lender handed her a contract and a pen. On its face, the deal didn’t sound so bad. For $800, she’d make monthly payments of $222 for four months. She used her car, which she owned free and clear, as collateral. But there was a catch: At the end of those four months, she found out she owed a lump sum payment of $1,037 in fees. She couldn’t aff ord to pay. The lender told her not to worry and handed her another contract. This time, she received a new loan to cover the fees from the fi rst loan. After paying $230 for 11 months, she thought she was done. But she wasn’t. The lender said she owed another lump sum of $1,045 in fees. The lender handed her another contract. She paid $230 a month for
two more months before everything fell apart. She was going broke. She couldn’t aff ord to pay the rent and utilities. She couldn’t buy her kid clothes for school. But she was afraid to stop paying the loan because they might seize her car, which she needed for work. By this time, she’d paid $3,878 for that original $800 loan. DiNardo called the lender and said he’d sue if they didn’t stop taking her money. After some haggling, they settled for what she’d already paid. DiNardo slips the single mom’s folder back into the stack next to his desk. She got to keep her car, he says, but she lost about $3,000 she couldn’t aff ord to lose. She was barely making it. The loan almost wiped her out. DiNardo hopes a new Ohio law regulating the loans will mean fewer cases like hers in the future, but he’s not sure. While mortgage rates go for 3.5% and car loans hover around 5%, poor people without access to credit will still turn to payday lenders. And when they do, even under the new law, they’ll pay interest rates and fees as high as 60%. In DiNardo’s world, this is progress. – By Dan Horn
The poor use expensive payday loans more than anyone else People who earn less than $40,000 a year are three times more likely to use payday loans, which charge significantly higher annual interest rates.
Annual percentage interest rates: Mortgage loan 3.35% Car loan 5.23% Credit card loan 17% Payday loan
391% Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, Bankrate.com, creditcards.com The Enquirer/Dan Horn and Michael Nyerges
12G ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
THE LONG, HARD ROAD PART 3
THE WAY OUT
Brian Gregg, top left, applauds as the adoption is fi nalized for the Durel sisters, Mariah, 10, and Aubree, 7. The girls were part of the Back to School Adoption Day at the Hamilton County Probate Court in August. PHOTOS BY MEG VOGEL/THE ENQUIRER
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rian Gregg steps out of the elevator and into a lobby overfl owing with children, dozens and dozens of them, so many he can barely see the white tile fl oor beneath all the tiny feet. “Oh, wow,” he says. It’s an early August morning, adoption day in Hamilton County Probate Court, and Gregg is here to help manage media coverage. As communications director for Job and Family Services, this is one of his favorite days. Unlike many kids in his agency’s care, the boys and girls here aren’t sleeping on blue cots with worn stuff ed animals, waiting for a social worker to fi nd them a foster home. They aren’t hungry, impoverished or neglected. They may have started out that way, as thousands do every year in Hamilton County. But today, they’re here in lace dresses and buttoneddown shirts, ready to trade old lives for new ones. Gregg smiles as he makes his way through the sea of children. He doesn't know these kids, but he knows their stories. A lifetime ago, his story wasn’t so diff erent from theirs. Gregg wasn’t adopted, but he un-
Gregg, Hamilton County Job & Family Services communications director, joins a meeting with the executive board of JFS.
derstands what it takes to change the course of a life that begins in poverty. Almost half of children who experience extreme poverty end up poor as adults, compared to just 1% of those who don’t grow up poor. Those are lousy odds. And Gregg knows how hard it is for anyone, child or adult, to beat them without catching a break. For the kids here today, that break is getting adopted into stable families. For others, it might be a college scholarship or a good job with health insur-
ance. Gregg's mom, a teenager when he was born, made $2.42 an hour taking care of patients at a state mental institution. His step-father, who stuck around a few years longer than his dad, got a job at a roller bearing mill. They worked nights and weekends, leaving Gregg at home to make dinner for his younger siblings. He was still in grade school, but he fi gured it out. When the pantry was empty, Gregg walked to the grocery store with food stamps and hunted for bargains. Twofor-one hot dog packs. Mac-n-cheese. Hamburger Helper. Once, the kids ate leftover birthday cake for breakfast every day for a week. His family moved a lot. The rent would go up or an eviction notice would appear on the door, and his mom would tell everyone to pack. At 13, Gregg took a summer job going door-to-door selling products made by blind people. Lint brushes. Ironing board covers. No item cost more than $6.95. Gregg got $1 per sale. A guy in a van picked him up at 7 a.m. and brought him home at 9 p.m. He worked every day but Sunday. Gregg was a friendly kid and a good talker. Some weeks, he brought home as much as $200. When his mom asked him to help with the rent, she called it a loan. But they both knew better. Because there was no phone in the house, Gregg gave his high school girlfriend the number to a payphone. “Call me at 10 p.m.,” he’d tell her. Then he’d walk to the booth in the dark and wait for the phone to ring.
Gregg worked hard in school and was a good student, but he didn’t see a future outside his hometown of Massillon, Ohio. He told his mom he was going to be a salesman. “You’re going to college,” she told him. Gregg thought she was crazy. They couldn’t aff ord it, he told her. But once she put the idea in his head, he couldn’t shake it. His mom had taught him, maybe without knowing it, that being poor meant living day-to-day. It meant working to survive, not necessarily to get ahead. To get out, to really change his life, he needed to make the right choice when it was staring him in the face. This was his break, he decided. Another might never come. So Gregg applied for every scholarship and loan he could fi nd. He got a Pell Grant. He got three jobs. And he got into college. It was a choice that would, years later, lead him to a wife and two kids, to a house in Cincinnati’s suburbs, and to a job with an agency that serves about 200,000 poor families whose stories he knows better than most. Gregg takes a seat in the back of the courtroom for the adoption proceedings, which are about to begin. He watches as parents sign paperwork and kids fi dget in chairs that are too big for them, tugging at skirts and shirt collars. After a few minutes, the judge walks into the room and says some of the truest words Gregg has ever heard. “This is a special day.” – By Dan Horn
cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ 13G
THE NARROW BRIDGE
As she looks into her future, Nakia Colbert, 33, has more modest goals than she did 20 years ago. MEG VOGEL/THE ENQUIRER
Children raised in poverty are far more likely to stay poor as adults Digging out of poverty is hard. Kids who spend at least half their childhoods in poverty have a significantly greater chance of remaining poor into adulthood, compared with kids who don’t grow up poor.
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akia Colbert wanted to be a lawyer when she grew up. She’s not. But she is learning a lot about the law these days. She’s a single mother living in poverty and fi lled with fear. The oldest of her four children and her only son, 15, is charged with robbery and aggravated murder in the shooting death of his 15-year-old friend, even though he didn’t pull the trigger. He stands accused of the boy’s murder because he was involved in the crime that left him dead. His mother, in ways small and now terrifyingly large, has learned the hard lesson that it’s a narrow bridge out of poverty. Jennifer Colbert, Nakia’s mother, had done everything she could to keep the ravages of poverty away from her children. At 31, she completed the Cincinnati Housing Authority’s Kaleidoscope job readiness program. She
Percentage who were never poor in childhood and are poor as adults
0.6%
Source: National Center for Children in Poverty
landed a full-time job, kicked a threeyear cocaine and marijuana addiction. As Jennifer turned her life around, the behavior and school performance of her fi ve children improved, too. Nakia was all smiles in a January 1999 Enquirer front page photo. The self-confi dent 13-year-old didn’t want to “sit on the couch and wait for the mailman to bring the government check.” Jennifer had pulled her out of Porter Middle School near the family’s Lin-
Percentage who were poor at least half of childhood and are poor as adults
45.3%
The Enquirer/Dan Horn and Michael Nyerges
coln Court apartment and placed her in the Jacob’s Center magnet school in Winton Place. Jennifer wanted Nakia to focus on learning. Nakia went on to Withrow High School. That’s when the trouble started. “When I thought I knew more than my mom did,” Nakia says. “I wanted to be on the streets.” She dropped out, getting pregnant at 18. With just a GED, she began a series of food-service jobs.
Colbert and her mother, Jennifer Colbert, were featured in a 1999 Enquirer project, Everybody’s Children. THE ENQUIRER FILE
“I had my chance,” Nakia says. Nakia, 33, works full-time as a cook in a downtown restaurant. She makes $3 more an hour than she did at a fastfood place in Northside. Yet she and her family still live in public housing and qualify to receive government food and medical assistance. Her dreams are less ambitious than they were when she was 13. Within a decade, she says, she’d like to see her family out of public housing. – By Mark Curnutte
14G ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
THE LONG, HARD ROAD PART 3
SCRIMPING
The nonprofi t Cancer Justice Network sends “navigators” to events such as the weekly meal at Christ Church in Downtown to help poor adults.
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o treat her diabetes, Martice Weaver injects insulin, which requires precise dosage on a schedule to keep her blood sugar level. Without that precision, her health is in jeopardy. But because the price of the medicine has soared, Weaver rations her insulin. Without her doctor’s guidance, she is using less than she needs. She knows the practice isn’t smart. On a Tuesday night in early August, Weaver stops into Christ Church downtown for a free dinner and, to her surprise, she is off ered some medical help. Sitting with Patricia Youngblood at one table, Weaver describes her dilemma. Youngblood jots notes. The weekly dinner is an outreach of
Martice Weaver was surprised to fi nd help for her medical problems at Christ Church Cathedral. PHOTOS BY JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER
the Cancer Justice Network, a nonprofi t group of paid “navigators” who forge connections to medical care for people without homes or with low incomes. Steve Sunderland created the Cancer Justice Network four years ago after his wife went through cancer treatment. He remembers the bewilderment, the fear, the confusion even though the couple had resources. Sunderland soon realized that many people need help for simple, basic care: getting new glasses or teeth fi xed. Weaver, a cook at an Avondale nursing home, explains to Youngblood that she can’t aff ord her medication. Youngblood says she will work to get Weaver into the clinic at St. Vincent de Paul, which is staff ed by medical students at the University of Cincinnati. “And if there’s a way that they can help you,” says Youngblood, “they will.” Weaver is grateful. Maybe she can feel better soon. – By Anne Saker
cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ 15G
FEW OPTIONS
Tiesha Brown lost her IRS job when the agency wanted to relocate her out of state without moving costs. The mother of four daughters knows she can get a part-time job at Kroger and hopes that she can go back to school. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER
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iesha Brown knows her days at the IRS center are limited. She sits at her desk, talks with her remaining coworkers and thinks about her future. They’ve known since March that the Covington IRS processing center, which employs 1,800 people, would close in September. Some of her coworkers will relocate to nearby cities like Florence and Cincinnati. Brown contemplates the off er she got: Move to Utah or Missouri for a job with the IRS – without moving expenses. That might be an option for employees with more resources, but not for her. Brown has four daughters. She helps her 19-year-old go to school at Northern Kentucky University. She listens to her 11-year-old daughter talk about her new school. Once every
three months, she sees her twin 5year-olds who no longer live with her. She has decided to stay in the Greater Cincinnati area and step away from the government job that once brought security to her life. She’s entitled to a severance package that’s worth about $4,000. But that won’t come until six weeks after her last day. She tells herself she’ll draw from her savings account until then, that everything will be fi ne. Throughout her fi ve years at the center, she went to work even during the toughest moments. She had to take time off once, for a month, to care for an ailing aunt in Georgia. That set her behind on rent, which sent her and her 11-year-old to a homeless shelter for some time. Brown continued working, though, and moved out of the shelter and into a Section 8 townhouse. The offi ce is pretty empty now. She does busy work and talks quietly with her coworkers about their plans. Brown plans to leave the center before the fi nal closing day. She knows she can get a part-time job at Kroger. – By Julia Fair
The IRS center in Covington, Ky., will close for good on Sept. 28. PHIL DIDION, ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER
16G ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
THE LONG, HARD ROAD PART 3
Shannon Glover is raising her son, Sidney, 8, in Covington, where she grew up in an impoverished family. She is going to Northern Kentucky University and living in the Lincoln Grant Scholar House to help “break those chains” of poverty. PHOTOS BY MEG VOGEL/THE ENQUIRER
THE LIGHT IS ON Energy costs hit poor harder and force tough choices Low-income families struggle more to pay utility bills and more often forgo food, medicine or other needs to pay those bills. The level of energy insecurity increases as income decreases.
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idney wakes up to his alarm at 6:30 a.m. He opens his eyes to the light above his fi sh tank that he insists on leaving on at all times, “because the fi sh might get lonely or scared at night.” Before leaving for Holy Cross Elementary School in Latonia at 7:20 a.m., the 8-year-old will have done a lot of brushing, washing, cleaning, as well as feeding his fi sh and his turtle. Sidney is a someday scientist, a solid listener and an independent little boy. Shannon Glover, 47, of Covington, has spent most of her adult life trying to make sure he struggles less than she did. Her own mother could not always be there to guide her. Delores Glover
Percent experiencing energy insecurity by income 11.4%
11% 6.3% 3.9% 1.8%
$0-$20K
$20K-$40K
$40K-$60K $60K-$80K $80K-$100K
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
struggled to keep bills paid. Shannon did not always wake to a light in their Covington home. When the lights failed to turn on, the neighbors paid a couple of dollars for meals her mother made on the outdoor grill,
1% $100K+
The Enquirer/Dan Horn and Michael Nyerges
anything to pay the bills. Shannon wants a diff erent life for her son. But that’s why she’s here at the Lincoln Grant Scholar House in Covington. It is an apartment specifi cally designed for single parents pur-
suing higher education. It off ers guided activities for children and a study area with computers for adults. It provides all kinds of help to keep its tenants free of burdensome costs, including funding for a broken down car. Shannon had a brief encounter with college once before but didn’t fi nish. She got pregnant at 19 and moved to Dallas to pursue a dream of culinary school. Fast-forward several years and add Sidney who was born on Dec. 15, 2010. Shannon moved back to Covington with the baby, promising herself that this child would grow up without experiencing even a trace of poverty. “I tell him, ‘We don’t live a rapper’s lifestyle. Life is not defi ned by how many chains you have. What kind of car you have. Do you have a car? Does it get you where you’re going? Then you are blessed.’ ” On one recent Friday evening in August, Sidney watched his mother, who is now back in school, up close. He sways from side to side, eyeing
cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ 17G
Sidney Glover looks out the window of his room at the Scholar House in Covington before school.
Shannon Glover displays her graduation tassel in her car as a reminder to her son that he can achieve anything he sets his mind to.
his mom preparing dinners at Lil’s Bagels in Covington. Huge, aluminum pans fi ll with pounds of chicken, and trays are lined with shrimp and veggie skewers. “What am I doing?” she asks him. “Working,” Sidney says. Only this cooking extravaganza isn’t an emergency meal-making venture to get money for the electric bill. This time, the lights are already on. – By Terry DeMio
Sidney Glover washes his face before school at his mom’s apartment at the Scholar House.
18G ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
THE LONG, HARD ROAD PART 3
MORE RENTERS THAN OWNERS
A woman walks along Vine Street in front of the VA Hospital in Cincinnati. JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER
Cincinnati is a city of renters, with about 62% of housing units occupied by renters as opposed to home owners. That’s one of the highest rental housing rates among major cities in the region. In Columbus, 55% of housing units are rentals. In Louisville, Lexington and Indianapolis, more own homes than rent. Renting isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but the trend toward more rentals in Cincinnati matters because home ownership is one of the most reliable paths to accumulate wealth. Homes are investments. Over time, they should grow in value and help communities retain residents and families. Source: The U.S. Census
CARA OWSLEY/THE ENQUIRER
cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ 19G
Some of the reasons why the
POOR STAY POOR Data analysis by Dan Horn • Graphics by Michael Nyerges
MORE WORK, MODEST REWARD Thanks at least in part to technological advances, American workers are significantly more efficient and productive than they were just a few decades ago. But wages haven’t kept up with that growth. Here is a comparison of the cumulative percent growth in worker productivity and worker pay since 1948.
300% 250% 200%
252.9%
Productivity Wages
150%
115.6%
100% 50% 0
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RACE AND HOMEOWNERSHIP
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annual percentage interest 391% Average rate on a payday loan
-$48,000
-$10,262
-$23,181
-$18,200
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Columbus
Indianapolis
Louisville
Average earnings of a typical
$30K payday loan borrower
Share of borrowers who use the loans
70% for basic expenses like rent and utilities
-8.7%
fees paid by borrowers $9B Total on payday loans in 2016
-10%
-17.6%
-15% -20%
2008
Payday loans are a stopgap for millions of Americans, most of them poor people with limited access to credit. Annual percentage interest rates are significantly higher than for other loans and many borrowers become stuck in a cycle of debt.
DIFFERENCE IN VALUE OF HOME IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD
-5%
1998
THE POOR AND PAYDAY LOANS
Owning a home is one of the best ways to build wealth, but it’s harder for African Americans. The chart below shows how homes of similar quality in black neighborhoods are valued lower than those in white neighborhoods.
0
1988
Percent more likely it is for renters to take
57% out a payday loan than homeowners
-21.1%
-23%
-27.1%
-25%
amount of interest $520 Average paid on a $375 loan
-30%
LEFT BEHIND BY DEVELOPMENT Gentrification can transform neighborhoods, bringing in new businesses, homeowners and taxes. But when prosperity moves in, the poor don’t always benefit. The map below shows how development in census tracts south of Liberty Street in Over-the-Rhine has changed that part of the neighborhood, compared with tracts north of Liberty.
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Percentage increase in median income by census tract, 2010* to 2017
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20G ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
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2AA ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
Watering is key to a healthy lawn In the Garden Denny McKeown Guest columnist
The seasons are changing and fall begins tomorrow. Throughout the last couple of weeks it has been very apparent that Mother Nature does not want to let go of summer. Some of the hottest, most humid days have been in the last couple of weeks in September. During this time most of us have had little, if any, rainfall. The high temperatures and lack of rainfall is having an impact on how we proceed with our fall landscape projects. During early summer we were getting too much rain. Through June we had already received over a foot of rain more than what we average for a year. The problem is, unless you have a storage tank or a lake on your property, all of that rain is long gone as far as the soil goes. Lawns are showing signs of stress. To maintain a healthy lawn the grass should receive the equivalent of one inch of rain per week. This can be measured with a rain gauge or a simple straight-sided cup. It is best if you are able to give the grass this water by using a sprinkler two to three times a
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week for a longer period of time. Watering for a longer period of time allows the water to penetrate the soil to deeper levels. This is much better for the roots of the grass. Watering the grass every day for short periods can actually be harmful to the grass because you don’t get the deep penetration and the roots of the grass will stay at the surface. This will leave them more exposed and vulnerable to drying out even quicker. Many of you may have been plan-
ning to plant some grass seed this fall. You might be holding back because of the lack of rain. There is a limited amount of time that seeding can be done eff ectively in the fall and the calendar is moving. The latest you should seed is Oct. 15 if you want to have enough time for the grass to become established before winter. Waiting that long has risks and you should start seeding now for the best results If you are planning to plant any grass seed this fall it is very important
to make sure there is suffi cient moisture in the soil before you plant. This is because before planting the seed you need to do some soil preparation. The soil needs to be loosened with a hard rake. You might also be using a powered over-seeding machine. The raking or the machine will not accomplish anything but stirring up dust unless there is moisture in the soil. The moisture is necessary for holding the soil together so the seed has a nice bed to lay make good contact with the soil. This is necessary for maximum germination. Besides the lawn it is very important to make sure that the plants in your landscape are receiving suffi cient moisture, too. As the weather eventually starts to get colder the plants start to go into dormancy. As this is happening they are trying to take in nutrients to store so they can survive through the winter. Along with nutrients, plants need moisture. Keep an eye on the weather as we go through fall. If this pattern of dry weather continues, give the plants in your beds suffi cient water to make sure they are not going into winter surrounded by dry soil. In the past when I have written similar articles they always have a way of stirring up some rainfall. Let’s hope this one does too.
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4AA ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
These cakes are deliciously corny Corn Cakes with Avocado Cream Cheese Recipe 4 ears of fresh corn 1 can of creamed corn Cooking with Caitlin
1 Cup of pancake mix
Kelly Trush & Caitlin Steininger
2 eggs
Guest columnists
1 tsp. kosher salt
Use these last few super hot weeks as an excuse to gobble up all the corn you can fi nd. Eat it right off the cob, of course. But prep plenty of extras for the corn cakes right here. Top the crispy little cakes with a pinch of shredded pork and a smear of tangy BBQ sauce. Sprinkle them with freshly diced tomatoes and a crumble of queso fresco. Or, fl ip some larger cakes for breakfast and serve with butter, syrup and a side of honeycayenne bacon. Make plenty avocado cream cheese too. Spread it onto a classic BLT sandwich, smear it onto toasted bruschetta rounds with a crown of homemade pico de gallo, or let a lump of it melt down the sides of a burger hot off the grill.
Hot sauce Butter 1 block of cream cheese, softened 2 ripe avocados
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Editor’s Note: The column is being written this week by Gloria’s mother, Dorcas Raber, who gives us insight into Amish funeral traditions. After battling cancer courageously for six years, my 74-year-old Uncle Paul passed away. Paul and his wife, Naomi, held a special place in my heart. Way back when I was 17 years old, I had been their maud (maid) when one of their babies was born. Every morning for six weeks, I hopped on my bike and went to their home. I washed milker buckets and dishes, washed clothes with a Maytag wringer washer and cleaned their house. Best of all, I observed a happy home and built a relationship with them. Now we are faced with the startling reality once more that life on earth is very temporal. We traveled 400 miles to the viewing and funeral for Uncle Paul. Everything was held at the “home place” where Paul was born and had lived all his life. The only time he had moved was when he and Naomi moved from the big farmhouse to the Dawdy (grandpa) house. We arrived at 4 p.m. to attend the viewing and there was a line. The
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viewing, which was in its second day, was held in a shop with rows of benches and chairs set up for family and friends. Next to the casket was Naomi, her six children and their partners. How they loved and appreciated their husband and father. The night prior to his death, all six children had been there. At such a time family ties become all the more sweet and strong. After we went through the line, we sat down for supper served to 175 people by the local church. It was delicious: hobo stacks, brownies and ice cream. One of the most memorable parts of the evening was when a group
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of 30 youth gathered and sang songs. The next morning the funeral services were held in a large machinery shed. It seemed fi tting to have a dairy odor drifting into the shed because Uncle Paul had been a dairy farmer all his life. Hundreds of people fi led in and the shed overfl owed, so more benches were set up outside. Rows and rows of women were in front of me. Rows of black dresses and white head coverings. Close to the middle of the shed was the casket with the immediate family next to it. Three ministers each took a turn to comfort, exhort and encourage us.
After the sermons, the obituary was read. Paul and Naomi had been married for 49 years. Next, we all fi led past the casket for one fi nal viewing while friends gathered and sang songs. To me, the loveliest one was the German version of “How Beautiful Heaven Must Be.” Then the immediate family gathered together around the casket and four young men from the local church carried it out to the horse-drawn hearse. At the graveyard the minister shared thoughts and more songs were sung. The fi rst one was “Goodnight, My Beloved.” This song is sung at most every Amish gravesite funeral. Next, the family sang “That Will Be My Last Long Move I’ll Have To Make,” and many others joined in. Slowly, the casket was lowered and then many hands helped cover the grave. At the very last there was complete silence as everyone quietly prayed and said the Lord‘s prayer Lunch was served for everyone, consisting of cold ham and cheese sandwiches, a large stockpot of noodles, big bowls of potato salad and mixed fruit and cupcakes. I did want to share the recipe for Hobo Delight that was served after the viewing.
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idea when he is coming back. I am often left to make camp/school lunches, get kids ready, etc. He will sometimes take them in the mornings if he is back in time. It is the same on weekends. I just want to do a 25-minute exercise tape, but he says I should be doing that while I have a babysitter. We have a babysitter for when I am at work. I need that time to commute to my offi ce and work. I am also still pumping twice a day, so time is stretched. I often have to work at night after kids are asleep, and I don’t love working out at night. My job is incredibly stressful as well. Do you have any suggestions? He isn’t going to change, so I need to change myself. How can I change myself to stop having this deep resentment toward him? I welcome any tips. – Frustrated Well wait a second. It sounds like his you-need-to-get-over-it-ism has wormed its way into your soul. “How can I change myself to stop
having this deep resentment”? Wha? That’s just … no. No, no, no. What our inability to change others means is that we’re all choosing from a set of options limited to what we control – but they are options nonetheless. You can, for example, please, give yourself the love, care, support and respect your husband has failed to. Talk to your doctor, fi nd a compassionate therapist, take your postpartum symptoms seriously. You can also state your case plainly to your husband. If his MO is to dismiss your feelings, then make him dismiss your facts. You can stop saying you have a sitter for when “I am” at work, and make that an unfl inching, “we are.” You can wean, if you’re ready. You can reach out to people you trust to care about you. You can look into your fi nances and rethink this stressful job. You can talk to an attorney. You have agency. Use it.
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5 famous Willie Nelson songs that are actually covers terpretations of nuggets from the great American songbook. “Georgia on My Mind,” penned by Tin Pan Alley songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, went number-one country, as did another tune from the album, “Blue Skies.” A third “Stardust” song, “All of Me,” went to number three.
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Willie Nelson could be country music’s greatest living songwriter, and if so, that distinction is owed in part to attrition. At 86, Nelson has outlived most of his songwriting contemporaries from a golden era of country music spanning the 1960s and ‘70s. But that’s not to take anything away from Nelson. It goes without saying that he’s very good and very prolifi c, having begun his career in the 1950s and still on the road today. He plays a sold-out show at Riverbend on Sunday. A list of country standards he has written and sung himself or fl ipped to others includes “Crazy,” “Hello Walls,” “Night Life,” “Family Bible,” “Pretty Paper,” “Funny How Time Slips Away,” “On the Road Again” and “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.” But when you tally it all up, more of Nelson’s big moments in the recording studio and on the charts have come singing songs penned by others. Here are some songs associated closely with him that others have written:
“Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” 1975 Nelson’s fi rst country chart-topper
“Pancho and Lefty,” 1983
Willie Nelson performs one song during Merle Haggard's set at the 1983 Willie Nelson July 4th Picnic at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Ga. He’ll play a sold-out show at Riverbend on Sunday. RIC FELD/AP
was the breakthrough single for his fi rst number-one album, “Red Headed Stranger.” Though it has its strongest association with Nelson, “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” is an old country classic credited to Nashville songwriter and publisher Fred Rose and fi rst cut by Rose’s publishing partner Roy Acuff and later recorded by Hank Williams, Charley Pride and Elvis Presley.
one of his Texas honky-tonk heroes, Lefty Frizzell, and took the song to the top of the country charts in the bicentennial year. In typical Nelson fashion, he didn’t try to recreate Frizzell’s vocal performance; rather, he plays with the phrasing and makes the song his own.
“If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time,” 1976
Cluing fans to the fact that his musical infl uences reached beyond country music, Nelson released the album “Stardust,” a collection of in-
Nelson revived the 1950 classic by
“Georgia on My Mind,” 1978
Nelson cut this song, one of country music’s defi nitive outlaw tales, with his pal Merle Haggard as the title track of the pair’s collaborative album. The song went to number one on the country charts and is the most famous cover version and composition by legendary singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt.
“City of New Orleans,” 1984 The last of the great railroad songs, “City of New Orleans” derives its title from the name of the train that runs the Illinois Central from Chicago to the Crescent City. Arlo Guthrie had a hit with it in 1972, but it was written by the Chicago folk singer Steve Goodman, who also created a song not as popular in Cincinnati, at least: the Chicago Cubs victory anthem “Go Cubs Go.” Nelson went to number one on the country charts with “City of New Orleans.”
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Dr. Evil and the Basket of Kittens Theatre 42, 2752 S. US-42, Lebanon. $10-$15. Runs Sept. 27-Oct. 5. Children in costume receive concessions voucher. 513-398-7804 Suffragettes: With Liberty and Voting for All Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, 4015 Red Bank Road, Fairfax. $10. 513-569-8080 ext. 20. Runs Sept. 21-22. Suffragettes: With Liberty and Voting for All 7-8 p.m. Sept. 25, Oxford Community Arts Center, 131 E High St., Oxford. Free.
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Cincinnati Ballet: Kaplan New Works Series Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown. Runs Sept. 12-Sept. 22. The Imperial Bells of China 7-9 p.m. Sept. 24, Mount St. Joseph University, 5701 Delhi Road, Delhi Township. Donations welcome.
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Dave Attell Funny Bone Comedy Club, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township. $30-$60. Runs Sept. 27-28. Tommy Davidson 8:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Ludlow Garage, 342 Ludlow Ave., Clifton. $35-$65. Anjelah Johnson 7 p.m. Sept. 28, Taft Theatre, 317 E. 5th St., Downtown. Kathleen Madigan: Hot Dogs And Angels Tour 8 p.m. Sept. 26, Taft Theatre, 317 E. 5th St., Downtown. Pro-Am Night 8 p.m. Sept. 25, Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery.$5. Stewart Huff Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery. $8-$14. Runs Sept. 26-29.
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Nothing at OG is touched by the recent thinking of people who think about food. There’s no local sourcing, there’s no respect for a food culture, and Lord knows, no concession to healthy eating. Except the calorie counts are on the menu, so you know just how unhealthy it is. (Independent restaurants don’t have to do this, so I’m not saying they’re defi nitely better on this count.) They do have an under-600 calories section of the menu from which I ordered shrimp scampi on angel hair (boiled well past al dente) with a lot of garlic and lemon. It had good fl avor. Unlike the chicken marsala, which didn’t yield any fl avor at all to my chewing I’d like to suggest some locallyowned Italian restaurants to try instead of Olive Garden. Forno, Sotto, A Tavola are all so good. But each one offers a certain challenge or barrier to someone just looking for something comfortable to eat. It’s not just the parking or the price. (OG is not notably cheap, though it may be perceived as cheaper.) It’s that there are no words you can’t understand on the Olive Garden menu. There is no chance the server will intimidate you. You can ask for sweet wine without embarrassment. There are lots of comfortable tables, and if you bring your kids, that’s fi ne, though they also do a nice job of making it feel upscale enough for a date. So let’s just let everyone like what they like. And maybe independent restaurants should learn a thing or two from the popular chains.
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Welcome to our Fall Arts Guide. But before we wade into the list, let’s get the obvious out of the way; Blink, the grand illumination of downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Oct. 10-13, is likely to be the splashiest and most spectacular cultural event of the fall. We’ll write oodles about it – but not here. Blink is far from the only arts and entertainment treat that will roll out this autumn. There are dozens of others happening. Miss them and surely miss experiences every bit as illuminating as Blink. Let’s take a look at a few of those that stand out. SEPTEMBER Theater: Sept. 19-Oct. 27 – “Alias Grace,” Rosenthal Shelterhouse, Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mount Adams Circle, Eden Park. (Previews began Sept. 14.) Jennifer Blackmer’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s telling of a 16-year-old Grace Marks, sentenced to life in prison for murder in 19th Century Canada. Art: Sept. 20-Jan. 12 – “Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott,” through Jan. 12 at the Contemporary Arts Center (44 E. Sixth St., Downtown; www.contemporaryartscenter.org). A retrospective of the work of artist Robert Colescott, whose paintings were often as humorous as they were pointed in their depictions of African-Americans and American history. Music: Sept. 28 – “Miscast 2019,” The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd., Covington. It’s a wonderfully clever idea. Bring together talented performers and ask them to perform musical numbers no director would ever cast them to sing. Then put them on the stage. The revelations are endless. One night only.
Filmmaker Ya’Ke Smith, this year’s Duncanson Artist-in-Residence at the Taft Museum of Art, is seen here on the set of his latest project, “Brother.” ALEX ROSALES/PROVIDED
OCTOBER Opera: Oct. 5-6 – “Die Walküre,” Act 1, performed by Queen City Opera at the Finneytown Performing Arts Center, 8916 Fountainebleu Terrace. A chamber version of Wagner? It hardly seems possible. But that is precisely what Queen City Opera is doing here. There’s a full orchestra
and a trio of gifted singers performing the fi rst act of a tale about a loveless marriage. Each show will be preceded by a discussion about domestic abuse prevention presented by Women Helping Women. Art: Oct. 11-April 12, “Women Breaking Boundaries,” at the Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park. Wander the galleries of many art museums and you would think that the only people who created art were men. Not so, as you will discover in this exhibition that explores the work of women artists from the 17th century to present day. Film: Oct. 16-17, Ya’Ke Smith, the Duncanson Artist-in-Residence at the Taft Museum of Art. On the 16th, Smith – a noted independent fi lmmaker – will be featured in “Film as Activism: A Conversation with Ya’Ke Smith” at the Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton. On the 17th, he’ll be a part of “THRIVE: Forward,” co-sponsored by Elementz at the Woodward Theatre, 1404 Main St., Over-the-Rhine. Music: Oct. 18 – Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra / Vocal Arts Ensemble, conducted by CCO music director Eckart Preu; Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E. Fourth St., Downtown. Whenever these two top-notch groups collaborate, it is like a piece of musical magic. This time, they are performing Hans-Peter Preu’s new arrangement of by Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis,” Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” and Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem in D minor.” Dance: Oct. 19 – “Dream State,” performed by Exhale Dance Tribe, Karson-Kaplan Theatre, Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown. Every year, Exhale comes up with new ways to give us Halloweenish nightmares. This one is described as “a nightmarish, curated dance immersion curio of macabre. Life is but a dream ... don’t fall asleep.” You have been warned. Theater: Oct. 19-20 – “That Golden Girls Show!– a puppet parody,” Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown.
What a brilliant idea! Turn television’s favorite senior citizens, “The Golden Girls,” into an uproarious puppet show. Yes, it’s an unlikely concept. But this touring show has garnered glowing reviews everywhere it has traveled. Dance: Oct. 25-Nov. 3 – “The Wizard of Oz,” performed by the Cincinnati Ballet; Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown. You already know the story. But it’s unlikely that you have ever seen a stage version like this one created by Septime Webre, the choreographer of Cincinnati Ballet’s enormously popular “ALICE (in wonderland).”
They look friendly enough in this photo. But there’s a reason Tina Fey called her movie – and this musical – “Mean Girls.” Don’t cross them. They’ll be at the Aronoff Center Oct. 5-17 as part of the Broadway in Cincinnati series. JOAN MARCUS/PROVIDED
NOVEMBER Theater: Nov. 5-17 – “Mean Girls,” presented by Broadway in Cincinnati in Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown. Remember the “Mean Girls” movie? It was soooo delicious. Bitchiness has rarely been so entertaining. Now, thanks to the robust talents of Tina Fey and “Book of Mormon” director Casey Nicholaw, it is on the stage. Everything about it screams “savage.” Theater: Nov. 15-Dec. 7 - “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 1195 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. This is, perhaps, the entertainment world’s fi rst spinoff. By far the most entertaining charac-
ter in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, parts 1 and 2,” was a larger-than-life guy named Sir John Falstaff. He was so popular that Shakespeare gave him his own play, “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Bawdy, boisterous, illmannered and eternally horny – Falstaff is all of that and more. Music: Nov. 15-16 – “American Life,” performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. These are a pair of concerts as important as they are intriguing. The CSO has committed the program to fi ve seldom-heard works by African-American composers. This is not some stunt, incidentally. When you hear these works – and if you like orchestral music, you should – you’ll wonder why they aren’t performed far more often. On the program are works by Florence Price, Adolphus Hailstork, James Lee III, William Grant Still and Duke Ellington. Thomas Wilkins conducts, with Louis Schwizgebel performing Price’s “Piano Concerto.” Theater: Nov. 22-Dev. 7 – “Marjorie Prime,” at the Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth St., Newport; A fascinating and unsettling play about memory and technology and love. Marjorie has turned 85 and is dealing with increasingly severe dementia. The play is set in 2050, when a tech company has created a program to aid aging people with fading memories. Prime, it is called, creates holographic versions of family members who have died. Technology may play a large part in the play, but this is a work that is most decidedly about human connections and expectations. Opera/party: Nov. 23 – “A Tribute to Patty Beggs,” a Cincinnati Opera Gala, presented at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, 35 W. Fifth St., Downtown. Yes, this is a fundraiser. But it is also a celebration of the remarkable career of Cincinnati Opera general director and CEO Patricia K. Beggs. (The real world knows her as “Patty.”) “Love Letters to Patty,” the event is called. And it is very likely to be one of those events people talk about for years to come.
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The fall festivals continue and folks, the scary season is upon us as even more haunted attractions open. There’s haunted forests, hayrides, ships, campouts and haunted halls, and you’ll undoubtedly fi nd The Zombies lurking around town, too. There are also plenty of non-scary, kidfriendly options on the list, and Great Outdoors Weekend means we can enjoy over 100 outdoor recreation and nature events for free! It’s also a poignant time for us Reds fans, as Thursday is Marty Brennaman’s last broadcast. It’s a day game. Play hooky or listen at your desk. It’s the end of an era.
MONDAY, Sept. 23 Brian Wilson & The Zombies 7:30 p.m., Taft Theatre, 317 E. 5th St., Downtown. Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week Greater Cincinnati Area.
TUESDAY, Sept. 24 Storytellers: Champions and Underdogs 7 p.m., The Transept, 1205 Elm St., Over-theRhine. $12. Cincinnati Reds vs. Milwaukee Brewers Sept. 24-26, Great American Ball Park, 100 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25 Patty Griffin with Scott Miller 8 p.m., 20th Century Theater, 3021 Madison Road, Oakley. the20thcenturytheater.com. The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer 7 p.m., US Bank Arena, 100 Broadway, Downtown. U.S.S. Nightmare Riverboat Row, Newport. $25-$75. $8 lights on tour.
THURSDAY, Sept. 26 IF Cincy: The Improv Festival of Cincinnati Sept. 26-28, Memorial Hall, 1222 Elm St., Over-theRhine. $15 per show. Kathleen Madigan: Hot Dogs And Angels Tour 8 p.m., Taft Theatre, 317 E. 5th St., Downtown. Lawrenceburg Fall Fest Sept. 26-28, Downtown Lawrenceburg. No admission charge. lawrenceburgfallfest.net. Slice Night 5-9 p.m., Yeatman’s Cove, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown. $20, $15 advance. $5 ages 10-under.
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Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields dives in for one of the six touchdowns he accounted for in the Buckeyes’ 76-5 romp over Miami University in Columbus Saturday. The Buckeyes completed their non-conference schedule with a 4-0 record, outscoring their opponents by a 214-36 score. Story, 11C USA TODAY SPORTS
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There will be no new ‘Marty’ If you’re ready now for a big reveal, it’s not going to happen. The Reds will not be unveiling a bigname national talent to replace Marty Brennaman. Most likely, it’ll be Tommy Thrall to the right side of Jeff Brantley in the booth next spring. The club’s most important off season move – replacing the Hall of Famer – won’t be a move at all. It’s the radio booth version of signing a utility infi elder. Thrall passed the season-long audition. He’s personable and works hard. His voice is easy on the ears, his relationship with Brantley shows promise. More importantly to the Reds, Thrall won’t make waves. Very likely Karen Forgus, the team’s senior vice president of business operations, won’t be calling Thrall to ask him to tone down his comments. Head of baseball operations Dick See DAUGHERTY, Page 5C
Votto still tweaking his swing as season closes Bobby Nightengale Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
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to swung at a fi rst-pitch fastball from Chicago Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish earlier this week and lined an RBI double into the right-fi eld corner in his fi rst at-bat. It was one of the hardest-hit balls
the entire night, whacking the inside pitch with a 104-mph exit velocity. The Reds have one week remaining in their 2019 season, but Votto says the fi nal games are important to him. After overhauling his swing in mid-
July, it’s the fi nal opportunity to tinker with his swing against top pitchers before the off season. “I don’t believe in trying to get betSee REDS XTRA, Page 7C
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Bengals Xtra
It’s not must win, but it’s pretty close Tyler Dragon
Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
When teams go 0-2 to begin the season, self-doubt can start to seep in. The Cincinnati Bengals remain a confi dent bunch despite being in an 0-2 predicament. “I think we are defi nitely gonna be more dominant. I think everybody is sick about the loss and nobody wants to go out there and feel that anymore. I don’t,” Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd said. “I think guys are gonna be more hungrier. Even though those fi rst two loses weren’t divisional play. There’s no more better luck next week. We have to start in Buff alo.” Just 2.3 percent of teams have reached the postseason when starting the season 0-3 over the last 10 years. If the Bengals win on Sunday, there’s still hope to salvage their season. Nearly 25 percent of teams who have gotten out of the gate 1-2 have made the playoff s in a span of 10 years. Most journalists, including myself, have predicted the Bengals to fi nish the season below .500. Thus far, Cincinnati is proving our predictions cor-
rect. Yet, the Bengals have a more than decent chance to beat the Buff alo Bills. The Bills haven’t played anybody. They have defeated the two worst teams in the state of New York, the Jets and Giants. The Bills can stake claim right now that they are the best NFL team in the Empire State, but the Jets and Giants aren’t exactly good football clubs. Defense is the Bills’ strength. They allowed 15 points a game in their two contests. The club has impact players on each level of the defense in defensive end Jerry Hughes, linebacker Lorenzo Alexander and cornerback Tre’Davious White. “They’re a really good defense. They’re really sound,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. “They’re on the same page. You wouldn’t say that they’re over-complicated – they just play with great technique, and they bring the fi ght to you, so we’re going to need to be sound in our systems and what we’re doing as well. It will be a good test for our guys.” Buff alo does lack depth and the defense has shown some vulnerability in the run and pass game. Giants running back Saquon Barkley ran for 107
yards against them. In Week 1, Jets receiver Jamison Crowder had 14 catches for 99 yards. This could be the game where Cincinnati fi nds its footing running the football. Joe Mixon believes he’s in a class with Barkley and the other top running backs in the NFL. This is a game to showcase it. In addition, Boyd and John Ross are the best receiving combo the Bills have faced in the early portion of the season. The Bengals have advantages at the skill positions, though, their success on off ense in contingent upon if the off ensive line can hold up. Defensively, one would imagine that Bengals defenders want to prove that their promising performance in Seattle wasn’t a fl uke. “There’s no reason to get off the ship and say we aren’t worth a damn because the work that we put in. We just have to put it all together. Nobody is going to feel sorry for you, it’s the NFL. Every Sunday counts,” Bengals safety Shawn Williams said. The Bengals defense will fi rst and foremost try to stop the run after last week’s debacle. “They are going to come in and try to run the ball after the performance
we had this past week,” Bengals cornerback William Jackson III told The Enquirer. “They are going to come in and run it we just have to stop it.” Buff alo has a solid ground attack with the ageless Frank Gore and versatile rookie Devin Singletary. However, Singletary, who leads the team in rushing, is out due to a nagging hamstring injury. The Bills come into the game with the ninth ranked rushing off ense in the NFL averaging 4.7 yards a tote. The Bengals should hone in on the Bills’ ground game and force Josh Allen to pass the football. Allen, to this point, hasn’t shown the ability to beat teams throwing the football. The Wyoming product has just as many touchdown passes as interceptions and his 84.6 passer rating ranks 22nd in the league. The Bills rely on stout defensive play and a productive running game to set up the pass. Cincinnati has enough talent to beat the Bills in Buffalo. The question is if the team can put a complete game together against an opponent that doesn’t really scare teams across the league. “Everything we want to accomplish is still ahead of us,” Williams said.
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Stopping the run has to be the primary goal Tyler Dragon
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The Bengals travel east to Buff alo to face the Bills in a Week 3 matchup at 1 p.m. Sunday. Zac Taylor and the Bengals are trying to avoid an 0-3 start. Over the last 10 years, only 2.3 percent of teams have reached the playoff s after starting off the season in an 0-3 hole. Sean McDermott and the Bills are off to a promising 2-0 start. The Bills are looking to begin the season 3-0 for the fi rst time since 2011. Buff alo has a 16-15 overall series lead over the Bengals. Here are three keys to the game: Run defense: San Francisco’s dominant performance running all over the Bengals has been publicized all week. The Bengals defense is aware. Cincinnati can ill aff ord to get manhandled on the ground again. The Bills have averaged 135.5 yards on the ground in two games. Buff alo uses the ageless Frank Gore and Devin Singletary in the backfi eld. Gore, 36, is not as spry as he once was but he’s a productive north and south downhill runner. The Bengals caught a break when Singletary, undersized at 5-foot-7 and 203 pounds, was ruled out for the game with a lingering hamstring injury. The rookie had three runs of more than 20 yards and was third on the team in catches. The Bengals missed 11 tackles against the Niners. Taylor and his staff have emphasized proper technique and bringing the ball carrier down during practice this week. “You can’t be sloppy with your fi ts. When you get hold of these guys, you need to bring him down. Frank Gore (RB) is a tough runner. They have some young, tough runners in there, as well, so it’s a good group. They’re going to make you tackle,” Taylor said. “They’re going to make you tackle on the perimeter, so our defensive backs need to do a good job fi tting up and being where they’re supposed to be so that ball can’t bounce outside and get big gains. They’ll make you pay for that stuff .” Find the running game: The Bengals have an imbalanced off ense. Andy Dalton has thrown the football 93 times, second most in the NFL. The Bengals have called a run play just 33 times. Cincinnati’s passing game is clicking. Dalton ranks second in the league in passing yards with 729 and wide receiver John Ross’ 270 receiving yards ranked fi rst in all of football af-
Andy Dalton is second in the NFL in passing yards but Joe Mixon and the running game has averaged a mere 1.8 yard per carry. ENQUIRER FILE
ter two weeks. Running the football is a completely diff erent story. “We feel like we’ve done some good things in the passing game,” Dalton said this week. “Being balanced is obviously how you want to play this game, so if we can get the run game going and clicking like we know we can, then it will defi nitely help out this off ense.” The Bengals enter Week 3 with the worst rushing attack in the NFL. Cincinnati averages a mere 1.8 yards a carry. Joe Mixon’s longest run has been nine yards. Mixon called himself a “peon” when describing his performance running the football. “I’ve been playing terrible. Me personally, that’s not what I do. I’m always on tip-top, A-game performance. These past two weeks, it hasn’t been that. But, I’ll get back to doing the things that I do best, and that’s running that rock. I’m going to get it popping real soon,” Mixon said. Mixon is being a good leader for placing the blame on himself. However, he defi nitely doesn’t deserve sole responsibility. The Bengals off ensive linemen hasn’t created a good push or opened up many holes in running situations. Furthermore, penalties, getting behind the sticks and the scoreboard have limited the Bengals’ rushing attack. Still, there’s no excuse for picking up less than two yards a carry. It’s imperative to get Mixon going while star wide receiver A.J. Green is out. Make Josh Allen uncomfortable: The Bengals’ game plan should be to
force Josh Allen to pass. Buff alo’s passing attack ranks in the bottom half of the league. In passing situations, it’ll be important for Lou Anarumo’s defense to supply pressure. Allen has a 52 percent completion percentage under duress. When blitzed, the quarterback completes 58 percent of his passes. When Allen has a clean pocket to throw from, receivers catch nearly 70 percent of his passes. “He’s a big guy. He has a really strong arm. I’ve probably watched all 11 or 12 games he played at Wyoming his senior year. You really need to wrap him up when you try to bring him down,” Taylor said of Allen. “He reminds me of Andrew Luck in that sense – that he’s a lot more powerful than you think (he is) in the pocket. You need to be sure tacklers.” A week after sacking Russell Wilson four times, the Bengals weren’t able to take Jimmy Garoppolo down once. San Francisco’s off ensive line outplayed Cincinnati’s d-line. Can the Bengals’ defensive line rebound against the Bills? Their performance might prove to be the diff erence. The Bengals defensive line needs to set the tone and impose its will Sunday in Buff alo. Prediction: Bengals 24, Bills 17. The Bills lack talent on their roster. Buff alo committed a head-scratcher when it released LeSean McCoy, who was the team’s best off ensive player. The Bills’ defense will present some problems, but the Bengals have enough to overcome Buff alo.
BENGALS STARTERS OFFENSE Name Andy Dalton Joe Mixon John Ross III Tyler Boyd Damion Willis C.J. Uzomah Andre Smith Billy Price Trey Hopkins John Miller Bobby Hart DEFENSE Name Carlos Dunlap Andrew Billings Geno Atkins Sam Hubbard Nick Vigil Preston Brown Jordan Evans Dre Kirkpatrick William Jackson III Shawn Williams Jessie Bates III SPECIAL TEAMS Name Randy Bullock Kevin Huber Clark Harris Alex Erickson
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Ht. 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-5
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Exp. 9 3 3 4 R 5 11 2 4 5 5
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Ht. 6-6 6-1 6-1 6-5 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-1
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Exp. 10 4 10 2 4 6 3 8 4 7 2
Pos. K P LS R
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Ht. 5-9 6-1 6-5 6-0
Wt. 210 210 250 195
Exp. 8 11 11 4
BILLS STARTERS OFFENSE Name Josh Allen John Brown Frank Gore Dion Dawkins Quinton Spain Mitch Moore Jon Feliciano Cody Ford Zay Jones Cole Beasley Lee Smith DEFENSE Name Trent Murphy Ed Oliver Star Lotulelei Jerry Hughes Matt Milano Tremaine Edmunds Lorenzo Alexander Tre’Davious White Levi Wallace Michal Hyde Jordan Poyer SPECIAL TEAMS Name Steven Hauschka Corey Bojorquez Reid Ferguson Andre Roberts
Pos. QB WR RB LT LG C RG RT WR WR TE
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Ht. 6-5 5-11 5-9 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 5-8 6-6
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Ht. 6-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-5 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-0
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Pos. K P LS R
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Ht. 6-4 6-0 6-2 5-11
Wt. 210 208 235 235
Exp. 12 2 3 3
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Bengals
Confi dence does wonders for Ross John Fay
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If there’s anything – anything at all – to be hopeful about in what so far has been a pretty hopeless start to the Bengal season, it’s this: John Ross looks like the guy the team envisioned when they used the ninth pick in the draft to select him in the 2017 draft. Ross leads the NFL in receiving yards after two weeks with 270 on just 11 catches – a gaudy 24.5 yards per catch. Three of the catches have gone for touchdowns. Ross came into the season with a 210 receiving yards in his fi rst two years with the Bengals. The diff erence? “He’s got a great understanding of this off ense,” quarterback Andy Dalton said. “He’s probably doing some diff erent things than he was doing in years past. His attention to all the details has been on point, and he’s playing with confi dence. He knows he’s going to make these plays, and I think it’s a belief in himself and that’s shown in the
Wide receiver John Ross already has more receiving yards (270) than he had in his fi rst two seasons combined (210). ENQUIRER FILE
way he’s played so far.” The regime change has helped as well. Zac Taylor is an off ensive-minded coach. He called a play for Ross in the Seattle game immediately after Ross dropped a pass. Ross caught the second one for a 55-yard touchdown to give the Bengals the lead. Marvin Lewis probably would have had Ross on the bench after the fi rst
drop. Ross, 24, has been saying the entire off season that this was a critical year for him. He did not catch a pass as a rookie. Last year, he caught 21 passes for 210 yards and seven touchdowns. While the TD ratio was impressive, you want more than 10 yards a catch from the man who ran the fastest 40 in NFL Combine history. Ross was hurt for most of training camp (hamstring) and didn’t practice until the week leading into the opener, so he was a bit of an enigma coming into the season. The fast start helps. “It’s defi nitely a confi dence builder,” Ross said. “I’m building off what I’ve been doing all off season. It felt good to be in this off ense in OTAs, and it feels even better now.” Ross has added to his 5-foot-11 frame in his two years as a pro. He’s now listed at 194 pounds. Ross’ season has not been fl awless. His four drops lead the NFL. “I’m working every day to look the ball in,” he said. “I’m not focusing on the drops. That’s something I’m working on catching fi rst and not running.”
The Bengals passing game has clicked – Andy Dalton has 99.3 passer rating and has thrown for the secondmost in the NFL despite the absence of star wideout A.J. Green and the lack of a running game. Tyler Boyd is tied for second in the NFL in receptions with 18. Boyd loves what he sees from Ross. “It’s great,” Boyd said. “I couldn’t wait for him to break out and just race to the end zone. It just seems like every time he catches the ball in pace or fi ve yards of separation. He’s going to take it to the house. But John still has a lot of work to do. He has to tighten up on a lot of details things, but when the ball gets in his hands, the sky is the limit. “That’s the one element that we were missing. That super big-play guy. We can all make big plays, but he’s the fastest guy on the fi eld every game. So we want to see that. We want to see why we drafted him.” Ross is happy obviously with his performance. “(But) it’s a bittersweet feeling because we are losing,” Ross said. “I think it will feel better once we start winning.”
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Williams won’t be taking calls from the commissioner’s offi ce, after Thrall rips MLB during a broadcast. Players who don’t like to be criticized by a fellow Reds employee will be sighing in relief. Maybe you don’t think this is a big deal. A broadcaster never won 15 games, hit 40 homers or batted .300. Radio is not the force it once was in baseball. We “stream’’ now, on our “devices’’. When Bob Castellini discusses expansion in the game, he urges his fellow owners to put Mexico at the top of the list. “Sixty-seven million sets of eyeballs,’’ he explains. (Actually, Mexico’s population is 129 million. Regardless, it’s a huge TV market.) Former Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley once said this, of play-byplay man Vin Scully: “People ask me, ‘Who is the greatest Dodger?’ It’s Scully.’’ For the past 46 years, Marty Brennaman has been more important to the Reds franchise than 99 percent of the players who walked through the clubhouse door. He helped create a culture, he was essential to the team’s brand. Players come and go, even the best of them. Does the Reds identity owe more to Joey Votto than to Marty? We’re a provincial place. The Republic of Cincinnati holds its own closely. We like continuity, familiarity,
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status quo. For 46 years between March and September, when we turned on our audio devices, we heard Marty Brennaman. “My presence was a comfort,’’ Brennaman says. We saw him as one of us. That’s hugely important around here. We were with him four hours a day, six days a week, six months a year, so it was important he also be seen the rest of the time: On the Caravan, at Redsfest, around town. “Hey, Mardy. ‘Member me? I met you in 1985 at the UDF in Sharonville. I was buyin’ some beef jerky.’’ Marty always said he did, even when he didn’t. Other than Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Nuxhall and perhaps Sparky An-
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derson, no individual in the last halfcentury has been more closely identifi ed with Reds baseball. Oddly, the team has not asked The Famer for his input on his replacement. When the Reds let Jim Kelch go, they were swamped with tapes and resumes. What they said they discovered then was, there are no home-run hitters in the radio booth anymore. Radio lifers have been replaced by broadcasters who start in radio, get good at it, then head to TV where the money is. Lifers have been marginalized by a revolving door of ex-players who have no interest in working more than 20 or 30 games a year, or working especially hard at the craft.
So maybe the team is right to downplay the story of Marty’s replacement. Insiders at GABP see it as a sign of respect for Brennaman and for the importance of the job that they haven’t been lunging for the fences seeking a superstar. The role is too important to fi ll quickly. Let’s see what Brantley and Thrall can do. None of the Reds broadcasters, radio and TV, has a contract beyond Dec. 31. Thrall has been told he will be back. Brantley wants to be here. Castellini is big on the Cowboy. “I want a replica of Jeff Brantley’’ sitting in Brennaman’s chair, he told me Friday. “Maybe with a Midwestern accent.’’ Unless the Reds tell Brantley he has to work 162 games next year, he’ll be back. Thom Brennaman has no interest in replacing his dad, not with two kids in high school and his NFL job on Fox taking up his fall weekends. Jim Day is too valued for his versatility and closeness to the players to be pigeon-holed with play by play. The Reds likely will tag-team it in 2020, same as they have for several years. When they hired Brennaman in 1974 to replace Al Michaels, they listened to tapes sent by 221 applicants. They won’t be doing that now. Baseball still might be the front porch of summer. It’s still the best radio game. Around here, it’s the chorus to the soundtrack of our lives. But this isn’t 1974. There won’t be another Marty Brennaman. There is no use in looking for him. That’s what the Reds think, anyway. They might be right.
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MLB STANDINGS
GAME SUMMARIES
TODAY’S PROBABLE PITCHERS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
HOME team in caps
All times Eastern
East
W
x-New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore
L
101 55 91 63 80 73 63 92 50 104
Central
W
Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Kansas City Detroit
95 91 67 56 45
West
W
z-Houston Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle
101 93 74 69 65
L
59 63 86 99 108 L
Pct.
Home
Away
.647 _ W-1 6-4 .591 9 W-2 6-4 1 .523 19 /2 L-1 4-6 .406 371/2 L-1 7-3 .325 50 W-1 4-6
56-24 45-31 44-32 47-31 37-41 43-32 31-44 32-48 24-55 26-49
Pct.
Home
GB
Last 10
Strk.
.617 _ W-2 6-4 .591 4 W-5 8-2 .438 271/2 W-2 4-6 .361 391/2 L-4 3-7 .294 491/2 L-4 2-8 Pct.
53 61 80 85 89
GB
Last Strk. 10
.656 .604 .481 .448 .422
GB
_ 8 27 32 36
Away
45-34 48-31 35-39 29-47 21-55
Last Strk. 10
50-25 43-32 32-47 27-52 24-53
Home
W-6 7-3 W-3 9-1 L-6 3-7 L-2 2-8 L-1 7-3
Away
59-20 51-28 42-33 36-39 33-42
42-33 42-33 32-47 33-46 32-47
NATIONAL LEAGUE East
W
L
Pct.
x-Atlanta Washington New York Philadelphia Miami
95 84 80 78 53
60 68 73 74 100
.613 .553 .523 .513 .346
Central
W
L
Pct.
St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh
88 84 82 72 65
West
x-Los Angeles Arizona San Francisco San Diego Colorado
W
99 79 74 69 66
67 70 73 82 89
.568 .545 .529 .468 .422
L
Pct.
55 75 80 85 88
.643 .513 .481 .448 .429
GB
_ 9 14 15 41
GB
_ 3 6 15 22
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_ 20 25 30 33
W-2 W-1 W-3 L-2 L-2
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Away
5-5 49-30 46-30 5-5 42-31 42-37 7-3 43-31 37-42 4-6 43-35 35-39 2-8 29-50 24-50
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W-4 W-2 L-5 L-1 L-7
Home
7-3 8-2 5-5 5-5 2-8
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49-29 47-32 51-29 40-36 31-44
Last Strk. 10
39-38 37-38 31-44 32-46 34-45
Home
Away
W-1 7-3 58-21 W-2 4-6 39-36 L-2 5-5 33-42 L-2 2-8 35-41 L-3 6-4 40-38
41-34 40-39 41-38 34-44 26-50
x-clinched division; z-clinched playoff berth
WILD CARD
LEADERS Through Friday’s games AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Ti.Anderson, Chicago, .336; LeMahieu, New York, .328; Brantley, Houston, .315; Moncada, Chicago, .314; Alberto, Baltimore, .313. HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 45; Soler, Kansas City, 45; Cruz, Minnesota, 39; Bregman, Houston, 38; G.Torres, New York, 38. NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—K.Marte, Arizona, .329; Yelich, Milwaukee, .329; Rendon, Washington, .328; McNeil, New York, .321; B.Reynolds, Pittsburgh, .321; Blackmon, Colorado, .318. HOME RUNS—P.Alonso, New York, 50; E.Suárez, Cincinnati, 48; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 45; Yelich, Milwaukee, 44; Arenado, Colorado, 41; Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 41; Freeman, Atlanta, 38.
SATURDAY
Cardinals 9, Cubs 8
AMERICAN LEAGUE W L
Pct WCGB
Oakland 93 61 .604 Cleveland 91 63 .591 Tampa Bay 91 63 .591 NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington Milwaukee Chicago New York
Cardinals 9, CUBS 8: Yadier Molina and Paul DeJong homered on Craig Kimbrel’s first two pitches in the ninth to propel St. Louis to victory.
Mets at REDS (late): Pete Alonso hit his major league-leading 50th home run, Jacob deGrom pitched shutout ball for seven innings and New York beat Cincinnati 8-1 Friday night.
White Sox at TIGERS (late): Eloy Jiménez hit a grand slam, and Yoán Moncada also went deep in Chicago’s 10-1 rout of Detroit Friday night.
Red Sox at RAYS (late): Willy Adames had an RBI single in the 11th inning and Tampa Bay mathematically eliminated Boston 5-4 Friday.
All times Eastern
AMERICAN LEAGUE Pitchers
GS
IP
K
26.2 143.0
30 112
(Line: NYY -305) .357 1.43 4.93 .000 .00 .00
144.1 0.0
138
(Line: TB -165) 1.000 1.61 6.19 .733 0.94 3.78
56.2 133.1
61 112
172.0 176.1
157 228
(Line: MIN -210) .333 1.45 5.93 115.1 .588 1.49 4.92 157.1
106 129
(Line: OFF) NA 1.02 .760 0.79
1.84 2.50
14.2 212.0
10 283
(Line: OAK -175) 0-0 .000 .00 4-1 .800 1.23
.00 3.83
0.0 47.0
44
(Line: NYM -110) .526 1.33 4.16 .333 1.42 6.39
149.1 49.1
143 60
(Line: WAS -200) .500 1.16 3.58 .000 .00 .00
32.2 0.0
36
27.2 0.0
25
(Line: MIL -250) .500 1.45 5.59 .000 .00 .00
133.2 0.0
102
(Line: CHC -140) .391 1.22 4.29 .462 1.11 4.02
176.1 170.1
140 217
(Line: LAD -350) .500 1.74 6.83 114.2 .000 .00 .00 0.0
66
Seattle at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. SEA: Sheffield (L) BAL: Means (L)
2019 Statistics Pct. WHIP ERA
W-L
5 25
0-1 10-11
(Line: BAL -112) .000 1.73 5.40 .476 1.13 3.65
Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. TOR: Thornton (R) NYY: ()
28 0
5-9 0-0
Boston at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m. BOS: Eovaldi (R) TB: Yarbrough (L)
10 12
1-0 11-4
Chi. White Sox at Detroit, 1:10 p.m. CWS: Lopez (R) DET: Boyd (L)
31 30
(Line: DET -101) .391 1.47 5.44 .421 1.20 4.54
9-14 8-11
Kansas City at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. KC: Lopez (R) MIN: Perez (L)
16 27
4-8 10-7
L.A. Angels at Houston, 2:10 p.m. LAA: Rodriguez (R) HOU: Verlander (R)
0 32
0-0 19-6
Texas at Oakland, 4:07 p.m. TEX: () OAK: Roark (R)
0 8
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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YANKEES 7, Blue Jays 2: Giancarlo Stanton hit his first homer since returning and James Paxton won his 10th straight start on Saturday.
SCHEDULE
W L
84 68 84 70 82 73 80 73
— — —
Pct WCGB
.553 .545 .529 .523
— — 2½ 3½
Nationals at MARLINS (late): Trea Turner hit two solo homers, Asdrúbal Cabrera had a threerun shot and Washington beat Miami 6-4 Friday.
Mariners at ORIOLES (late): Baltimore got home runs from Anthony Santander and Hanser Alberto in a 5-3 victory over Seattle Friday night.
Phillies at INDIANS (late): Carlos Carrasco got his first save in five years, and Cleveland beat Philadelphia 5-2 Friday to keep pace in the AL.
Angels at ASTROS (late): Carlos Correa hit two homers, Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman also connected and Houston beat L.A. 6-4 Friday.
Royals at TWINS (late): Randy Dobnak pitched 51⁄ 3 innings for his first major league win, and Minnesota beat Kansas City 4-3 on Friday night.
Pirates at BREWERS (late): Trent Grisham hit a bases-loaded triple and Milwaukee routed Pittsburgh 10-1 Friday to get closer to a wild card.
N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. NYM: Matz (L) CIN: Bauer (R)
28 9
10-9 2-4
Washington at Miami, 1:10 p.m. WSH: Voth (R) MIA: ()
6 0
1-1 0-0
San Francisco at Atlanta, 1:20 p.m. SF: Webb (R) ATL: ()
6 0
(Line: ATL -205) .333 1.70 6.51 .000 .00 .00
1-2 0-0
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. PIT: Williams (R) MIL: ()
24 0
7-7 0-0
St. Louis at Chi. Cubs, 2:20 p.m. STL: Mikolas (R) CHC: Darvish (R)
31 30
9-14 6-7
Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. COL: Senzatela (R) LAD: ()
23 0
10-10 0-0
Arizona at San Diego, 4:10 p.m. ARI: Ray (L) SD: Richards (R)
31 1
12-8 0-1
(Line: ARI -102) .600 1.33 4.20 .000 1.36 7.36
163.0 3.2
215 5
(Line: CLE -145) .500 1.39 4.89 108.2 .636 1.22 4.34 103.2
121 72
AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Boston 5, San Francisco 4 Seattle 6, Pittsburgh 5, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 9, L.A. Angels 1 Toronto 8, Baltimore 4 Cleveland 7, Detroit 0 Minnesota 8, Kansas City 5 Friday’s Games Baltimore 5, Seattle 3 Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 2 Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Chicago White Sox 10, Detroit 1 Houston 6, L.A. Angels 4 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4, 11 innings Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3 Oakland 8, Texas 0 Monday’s Games Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 4 Boston 5, San Francisco 4 Seattle 6, Pittsburgh 5, 11 innings Milwaukee 5, San Diego 1 St. Louis 5, Chicago Cubs 4, 10 innings Friday’s Games St. Louis 2, Chicago Cubs 1 Atlanta 6, San Francisco 0 Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Mets 8, Cincinnati 1 Washington 6, Miami 4 Milwaukee 10, Pittsburgh 1 Arizona 9, San Diego 0 L.A. Dodgers 12, Colorado 5 Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
INTERLEAGUE
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 6:37 p.m. PHI: Velasquez (R) CLE: Plutko (R)
21 18
7-7 7-4
Odds provided by Pregame.com.
The Blue Jays’ Richard Urena is tagged out by Yankees third baseman Gio Urshela during the third inning Saturday in New York.
Giants at BRAVES (late): Atlanta clinched the NL East again Friday when Ronald Acuña Jr. hit his 41st homer in a 6-0 win over San Francisco.
Diamondbacks at PADRES (late): Josh Rojas hit a three-run double in the seven-run eighth for Arizona, which blanked San Diego 9-0 on Friday.
Rangers at ATHLETICS (late): Mike Fiers struck out five in eight dominant innings, and Oakland shut out Texas 8-0 on Friday night.
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Rockies at DODGERS (late): A.J. Pollock hit a three-run homer in a seven-run fourth inning, and L.A. defeated Colorado 12-5 Friday night.
Stanton lf Maybin lf Urshela 3b Ford 1b Frazier rf Wade 2b Higashioka c Totals
3 0 4 4 4 3 4 34
2 1 0 1 1 1 0 7
2 0 0 3 1 2 1 11
2 0 0 2 1 0 2 7
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
1 0 1 0 2 0 1 11
.300 .288 .319 .244 .265 .268 .226
Pittsburgh
Umpires: HP: Greg Gibson; 1B: CB Bucknor; 2B: Nic Lentz; 3B: D.J. Reyburn. T: 3:39. A: 53,704 (56,000).
T: 2:38. A: 29,579 (46,765).
D-backs 9, Padres 0
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Twins 4, Royals 3
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4 0 0 4 0
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6 1 0 1 0
5.07 6.48 11.57 9.00 9.00
630 111 120 10 0
0 1 0 0
1 0 1 0
4 1 1 1
4.30 3.75 9.39 8.81
Bregman (106), Correa 3 (59), Reddick (52). Runners left in scoring position: Los Angeles 1 (Hermosillo); Houston 2 (Marisnick, Brantley). RISP: Los Angeles 3 for 5; Houston 1 for 5. Runners moved up: Thaiss, Marisnick. GIDP: Thaiss. DP: Houston 1 (Altuve, Correa, Diaz). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
Mercer ss Rodriguez 3b Hicks c Demeritte rf Totals
4 3 3 2 32
0 0 0 1 1
1 0 0 0 7
0 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 1 2
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.273 .214 .212 .225
Win over Mets means no 90-loss season STL................101 300 202 — 9 CHC ..............300 201 200 — 8
St. Louis ab r h bi bb so Fowler rf 5 0 2 2 0 2 Edman 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 Goldschmidt 1b 3 1 0 2 1 0 Ozuna lf 4 1 1 2 1 2 Molina c 5 2 2 1 0 1 DeJong ss 4 1 2 1 1 1 Carpenter 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 Gallegos rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Webb rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati Enquirer Gant rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wieters ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 USA TODAY NETWORK Arozarena pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 Martinez rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bader cf 4 1 0 0 1 2 Hudson sp 1 1 1 0 0 0 Ravelo ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 Leone rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fernandez rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cabrera rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 Helsley rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Munoz 3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 36 9 13 9 6 9
avg .246 .292 .256 .243 .270 .237 .229 .000 .000 .000 .217 .214 .000 .209 .082 .242 .000 .000 .000 .265 .333 .268
Batting - 2B: Ford (5); Frazier (14); Judge (18); Stanton (3); Wade (3); HR: Stanton (2); RBI: Ford 2 (21); Frazier (38); Higashioka 2 (11); Stanton 2 (9) LOB: 7. Baserunning - SB: Wade (7). Fielding - E: Gregorius (6). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Toronto Zeuch L,1-1 4 4 2 2 0 6 4.58 Pannone 1 1 0 0 1 1 5.99 Stewart 1 5 4 4 0 1 7.29 Romano 1 1 1 1 1 1 5.84 Luciano 1 0 0 0 1 2 5.87 New York Paxton W,15-6 6 3 1 0 0 7 3.73 Loaisiga 2 3 1 1 0 5 4.25 Green 1 0 0 0 0 3 4.36
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AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Locastro cf 4 c-Almonte ph-cf 0 Rojas lf 5 Escobar 3b-2b 4 Walker 1b 2 Flores 2b 5 Jones rf 5 Ahmed ss 3 C.Kelly c 4 M.Kelly p 2 b-Lamb ph-3b 2 Totals 36 San Diego AB
0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 R
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Merrifi eld rf Mondesi ss Soler dh Dozier 3b Gordon lf McBroom 1b Mejia cf Lopez 2b Dini c b-O'Hearn ph Totals Minnesota
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0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 R
0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 7 H
0 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 11 BI BB SO
.301 .262 .257 .280 .266 .308 .231 .229 .178 .183
Milwaukee
Anderson, W, 7-4 D.Williams Faria Burnes
Jerez pitched to 1 batters in the 6th Inherited runners-scored: Rios 2-1, Jerez 3-1, Hartlieb 3-0. HBP: Rios (Pina). Umpires: HP: Cory Blaser; 1B: Jeff Nelson; 2B: Laz Diaz; 3B: Tony Randazzo. T: 2:59. A: 43,390 (41,900).
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Houston
2 Z8 6 2z 10 1 10 10 0 10 0
6 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0
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0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
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E.Rosario lf 0 0 the 0 0 game .277 2b 4 0 1 0 the 0 1 .242 Fairchild; 3B: Kerwin DanThe Reds will not lose 90 games for PhillipGarcia Ervin started game with a 43 11 tie 2-2. At ABthat point, he Blakney; got 2B: Chad ries Sunday as Trevor Bauer opposes Betts dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 .291 Sano 3b 1 1 1 0 .242 Martini lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .279 ley. Chicago Vazquez c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .273 Gonzalez rf to 3 0 himself 1 2 0 0 .264 Machado 3b was 4 followed 0 0 0 0 2 .251 T: 2:49. A: 40,106 (41,168). W, 4-7 p.m. 6 5 1 1 2 8 5.79 the fi rst time in fi ve years as they sesingle. That by a walk out of the jam by whiffi ng Jeff Marcus StromanCease, at 1:10 WP: Zeuch. 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(9); Ozuna (29); the New York infi eldLauer single by Aquino.28 4 5 4DeSclafani botoff the bat11 20 of Jeff Holt rf was pulled 4 1 1 0 in 1 2 the .308 Washington onAB a R Hhard BI BB SO liner Avg. Tumpane; 3B: West a-Jankowski ph 1 0 0 Aristides 0 0 0 .167 a-grounded out for LaMarre in the 7th. bSoto 2 1 1 1 1 5.91 SF: Goldschmidt (3); RBI: DeJong (76); FowMoreland 1b 5 2 2 4 0 1 .245 d-France ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Game data - T: 3:01. Att: 43,602. Reininger 1 20 0 0 2 8.67 struck out for Dini in the 9th. Turner ss 4 2 2 2 0 0 .294 ler 2An (63); Goldschmidt 2 (91); Molina (52); attendance Bradley Jr. cf after 4 0 0 allowing 0 0 3 .221 Totals 29 0 3 a 0 hit 3 12 before announced of Jose Iglesias added the intom of the sixth just McNeil that struck him near the Cisnero 1 20 0 0 an1 4.05 E: Sano (17). LOB: Kansas City 8, Minnesota 4. Eaton rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .278 M.Hernandez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Ozuna 2 (88); Ravelo (6); GIDP: Goldschmidt a-grounded out for Lauer in the 6th. b-lined 2B: Gordon (31), Polanco (39), Cruz (24), GonRendon 3b 0 0 0 0 .328 IBB: off Zimmermann Totals runs,40one 4 7 earned, 4 3 15 LOB: 9. 30,487 attended with a good many of ning was overin thefor the early three two with kle.43 0Athletic trainer Steve(Moncada). Baumann out for M.Kelly 8th. c-walked for Locas- 2-0 Soto lf 1 0 0 1 2 .290 zalez lead. (19). 3B: Sano (2). RBI: Gordon hits, 2 (73), LATE FRIDAY Umpires: HP: Jansen Visconti; 1B: Bill MilBaserunning - CS: Arozarena (1). Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kendrick 1b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .345 tro in the 8th. d-grounded out for Reyes in the Dozier (83), Cruz (103), Sano (72), Gonzalez 2 ler; 2B: Doug Eddings; 3B: Chad Whitson. Chicago still ab r h bi bb so them around inavg the eighth-inning odd stat department, the2 (41), Soler seven strikeouts. and Garrett apCabrera 2b came 3 1 2out 3 1 0to .308assist 8th. (52). SB: Mondesi (3). SF_Cruz. Wendle 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .233 T: 3:14. A: 15,265 (41,297). Dodgers 12, Rockies 5 In the Rizzo 1b 5 0 3 0 0 2 .293 Robles cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .255 E: Jones (6), Hosmer 2 (14). LOB: Arizona 9, Runners left in scoring position: Kansas City 5 Meadows lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .289 Castellanos rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .332 Gomes c 4 0 0 0 to 0 1 .221 when pinch-hitter Christian Colon Reds continue to lead in The game peared need help leaving the San Diego 5. 2B: Walker (25), Rojas (6). MLB RBI: (Lopez 2,runs Dozier, Mejia); Minnesota 3 (GonzaCOL ...............210 100 010 — 5 Phamremained dh 5 0 0 knotted 0 0 3 .280 until Mets 8, Reds 1 Bryant 3b 3 1 0 0 2 3 .282 Sanchez p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .120 C.Kelly 2 (45), Jones (63), Almonte (3), Rojas 3 lez, E.Rosario, Schoop). RISP: Kansas City 2 Choi 1b 5 0 2 1 0 3 .260 LAD .............010 700 40x (125) — 12 in Schwarber lf 3 1two-out 2 0 1 1 .244 c-Parra ph mound. 1 0 0 0 He 0 0 .223 (14),the Flores 2fi rst (33). SB: Rojas (4). S_M.Kelly. delivered a single off ofABSeth inning. the Iglesias thenNYM bolted toward for 9; Minnesota 3 for 7. the bottom of d'Arnaud c eighth 5 1 1when 0 0 0 .264 .............000 001 223 the —8 Almora Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Zimmerman 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Colorado R H BI BB SO Avg. Runners left in scoring position: Arizona 6 (LoRunners moved up: Dozier. GIDP: Mejia. Kiermaier cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .230 ...............000 000 001 —1 Garcia ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Totals 33 6 7 in 6 3a6 dead CIN 2, Escobar, Jones); San Diego 1 (Naylor). a-Aguilar 0 0 0 0 walk. 1 0 .293 Jose DP: Minnesota 1 (Cron, Polanco, Cron). Lugo to score Jose Iglesias the Thecastro Mets narrowed the gap in the reached base onphpr-cf a one-out dugout sprint. He was being Story ss with2 0 1 0 2 1 .298 Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .271 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 1-Heredia 2 1 0 0 0 1 .225 RISP: Arizona 4 for 17; San Diego 0 for 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Miami AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Nunez c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Caratini c 2 0 0 1 1 1 .269 rf 2 0then 1 0 0 with 0 .279 GIDP: France. game-winner. when Todd Frazier singled, was Peraza thenGarcia singled, two pulled Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0 0 third 0 .278 Nimmo cf-lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .222 Kansas City Ryan rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Berti cf 5 0 2 anyway. 1 0 1 .264 b-Brosseau ph-rf 1 0 0 0 2 1 .276 DP: Arizona 1 (Ahmed, Escobar, Walker). Arenado 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .316 McNeil 3b 5 3 3 2 0 0 .318 Skoglund, L, 0-2 4 3 2 2 1 0 7.50 Kemp ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .185 Rojas ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .282 3-Davis pr 0 1 0 0 delivered 0 0 1.000 Pitching ip h rby er bbAmed so era d-Tapiain ph-lfrelief 1 0for 0 0 0 doubled 1 .276 Joel Kuhnel to third Rosario, Colon a Alonso 1b 4 2 1 2 1 1 .266 McCarthy 1out, 0 0 0 0 pinch-hitter 1 4.85 Wieck rp 0 0 0 0got 0 0 the .000 win Walker 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .261 Duffy 3b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Blackmon rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .318 Cano 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .262 Speier Z 0 1 1 1 0 9.00 Kimbrel rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Arizona Castro 3b 4 2 3 1 0 1 .271 c-Lowe ph 1 1 0 1 0 0 .267 e-Daza ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 then 0 .186 scored 1-Haggerty pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barlow zsingle 2 1 1 1 0 up 4.43 the middle scoring Iglesias. BaezReds ph 1 0 0 Raisel 0 0 1 .281 M.Kelly, W, 12-14 7 2 0 0 3 9 4.31groundout. the with Iglesias notching on Wheeler’s Diaz 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .175 Robertson 3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .211 Desmond lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Lagares cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .210 Zimmer 1 z 0 0 0 0 0 11.57 Scott Springer
Heyward cf Hoerner ss Quintana sp Hultzen rp Underwood Jr. rp Happ ph Phelps rp Contreras c Totals
2 4 1 0 0
1 0 2 35
0 2 0 0 0
0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
.254 .283 .094 .000 .000
1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 8
0 0 0 6
0 .224 0 .000 0 .273 11
f-Hilliard ph-rf Hampson cf-ss Valaika 2b-3b Wolters c-2b Lambert p b-Fuentes ph h-Alonso ph Totals Los Angeles
1 4 4 4 2 1 1 35 AB
1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 R
1 2 0 1 1 0 1 10 H
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 9 BI BB SO
.239 .246 .183 .270 .321 .194 .265
Avg.
San Diego
2 0 5 2 0 0
9 2 1 0 0 1
4.53 2.16 5.65 6.79 8.46 4.26
R.Rosario
Minnesota
Dobnak, W, 1-1 Stashak, H, 1 Smeltzer, H, 1 Graterol, H, 1 May, S, 2-4
Z0 0 0
5z3 1 Z 10 10 2 130 10 0
1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0
5 2 1 0 3
2.01 3.27 3.68 4.91 3.08
Inherited runners-scored: Barlow 1-1, Stashak 1-1, Graterol 2-2. HBP: Dobnak 2 (Gordon,Di-
Adames ss Totals
5 0 3 2 40 5 8 4
0 1 .250 5 12
Two outs when winning run scored. a-walked for Kiermaier in the 7th. b-walked for Garcia in the 7th. c-pinch hit for Duffy in the 7th. 1-ran for Aguilar in the 7th. 2-ran for Vazquez in the 8th. 3-ran for Brosseau in the 11th. LOB: Boston 6, Tampa Bay 8. 2B: Holt (14), Adames (24), Choi (18). 3B: G.Hernandez (1).
Alfaro c 3 Brinson rf 4 Dean lf 3 Dugger p 1 a-Granderson ph 1 b-Ramirez ph 1 d-Prado ph 1 Totals 35
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
a-grounded out for Dugger in the 5th. bstruck out for Brigham in the 6th. c-grounded
Ramos c Conforto rf J.Davis lf b-Lowrie ph Rosario ss deGrom p Panik 2b Totals Cincinnati
4 3 3 1 4 3 1 37 AB
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 R
1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 H
0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 6 9 BI BB SO
.293 .250 .304 .000 .287 .203 .279
Avg.
York, .321; B.Reynolds, Pittsburgh, .321; Blackmon, Colorado, .318. HOME RUNS—P.Alonso, New York, 50; E.Suárez, Cincinnati, 48; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 45; Yelich, Milwaukee, 44; Arenado, Colorado, 41; Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 41; Freeman, Atlanta, 38.
SATURDAY
Cardinals 9, Cubs 8
STL................101 300 202 — 9 CHC ..............300 201 200 — 8 St. Louis Fowler rf Edman 2b Goldschmidt 1b Ozuna lf Molina c DeJong ss Carpenter 3b Gallegos rp Webb rp Gant rp Wieters ph Arozarena pr Martinez rp Bader cf Hudson sp Ravelo ph Leone rp Fernandez rp Cabrera rp Martinez ph Helsley rp Munoz 3b Totals
ab 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 36
r 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
h 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
bi bb so avg 2 0 2 .246 0 0 0 .292 2 1 0 .256 2 1 2 .243 1 0 1 .270 1 1 1 .237 0 0 0 .229 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 .217 0 0 0 .214 0 0 0 .000 0 1 2 .209 0 0 0 .082 1 0 0 .242 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .265 0 0 0 .333 0 1 1 .268 9 6 9
Batting - 2B: Carpenter (20); 3B: Edman (6); HR: DeJong (28); Molina (9); Ozuna (29); SF: Goldschmidt (3); RBI: DeJong (76); Fowler 2 (63); Goldschmidt 2 (91); Molina (52); Ozuna 2 (88); Ravelo (6); GIDP: Goldschmidt LOB: 9. Baserunning - CS: Arozarena (1). Chicago ab r h bi bb so avg Rizzo 1b 5 0 3 0 0 2 .293 Castellanos rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .332 Bryant 3b 3 1 0 0 2 3 .282 Schwarber lf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .244 Almora Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Garcia ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .271 Caratini c 2 0 0 1 1 1 .269 Ryan rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kemp ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .185 Wieck rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kimbrel rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Heyward cf 2 0 0 1 1 1 .254 Hoerner ss 4 2 1 1 0 0 .283 Quintana sp 1 0 0 0 0 0 .094 Hultzen rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood Jr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 rp Happ ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .224 Phelps rp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Contreras c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Totals 35 8 10 8 6 11
Batting - 2B: Castellanos (21); Rizzo (29); Schwarber (26); Zobrist (5); HR: Happ (7); Hoerner (3); Kemp (1); SF: Heyward (3); RBI: Caratini (33); Happ 2 (20); Heyward (62); Hoerner (12); Kemp 2 (10); Zobrist (16) LOB: 7. Fielding - DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era St. Louis Hudson 3 3 3 3 4 2 3.45 1 Leone /3 2 2 2 1 0 6.08 2 Fernandez /3 0 0 0 0 1 2.89 Cabrera 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.82 Helsley 1 2 1 1 0 1 2.41 1 Gallegos BS,2 /3 2 2 2 0 1 2.31 Webb 11/3 0 0 0 0 2 4.09 1 Gant W,11-1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 3.62 Martinez S,23 1 0 0 0 1 2 3.38 Chicago 1 Quintana 3 /3 5 5 5 2 4 4.55 Hultzen 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 Underwood Jr. /3 0 0 0 0 0 3.12 Phelps 1 1 0 0 1 1 3.14 Ryan 2 3 2 2 1 1 3.00 Wieck H,9 1 0 0 0 1 1 5.08 Kimbrel L,0-4 BS,3 1 2 2 2 1 2 6.53
Hultzen pitched to 2 batters in the 4th. WP: Quintana. HBP: Edman (by Wieck). Balks: Gallegos. Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Hudson 15; 62-32; Leone 4; 14-9; Fernandez 2; 10-6; Cabrera 4; 14-10; Helsley 5; 16-11; Gallegos 3; 15-10; Webb 4; 19-13; Gant 1; 2-1; Martinez 4; 16-11; Quintana 18; 77-41; Hultzen 2; 8-5; Underwood Jr. 1; 2-2; Phelps 5; 27-19; Ryan 9; 35-24; Wieck 5; 29-17; Kimbrel 5; 17-9 Umpires - HP: Barrett; 1B: Guccione; 2B: B. Welke; 3B: Everitt Game data - T: 4:24. Att: 40,071.
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 2 TOR...............001 000 100 — 2 NYY..............000 204 10X — 7 Toronto Davis cf McKinney ph Biggio 2b Gurriel Jr. dh Guerrero Jr. 3b Grichuk rf Hernandez lf Drury 1b Urena ss Maile c McGuire ph Totals
ab 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 33
r 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
h 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
bi bb so avg 1 0 1 .158 0 0 1 .210 0 0 1 .235 0 0 2 .277 0 0 2 .276 0 0 1 .233 1 0 3 .223 0 0 1 .221 0 0 1 .262 0 0 2 .150 0 0 0 .321 2 0 15
Batting - 2B: Grichuk (29); Guerrero Jr. (26); Hernandez (18); RBI: Davis (4); Hernandez (59) LOB: 4. New York ab r h bi bb so avg Gardner cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .254 Judge dh 4 1 1 0 1 2 .272 Gregorius ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .243
shut out Texas 8-0 on Friday night.
Rockies at DODGERS (late): A.J. Pollock hit a three-run homer in a seven-run fourth inning, and L.A. defeated Colorado 12-5 Friday night.
Stanton lf Maybin lf Urshela 3b Ford 1b Frazier rf Wade 2b Higashioka c Totals
3 0 4 4 4 3 4 34
2 1 0 1 1 1 0 7
2 0 0 3 1 2 1 11
2 0 0 2 1 0 2 7
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
1 0 1 0 2 0 1 11
.300 .288 .319 .244 .265 .268 .226
Batting - 2B: Ford (5); Frazier (14); Judge (18); Stanton (3); Wade (3); HR: Stanton (2); RBI: Ford 2 (21); Frazier (38); Higashioka 2 (11); Stanton 2 (9) LOB: 7. Baserunning - SB: Wade (7). Fielding - E: Gregorius (6). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Toronto Zeuch L,1-1 4 4 2 2 0 6 4.58 Pannone 1 1 0 0 1 1 5.99 Stewart 1 5 4 4 0 1 7.29 Romano 1 1 1 1 1 1 5.84 Luciano 1 0 0 0 1 2 5.87 New York Paxton W,15-6 6 3 1 0 0 7 3.73 Loaisiga 2 3 1 1 0 5 4.25 Green 1 0 0 0 0 3 4.36
WP: Zeuch. HBP: Gardner (by Pannone). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Zeuch 16; 70-45; Pannone 5; 22-11; Stewart 8; 34-26; Romano 5; 23-14; Luciano 4; 14-7; Paxton 21; 8763; Loaisiga 9; 32-25; Green 3; 15-11 Umpires - HP: Rehak; 1B: Cooper; 2B: Tumpane; 3B: West Game data - T: 3:01. Att: 43,602.
LATE FRIDAY
Dodgers 12, Rockies 5 COL ...............210 100 010 — 5 LAD .............010 700 40x — 12 Colorado
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Story ss Nunez c Murphy 1b Arenado 3b d-Tapia ph-lf Blackmon rf e-Daza ph-cf Desmond lf f-Hilliard ph-rf Hampson cf-ss Valaika 2b-3b Wolters c-2b Lambert p b-Fuentes ph h-Alonso ph Totals Los Angeles
2 1 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 35 AB
Pederson rf a-Hernandez ph-rf Muncy 3b Gyorko 3b Pollock lf Bellinger 1b-cf Seager ss g-Barnes ph Taylor cf-ss Lux 2b Smith c Kershaw p c-Turner ph 1-Negron pr Beaty 1b Totals
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 R
1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 10 H
0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 9 BI BB SO
1 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 5 0 5 4 4 1 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 33
1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 12
2 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 13
3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12
.298 .171 .278 .316 .276 .318 .186 .251 .239 .246 .183 .270 .321 .194 .265
Avg.
0 0 .247 0 1 .243 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
.248 .179 .267 .305 .269 .200 .262 .286 .240 .104 .291 .250 .277
a-singled for Pederson in the 4th. b-struck out for McGee in the 7th. c-walked for Maeda in the 7th. d-struck out for Arenado in the 8th. e-grounded out for Blackmon in the 8th. f-homered for Desmond in the 8th. g-flied out for Seager in the 8th. h-doubled for Diehl in the 9th. 1-ran for Turner in the 7th. E: Lambert (1). LOB: Colorado 5, Los Angeles 7. 2B: Alonso (7), Bellinger (33), Taylor (28), Muncy (21). HR: Arenado (41), off Kershaw; Blackmon (30), off Kershaw; Hampson (5), off Kershaw; Hilliard (5), off Floro; Seager (17), off Lambert; Pollock (15), off Howard. RBI: Arenado (118), Blackmon (81), Wolters (40), Hampson (23), Hilliard (8), Taylor (51), Seager (80), Smith (36), Hernandez 2 (62), Muncy 3 (92), Pollock 3 (46), Lux (7). SB: Hampson (12), Bellinger (14), Taylor (8), Lux (2). SF_Taylor. S_Kershaw 2. Runners left in scoring position: Colorado 3 (Murphy 2, Nunez); Los Angeles 5 (Kershaw, Lux, Muncy, Bellinger). RISP: Colorado 1 for 5; Los Angeles 8 for 18. Runners moved up: Smith. GIDP: Blackmon, Murphy, Bellinger. DP: Colorado 1 (Murphy, Story, Lambert); Los Angeles 2 (Muncy, Lux, Bellinger; Maeda, Seager, Bellinger). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
Colorado
Lambert, L, 3-7 Howard Parsons McGee Davis Diehl
Los Angeles
Kershaw, W, 15-5 Maeda Floro Ferguson
36 5 z33 1 Z0 0 10 0 z34 1 Z 10
5 3 0 0 4 0
1 1 1 0 1 0
3 0 2 0 0 2
7.25 7.20 6.48 4.17 8.65 14.73
68 4 10 0 111 1 10
4 0 1 0
1 1 0 0
5 3.15 1 4.15 1 3.86 2 5.02
Inherited runners-scored: Howard 2-2, Parsons 1-0, Diehl 2-2. HBP: Lambert 2 (Pederson,Taylor), Parsons (Smith). WP: Howard, Parsons.
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ter in the off season. I believe in trying to get better in-season,” Votto said. “You can make adjustments in the off season and do some things, but I’m a fi rm believer that you make your improvements in-season. That’s my objective. I’ve been trying to make improvements all year.” Votto reverted to his swing from prior to the 2017 season on July 18. His No. 1 focus was adding more power. He stood taller in the batter’s box, kept his hands at the knob of the bat and used a higher front leg kick. Since overhauling his swing, Votto
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Umpires: HP: Greg Gibson; 1B: CB Bucknor; 2B: Nic Lentz; 3B: D.J. Reyburn. T: 3:39. A: 53,704 (56,000).
T: 2:38. A: 29,579 (46,765).
D-backs 9, Padres 0
KC ................000 001 020 — 3 MIN..............200 002 00x — 4
ARI...............020 000 070 — 9 SD ...............000 000 000 — 0 Arizona
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Locastro cf 4 c-Almonte ph-cf 0 Rojas lf 5 Escobar 3b-2b 4 Walker 1b 2 Flores 2b 5 Jones rf 5 Ahmed ss 3 C.Kelly c 4 M.Kelly p 2 b-Lamb ph-3b 2 Totals 36 San Diego AB
0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 R
0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 7 H
Garcia 2b Martini lf Machado 3b Hosmer 1b Naylor rf Margot cf Urias ss Torrens c Lauer p a-Jankowski ph d-France ph Totals
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
4 3 4 4 4 2 3 2 1 1 1 29
0 0 4 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 7 13 BI BB SO
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
1 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
.241 .263 .236 .270 .260 .316 .261 .255 .247 .020 .195
Avg. .242 .279 .251 .273 .248 .241 .223 .250 .079 .167 .226
a-grounded out for Lauer in the 6th. b-lined out for M.Kelly in the 8th. c-walked for Locastro in the 8th. d-grounded out for Reyes in the 8th. E: Jones (6), Hosmer 2 (14). LOB: Arizona 9, San Diego 5. 2B: Walker (25), Rojas (6). RBI: C.Kelly 2 (45), Jones (63), Almonte (3), Rojas 3 (14), Flores 2 (33). SB: Rojas (4). S_M.Kelly. Runners left in scoring position: Arizona 6 (Locastro 2, Escobar, Jones); San Diego 1 (Naylor). RISP: Arizona 4 for 17; San Diego 0 for 1. GIDP: France. DP: Arizona 1 (Ahmed, Escobar, Walker). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
Arizona
M.Kelly, W, 12-14 Lamb Lopez Sherfy
720 00 0 1 10 10 0
0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0
9 0 1 2
4.31 0.00 3.28 5.28
Lauer, L, 8-10 Bednar Wingenter Margevicius Reyes Yardley
622 1 10 Z25 012 z 10 10 0
2 0 5 2 0 0
4 0 1 2 0 0
9 2 1 0 0 1
4.53 2.16 5.65 6.79 8.46 4.26
San Diego
Lamb pitched to 0 batters in the 8th, Margevicius pitched to 3 batters in the 8th Inherited runners-scored: Lamb 3-0, Margevicius 3-3, Reyes 3-2. HBP: Wingenter (Ahmed). Umpires: HP: Todd Tichenor; 1B: Alex Tosi; 2B: Gary Cederstrom; 3B: Adrian Johnson. T: 3:11. A: 27,023 (42,445).
Athletics 8, Rangers 0 TEX .............000 000 000 — 0 OAK ................031 110 11x — 8 Texas
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Choo dh Andrus ss Calhoun lf Mazara rf Santana 3b Odor 2b Guzman 1b DeShields cf Trevino c Totals Oakland
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 27 AB
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 H
Semien ss Chapman 3b Olson 1b Canha cf Laureano rf Davis dh Murphy c Pinder lf a-Brown ph-lf Neuse 2b Totals
5 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 4 32
0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 8
1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 BI BB SO
1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 7
0 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 8
0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 7
.265 .271 .267 .268 .284 .201 .211 .245 .266
Avg. .283 .244 .270 .272 .289 .219 .333 .240 .373 .225
a-struck out for Pinder in the 6th. E: Santana (14). LOB: Texas 0, Oakland 8. 2B: Canha (15), Semien (40). HR: Pinder (13), off Minor; Canha (25), off Minor. RBI: Pinder 3 (47), Canha 2 (58), Semien (88), Laureano (64). Runners left in scoring position: Texas 0; Oakland 6 (Davis, Olson, Brown, Canha). RISP: Texas 0 for 0; Oakland 4 for 12. Runners moved up: Olson, Neuse. GIDP: Andrus, Neuse. DP: Texas 1 (Odor, Andrus, Guzman); Oakland 1 (Semien, Neuse, Olson). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
Texas
Minor, L, 13-10 Jurado Mendez Guerrieri
56 10 1 1 1 1
6 0 1 1
6 0 1 1
4 0 3 1
Fiers, W, 15-4 Bassitt
820 10 0
0 0
0 5 3.91 0 2 3.92
Oakland
3 1 2 1
3.52 5.73 5.79 5.25
WP: Guerrieri. Umpires: HP: Pat Hoberg; 1B: Gerry Davis; 2B: Nick Mahrley; 3B: Brian Knight.
Twins 4, Royals 3 Kansas City
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Merrifi eld rf Mondesi ss Soler dh Dozier 3b Gordon lf McBroom 1b Mejia cf Lopez 2b Dini c b-O'Hearn ph Totals Minnesota
5 5 2 4 3 4 4 3 2 1 33 AB
0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 R
0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 7 H
Garver c Polanco ss Cruz dh E.Rosario lf Sano 3b Gonzalez rf Cron 1b Schoop 2b LaMarre cf a-Wade Jr ph-cf Miller cf Totals
3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 0 28
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
0 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 11 BI BB SO
0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
.301 .262 .257 .280 .266 .308 .231 .229 .178 .183
Avg. .277 .299 .299 .277 .242 .264 .253 .254 .250 .156 .000
a-grounded out for LaMarre in the 7th. bstruck out for Dini in the 9th. E: Sano (17). LOB: Kansas City 8, Minnesota 4. 2B: Gordon (31), Polanco (39), Cruz (24), Gonzalez (19). 3B: Sano (2). RBI: Gordon 2 (73), Dozier (83), Cruz (103), Sano (72), Gonzalez 2 (52). SB: Mondesi 2 (41), Soler (3). SF_Cruz. Runners left in scoring position: Kansas City 5 (Lopez 2, Dozier, Mejia); Minnesota 3 (Gonzalez, E.Rosario, Schoop). RISP: Kansas City 2 for 9; Minnesota 3 for 7. Runners moved up: Dozier. GIDP: Mejia. DP: Minnesota 1 (Cron, Polanco, Cron). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
Kansas City
Skoglund, L, 0-2 McCarthy Speier Barlow Zimmer R.Rosario
432 10 0 Z0 1 z2 1 1 z0 0 Z0 0
2 0 1 1 0 0
1 0 1 1 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0
7.50 4.85 9.00 4.43 11.57 0.00
Dobnak, W, 1-1 Stashak, H, 1 Smeltzer, H, 1 Graterol, H, 1 May, S, 2-4
5z3 1 Z 10 10 2 130 10 0
1 0 0 0 0
2 0 1 0 0
5 2 1 0 3
2.01 3.27 3.68 4.91 3.08
Minnesota
Inherited runners-scored: Barlow 1-1, Stashak 1-1, Graterol 2-2. HBP: Dobnak 2 (Gordon,Dini). Umpires: HP: Sam Holbrook; 1B: Jim Wolf; 2B: Roberto Ortiz; 3B: Manny Gonzalez. T: 3:00. A: 29,468 (38,649).
Brewers 10, Pirates 1 PIT................000 000 100 — 1 MIL.............300 003 40x — 10 Pittsburgh
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Newman ss Reynolds cf Moran 1b Osuna rf Frazier 2b Reyes lf Stallings c Baron c E.Gonzalez 3b Brault p d-Joseph ph-2b Totals Milwaukee
4 4 3 3 4 4 3 1 4 2 1 33 AB
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 R
0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 H
Cain cf Taylor rf Grandal 1b Moustakas 3b e-Shaw ph-3b Braun lf c-Thames ph Hiura 2b 1-Spangenberg pr-2b Perez rf a-Grisham ph-rf-cf Pina c Arcia ss Anderson p b-Gamel ph-lf Totals
3 1 3 4 1 3 1 2 1
1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2
0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 BI BB SO
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 1 31
0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 10 8
1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
.314 .321 .279 .263 .279 .197 .268 .000 .230 .325 .333
Avg. .250 .250 .248 .260 .153 .278 .250 .302 .267
0 0 .228 1 0 .252 0 0 0 1 6
1 2 1 0 8
.229 .218 .105 .254
a-walked for Perez in the 6th. b-walked for Anderson in the 6th. c-singled for D.Williams in the 7th. d-singled for Hartlieb in the 8th. epopped out for Moustakas in the 8th. 1-ran for Hiura in the 6th. E: Newman (12), Moustakas 2 (12). LOB: Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 5. 2B: Braun (30), Arcia (14). 3B: Reynolds (4), Grisham (2). HR: Frazier (10), off D.Williams. RBI: Frazier (48), Moustakas (86), Hiura (45), Pina 2 (24), Gamel (32), Grisham 3 (19). SB: Cain (18). SF_Pina. Runners left in scoring position: Pittsburgh 4 (Osuna, E.Gonzalez, Frazier); Milwaukee 3 (Pina, Cain). RISP: Pittsburgh 0 for 6; Milwaukee 4 for 11. GIDP: Frazier, Perez, Cain. DP: Pittsburgh 2 (E.Gonzalez, Frazier, Moran; E.Gonzalez, Frazier, Moran); Milwaukee 1 (Hiura, Arcia, Grandal). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
is hitting .281 with 11 doubles, seven homers and 24 RBI in 48 games. He’s posted a .381 on-base percentage and an .842 OPS. His increase in doubles and homers are encouraging. By comparison, Votto had 19 doubles, eight homers and 23 RBI in his fi rst 87 games with a .743 OPS. “I’m still myself. I feel like I’m still tinkering,” he said. “I feel like I’m still not there yet, which is fun. That I’ve seen results, that gives me a really good feeling. It gives me a carrot to chase. I felt like for stretches, I had nothing to chase because I wasn’t getting enough reward for my work, whereas now I feel like I’m starting to get some serious reward.” Votto’s average exit velocity and hard-hit percentage are his highest
Brault, L, 4-6 Rios Jerez Hartlieb Ramirez
Milwaukee
Anderson, W, 7-4 D.Williams Faria Burnes
5 z66 z0 0 00 0 1 z34 1 10
4 0 0 4 0
3 1 1 1 0
6 1 0 1 0
5.07 6.48 11.57 9.00 9.00
630 111 120 10 0
0 1 0 0
1 0 1 0
4 1 1 1
4.30 3.75 9.39 8.81
Jerez pitched to 1 batters in the 6th Inherited runners-scored: Rios 2-1, Jerez 3-1, Hartlieb 3-0. HBP: Rios (Pina). Umpires: HP: Cory Blaser; 1B: Jeff Nelson; 2B: Laz Diaz; 3B: Tony Randazzo. T: 2:59. A: 43,390 (41,900).
Rays 5, Red Sox 4 (11) BOS .......000 000 202 00 — 4 TB...........000 000 310 01 — 5 Boston
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Betts dh 5 0 Vazquez c 3 0 2-Owings pr 0 0 Leon c 1 0 Devers 3b 5 0 Bogaerts ss 5 0 Benintendi lf 1 0 G.Hernandez lf 3 1 Holt rf 4 1 Moreland 1b 5 2 Bradley Jr. cf 4 0 M.Hernandez 2b 4 0 Totals 40 4 Tampa Bay AB R
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 7 H
Wendle 2b 5 Meadows lf 4 Pham dh 5 Choi 1b 5 d'Arnaud c 5 Kiermaier cf 2 a-Aguilar ph 0 1-Heredia pr-cf 2 Garcia rf 2 b-Brosseau ph-rf 1 3-Davis pr 0 Duffy 3b 2 c-Lowe ph 1 Robertson 3b 1 Adames ss 5 Totals 40
0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 3 15 BI BB SO
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
.291 .273 .103 .203 .311 .303 .268 .136 .308 .245 .221 .260
Avg.
0 .233 1 .289 3 .280 3 .260 0 .264 0 .230 0 .293 1 .225 0 .279 1 .276 0 1.000 1 .244 0 .267 1 .211 1 .250 12
Two outs when winning run scored. a-walked for Kiermaier in the 7th. b-walked for Garcia in the 7th. c-pinch hit for Duffy in the 7th. 1-ran for Aguilar in the 7th. 2-ran for Vazquez in the 8th. 3-ran for Brosseau in the 11th. LOB: Boston 6, Tampa Bay 8. 2B: Holt (14), Adames (24), Choi (18). 3B: G.Hernandez (1). HR: Moreland (17), off Morton; Moreland (17), off Pagan. RBI: Moreland 4 (55), Lowe (17), Adames 2 (46), Choi (58). Runners left in scoring position: Boston 1 (Holt); Tampa Bay 3 (Meadows, Wendle, Heredia). RISP: Boston 2 for 4; Tampa Bay 2 for 9. Pitching ip h r er bb so era
Boston
Porcello Hernandez, H, 4 Walden, BS, 2-5 Taylor Cashner Brasier Poyner Kelley, L, 0-1
Tampa Bay
Morton Drake Anderson, H, 7 Pagan, BS, 20-28 Roe Poche Castillo, W, 4-8
630 z 13 z 10 z0 0 111 1 10 10 0 Z11
0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
6 1 0 0 1 2 2 0
5.56 4.55 3.57 2.91 5.88 5.09 6.10 13.50
6 z52 Z0 0 10 0 122 Z0 0 z0 0 10 0
2 0 0 2 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 1 2 1 1 0 2
3.15 3.44 1.42 2.43 4.04 5.13 3.38
Inherited runners-scored: Walden 3-2, Taylor 2-1. WP: Taylor. Umpires: HP: Paul Nauert; 1B: Ed Hickox; 2B: Carlos Torres; 3B: Chris Conroy. T: 3:58. A: 17,117 (25,025).
Astros 6, Angels 4 LAA ..............001 300 000 — 4 HOU..............501 000 00x — 6 Los Angeles
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Fletcher 2b Goodwin cf Pujols dh Calhoun rf Simmons ss Walsh 1b K.Smith c Thaiss 3b Hermosillo lf Totals Houston
4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 34 AB
0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 R
0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 8 H
Altuve 2b Brantley lf Bregman 3b Alvarez dh Correa ss Diaz 1b Reddick rf Chirinos c Marisnick cf Totals
4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 34
1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 6
1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 10
0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 1 11 BI BB SO
1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 6
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5
.288 .262 .248 .235 .259 .212 .257 .197 .182
Avg. .301 .315 .295 .317 .277 .259 .273 .243 .236
LOB: Los Angeles 4, Houston 6. 2B: Simmons (17), Diaz (10), Chirinos (21). HR: K.Smith (5), off Greinke; Altuve (30), off Barria; Bregman (38), off Barria; Correa 2 (21), off Barria. RBI: K.Smith 2 (17), Simmons 2 (35), Altuve (69),
Bregman (106), Correa 3 (59), Reddick (52). Runners left in scoring position: Los Angeles 1 (Hermosillo); Houston 2 (Marisnick, Brantley). RISP: Los Angeles 3 for 5; Houston 1 for 5. Runners moved up: Thaiss, Marisnick. GIDP: Thaiss. DP: Houston 1 (Altuve, Correa, Diaz). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
Los Angeles Barria, L, 4-10 T.Cole Ramirez Middleton Mejia
Houston
2 Z8 6 2z 10 1 10 10 0 10 0
6 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0
1 1 1 1 1
6.43 6.24 4.20 0.00 3.86
574 10 0 10 0 10 0 1 10
4 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0
4 2 2 1 2
3.48 4.94 2.45 1.55 2.76
Greinke, W, 7-1 James, H, 6 Pressly, H, 28 Harris, H, 26 Osuna, S, 36-42
Inherited runners-scored: T.Cole 2-0. HBP: Barria (Chirinos). Umpires: HP: Mike Estabrook; 1B: Ryan Blakney; 2B: Chad Fairchild; 3B: Kerwin Danley. T: 2:49. A: 40,106 (41,168).
Nationals 6, Marlins 4 WSH ..............001 301 100 — 6 MIA...............001 102 000 — 4 Washington
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Turner ss Eaton rf Rendon 3b Soto lf Kendrick 1b Cabrera 2b Robles cf Gomes c Sanchez p c-Parra ph Zimmerman 1b Totals Miami
4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 1 1 33 AB
2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 R
2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 H
Berti cf 5 Rojas ss 5 Walker 1b 3 Castro 3b 4 Diaz 2b 4 Alfaro c 3 Brinson rf 4 Dean lf 3 Dugger p 1 a-Granderson ph 1 b-Ramirez ph 1 d-Prado ph 1 Totals 35
0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
2 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 6 BI BB SO
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
.294 .278 .328 .290 .345 .308 .255 .221 .120 .223 .237
Chicago
Cease, W, 4-7 Herrera Banuelos
651 1 1 00 0 2 20 0
Detroit
Zimmermann, L, 1-12 Ramirez Schreiber Soto Reininger Cisnero
3 Z11 9 1 z 00 1 20 121 1 20 1 20
2 8 5.79 0 1 6.38 0 0 7.21
9 0 0 1 0 0
1 0 0 1 0 0
6 6.85 1 4.19 1 6.30 1 5.91 2 8.67 1 4.05
IBB: off Zimmermann (Moncada). Umpires: HP: Jansen Visconti; 1B: Bill Miller; 2B: Doug Eddings; 3B: Chad Whitson. T: 3:14. A: 15,265 (41,297).
Mets 8, Reds 1 NYM .............000 001 223 — 8 CIN ...............000 000 001 — 1
VanMeter lf Votto 1b Suarez 3b Aquino rf Barnhart c J.Iglesias ss c-Colon ph Ervin cf Peraza 2b Castillo p a-Dietrich ph Totals
4 3 4 4 4 3 1 4 3 2 1 33
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
534 13 1 11 1 z0 0 Z0 0 10 0
4 1 1 0 0 0
2 0 1 0 0 0
4 0 0 1 0 1
4.45 4.89 7.02 2.45 3.86 6.14
Inherited runners-scored: Suero 2-2, Rainey 2-0. HBP: Sanchez (Alfaro). Umpires: HP: Ted Barrett; 1B: Chris Segal; 2B: Angel Hernandez; 3B: Lance Barksdale. T: 3:13. A: 12,775 (36,742).
White Sox 10, Tigers 1 CHW ...........022 500 100 — 10 DET...............001 000 000 — 1 Chicago
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Sanchez 2b Anderson ss b-Goins ph-ss Abreu 1b Moncada 3b Mendick 3b E.Jimenez lf Collins dh McCann c Palka rf Engel cf Totals Detroit
6 5 1 6 3 1 5 5 4 5 5 46 AB
Reyes cf H.Castro 2b Cabrera dh a-Dixon ph-dh Stewart lf Candelario 1b
4 4 2 2 4 4
since 2016, according to Statcast. “It felt like from the All-Star Game in 2018 all the way to the All-Star Game in 2019, I had very little, if any, fun,” Votto said. “Limited hits. They took the walks away from me. I wasn’t hitting for any power. I feel like now I’m starting to tap into the version of me as a hitter when I fi rst came up. “Not such an emphasis on walk-tostrikeout ratio, a little bit more on line drives, balls in the gap and getting really good swings off as often as possible in an at-bat. Trusting my swing. I’ve been really enjoying it.” That’s why Votto values the fi nal week of the season. He may not be a 30-homer hitter as he ages, but he’s confi dent that a strong end to the season will carry into the start of the
a-popped out for Cabrera in the 6th. bpopped out for Anderson in the 9th. E: Stewart (5), Rodriguez (7), Reyes (1). LOB: Chicago 11, Detroit 6. 2B: Anderson (32), Collins (2), Sanchez 2 (19), Engel (8), Stewart (25), Candelario (15). 3B: E.Jimenez (2). HR: Moncada (24), off Zimmermann; E.Jimenez (29), off Zimmermann. RBI: Collins (8), Sanchez 2 (41), Moncada 2 (75), E.Jimenez 4 (75), Engel (26), Cabrera (56). SB: Anderson (17). Runners left in scoring position: Chicago 8 (Moncada, Anderson 2, E.Jimenez, McCann, Abreu); Detroit 3 (Hicks, Candelario, Mercer). RISP: Chicago 8 for 22; Detroit 2 for 8. Runners moved up: Abreu, Candelario, Reyes. LIDP: H.Castro. GIDP: H.Castro. DP: Chicago 2 (Abreu, Anderson, Abreu; Anderson, Abreu, Anderson). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
1 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 H
Dugger, L, 0-3 Brigham Stanek Moran Kinley Guerrero
0 0 0 0 2 0
.273 .214 .212 .225
1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 R
3.91 4.52 4.33 3.38 1.80
0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 2 2 9
4 5 4 4 0 1 4 3 3 1 4 3 1 37 AB
1 1 1 2 0
0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0 1 0 1 2
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
1 1 0 0 0
2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 2 12 BI BB SO
0 0 0 0 1
Nimmo cf-lf McNeil 3b Alonso 1b Cano 2b 1-Haggerty pr Lagares cf Ramos c Conforto rf J.Davis lf b-Lowrie ph Rosario ss deGrom p Panik 2b Totals Cincinnati
3 0 0 0 0
4 2 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 19 H
1 0 0 0 7
New York
56 4 Z 10 z0 0 10 0 230
1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 10 R
0 0 0 1 1
.264 .282 .261 .271 .175 .264 .187 .222 .000 .186 .269 .235
Sanchez, W, 10-8 Suero, H, 18 Rainey, H, 9 Rodney, H, 15 Hudson, S, 3-5
Miami
4 3 3 2 32
Avg.
a-grounded out for Dugger in the 5th. bstruck out for Brigham in the 6th. c-grounded out for Rainey in the 7th. d-popped out for Guerrero in the 9th. E: Sanchez (4), Suero (2). LOB: Washington 3, Miami 7. 2B: Dean (11), Diaz (5), Castro (28). HR: Turner (16), off Dugger; Cabrera (5), off Dugger; Turner (16), off Stanek; Castro (21), off Sanchez. RBI: Turner 2 (50), Cabrera 3 (33), Robles (63), Berti (21), Castro (80), Diaz (18). SB: Berti (12). Runners left in scoring position: Washington 0 (Robles); Miami 3 (Dean 2, Ramirez). RISP: Washington 2 for 2; Miami 2 for 11. Runners moved up: Brinson. LIDP: Rojas. GIDP: Alfaro, Rojas. DP: Washington 3 (Rendon, Cabrera, Kendrick; Eaton, Cabrera, Eaton; Turner, Cabrera, Zimmerman). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
Washington
Mercer ss Rodriguez 3b Hicks c Demeritte rf Totals
.255 .336 .254 .279 .314 .308 .268 .143 .274 .072 .234
Avg. .303 .299 .285 .246 .242 .198
0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 6 9 BI BB SO
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 11
.222 .318 .266 .262 .000 .210 .293 .250 .304 .000 .287 .203 .279
Avg. .239 .267 .272 .259 .223 .288 .000 .286 .235 .103 .192
a-flied out for Romano in the 8th. b-flied out for Diaz in the 9th. c-flied out for J.Iglesias in the 9th. 1-ran for Cano in the 8th. E: Peraza (7). LOB: New York 8, Cincinnati 6. 2B: Cano (25), McNeil (35). HR: McNeil (22), off Castillo; Rosario (13), off Castillo; Alonso (49), off Romano; Aquino (16), off Familia. RBI: McNeil 2 (71), Rosario 2 (64), Alonso 2 (113), Lagares (26), Conforto (83), Aquino (41). SB: J.Iglesias (5), Peraza (5), Aquino (4), VanMeter (8). Runners left in scoring position: New York 3 (J.Davis, Lowrie); Cincinnati 4 (Ervin, Votto, J.Iglesias, Suarez). RISP: New York 2 for 5; Cincinnati 0 for 5. DP: New York 1 (Rosario, Panik, Alonso). Pitching ip h r er bb so era
New York
deGrom, W, 9-8 Brach Avilan Diaz Familia
Cincinnati
Castillo, L, 15-6 Romano Mella
740 Z 10 00 0 z0 0 12 1
0 0 0 0 1
733 3 132 2 14 3 3
0 0 1 0 0
9 1 0 1 0
2.61 4.91 5.23 5.83 6.05
3 7 3.22 1 2 8.44 2 0 27.00
Avilan pitched to 1 batters in the 8th Inherited runners-scored: Avilan 1-0, Diaz 2-0. IBB: off Mella (Alonso). Umpires: HP: Mark Ripperger; 1B: James Hoye; 2B: Shane Livensparger; 3B: Tom Hallion. T: 3:06. A: 20,576 (42,319).
CALENDAR
Oct. 1-2 – Wild-card games. Oct. 3 – Division Series start. Oct. 11 – League Championship Series start. Oct. 22 – World Series starts. October TBA – Trading resumes, day after World Series. November TBA – Deadline for teams to make qualifying offers to their eligible former players who became free agents, fi fth day after World Series.
2020 season. “I want to fi nish strong,” Votto said. “I’ve started to hit a few more home runs. The ball is coming off the bat hard, but I need to start fi guring out the path to get the ball in the air in the center of the fi eld, and the gaps, and the pull side. I’m still working on that. I’ve had some good results. I’d really like to fi nish off strong.” Votto says his goal is to “appear threatening at all times.” More doubles and homers will force pitchers to respect him more. “I decided, you know what, I’m going to completely sell out and start hitting like I used to,” Votto said of the mid-July change. “Made some adjustments and it’s taken a long time, but I’m starting to fi nd that.”
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One unforgettable image from Game ofyou thestay 1976 World Series is How2do grounded after acCommissioner Bowie Kuhn braving complishing something previously the 39-degree atmosphere without an done only 16 times in history and nevovercoat, desperately trying toatconer for the team with which you, the vince the Sunday night, prime-time time, play? television that the Scooter audience Gennett walks his weather dog. was fi ne. That was what the Reds utility Thedid visible breath emanating from player on June 6, 2017, when he got the parka-clad crowd aof 54,816 in athome after setting single-game tendance for history’s fi rst Sunday franchise record by hitting four home night World Series game said otherruns and tying another by driving in wise, but that was allwin window dress10 runs during a 13-1 over the St. ing to the drama that unfolded on the Louis Cardinals at Great American fi eld as the Reds held off a New York Ball Park. Yankees and pulled a “I justcomeback went home with my out wife, 4-3 2-0 leadin in town, the best-ofand win my for besta friend’s so we seven series. just went back and I got to take the fi elder Ken Griff ey’s speed dogRight outside,” said Gennett – a native forced a two-base throwing error into of Lebanon, Ohio, about 30 miles the Reds’ fi rst-base dugout the by New north of the city – before next York with two day’sshortstop game. “I Fred don’tStanley think he knew outs inning. Catfi sh HuntwhatinI the did.ninth He was all excited to see er second to baseman Joe Morme.walked I just wanted get to bed.” ganThe intentionally, and fi rst baseman left-handed-hitting Gennett Tony Pérez moved by manager became the –fi rst National League Sparky Anderson fi fthintoafourth player to hit four from homers game in theLos Reds’ batting order,right replacing since Angeles Dodgers fi eldstruggling catcher Johnny – er Shawn Green against the Bench Milwaumade Hunteron pay with game-winkee Brewers May 23,a2002, while ning single left fi eld.Josh Hamilton former Redstooutfi elder The Reds, meeting the Yankees was the last player in either league in to the World Series for the thirdfeat time and accomplish the four-homer while just a combined 1-8 in the previous two meetings, won the fi rst game, 5-1, in what was Don Gullett’s last appear-
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Reds swept a four-game series from an admittedly injury-riddled Los Angeles Dodgers By at September of 1985,on a visit the team Dodger Stadium Mayby 10-13, Cincinnati Reds pales to other National but that triumph in comparison League cities bore an uncanny resemto perhaps the most impressive Cinblance to the circus coming to cinnati visit to Los Angeles intown. franThehistory. Reds’ traveling party had chise grown nearly proThe to Reds wereunmanageable two games behind portions a crowd of media fi rst-placeasLos Angeles in the memeightbers team from teamfollowed Nationalthe League goingcity-tointo a city. The idea, midweek of course, three-game was to permid-August, sonally describe history series atwitness the vastand Coliseum. They won in form of Pete breaking Ty thethe opener, 5-2, in Rose a game that feaCobb’s all-time career hits record. tured right fi elder Frank Robinson Rose had hispitcher fi rst full seathrowing outopened Dodgers Sandy son as at Cincinnati’s Koufax fi rst base player/manager, on an apparent needing single. 95 hits to surpass the 4,191 compiled by Cobba and grab onetwiof That preceded Wednesday baseball’s most hallowed records. By night doubleheader that drew 72,140 Sept. theColiseum, day the breaking Reds arrived in fans to5,the the NL Chicago a three-game series record for for night-game attendance the against thehad Cubs Field, the two teams setat inWrigley a July 7 twi-night 44-year-old startingalmost only twin bill. TheyRose were–rendered against right-handed pitchers had speechless as right-hander Bob– Purpushed hisleft-hander career hit total to 4,187. key and Jim O’Toole
turned in back-to-back, completegame shutouts during 6-0 and 8-0 wins that propelled Cincinnati over usual, Rose second in the theAs Dodgers and batted into fi rst place for lineup the series-opener in Chigood –forperhaps the best one-day cago and went 2-for-5 with two-run pitching performance in afranchise homer – only his second of the seahistory. son, both coming at Wrigley in The doubleheader shutoutField was–the Cincinnati’s fi rst suff ered7-5 bywin. the Dodgers since “Usually, Cubs in the bleachJuly 28, 1935, andfans the fi rst time they ers throw back home run balls hit by were shut out in back-to-back games the other team, but the ball I hit wasn’t since 1949. returned,” Rose The Reds setobserved. the tone by scoring The nextin day was the inning fi rst of aof minifour runs the fi rst the heat wave in Chicago. Temperatures opener. Shortstop Eddie Kasko led off reached humid degrees, with against 99 right-hander Larryand Sherry Wrigley Field’sand lights still three years with a single scored on second away, there was no escapetriple. from Vathe baseman Don Blasingame’s scorching heat. Rose maintained his da Pinson drove in Blasingame with a usual single. custom of wearing a nylon sweat jacket during Purkey retired the batting Dodgerspractice, in order and upinnings almost and being overin sixheofended his nine allowed whelmed by the conditions. A cold one runner to reach third base. Robshower left him ready to homer play, but he inson added a two-run after went in the Reds’ loss to being 0-for-4 knocked down by 9-7 a Sherry remain at 4,189 hits. a standing order pitch, which violated Rose’s plan to start Tony Pérez from manager Walter Alston to never against left-hander Troutleadthe brush back the Reds’ Steve combative next er. day, Sept. 8, but changed when the“Inevitably, manager learned that the going, Cubs’ if we had a rally
Pete Rose tied the record with his 4,191st hit in Chicago, then broke it in Cincinnati. ENQUIRER FILE Jim O’Toole, above, and Bob Purkey pitched complete-game shutouts vs. scheduled starter had injured hisFILE left the Dodgers in a double-header.
elbow after falling off his bicycle the previous night. Chicago Manager Jim Frey replaced with the fi rst thingTrout they’d doright-hander if Robinson Steve Patterson. was coming up and we had men on Just like in the linebase was to that, knockRose himwas down,” O’Toole up. He singled left-center fi eld in recalled. “They tonever learned their the fi rst inning and singled to right in lesson, because every time they’d the fi fth to tie the record. knock him down, he’d get up and hit Meanwhile, theof heat humidity the next pitch out theand park. He hatwas brewing up a storm of Biblical ed the Dodgers.” proportions. Suddenly, the bottom “I remember he usedinto stand on of picked up, the thethe topeighth, step ofthe thewinds dugout and call
Dodgers’ pitchers every name in the book,” recalled fi rst baseman Gordy Coleman. “Then he’d turned around, temperature plunge depoint to his seemed number to and say, 20 ‘Yeah, grees in ame minute clouds that was whoand saidthe that.’ ” burst with a rainstorm enough to Stan Williamsdrenching hit Pinson in the stop the game for just more than two head with a pitch in the seventh inhours. ning. Pinson was taken to a hospital playbefore resumed for the of butWhen was back the last out top of the the fi rst ninth, game. the Reds tied the game when Eddie MilnerGene drove in Ron Third baseman Freese hitOestwo ter with a single. Rose a went to the home runs, including three-run plate fi rst and secshot, with and runners catcher on Darrell Johnson ond, out and tied, addednobody the second andthe lastscore homer of 5-5. He was facing his major league careerhard-throwing while O’Toole right-hander Leewas Smith, whose to fastin the nightcap extending 26 ball seemed nearly in the the Dodgers’ streak invisible of consecutive fading light. Rose against struck out a 2-2 scoreless innings theon Reds. pitch. Double-plays allowed O’Toole to When the Cubs also score in face the minimum threedidn’t batters in six the bottom the down umpires innings andofhethe setninth, the side in suspended theofgame, all of the inorder in four thembut while allowing dividual statistics did second count. base. The just one runner to reach game would be told replayed onlycomplete if need“Somebody me my ed to determine thecomplete outcome of a divigame was the only game by sional race. a left-hander at the Coliseum that It wasn’t, which Rose logged year,” O’Toole said.meant “I was in such a the record-tying hit in aagainst game, as far groove when I pitched them as theday standings concerned, that that that I were had complete confi was never played. dence.”
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Game A second Series was won GameNo. 12:6:Gennett’s special night Mark Schmetzer Special to Cincinnati Enquirer Mark Schmetzer
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That the Reds had made the 1940 World a surprise. HowSeries do youwas stay hardly grounded after acThey had beensomething there in 1939. complishing previously That they forced seventh done only 16 times in a history andgame nevagainst powerful Detroit er for thethe team with which you,Tigers at the was little more unexpected. time,aplay? The RedsGennett went into the his Series Scooter walks dog.with twoThat starters hobbled by injuries. was what the Reds utility Catcher Ernie Lombardi player did on June 6, 2017, was whenlimited he got to threeafter at-bats in twoa games, while home setting single-game second manfranchisebaseman record byLonny hittingFrey four home aged two at-bats in three games after runs and tying another by driving in theruns heavy metalacover of aover dugout 10 during 13-1 win thewaSt. ter cooler fell on his creatLouis Cardinals at right Greatfoot, American ing deep cut and breaking a bone in BallaPark. his“Ibig toe.went home with my wife, just McKechnie, andManager my best“Deacon” friend’s Bill in town, so we already dealing withI got the to tragedy of just went back and take the catcher Willard Hershberger dog outside,” said Gennett – commita native ting suicide inOhio, August, had 30 activated of Lebanon, about miles 40-year-old Wilson late north of thecoach city Jimmie – before the next in the game. season“Iand installed him beday’s don’t think he knew hind plate. whatthe I did. He For wasthe allSeries, excitedbackup to see shortstop Eddie Joost took over at me. I just wanted to get to bed.” second The base. left-handed-hitting Gennett McKechnie still had the powerful became the fi rst National League one-two of right-hanplayer topitching hit fourpunch homers in a game ders Walters and Paul DerrinsinceBucky Los Angeles Dodgers right fi eldger, and they played a keythe roleMilwauin forcer Shawn Green against ing 7. Walters in awhile dazkee Game Brewers on May turned 23, 2002, zling, fi ve-hitter to formercomplete-game Reds outfi elder Josh Hamilton beat the Tigers, 4-0, in Game 6, and was the last player in either league to accomplish the four-homer feat while
Paul Derringer closed out the Reds’ World Series title in 1940. ENQUIRER FILE
26,854 fans crammed into Crosley earned run in the third on Billy SulliField on Gennett Oct. 8 for Game the 7. That single, Barney McCosky’s Scooter became fi rstwas playervan’s in major league history to have walk fi ve below capacity because and Charlie Gehringer’s single to third hits, four homers and 10 teams RBI in adidn’t game on June 6, 2017. ENQUIRER FILE sell tickets for Games 5, 6 and 7 until baseman Billy Werber, whose throwthey knew they were going to be ing error allowed Sullivan to score played refunds. second. playingto foravoid the Texas Rangers on May from homers and 10 RBI in a game. GenDerringer started for the Reds nett’s Newsom allowed just were two runners 8, 2012, against the Baltimore Orioles. 17 total bases also a franagainst Bobo Newsom, father to reach second base through fi rst Gennett became onlywhose the seventh chise single-game record, butthe his 10 had died a heart earlier in the six innings before theset Reds broke player toof hit homeattack runs in four-conRBI only tied the record by catcher Series. outinan un- through in the seventh. secutiveDetroit at-batsscratched and the fi rst major Walker Cooper in 1949, Frank McCorleague history to have fi ve hits, four Four-homer games are rarer in Ma-
mick, on his way to being named the National League Most Valuable Playjor League Baseball than perfect er, led off with a double to the fi eld games. Pitchers had logged 23left perfect wall and scored on a double off games through history at the time.the screen in front of record-breaking the right fi eld Gennett got his bleachers by with rightan left fi elder night started RBI singleJimmy off St. Ripple, hit .333 and led CincinLouis who right-hander Adam Wainnati withGennett’s six RBIs in the Series. wright. grand slam in his McCormick had holdWainwright up to see if next at-bat was thetofi rst the ball wassince caught had allowed 2012.and probably would’ve been thrown out following at home, Wainwright was lifted but Detroit shortstop Dick Bartell Eugenio Suárez’s fourth-inning, twodidn’t turn around in time withJohn the out bases-loaded triple. Reliever ball see the didn’t Ganttofared nodevelopment better againstand Gennett, hear his teammates’ pleas to center throw who tattooed a 3-2 fastball home. fi eld for a two-run homer. That gave Wilson, hit .353 ingame six Series him his fi rstwho multi-homer since games, Ripple to third base. Aug. 13,sacrifi ced 2013, against Texas. Lombardi was intentionally When Gennett connected walked, against but shortstop Billy Myers came the up Gant again in the sixth, he became with a go-ahead to deep fi rst Reds player tosacrifi ce hit threefl y homers in center fi eld. one game since Joey Votto on June 9, HallThe of crowd Fame of second 2015. 18,620baseman erupted Gehringer singled to leadforoff the with an ovation and asked a cureighth Derringer, the tain callagainst from Gennett, whobut obliged right-hander responded retiring with what turned out to beby a warmup. theGennett last six hit batters to into clinch a drive theCincinrightnati’s second fi eld seats in theSeries eighthchampionship inning for his and fi rstfourth since homer. 1919, sparking a mashistoric sive, celebration. “I city-wide kind of laughed, to beDerringer honest,” fi nished 2-1 with 2.75 ERAain three said Gennett, whoadelivered second Series starts. Walters went 2-0 with a curtain call. “It’s just crazy. For a guy 1.50 ERAtoinhave two done starts.it, it’s amazing. like me wasa the time of thea Reds It’sThis maybe littleonly bit short mirclinched a World at home. acle. Baseball is Series an amazing game. You can go from 0-for-19 to four home runs in a game. It’s pretty wild.
Game No. 5: Club wins fi rst World Series Game 11: A doubleheader of two shutouts Mark Schmetzer Special to Cincinnati Enquirer Mark Schmetzer
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A fi rst-year Cincinnati manager with major league experiTheprevious 2018 Cincinnati Reds swept a ence leads the Reds to aan World Series. four-game series from admittedly That has been formulaDodgers for the injury-riddled Losthe Angeles franchise's fi rstStadium and most Seteam at Dodger onrecent May 10-13, ries championships. but that triumph pales in comparison The mostthe recent, course, isCinthe to perhaps most of impressive 1990 title captured by Lou Piniella’s cinnati visit to Los Angeles in franteam. chise history. This year is the two 100th anniversary The Reds were games behind of the fi rst. Pat who the fi rst-place LosMoran, Angeles in guided the eight1915 Phillies to a Series appearance, team National League going into a took over themidweek Reds when Christy mid-August, three-game Mathewson didn’t return toThey manage series at the vast Coliseum. won after serving5-2, in World War I.that Cincinthe opener, in a game feanati, fi nishedFrank thirdRobinson in 1918, tured which right fi elder surged past New York Giants to throwing outthe Dodgers pitcher Sandy win the 1919 National pennant Koufax at fi rst base League on an apparent by nine games, earning a berth in the single. best-of-nine Seriesaagainst a Chicago That preceded Wednesday twiWhite Sox team generally regarded to night doubleheader that drew 72,140 be the assembledbreaking up to thatthe time. fans tobest the Coliseum, NL The for Reds won the fi rst two games record night-game attendance the at Redland – later Crosley – Field and two teams had set in a July 7 twi-night won two They out of three at Comiskey twin bill. were rendered almost Park in Chicago to open a commandspeechless as right-hander Bob Puring lead.left-hander Jim O’Toole key 4-1 and
turned in back-to-back, completegame shutouts during 6-0 and 8-0 wins that propelled Cincinnati over the Dodgers and into fi rst place for good – perhaps the best one-day pitching performance in franchise history. The doubleheader shutout was the fi rst suff ered by the Dodgers since July 28, 1935, and the fi rst time they were shut out in back-to-back games since 1949. The Reds set the tone by scoring four runs in the fi rst inning of the opener. Shortstop Eddie Kasko led off against right-hander Larry Sherry with a single and scored on second baseman Don Blasingame’s triple. Vada Pinson drove in Blasingame with a single. Purkey retired the Dodgers in order Pat Moran, majorand league in six of hiswho ninehad innings allowed experience, was in his fi rst season as one runner to reach third base. Robthe Reds manager when they won inson added a two-run homer after their World Series. OF beingfi rst knocked down LIBRARY by a Sherry CONGRESS pitch, which violated a standing order from manager Walter Alston to never brush back the Reds’ combative leader. By then, rumors were rampant that gamblers had reached White “Inevitably, if we hadseveral a rally going,
Sox players and paid them to lose the Series, but Chicago regrouped to win two straight in Cincinnati and cut the Reds' lead to 4-3. The Series returned to Chicago for Game 8. Hod Eller made his second start and the Reds immediately gave him a comfortable lead with a fourrun fi rst inning that featured four straight one-out hits, including a runscoring double by center fi elder Edd Roush and a two-run double by left fi elder Pat Duncan that knocked White Sox starter Lefty Williams out of the game after just one-third of an inning. He was replaced by Bill James, who gave upabove, a run-scoring Jim O’Toole, and Bob single Purkeyto catcher Rariden. pitched Bill complete-game shutouts vs. theinNL batting champion, theRoush, Dodgers a double-header. FILE added another RBI double in the second. “Shoeless” Joe Jackson broke up Eller’s for athey’d shutout with a solo the fi rstbid thing do if Robinson homer in theupthird, buthad Reds right was coming and we men on fi elder Earle “Greasy” Neale followed base was to knock him down,” O’Toole shortstop Larry never Kopf ’slearned sixth-inning recalled. “They their triple with a run-scoring single.they’d lesson, because every time The him Redsdown, broke the open with knock he’dgame get up and hit a three-run sixth. Roush drove in two the next pitch out of the park. He hatwith infi eld single to second base ed theanDodgers.” and“IDuncan followed withtoanstand RBI sinremember he used on gle. Roush, fi nished the top stepwho of the dugout3-for-4 and callwith the
four RBIs and two runs, scored the last Redspitchers run of the season Dodgers’ every name in in the eighth second a Rariden sinbook,” from recalled fi rston baseman Gordy gle to left. Coleman. “Then he’d turned around, Every player in Moran’s linepoint to Reds his number and say, ‘Yeah, up collected least one hit, including that was me at who said that.’ ” Eller, who shook off Stan Williams hitconstant Pinson umpire in the inspections searching evidence head with a pitch in thefor seventh inthat he waswas throwing illegal ning. Pinson taken to his a hospital “shine” ball, before and a the four-run but was back last outeighth of the that included Jackson’s two-run doufi rst game. bleThird to turn in a complete game.hit two baseman Gene Freese Noneruns, of theincluding White Soxawere found home three-run guilty being paid to lose the Series, shot, of and catcher Darrell Johnson but Commissioner Kenesaw Mounadded the second and last homer of tain Landis – a native of Millville in his major league career while O’Toole Butler County –was banned them to from in the nightcap extending 26 the major leagues. Roush only had to Dodgers’ streak of consecutive point to his .214 Series batting average scoreless innings against the Reds. as Double-plays evidence that the so-called “Black allowed O’Toole to Sox" were trying tothree win batters and that face the minimum in his six Reds were the team. innings and hebetter set the side down in “They didn’t their money after order in four of get them while allowing the fi rst game, so they decided to go just one runner to reach second base. out“Somebody there and told try me to win it,” said my complete Roush, who into thegame majors game was thebroke only complete by with the WhiteatSox 1913. “We beat a left-hander thein Coliseum that them and square. believe that year,” fair O’Toole said. “I I’ll was in such a to my dying groove whenday.” I pitched against them that day that I had complete confi dence.”
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Castillo on losing end in battle of aces Pat Brennan
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In a battle of stud pitchers, the the Reds’ Luis Castillo was the fi rst to blink. The New York Mets‘ Jacob deGrom didn’t. Castillo blinked twice, in fact, and then the Reds’ bullpen buckled in the late innings as the Mets stung the Reds, 8-1, with three home runs and a heap of late insurance off ense. A crowd of 20,576 attended at Great American Ball Park as the Reds fell to 72-82. The lone bright spot for the Reds was a lead-off homer by Aristides Aquino in the ninth inning after the victory was well in-hand for New York (80-73). By that stage in the game, deGrom (10-8) had long-since departed the contest having done more than enough to earn the win. He struck out nine, scattered four hits and walked none. DeGrom threw 96 pitches – 70 for strikes.
“I really think this is one of those times where you just have to say that was really impressive, what (deGrom) was doing out on the mound,” Reds manager David Bell said afterward. “He had it all going ... He had it all working and as I said, we got to see why he’s so good.” The clubs carried on scoreless into the sixth inning, but that’s when Castillo started to slide. Jeff McNeil looped a home run into the netting over the Reds bullpen in the sixth before Amed Rosario cracked a two-run shot in the seventh, driving in J.D. Davis along the way. It was McNeil’s 23rd homer of 2019 and was the fi rst off ensive blow in the game. Castillo started to labor in the top of the seventh, walking J.D. Davis with two outs before Rosario took Castillo’s 100th pitch of the night deep to left-center over the 387-foot sign. The homer was Rosario’s 14th of the season. “I thought (Castillo) was really good,” Bell said. “You can’t do much
better than that. I know he’d like to have those two pitches back but still, overall, just another good start.” Castillo (15-7) got the Reds through seven innings having struck out seven, walked three and allowed three hits and three earned runs on 103 pitches (72 strikes). “Give the credit to the hitters,” Castillo said through a team translator. “I think they were quality pitches.” Sal Romano relieved Castillo for the eighth inning only to allow rookie sensation Pete Alonso’s 50th home run of the season to make it 5-0 and put the game out of reach. Alonso’s two-run blast carried out toward the ballpark’s smokestacks and ultimately traveled 437 feet. The mammoth shot boasted an exit velocity of 108.2 mph. Reds third baseman Eugenio Suárez, the second-leading home run hitter in the league, went 1-for-4 with a single. With the score still 5-0, Suarez struck out to end the bottom of the eighth inning with two runners aboard. McNeil padded New York’s lead in
Senzel to undergo surgery on torn labrum Scott Springer
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Reds rookie Nick Senzel hasn’t played since Sept. 7 and won’t offi cially until next March 26 at best. Before Saturday’s afternoon game with the Mets, Reds manager David Bell announced Senzel would be having surgery on the torn labrum in his right shoulder that scratched him from the line-up Sept. 4. In 104 games, Senzel hit .256 with 12 homers, 42 RBI and 14 steals. He also moved from the infi eld to the outfi eld. “He’s going to have surgery next week,” Bell confi rmed. “He had a couple diff erent doctors look at it and they both recommended surgery. Hopefully we have him back for Opening Day.” Bell was unaware of the specifi cs of the surgery but said full recovery was expected. According to Senzel, the injury wasn’t related to any particular incident. “It was just over time,” he said. Senzel began as a shortstop in the minor leagues, then was at third, only to see it blocked in the bigs by Eugenio Suarez. In the spring, he was shifted to center fi eld in spring training. “I thought there were a lot of learning moments,” Senzel said of his initial MLB season. “There was some adversity through the season as a
team and an individual. Obviously, it wasn’t up to my standards, not even close. I thought I showed some signs of some good things.” Senzel has now played center and been a utility man in the infi eld. His future position? “I don’t know, I guess we’ll discuss that in the off -season,” he said. “As of now, I’m a center fi elder.” The bug: Despite an expanded roster, the Reds were down several players Saturday due to what manager Bell described as fl u-like symptoms. Outfi elder Josh Van Meter, infi elder Freddy Galvis, pitcher/outfi elder Michael Lorenzen and pitchers Robert Stephenson and Keury Mella were unavailable and not present in the clubhouse. “We just kind of have to put an end to it,” Bell said. Several players have battled through similar ailments in recent weeks. Bell speculated the “bug” was caught around the off -day in Seattle around Sept. 9. The Reds do not have organized team fl u shots. College gameday: Outside of Raisel Iglesias, who was glued to soccer on his laptop, the Reds clubhouse had a variety of college football games on the bevy of televisions surround the lockers Saturday. Many of the players come from the Southeastern Conference. Senzel, in addition to the bad news about his labrum, had to watch Florida drub his alma mater, Tennessee. But, he can also
claim Georgia where he’s from. Catcher/infi elder Kyle Farmer is from Georgia and actually had a small part in “The Blind Side” as an opposing quarterback. Outfi elder Phillip Ervin comes from football-mad Alabama. He’s from near Mobile, but played baseball at Samford, near Birmingham. In that area, folks must declare their allegiance, usually for Alabama or Auburn. “I’m a Roll Tide fan,” Ervin declared. “I’m Roll Tide every day. My brothers are War Eagle (Auburn), so it’s a rivalry. It’s very football-friendly down there.” Catcher Curt Casali went to Vanderbilt, as did Sonny Gray. Both take their lumps from their SEC brethren during the fall (Vandy lost to LSU 6631 Saturday). However, they usually take bragging rights in the spring with Commodore baseball. “We all love football, it’s a great sport,” Casali said. “It’s a nice break from our daily baseball lives. But, when it’s college baseball season, I just let everyone else have it, because my team’s better.” Added Gray, “I still take baseball season over football season as a Vandy fan. It’s just fun, I just enjoy football in general.” Catcher Tucker Barnhart likes his football, but not so much on Saturday. “I’m more of an NFL fan than a college fan,” Barnhart said.
Luis Castillo allowed three runs on three hits, two of them home runs, in seven innings to take the loss Friday. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER
the top of the ninth with an RBI double into the right-fi eld corner, scoring Brandon Nimmo in what would be a three-run inning. Aquino softened the scoreline with his 17th home run in the bottom of the ninth. The shot carried 419 feet to center and broke up the shutout. ❚ Box score, 15C
UP NEXT CINCINNATI REDS VS. NEW YORK METS Game 3 of a 3-game series When: 1:10 p.m. Sunday Where: Great American Ball Park TV/Radio: Fox Sports Ohio/ WLW-AM (700) The Skinny: Bauer is coming off back-to-back solid starts, including arguably his best outing as a Red in his last start when he beat the thenin-contention Diamondbacks. He pitched eight innings, allowing one run on four hits. He struck out nine and walked one. He allowed only two runs in 61⁄ 3 innings in his previous start, a no-decision against the Mariners. He’s 1-0 with a 3.26 ERA in his three September starts. Matz was knocked around in his last start, allowing seven earned runs in four innings of a loss at Colorado.
Pitching matchups Reds: Trevor Bauer Throws: Right Record: 11-12 ERA: 4.21 Mets: Steven Matz Throws: Left Record:10-9 ERA: 4.41
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MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor needed only a quarter Saturday to improve upon his rushing total from the Badgers’ lopsided loss to Michigan last season. Taylor ran for 203 yards and two touchdowns, Jack Coan added a career-high two rushing touchdowns and No. 13 Wisconsin made it look easy in a 35-14 victory over No. 11 Michigan. In the fi rst quarter alone, Taylor had 143 yards and two touchdowns, including a 72-yarder. Taylor missed the second quarter due to cramps, but the 2018 Doak Walker Award winner returned in the third to fi nish with 23 carries to help the Badgers (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) avenge their 38-13 loss to the Wolverines from a year ago. “I think we made (a statement),” said Taylor, who ran for 101 yards against Michigan last season. “It’s going to be tough to come into Camp Randall (Stadium) and come out with an easy win. You have to play for 60 minutes.” Michigan’s struggles to hold on to
the ball continued as the Wolverines suff ered another embarrassing loss under coach Jim Harbaugh. Michigan is 1-6 on the road against ranked opponents under Harbaugh, who took over the program in 2015. “We were outplayed, outprepared, outcoached, the whole thing both offensively and defensively,” Harbaugh said. “It was thorough.” The game was so one-sided that the 80,245 in attendance chanted “overrated, overrated” to a Michigan team expected to contend for the Big Ten championship. Michigan also had to make a quarterback change. Harbaugh elected to sit Shea Patterson late in the fi rst half in favor of backup quarterback Dylan McCaff rey. Patterson, who fumbled twice in each of Michigan’s fi rst two games, left after completing 4 of 9 passes with 88 yards and an interception. “He was being evaluated at halftime so we went with Dylan to start the second half,” Harbaugh said. Patterson returned in the second half after McCaff rey was knocked out of the game on a play that caused Wisconsin safety Reggie Pearson to
Field and Buckeyes blitz the RedHawks ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Justin Fields threw for four touchdowns and rushed for two more scores in the second quarter as No. 6 Ohio State cruised to a 76-5 win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday. The Buckeyes (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten), stunned by an early Fields end-zone fumble and safety, only led 7-5 after the fi rst quarter. But that changed quickly as Fields hit K.J. Hill with a 53yard touchdown pass and then ran for a 7-yard score 32 seconds later. It was all Ohio State the rest of the way, with backups mopping up throughout the second half. After four straight blowouts to start the 2019 season, Ohio State expects to fi nd the going a little more diffi cult as it gets into the meat of the Big Ten schedule beginning next week at Nebraska, followed by a home game against Michigan State. Fields was effi cient throwing again on Saturday, fi nishing 14 for 21 for 223 yards. Fields threw two touchdown passes to Chris Olave and another to Binjimen Victor before taking a seat at halftime. Miami freshman quarterback Brett Gabbert was 5 for 15 for 48 yards and
an interception before being benched in favor of Jackson Williams in the second quarter. The RedHawks were held to 130 total yards. The game was suspended because of lightning with 2:40 left and then was declared over by consent of the two head coaches. The takeaway ❚ Miami: The RedHawks, despite hanging tough in the opening quarter, are probably glad to have this one behind them. They didn’t have the talent to keep it close. ❚ Ohio State: The Buckeyes are speeding along and fl attening overmatched opponents. Fields continues to show his immense potential. The larger challenges are still ahead in the dog days of a tough Big Ten stretch. Poll implications Another blowout of an overmatched team likely isn’t going to impress voters, even with gaudy numbers from Fields. Up next ❚ Miami: Hosts Buff alo next Saturday. ❚ Ohio State: At Nebraska next Saturday night.
receive a targeting penalty. Patterson fi nished 14 of 32 for 219 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. “We’ve got a lot to fi x,” Harbaugh said. “The little things we’ve got to do, we’ve got to do better.” No. 2 Alabama 49, Southern Miss 7: Tua Tagovailoa passed for 293 yards and fi ve touchdowns in just three quarters for the Crimson Tide. Tagovailoa had his second straight fi ve-TD game and the Crimson Tide (4-0) raced to a 28-0 lead in the fi rst 19 minutes in yet another lopsided victory. Last season’s Heisman Trophy runner-up completed 17 of 21 passes. Tide receiver Henry Ruggs III had a career high in receiving yards even before the fi rst quarter ended, with touchdowns of 45 and 74 yards in the opening nine minutes. He fi nished with four catches for 148 yards. No. 4 LSU 66, Vanderbilt 38: Joe Burrow tossed four of his school-record six touchdown passes to Ja’Marr Chase and threw for 398 yards in the Tigers’ Southeastern Conference opener. LSU (4-0) beat Vanderbilt (0-3, 0-2) for the eighth straight time
and improved to 12-5 all-time in Nashville in the fi rst game between these SEC charter members since 2010. Burrow became both the fi rst LSU quarterback to throw for 350 yards or more in three straight games, and his 357 yards passing by halftime also was the most in school history. Michigan State 31, Northwestern 10: Brian Lewerke had three touchdown passes, Elijah Collins added a rushing TD and Michigan State bounced back from a stunning loss a week ago to Arizona State. The win was the 110th for coach Mark Dantonio at Michigan State, which makes him the winningest coach in program history. Dantonio, who had been tied with Duff y Daugherty, is 110-52 in 13 seasons. Indiana 38, UConn 3: Quarterback Peyton Ramsey played virtually fl awlessly, completing all but four passes, throwing for 247 yards and three touchdowns to help the Hoosiers shrug off last week’s blowout loss to Ohio State with a 38-3 rout over Connecticut. Ramsey, from Elder High, was 23 of 27 with 247 yards and one interception.
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12C ❚ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER
High schools
Warriors have Moeller’s number Scott Springer
Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Division II Southwest Ohio powerhouse Winton Woods High School has played Moeller High School three straight seasons now and has three straight wins. Friday night’s aff air was an early knockout as the Warriors put 27 on the board in the fi rst quarter. They would only score one more time, winning handily. The halftime and fi nal score was 34-0, with Iowa State commit Miyan Williams running for 165 yards. Junior Mi’Chale Wingfi eld was 4-for-6 passing for 78 yards and one score and ran for two more and 54 yards overall. “It takes a lot of pressure off of the young guys and the off ense,” Winton Woods head coach Andre Parker said of the early advantage. “We’re working every day, trying to be better. We haven’t’ played our best football yet.” In a tad over three minutes, Winton Woods drew fi rst blood when e Wingfi eld had a 6-yard score. Setting up the series of events was a Williams 58yard run. Not long after, linebacker
Miyan Williams rushed for 165 yards in Winton Woods’ third consecutive victory over Moeller on Friday night. MICHAEL NOYES FOR THE ENQUIRER
Daylon Long stripped the ball from a Crusader and the Warriors took command early after Long went 66 yards to the end zone. Before the fi rst quarter ended, DeMeer Blankumsee and Wingfi eld had rushing touchdowns and a blowout was in process at 27-0. “I know the team had a lot of fun because they had energy all four quarters,” Blankumsee said. “Usually, if we’re up, our energy lacks a little and we give teams chances. I feel like we
didn’t give them a chance tonight.” In the second quarter, Wingfi eld and Blankumsee hooked up on a 37yard pass that featured a nifty move from the Toledo commit on his way to the score. “It was real fun to go out and be the fi rst person to score, and score again and complete some passes,” Wingfi eld said. “We can do a lot. We ain’t a team to doubt.” The second half was played with a running clock by Ohio High School Athletic Association rules. Though Williams racked up more yards, the Warriors didn’t cross the goal line, settling for the 34-0 shutout. Twice in the game, the Winton Woods defense kept Moeller out of the end zone on fourth-and-goal. Winton Woods goes to 4-0, while Moeller drops to 1-3. The Warriors came into the game 2-1 against the Crusaders, with their last loss coming 10 years ago, 45-34. That season was when Winton Woods last won a state title (2009) with Troy Everhart coaching and Andre Parker assisting. Since going independent, Winton
Woods has been forced to beef up the schedule. Even in their Fort Ancient Valley Conference days, they began taking on GCL-South schools. Since 2015, they’ve been somewhat a thorn in the side of the prestigious league. They were 7-3 combined coming into Friday’s game. This season, they play everyone but St. Xavier. After Moeller, it’s Elder at home on Oct. 18, followed by a road game at La Salle on Oct. 25. “We don’t think too far ahead,” junior linebacker Andrew Booker said. “We obviously have a main goal, but we just think week-by-week.” Next up for Winton Woods is defending Division I champion Lakewood St. Edward, which was set to face Elder on Saturday. “It’s a measuring stick for us,” Parker said. “If you want to be a championship program, you’ve got to compete against those guys. It’s going to be a great opportunity.” Moeller takes on St. Xavier next Friday at the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium.
Here’s a look at area’s top recent performances Melanie Laughman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
In a vote ending Sept. 20, Cincinnati.com readers voted for the Cincinnati Enquirer athletes of the week winners, Sept. 9-15, presented by TriHealth. You do not have to be a subscriber to vote for athlete of the week, a period that runs Monday afternoon to Friday at 5 p.m. each week. Please submit any nominees by Monday morning for the previous week’s performances to mlaughman@enquirer.com. The new ballot will be posted Monday evening. You can vote once an hour from any device. This week’s winners are: Ohio football team of the week: La Salle – The Lancers whipped Mansfi eld (Ma.), 38-16, behind Zach Branam, who had three of his seven completions go for touchdowns. La Salle is now 37-9 in September since 2009 and outscored its opponents 100-23. Northern Kentucky/Indiana football team of the week: Covington Catholic – Covington Catholic rolled over the red Colonels of Dixie Heights, 45-0. CovCath outgained Dixie 403-187 in posting its third shutout in four games. Caleb Jacob threw
for 201 yards and one touchdown. Daniel Felix rushed for 55 yards and two scores. Fall team of the week: Holy Cross volleyball – The girls won the All ‘A’ state volleyball title Sept. 14 with a 2-1 win over Owensboro Catholic at Eastern Kentucky University. Boys cross country: Zach Beneteau, Lakota West – He took fi rst place with a time of 15:57 at the Eaton Invitational Sept. 14, which is the third best time in Firebird history. Lakota West fi nished fi rst as a team. Girls cross country: Hannah Lippincott, Talawanda – She won the Eaton Invitational varsity girls purple 5000 meter race with a time of 18:58.2 to help Talawanda to a fi rst-place fi nish. Boys golf: Peter Sheakley, Indian Hill – He shot an even-par 35 at Camargo Club Sept. 9 to become medalist in the win over Mariemont and Madeira. Girls golf: Abi Loux, Milford – The sophomore picked up medalist honors in three straight dual matches, leading the Eagles to wins over Turpin, Indian Hill and Mount Notre Dame with scores of 42, 36 and 41. She also holed out for eagle from 65 yards out on number 9 at Little Miami Golf Course.
Field hockey: Maria Schwarz, Mount Notre Dame – She scored one of the two goals in the Sept. 9 win over Summit Country Day. Ohio football: Jake Seibert, La Salle – The senior wide receiver and kicker had six receptions including three touchdown catches for 110 yards in La Salle’s 38-16 win over Mansfi eld Sept. 13 and had one fi eld goal of 35 yards. He also was 5 for 5 in extra points, with fi ve touchbacks for the 3-0 Lancers. Northern Kentucky/Indiana football: Tayquan Calloway, Holmes – In a 58-6 win over Owen County, he scored fi ve touchdowns in four diff erent ways – two rushing touchdowns, one receiving touchdown, one picksix interception and a kickoff return score. Boys soccer: Ben Berger, McNicholas – The senior defender/center back, led a defense to two shutouts last week over Chaminade Julienne and Fenwick. He also kicked three extra points for the football team against CHCA. Girls soccer: Jenna Barnes, Lebanon – The senior notched fi ve varsity goals and an assist last week. It began with a hat trick against Walnut Hills, followed up by an additional two goals and an assist against Springfi eld. Tennis: Peyton Fay, Mount Notre Dame – The senior co-captain went
undefeated (2-0) at fi rst singles with convincing wins over league rival Mercy McAuley (6-1, 6-2) and Anderson (6-2, 6-2). For the week, she compiled a total of 14 aces and committed no double faults. Volleyball: Meg Yuan, Seven Hills – The junior leads the MVC in serving with 46 aces, recording 19 aces. Her total is 200. She also had 12 kills and 28 digs in the three matches over the week. Water polo: Jozy Allen, Sycamore girls – She is in her fi rst year of water polo and has already proved she can compete at a varsity level. She has helped create a stronger defense for the team. This weekend she participated in six games and had 22 steals. Join the Enquirer high school sports Facebook group, Enquirer Preps Plus, to keep current on the high school sports scene during the summer. There’s also a group called Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Sports Parents for those interested.
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Preps+ scoreboard LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS RESULTS FRIDAY, SEPT. 20 FOOTBALL Greater Miami Conference Colerain 23, Princeton 14 The Colerain Cardinals shut out Princeton in the second and third quarters on the way to a win and the Vikings’ second conference loss. Princeton started off mightily with a 53-yard pass from MyJaden Horton to Rodney Harris Jr. Colerain’s Isaiah Myers later responded with a 55-yard passing score from Lawson Sandusky. MJ Flowers added two more rushing scores for the Cardinals in the second quarter. Colerain’s Greater Miami Conference winning streak will be tested at Middletown on Friday. Princeton will have its chance for a first GMC win at Lakota East. Colerain 7 13 3 0 -- 23 Princeton 6 0 0 8 -- 14 P - Harris Jr. 53 pass from Horton (kick failed) C - Myers 55 pass from Sandusky (Ott kick) C - Flowers 8 run (kick failed) C - Flowers 4 run (Ott kick) C - FG Ott 26 P - Boyd 4 run (Harris Jr. pass) Records: C 3-1 (2-0 GMC), P 2-2 (0-2 GMC) Lakota East 21, Middletown 9 A pair of second-half touchdown runs by Tavier Lugo-Flowers helped Lakota East overcome a sloppy start and beat the visiting Middies. Lakota East committed three turnovers, but its defense did not allow a touchdown as Middletown settled for a trio of Mason Dearth field goals, which put the Middies in front early in the third quarter. Josh Bryant ran for 108 yards on 30 carries for Middletown. Lugo-Flowers finished with 76 while Josh Thornhill and Charlie Kenrich combined for 150 on 17 carries. Middletown 3 3 3 0 - 9 Lakota East 7 0 7 7 - 21 M- FG Dearth 19 LE- Kenrich 32 pass from Kathman (Myers kick) M- FG Dearth 42 M- FG Dearth 28 LE- Lugo-Flowers 4 run (Myers kick) LE- Lugo-Flowers 4 run (Myers kick) Records: LE 3-1 (2-0 GMC), M 1-3 (0-2 GMC) Mason 35, Oak Hills 7 Both Mason and Oak Hills entered winless, but it was the Mason Comets that left Oak Hills with a Greater Miami Conference victory. Mason kept a solid lead by scoring in each quarter while shutting out the Highlanders until 6:49 remained in the game. Brandon Maxwell rushed for an Oak Hills five-yard score, but it only cut the lead to 35-7 in favor of Mason. Mason quarterback Collin Brown led the Comets going 12-for-15 through the air for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Alec Dardis caught six passes, including a touchdown, for 70 yards and Nolan McCormick had 109 yards on the ground plus a touchdown. Oak Hills did not complete a pass, going 0-for-4 for the game. Maxwell led the Highlanders with 135 yards on 10 rushes with a score. Mason will stay on the road and travel next to Sycamore while Oak Hills will look for its first win at Hamilton. Mason 14 7 7 7 -- 35 Oak Hills 0 0 0 7 -- 7 M - Cooper 25 pass from Brown (Curran kick) M - McCormick 36 run (Curran kick) M - Brown 12 run (Curran kick) M - Dardis 14 pass from Brown (Curran kick) M - Longworth 2 run (Curran kick) O - Maxwell 5 run (Matre kick) Lakota West 28, Sycamore 21 On the strength of four David Afari touchdowns, Lakota West stopped Sycamore from another Greater Miami Conference victory. Afari was responsible for four touchdowns, two in the first quarter and two in the second quarter, to overcome an early Sycamore lead and late Sycamore comeback attempt. Afari rushed for 187 yards on 23 attempts for three touchdowns as well as another touchdown on one of his two receptions for 60 yards. A 31-yard strike from Andrew Fehr to Jordan McConnel in the final quarter was followed by a 23-yard rush by Fehr to get within one score with 4:31 left in the game. Sycamore 7 0 0 14 - 21 Lakota West 14 14 0 0 - 28 S - McConnel 3 run (Ferron kick) LW - Afari 17 run (Laine kick) LW - Afari 1 run (Laine kick) LW - Afari 50 pass from Bolden (Laine kick) LW - Afari 39 run (Laine kick) S - McConnel 31 pass from Fehr (Ferron kick) S - Fehr 23 run (Ferron kick) OTHER SCORES: Fairfield 34, Hamilton 27 Eastern Cincinnati Conference Walnut Hills 35, Milford 7 It was the Tyrese Dorn Show as the running back accumulated 177 yards from scrimmage with four touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a lopsided win in their conference opener. Dorn ran for 137 yards and three scores on 21 carries and added a 42-yard TD catch. Garry Williams also had a big day on the ground, running for 172 yards on 20 carries with a 72-yard second-quarter touchdown that gave Walnut Hills the lead for good. Milford’s only points came on Caleb Johns’ 10-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Milford 7 0 0 0 - 7 Walnut Hills 7 14 14 0 - 35 WH- Dorn 42 pass from Reuter (Brown kick) M- Johns 10 run (Ertel kick) WH- Williams 72 run (Brown kick) WH- Dorn 12 run (Brown kick) WH- Dorn 7 run (Brown kick) WH- Dorn 36 run (Brown kick)
OTHER SCORES Anderson 59, Kings 41 Turpin 40, West Clermont 7 Withrow 39, Loveland 0 Greater Catholic League-South Winton Woods 34, Moeller 0 Moeller 0 0 0 0 - 0 Winton Woods 27 7 0 0 - 34 WW- Wingfield 6 run (Velasquez kick) WW- Long 65 fum return (Velasquez kick) WW- Murray 3 run (Velasquez kick) WW- Murray 3 run (kick blocked) WW- Blankumsee 37 pass from Wingfield (Velasquez kick) Records: WW 4-0, M 1-3 St. Xavier 41, Indianapolis Cathedral 37 Trailing 31-17 in the third quarter, St. Xavier rattled off 24 unanswered points before holding off visiting Cathedral to remain undefeated. The deciding score was Matthew Rueve’s third touchdown pass of the night, a 19-yard scoring strike to Drew Britt that put the Bombers up by 10 with 7:25 remaining. Rueve finished 17 of 33 for 170 yards and three touchdowns and added a score on the ground. Kellen Newman ran 23 times for 125 yards and a score to pace the St. Xavier ground game. Liam Clifford was Rueve’s main target, hauling in seven catches for 125 yards and two touchdowns. Cathedral 14 10 7 6 - 37 St. Xavier 10 7 14 10 - 41 SX- FG Rohmiller 35 C- Camden 88 pass from Edwards (Alerding kick) C- Camden 59 pass from Edwards (Alerding kick) SX- Rueve 9 run (Rohmiller kick) C- FG Alerding 34 SX- Clifford 36 pass from Rueve (Rohmiller kick) C- Hall 57 run (Alerding kick) C- Edwards 54 run (Alerding kick) SX- Clifford 44 pass from Rueve (Rohmiller kick) SX- Newman 10 run (Rohmiller kick) SX- FG Rohmiller 26 SX- Britt 19 pass from Rueve (Rohmiller kick) C- Camden 20 pass from Edwards Records: SX 4-0, IC 3-2 La Salle 37, Dunbar 7 Despite being outscored 7-2 in the second half, La Salle easily handled the visiting Dayton Dunbar Wolverines. La Salle scored three first quarter touchdowns in the span of nearly seven minutes to create a comfortable lead. The Lancers added two more touchdowns before halftime to lead 35-0 at the break. La Salle will hit the road and travel to Buffalo to play St. Joseph’s in New York on Friday. Dunbar 0 0 0 7 -- 7 La Salle 21 14 2 0 -- 37 L - Norwood 10 pass from Branam (Seibert kick) L - Porter 5 run (Seibert kick) L - Norwood 2 pass from Branam (Seibert kick) L - Payne 2 run (Seibert kick) L - Wyatt 4 run (Seibert kick) L - safety D - Wright 18 pass from Roberts (Rukundo kick) Records: L 4-0, D 0-4 Greater Catholic League-Coed Badin 31, Roger Bacon 7 Fenwick 16, St. Charles 0 McNicholas 30, Purcell Marian 7 Cincinnati Hills League Indian Hill 63, Deer Park 7 Indian Hill topped 60 points for the second-straight week in a league victory at Deer Park. The Braves scored at least two touchdowns in each quarter and allowed just one third quarter Deer Park score. Indian Hill will stay on the road next week when the Braves meet Madeira. Deer Park, which had allowed just eight points in its then-undefeated season, will travel to Taylor on Friday. Indian Hill 14 21 14 14 – 63 Deer Park 0 0 7 0 – 7 Records: IH 3-1 (1-0 CHL), DP 3-1 (0-1 CHL) Madeira 42, Finneytown 6 Madeira allowed just one score for the third-straight contest as Sam Autry accounted for three touchdowns and Jonathan Thiele added two more to beat Finneytown. Madeira will host Indian Hill on Friday for its first home conference game of 2019. Finneytown will stay at home and host winless Reading. Madeira 7 21 14 0 – 42 Finneytown 0 0 0 6 – 6 M – Autry 1 run (Hanley kick) M – Thiele 4 run (Hanley kick) M – Thiele 15 run (Hanley kick) M – Megois 82 pass from Autry (Hanley kick) M – Autry 6 run (Hanley kick) M – N. Herron 2 run (Hanley kick) F – Clay 60 pass from Finch (no PAT) Records: M 4-0 (1-0 CHL), F 2-2 (0-1 CHL) Mariemont 28, Taylor 7 Seth Greene rushed for 156 yards on 19 attempts and scored Mariemont’s first two touchdowns in the win at Taylor on Friday. Greene scored to open the game for a Mariemont 7-0 lead and found the endzone again in the second quarter to re-gain a 14-7 lead. Mariemont will travel next to Wyoming for an undefeated Cincinnati Hills League showdown. Taylor will stay at home for the third-consecutive week against Deer Park. Mariemont 7 7 0 14 -- 28 Taylor 7 0 0 0 -- 7 M - Greene 22 run (Souders kick) T - Lanham pass from Hall (kick good) M - Greene 10 run (Souders kick) M - Holliday 30 pass from Glassmeyer (Souders kick) M - Glassmeyer 2 run (Souders kick) Records: M 4-0 (1-0 CHL), T 1-3 (0-1 CHL) Wyoming 55, Reading 6 Evan Prater and Beau Thomas opened Wyoming’s Cincinnati Hills League opener with a road blowout over Reading. Prater, who played just the first half, was 12-for-14 passing for 271
yards and four touchdowns. Thomas found on the endzone on his only two rushes for a 122-yard night. Caleb Embry scored on a two-yard rush for Reading in the fourth quarter to bust the shutout. Defending state champion Wyoming stayed perfect for another road gamet at Mariemont. Reading will travel to Finneytown in search of the Blue Devils first win of the season. Wyoming 7 35 13 0 – 55 Reading 0 0 0 6 – 6 Miami Valley Conference CHCA 42, Walton-Verona 7 A 29-point second quarter was all CHCA would need as the Eagles pulled away from out-of-state visitor Walton-Verona Friday night. Quarterback Cole Fisher completed only six passes, but four of them went for touchdowns, including a pair to wide receiver Ian Salkil. Fisher also ran five times for 76 yards and a score. CHCA’s defense was led by Keegan Mueller, who registered seven tackles and a 55-yard pick-six. Daniel Flagel recorded six tackles of his own. Peyton Smith found the end zone for Walton-Verona, which fell to 2-3. Walton-Verona 7 0 0 0 - 7 CHCA 13 29 0 0 - 42 C- Fisher 42 run (kick failed) WV- P. Smith 12 run (Padgett kick) C- Jostworth 22 pass from Fisher (Mueller kick) C- Salkil 63 pass from Fisher (Mueller kick) C- Bauer 11 pass from Fisher (Mueller kick) C- Mueller 55 int return (Mueller kick) C- Salkil 19 pass from Fisher (Fisher run) Records: C 3-1, WV 2-3 OTHER SCORES Lockland 28, Cincinnati Country Day 14 New Miami 27, St. Bernard 18 North College Hill 27, Miami Valley Christian 21 Summit Country Day 27, Clermont Northeastern 24 Southwest Ohio Conference Talawanda 29, New Richmond 6 The hot start of the Larry Cox era at Talawanda continues as the Braves moved to 4-0 with a one-sided victory over New Richmond. Terrell Wills led the way for the Braves, rushing for 162 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Deondre Bothast-Revalee also found the end zone on the ground and the Braves got a special teams touchdown on a 60-yard punt return score from Luke Richardson. New Richmond 0 6 0 0 - 6 Talawanda 13 7 2 7 - 29 T- Norris 27 pass from Crank (June kick) T- Richardson 60 punt return (kick failed) NR- Pollard 18 pass from Snider (kick failed) T- Bothast-Revalee 20 run (June kick) T- Safety T- Wills 40 run (June kick) Records: T 4-0, NR 1-3 Harrison 48, Ross 14 Harrison kept the status quo in its rivalry with Ross, defeating the Rams for the seventh consecutive season. Connor Kinnett did damage on the air and on the ground, throwing for 349 yards and two touchdowns, both to Levi Tidwell, who had eight catches for 174 yards. Kinnett also ran for 84 yards and two touchdowns to push Harrison’s lead to double digits at the end of the first quarter. Junior running back Cam Hering found the end zone twice and avearged 5.9 yards per carry. Ross 10 0 0 0 - 10 Harrison 21 0 7 20 - 48 H- Tidwell 52 pass from C. Kinnett (Swope kick) R- FG Neumaier 21 H- C. Kinnett 3 run (Swope kick) H- C. Kinnett 1 run (Swope kick) R- Boze 6 run (Neumaier kick) H- Hering 5 run (Swope kick) H- Tidwell 38 pass from C. Kinnett (run failed) H- Hering 9 run (Swope kick) H- Heimkreiter 23 fum return (Swope kick) Records: H 3-1 (1-0 SWOC) , R 3-1 (0-1 SWOC) OTHER SCORES Edgewood 35, Northwest 0 Mount Healthy 36, Little Miami 35 OT Southern Buckeye Conference Goshen 50, Norwood 7 Bethel-Tate 41, Batavia 0 Clinton-Massie 38, Blanchester 3 Minford 31, Wilmington 27 Jackson 56, Western Brown 21 Hillsboro 14, Williamsburg 9 Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference Aiken 32, Woodward 0 Shroder 26, Gamble Montessori 0 Jefferson Township 42, Riverview East 2 Great Western Ohio Lebanon 41, Beavercreek 34 Lebanon quarterback Ethan Marsh’s 39-yard touchdown run with 2:16 left in regulation was enough to push the Warriors in a shootout on the road over Beavercreek, 41-34. Lebanon running back Keith Farr was lethal all night, runnign for 150 yards and four touchdowns on 24 attempts. The two teams combined for 858 total yards, but Lebanon was able to force two turnovers on interceptions from Blake Lamb to help turn the tide. Lebanon 0 21 6 14 - 41 Beavercreek 7 14 0 13 - 34 B- Brown 70 run (Morse kick) L- Farr 2 run (Miller kick) B- Whitehead 1 run (Crawford kick) L- Taulbee 15 pass from Marsh (kick failed) B- Garnes 14 run (Crawford kick) L- Farr 16 run (Taulbee pass from Marsh) L- Farr 43 run (pass failed) B- Brown 4 run (Crawford kick) L- Farr 1 run (run failed) B- Brown 12 run (Crawford kick) L- Marsh 39 run (Marsh run) Records: L 3-1, B 2-2
NORTHERN KENTUCKY Highlands 27, Ryle 0 Collin Hollingsworth helped Highlands push its winning streak to three games by throwing three touchdown passes, two of which went to Hunter Ahlfeld, in the Bluebirds’ shutout victory over Ryle in Union. Sawyer Depp added a special teams’ score with a 50-yard punt return. Highlands held Kyle England, one of Class 6A’s leading rushers, to 55 yards on 19 attempts and forced four total turnovers. Highlands 7 7 13 0 - 37 Ryle 0 0 0 0 - 0 H- Deshler 18 pass from Hollingsworth (Haigis kick) H- Ahlfeld 21 pass from Hollingsowrth (Haigis kick) H- Depp 50 punt return (Haigis kick) H- Ahlfeld 4 pass from Hollingsworth (kick failed) Conner 28, Campbell County 0 Douglas Abdon ran for three touchdowns to lead Conner to a shutout road victory over the Camels of Campbell County. Abdon finished with 57 yards on 11 carries in a well-rounded Cougars’ victory. Quarterback Jared Hicks was efficient, completing 13 of 21 passes for 163 yards and a 23-yard touchdown to Caleb Ervin to open the game’s scoring. Conner’s defense surrendered only 126 yards in its second shutout effort in the past three weeks. Conner 7 7 7 7 - 28 Campbell County 0 0 0 0 -0 Con- Ervin 23 pass from J. Hicks (Keller kick) Con- Abdon 15 run (Keller kick) Con- Abdon 5 run (Keller kick) Con- Abdon 13 run (Keller kick) Records: Con 4-1, CC 0-4 Simon Kenton 39, Taylor County 7 Unbeaten Taylor County was no match for Simon Kenton as the Pioneers ran roughshod en route to a lopsided victory. Simon Kenton was led by running back Austin Hammack, who ran for 178 yards and three touchdowns on 22 attempts. Taylor County 0 0 0 7 - 7 Simon Kenton 11 14 7 7 - 39 SK- Hammack 3 run (Hammack pass from Brown) SK- FG Seger 29 SK- Hammack 15 run (Brown run) SK- Ivey 34 pass from Crone (Brown run) SK- Hammack 13 run (Seger kick) SK- North 5 run (Seger kick) TC- Oliver 20 run (kick good) Newport Central Catholic 50, Holy Cross 14 Half of Paul Kremer’s pass attempts went for touchdowns on Friday when Newport Central Catholic smoked out of the gate and held steady for the 50-14 win over Holy Cross. Kremer was responsible for the game’s first four touchdowns, including scoring passes of 70 yards and 59 yards. In total, Kremer was 9-10 passing for 284 yards and five touchdowns. Javier Ison on the other sideline was 8-18 for 208 yards, but found Brandon McClendon twice for scores in the second half. Malaki Hernden recorded a receiving touchdown, a passing touchdown and returned an interception for a touchdown for the Thoroughbreds. Holy Cross 0 0 7 7 -- 14 Newport Central Catholic 26 17 7 0 -- 50 N - Jefferson 59 pass from Kremer (kick failed) N - Mueller 23 pass from Kremer (Louis kick) N - Ackerson 70 pass from Kremer (run failed) N - Hernden 32 pass from Kremer (Louis kick) N - Hernden interception return (Louis kick) N - Jefferson 56 pass from Kremer (Louis kick) N - FG Louis 23 N - Mueller 45 pass from Hernden (louis kick) H - McClendon 84 pass from Ison (McDonald kick) H - McClendon 73 pass from Ison (McDonald kick) Newport 27, Holmes 12 Newport’s historic season rolls along after the Wildcats racked up 282 rushing yards in a road win over Holmes. Giaunte Jackson (16 carries, 159 yards) helped Newport open a 21-point halftime cushion with a pair of touchdown runs. Quarterback Kaleal Davis only completed 1 of 8 passes, but he was lethal on the ground, running for 73 yards on 12 attempts and a score. James Martin sealed Newport’s 5-0 start with a 1-yard plunge in the fourth quarter. He finished with 51 yards. Holmes’ Quantez Calloway accounted for both Bulldog touchdowns with one on the ground and one through the air. Newport 7 14 0 6 - 27 Holmes 0 0 6 6 - 12 N- G. Jackson 1 run (Maxwell kick) N- G. Jackson 72 run (Maxwell kick) N- K. Davis 58 run (Maxwell kick) H- Foster 15 pass from Calloway (pass failed) N- Martin 1 run (run failed) H- Calloway 1 run (pass failed) OTHER SCORES Covington Catholic 48, Beechwood 3 Lloyd 55, Mason County 27 Ludlow 21, Bishop Brossart 6 Bellevue 41, Gallatin County 0 Dayton 18, Pendleton County 14 DeSales 40, Cooper 7 Scott 30, Boone County 8 SOUTHEAST INDIANA East Central 43, Batesville 0 It was another big-time performance from running back Jake Fike that led East Central to a lopsided win. Three of Fike’s 13 carries went for touchdowns, including a 74-yard second-quarter run that helped the Trojans take a 36-0 advantage into the intermission. Ryan Bond threw a TD to Mac Studer and Erik Perkins also found the end zone for unbeaten East Central. East Central 13 23 7 0 - 43
Batesville 0 0 0 0 - 0 EC- Fike 11 run (kick failed) EC- Fike 3 run (Browndyke kick) EC- FG Browndyke 32 EC- Ertel 4 fum return (Browndyke kick) EC- Fike 74 run (kick failed) EC- Studer 23 pass from Bond (Browndyke kick) EC- Perkins 1 run (Browndyke kick) Records: EC 5-0, B 2-3 OTHER SCORES Lawrenceburg 41, Franklin County 7 South Dearborn 42, Greensburg 31 THURSDAY, SEPT. 19 GIRLS’ SOCCER Cincinnati Country Day 2, Newport Central Catholic 0 Goals: Moorman, Virzi. Shutout: Reisenfeld, DeBra (combined for eight saves). Records: CCD 8-0-1 Oak Hills 3, Colerain 0 Goals: P. Kuerze, Estrada, Smith. Shutout: White, Thomas (combined for eight saves). Records: OH 6-4 (3-1 GMC), C 4-5 (1-3 GMC) Beechwood 6, Calvary Christian 1 Goals: B- Smith, Curless, Hazzard, Grunkemeyer, Hehman, Noll Girls golfGoshen 231, Blanchester 251 Medalist: Madi Arnett (G) with a 44 at Deer Track Golf Course. Summit Country Day 192, McNicholas 200 Medalist: Riley Simpson (SCD) with a 37 at TPC Riversbend. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Loveland d. Anderson 25-16, 25-21, 25-21 Oak Hills d. Middletown 25-8, 25-4, 25-14 Milford d. Kings 25-15, 28-26, 21-25, 22-25, 15-8 Sycamore d. Fairfield 25-16, 25-17, 25-19 Highlands d. Bishop Brossart 25-10, 25-14, 25-13 BOYS’ SOCCER Sycamore 3, Hamilton 1 Goals: S- Khosla, Rozenfeld, Snyder. H- Deaton. Records: S 5-4-1 (4-0 GMC), H 2-8-1, (0-4-1 GMC) Carroll 3, Springboro 1 Goals: C- Thompson, Del Cid, Osterholt. SMitchell. Records: C 8-0-2, S 6-4 Monroe 2, Oakwood 1 Goals: M- Griffis, DeBord. Records: M 10-0-1 CO-ED GOLF Princeton 172, Roger Bacon 210 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18 GIRLS’ TENNIS Mason 4, Oakwood 1 A. Aggardwal d. McCloskey 6-0, 6-4; S. Aggarwal d. Hall 6-2, 6-4; Pickens d. Ritschel 6-2, 6-1. Connelly-Russell (O) d. Reddy-Reddy 6-3, 7-6; Tonkal-Bandaru d. Purks-C.Schnell 6-2, 6-0. Seven Hills 3, Wyoming 2 Alper (SH) d. Chen 6-0, 6-1; Sekar (SH) d. Feller 6-3, 6-0; Khaskel (SH) d. Rosenberg 6-0, 6-2. Psha-Evans (W) d. Pavam-Isakov 6-0, 6-4; S. Dick-O. Dick d. Tan-Thompson 7-5, 2-6, 10-3. Blanchester 5, East Clinton 0 Allen d. Ross 6-0, 6-1; Coyle d. Hughes 6-0, 6-0; Trovillio d. forfeit. Bradly-Irwin d. Noble-Garen 6-4, 6-7 (5), (11-9); Geary-Caldwell d. Bernard-Gulley 6-1, 7-6 (3). Oak Hills 3, Mercy McAuley 2 Ziebro (OH) d. Lambers 6-3, 6-3; Kadakia (OH) d. Schutte 6-1, 6-0; Mapp d. Miller 7-5, 6-2. Rohling-Loth d. Malone-King 6-4, 6-4; Eichhorn-Hoy (OH) d. Adams-Villamagna 6-4, 6-3. Badin 3, Madeira 2 Boadas d. Oliver 6-2, 6-3; Clemmons (B) d. Drosses 6-0, 6-0; Born d. Kuntz 6-3, 6-0. Mitrione-Sauer (B) d. Fisher-Dalma 6-4, 6-1; Wilms-Wesner (B) d. Bird-Tesy 6-3, 7-5. Records: B 12-3. Middletown 5, Northwest 0 Layne d. Osae 6-0, 6-1; Fonseca d. Roberts 6-0, 6-0; Wilson d. Cao 6-2, 6-0. Patterson-Pearson d. Kafley-Hill 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-1); Newbern-Wiggins-Misirlioglu d. Perkins-Chimerto 6-2, 6-0. Clinton-Massie 4, Miami Trace 1 Lazic d. Thompson 6-1, 6-0; Schulz d. Pepper 6-3, 6-1; Mason d. King 6-0, 6-2. Cragwall-Duncan d. Pursell-Bucher 6-1, 6-3; Seyfang-Wisecup (MT) d. Wood-Asher 6-4, 6-1. Sycamore 5, Lakota West 0 Kalaiarasan d. Sturgeon 6-1, 6-2; van den Berg d. Trent 6-3, 6-1; Frischer d. Alikhan 6-2, 4-6, 1-0. Fukuda-Singh d. Hudson-Suresh 6-2, 6-1; Mahesh-Guo d. Young-Surles 6-0, 6-0. Mariemont 5, Kings 0 Soller d. Gause 6-1, 6-1; L. Wilhelm d. Melton 6-3, 6-3; Black d. Astacio 6-2, 6-4. D. Weiss-Neville d. Ridenour-Hardman 6-3, 6-1; D. Byers-P. Wilhelm d. Hoin-Jiung 6-3, 6-2. Lakota East 3, Summit Country Day 2 Hoke d. Joseph 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; Groom d. Leisten 6-1, 6-2; Hajjar d. Sacha 3-6, 6-4, 10-5. Romito-Call (LE) d. LaLonde-Ebken 6-4, 2-6, 13-11; DiFillipo-Kejriwal (LE) d. Lewis-Conway 6-0, 6-7, 10-4. Girls soccer Notre Dame Academy 6, Beechwood 0 Goals: NDA- Feldman 2, Bain, MacKnight, Carothers, Quigley. Shutout: Moore, Breeze. Mariemont 7, Finnneytown 0 Goals: M- Murphy 2, Megowen, Messner, K. Dewey, Poindexter, Maticchionni. Shutout: E. Dewey, Hartman (one save). Records: M 2-3-2 (2-1-1 CHL), F 1-5 (0-4 CHL). Seton 2, Mount Notre Dame 0 Goals: S- Zapposodi, Autenrieb. Shutout: Schutte, O’Shea (eight saves) Taylor 0, Madeira 0 Shutouts: Stevens (T), McGuire (M) Mercy McAuley 1, St. Ursula 1 Goals: MM- Suder. SU- Kessler. Records: SU 7-1-2 (4-0-2 GGCL), MM 2-4-4 (0-3-3 GGCL)
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Scoreboard Pregame.com Line Major League Baseball Sunday National League
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New York Washington ATLANTA MILWAUKEE CHICAGO LA DODGERS SAN DIEGO
-111 -200 -210 -253 -139 -355 -108
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CINCINNATI MIAMI San Francisco Pittsburgh St. Louis Colorado Arizona
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NEW YORK BALTIMORE DETROIT TAMPA BAY MINNESOTA HOUSTON OAKLAND
-305 -114 -108 -169 -215 OFF -178
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Toronto Seattle Chicago Boston Kansas City LA Angels Texas
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CLEVELAND
-149
Underdog
Philadelphia
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GREEN BAY 8 7 PHILADELPHIA 8 5 KANSAS CITY 6 5 BUFFALO 6 6 INDIANAPOLIS 2 1 MINNESOTA 8 8 NEW ENGLAND 18 21 DALLAS 20 22 TAMPA BAY 5 1⁄ 2 6 ARIZONA +3 2 SEATTLE PK 4 1⁄ 2 LA CHARGERS 3 3 SAN FRANCISCO +1 6 LA Rams 1 1⁄ 2 3 1⁄ 2 Favorite
Chicago
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+275 +104 -102 +159 +195 OFF +166
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+139
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43 Denver 45 Detroit 52 Baltimore 44 Cincinnati 47 Atlanta 43 Oakland 43 NY Jets 47 Miami 48 NY Giants 45 Carolina 44 1⁄ 2 New Orleans 48 Houston 43 Pittsburgh 47 1⁄ 2 CLEVELAND
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WASHINGTON
COLLEGE FOOTBALL The AP Top 25 Fared *LATE GAME No. 1 Clemson (3-0) vs. Charlotte*. Next: at North Carolina, Saturday. No. 2 Alabama (4-0) beat Southern Miss. 49-7. Next: vs. Mississippi, Saturday. No. 3 Georgia (3-0) vs. No. 7 Notre Dame. Next: at Tennessee, Saturday, Oct. 5. No. 4 LSU (4-0) beat Vanderbilt 66-38. Next: vs. Utah State, Saturday, Oct. 5. No. 5 Oklahoma (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. Texas Tech, Saturday. No. 6 Ohio State (3-0) beat Miami U. 76-5. Next: at Nebraska, Saturday. No. 7 Notre Dame (2-0) at No. 3 Georgia*. Next: vs. No. 21 Virginia, Saturday. No. 8 Auburn (3-0) at No. 17 Texas A&M*. Next: vs. Mississippi State, Saturday. No. 9 Florida (4-0) beat Tennessee 34-3. Next: vs. Towson, Saturday. No. 10 Utah (3-1) lost to Southern Cal 30-23, Friday. Next: vs. No. 19 Washington State, Saturday. No. 11 Michigan (2-1) lost to No. 13 Wisconsin 35-14. Next: vs. Rutgers, Saturday. No. 12 Texas (2-1) vs. Oklahoma State*. Next: at West Virginia, Saturday, Oct. 5. No. 13 Penn State (3-0) did not play. Next: at No. 21 Maryland, Friday. No. 13 Wisconsin (3-0) beat No. 11 Michigan 35-14. Next: vs. Northwestern, Saturday. No. 15 UCF (3-0) at Pittsburgh*. Next: vs. UConn, Saturday. No. 16 Oregon (2-1) at Stanford*. Next: vs. No. 23 California, Saturday, Oct. 5. No. 17 Texas A&M (2-1) vs. No. 8 Auburn*. Next: vs. Arkansas at Arlington, Texas, Saturday. No. 18 Iowa (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. Middle Tennessee, Saturday. No. 19 Washington State (3-0) vs. UCLA*. Next: at No. 10 Utah, Saturday. No. 20 Boise State (4-0) beat Air Force 30-19, Friday. Next: at UNLV, Saturday, Oct. 5.
No. 21 Virginia (3-0) vs. Old Dominion*. Next: at No. 7 Notre Dame, Saturday. No. 22 Washington (2-1) at BYU*. Next: vs. Southern Cal, Saturday. No. 23 California (4-0) beat Mississippi 28-20. Next: vs. No. 24 Arizona State, Friday. No. 24 Arziona State (3-0) vs. Colorado*. Next: at No. 23 California, Friday. No. 25 TCU (2-0) vs. SMU*. Next: vs. Kansas, Saturday.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEW YORK METS 8, CINCINNATI 1 FRIDAY New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Nimmo cf-lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .222 McNeil 3b 5 3 3 2 0 0 .318 Alonso 1b 4 2 1 2 1 1 .266 Canó 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .262 1-Haggerty pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lagares cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .210 Ramos c 4 0 1 0 1 2 .293 Conforto rf 3 0 1 1 2 1 .250 J.Davis lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .304 Brach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Avilán p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Díaz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --b-Lowrie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Familia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Rosario ss 4 1 1 2 0 1 .287 deGrom p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .203 Panik 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 TOTALS 37 8 10 8 6 9 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg. VanMeter lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239 Votto 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .267 Suárez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .272 Aquino rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .259 Barnhart c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .223 J.Iglesias ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .288 c-Colón ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ervin cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Peraza 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Castillo p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .103 Romano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Dietrich ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Mella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --TOTALS 33 1 7 1 1 11 New York 000 001 223— 8 10 0 Cincinnati 000 000 001— 1 7 1 a-flied out for Romano in the 8th. b-flied out for Díaz in the 9th. c-flied out for J.Iglesias in the 9th. 1-ran for Canó in the 8th. E—Peraza (7). LOB—New York 8, Cincinnati 6. 2B—Canó (25), McNeil (35). HR—McNeil (22), off Castillo; Rosario (13), off Castillo; Alonso (49), off Romano; Aquino (16), off Familia. RBIs—McNeil 2 (71), Rosario 2 (64), Alonso 2 (113), Lagares (26), Conforto (83), Aquino (41). SB—J.Iglesias (5), Peraza (5), Aquino (4), VanMeter (8). Runners left in scoring position—New York 3 (J.Davis, Lowrie); Cincinnati 4 (Ervin, Votto, J.Iglesias, Suárez). RISP—New York 2 for 5; Cincinnati 0 for 5. Runners moved up—VanMeter. GIDP—Ervin. DP—New York 1 (Rosario, Panik, Alonso). New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA deGrom, W, 9-8 7.0 4 0 0 0 9 96 2.61 Brach 2.3 1 0 0 0 1 15 4.91 Avilán 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5.23 Díaz 1.3 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.83 Familia 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 16 6.05 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Castillo, L, 15-6 7.0 3 3 3 3 7 103 3.22 Romano 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 33 8.44 Mella 1.0 4 3 3 2 0 31 27.00 Avilán pitched to 1 batters in the 8th Inherited runners-scored—Avilán 1-0, Díaz 2-0. IBB—off Mella (Alonso).
Umpires—Home, Mark Ripperger; First, James Hoye; Second, Shane Livensparger; Third, Tom Hallion. T—3:06. A—20,576 (42,319).
HORSE RACING Belterra Park Entries Post time: Sunday, 12:35 p.m. 1st—$8,600, 3YO up, 5f. Insurgent 122 Kinetic Art 122 Rushed 126 Garrison K 117 ChngnFvehndrd 122 2nd—$13,200, 3YO up, 1mi. Yankton 126 Mucho Macho Dan126 St. Ronans 126 Lemon Again 120 Synclines Trip 126 Honor Mission 126 3rd—$13,900, 3YO up F&M, 1 1/16mi. Valkyrie 124 Catty Krys 119 I Am Miss Brown 122 Blueberry Shine 122 Magic Feet 122 Personal Cat 122 Native Wahoo 122 4th—$17,200, 3YO up F&M (NW3 L), 6f. Miss Ximena 117 Take Charge Girl 117 TrndwnDaVlme 117 Sassy Seta 117 Wholehearted 122 Mae Never No 117 Princess Athena 119 5th—$12,300, 3YO up, 1mi. Half Trick 118 a-Court and Sprk 120 Regal Moon 120 Seventy Svntycat 118 Tomahawk Kitten 119 Byron Bay 120 Cape Crush 126 Readyaimfire 124 Kalydar 124 Promised 118 Blackjack Jedi 118 Lucky Lookin 124 Mac's Dragon 118 a-Rock Me 124 Pioche Gold 118 a-Coupled. 6th—$9,100, 3YO up, 1mi. Chasingthegame 126 Seeyalaterbye 126 Warrior's March 122 Jennysregalman 126 True Truffle 126 Got Gold 122 Congruity 126 Southern Cross 122 7th—$11,800, 3YO up F&M, 5f. Rollin So Wicked 117 Spoofy Doo 122 Aspens Little Zip 117 Belgian Candy 117 Semanya 122 In the Moment 117 Miss Lady Locker 122 Holywood Humor 117 Temperance Road 117 Easter Weekend 117 La Dama 122 8th—$75,000, 2YO, 6f. Loyalty Stakes Mobil Magic 116 Dr. Zarnett 118 Skytown Cat 116 Blanda 116 Betchaiwill 118 SryButigttarun 116 AuthntcCwtwn 116 HvnSntAngl 113 Nambiti 116 Occur 118 Sweetnessncharm 118 One Crazy Ride 116 9th—$15,000, 3YO up (NW2 L), 31/2f. ShesByndPrfct 121 Dash N Prospect 121 Ballistic Jess 127 Appolitical Jessie 127 Rakin Joe 121 Qf Princess Elsa 127 Louisiana Kit T 127 Wagon Dash 121 Belterra Park Results Saturday 1st—$16,500, 3YO up F&M, 6f. 5 Jazz Brunch (Lagunes) 18.80 7.40 4.40 2 Olive U (Lezcano) 4.00 3.40 1 Final Truth (Colon) 4.20 Off 12:38. Time 1:13.89. Fast. Also Ran—Lahiri, Lady David, Moonlight Ride. $1 Exacta (5-2) paid $30.60. $0.1 Superfecta (5-2-1-6) paid $28.35. $0.5 Trifecta (5-2-1) paid $76.20. 2nd—$12,300, 3YO up F&M, 1mi, tf. 3 Queen Maxine (Lezcano) 18.20 10.60 4.60 5 Viva Per Lei (Leon) 3.40 2.20 1 Narrows Bridge (Ramos) 3.80 Off 1:07. Time 1:35.90. Hard. Also Ran—Celestial Orb, Spackle, Sureis, Sanibel. $1 Daily Double (5-3) paid $89.40. $1 Exacta (3-5) paid $47.20. $0.1 Superfecta (3-5-1-7) paid $216.91. $0.5 Trifecta (3-5-1) paid $100.70. 3rd—$16,900, 3YO up, 6f. 6 Deano (Lagunes) 10.60 6.20 2.20 2 Against the Line (Colon) 9.40 2.10 1 Sterling Hope (Leon) 2.10 Off 1:38. Time 1:12.35. Fast. Scratched—Falls Road. Also Ran—Tio Mosco, Warrior's Dream. $0.5 Pick 3 (5-3-6) 3 Correct Paid $224.95. $1 Exacta (6-2) paid $31.10. $0.1 Superfecta (6-2-1-4) paid $18.27. $0.5 Trifecta (6-2-1) paid $30.95. 4th—$7,500, 3YO up, 6f.
2 Get Em Up Scout (McKee) 4.00 2.20 2.20 5 Bourne in Nixa (Colon) 2.40 2.20 8 Brett's Boy (Leon) 2.60 Off 2:07. Time 1:12.83. Fast. Scratched—Fourth and Central, My Curby, Righteous Ride. Also Ran—a-Name Dropper, a-Conquest Goinggone, Go Ranger Go. $0.5 Pick 3 (3-6-2) 3 Correct Paid $172.90. $1 Exacta (2-5) paid $3.40. $0.1 Superfecta (2-5-8-1) no winners. $0.5 Trifecta (2-5-8) paid $2.80. a-Coupled. 5th—$11,300, 3YO up F&M, 5f, tf. 9 Trtba (Lagunes) 4.20 2.80 2.40 2 Old Centre (Paucar) 3.80 2.80 8 DTL (Radosevich) 3.80 Off 2:38. Time 0:55.71. Hard. Scratched—Erin's Wish, Love the Power. Also Ran—Blazing Diamond, Sugar Candy Rose, Adorable Eyes, Graduatewithhonors, Cora Anne, Alittlebourbon. $0.5 Pick 3 (6-2/3/4/7-9/10/11) 3 Correct Paid $10.55. $1 Exacta (9-2) paid $8.30. $0.1 Superfecta (9-2-8-1) paid $8.22. $0.5 Trifecta (9-2-8) paid $14.30. 6th—$7,700, 3YO up F&M, 51/2f. 8 Daisy's Storm (Ramos) 4.00 2.60 2.10 6 Aunt Peg (Court) 4.60 3.00 7 Unscattered (Figueroa) 3.60 Off 3:06. Time 1:06.19. Fast. Scratched—Too Short. Also Ran—Aglaia, Run Chuy Run, Miss Cabotage, Rock Ice. $0.5 Pick 3 (2/3/7-9-8) 3 Correct Paid $4.10. $1 Exacta (8-6) paid $6.20. $0.1 Superfecta (8-6-7-5) paid $7.87. $0.5 Trifecta (8-6-7) paid $7.75. 7th—$8,500, 3YO up, 1 1/16mi. 8 Big Kick (Ramos) 16.60 5.60 4.20 1 Bold Chrome (Lagunes) 3.20 2.60 4 Joey B (McKee) 4.80 Off 3:37. Time 1:46.94. Fast. Scratched—Primed for Talent, Hot Paris Night. Also Ran—Mansoor, Tizaboutime, Grand Ginjo, Onemorequickone. $0.5 Pick 3 (9/10/11-4/8-8) 3 Correct Paid $36.75. $1 Exacta (8-1) paid $41.90. $0.1 Superfecta (8-1-4-7) paid $99.80. $0.5 Trifecta (8-1-4) paid $270.50. 8th—$8,600, 3YO up F&M, 6f. 7 Foggy Kitten (Lagunes) 5.60 3.00 2.40 2 Dirty Dixie Road (Figueroa) 6.80 4.20 3 Budget Cut (McKee) 4.00 Off 4:06. Time 1:13.33. Fast. Also Ran—Chasin' Bai, Unexpected Visit, Central Banking, Shamelessfi, Dim Sum. $0.2 Pick 6 (6-2-9-8-8-7) 6 Correct Paid $498.84. $0.5 Pick 4 (8-4/8-8-7) 4 Correct Paid $95.00. $0.5 Pick 3 (8-8-7) 3 Correct Paid $29.65. $0.5 Trifecta (7-2-3) paid $52.50. $0.1 Superfecta (7-2-3-6) paid $40.01. $1 Daily Double (8-7) paid $59.70. $1 Exacta (7-2) paid $18.80. Churchill Downs Results Saturday 1st—$25,000, 3YO up, 6f. 6 Ice Sphere (Court) 15.80 9.00 7.00 12 Written Permission (Baze) 28.20 18.80 11 Afleet Roger (Hernandez, 6.60 Jr.) Off 12:52. Time 1:11.04. Fast. Scratched—Depot Red, Soul Wind, U. S. Warrior, Helluva Life, Wallet. Also Ran—Scooter's Boy, Jumpin Thru Hoops, Plug and Play, Level Seventeen, Tropical Cognac, Vencedora, Illume, Smilin Cobra. Exacta (6-12) paid $293.00. $0.1 Superfecta (6-12-11-10) paid $802.10. $0.5 Trifecta (6-12-11) paid $780.45. 2nd—$44,000, 3YO up F&M, 1 1/16mi. 6 Mo Gayle (Mena) 8.40 4.00 2.40 5 Blunt Force (Castanon) 5.40 2.20 1 RR (Beschizza) 2.80 Off 1:18. Time 1:46.21. Fast. Scratched—Ready Orb Not. Also Ran—Sooner Schooner, Social Circle. $1 Daily Double (6-6) paid $31.90. Exacta (6-5) paid $36.60. $0.5 Trifecta (6-5-1) paid $41.00. 3rd—$60,000, 2YO F, 61/2f. 1 Evil Lyn (Chuan) 7.00 4.40 3.40 8 BKT (HernandezJr) 12.80 9.20 4 Rhythm Tree (Morales) 10.20 Off 1:46. Time 1:18.02. Fast. Also Ran—Tetrahydro, Miss Firecracker, The Mary Rose, Chambers
Creek, Miss Marinette, Diamond and Silks. $0.5 Pick 3 (6-6-1) 3 Correct Paid $54.15. $1 Daily Double (6-1) paid $18.20. Exacta (1-8) paid $125.40. $0.1 Superfecta (1-8-4-6) paid $250.05. $0.5 Trifecta (1-8-4) paid $255.05. 4th—$44,000, 2YO F, 61/2f. 4 Richies Great Girl 11.20 4.20 3.20 (HernandezJr) 7 Pick Up the Fone (Lanerie) 3.00 2.40 6 Symphony Hall 2.60 (CamachoJr) Off 2:15. Time 1:18.35. Fast. Scratched—More Than Charming. Also Ran—Fed Policy, Street Flyer, Top Hat Charmer. $0.5 Pick 3 (6-1-4) 3 Correct Paid $65.40. $1 Daily Double (1-4) paid $33.50. Exacta (4-7) paid $32.80. $0.1 Superfecta (4-7-6-3) paid $16.44. $0.5 Trifecta (4-7-6) paid $22.70. 5th—$38,000, 2YO, 61/2f. 3 Naughty Alfred 5.00 3.40 3.00 (SantanaJr.) 7 Visual Artist (Mena) 4.40 4.00 10 The Flasche 6.80 (HernandezJr) Off 2:47. Time 1:17.35. Fast. Scratched—Five Boroughs, Davidic Line, Hard Code, Florida Flash. Also Ran—Baquero Flies, Archrival, Little Dragon, Game Set and Match, Pray for Jake, Wicked Wednesday, Kentucky Peerless, Grays the Bar, Soar Like an Eagle. $0.5 Pick 5 (6-6-1-4-3) 5 Correct Paid $1,928.70. $0.5 Pick 4 (6-1-4-3) 4 Correct Paid $254.80. $0.5 Pick 3 (1-4-3) 3 Correct Paid $54.75. $0.5 Trifecta (3-7-10) paid $67.95. $0.1 Superfecta (3-7-10-6) paid $107.19. $1 Daily Double (4-3) paid $21.60. Exacta (3-7) paid $25.60. 6th—$34,000, 3YO up F&M, 61/2f. 4 Saints' Girl (Graham) 12.80 7.00 5.60 10 Sky Vision (Hill) 5.80 4.60 7 Tickety Boo (Mojica) 6.40 Off 3:18. Time 1:17.45. Fast. Also Ran—Parking Ticket, Extreme Caution, Unfading Beauty, Myositis Mystique, Secret Trick, Don'teatmycookies, Desert Image. $0.5 Pick 3 (4-3-4) 3 Correct Paid $72.80. $1 Daily Double (3-4) paid $25.40. Exacta (4-10) paid $95.00. $0.1 Superfecta (4-10-7-8) paid $233.31. $0.5 Trifecta (4-10-7) paid $218.70. 7th—$38,000, 3YO up F&M, 6f. 6 Field Daisey (Rocco, Jr.) 77.60 22.80 13.40 9 Punish (Mena) 21.40 9.60 10 Neon Light (Lanerie) 16.20 Off 3:50. Time 1:10.98. Fast. Scratched—Lady C, Stolen Beauty, Lil Brown Sparrow. Also Ran—Sweet Addison, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Vegan Goes Best, Stroll With Becca, Savvy Spender, Paigely, Her Giant, Gun Club, Tropical Drive. $0.5 Pick 3 (3-4-6) 3 Correct Paid $407.85. $1 Daily Double (4-6) paid $166.30. Exacta (6-9) paid $1,073.60. $0.1 Superfecta (6-9-10-4) paid $17,052.29. $0.5 Trifecta (6-9-10) paid $12,992.35. 8th—$99,000, 3YO up, 11/8mi, tf. 6 Renaisance Frolic 11.60 6.80 4.20 (Graham) 4 High Promise (Leparoux) 8.00 5.40 3 Honovi (Cannon) 8.40 Off 4:23. Time 1:48.87. Firm. Also Ran—Louder Than Bombs, Cape Angel, He's Cheeky, County Court, Go Away, El Bonito, Bemma's Boy. $0.5 Pick 5 (4-3-4-6-6) 5 Correct Paid $37,914.80. $0.5 Pick 4 (3-4-6-6) 4 Correct Paid $2,305.65. $0.5 Pick 3 (4-6-6) 3 Correct Paid $653.05. $0.5 Trifecta (6-4-3) paid $194.75. $0.1 Superfecta (6-4-3-10) paid $217.28. $1 Daily Double (6-6) paid $282.50. Exacta (6-4) paid $88.40. 9th—$97,000, 2YO F, 6f. 5 Wasabi Girl (SantanaJr) 10.40 5.20 3.80 11 Josie (Bridgmohan) 3.40 2.80 6 Just Fly (Beschizza) 5.60 Off 4:55. Time 1:10.19. Fast. Also Ran—Banker's Candy, American Legend, Judy's Way, Indy Takes Charge, a-Baileston Lassie, Well Spent,
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The Backstop Scoreboard
NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington
Continued from Page 14C a-Kay Bee Gee, Allied Party, Monedas de Oro. $0.5 Pick 3 (6-6-5) 3 Correct Paid $602.50. $1 Daily Double (6-5) paid $24.60. Exacta (5-11) paid $37.40. $0.1 Superfecta (5-11-6-3) paid $142.29. $0.5 Trifecta (5-11-6) paid $80.15. a-Coupled. 10th—$125,000, 3YO F, 7f. Dogwood S. 6 Covfefe (Bridgmohan) 2.40 2.20 2.10 1 Bell's the One (Lanerie) 4.60 3.60 3 Free Cover (Albarado) 4.00 $0.5 Pick 3 (6-5-6) 3 Correct Paid $26.10. $1 Daily Double (5-6) paid $6.20. Exacta (6-1) paid $8.80. $0.1 Superfecta (6-1-3-4) paid $9.81. $0.5 Trifecta (6-1-3) paid $15.05. 11th—$95,000, 2YO F, 1mi, tf. 1 In Good Spirits (Mena) 8.80 5.80 3.80 7 Turnstone (Cannon) 37.80 12.60 3 Hey Kitten (Leparoux) 2.60 Also Ran—Seattle Slang, Addison, Egyptian Princess, Go Stormin Girl, Mastercraft, Lincoln Center, Rathrbluckythngood. $0.2 Pick 6 Jackpot (4-6-6-5-6-1) 6 Correct Paid $9,733.52. $0.5 Pick 5 (6-6-5-6-1) 5 Correct Paid $5,377.85. $0.5 Pick 4 (6-5-6-1) 4 Correct Paid $166.95. $0.5 Pick 3 (5-6-1) 3 Correct Paid $23.65. $0.5 Trifecta (1-7-3) paid $279.45. $1 Daily Double (6-1) paid $5.70. Exacta (1-7) paid $331.40. $0.1 Superfecta (1-7-3-6) paid $305.69. Churchill Downs Entries Post time: Sunday, 12:45 p.m. 1st—$99,000, 3YO up F&M, 11/8mi. Ulele 118 Fizzy Friday Don't Tell Marge 121 Peru Unique Factor 118 Drinking Dixie Cubs Win 123 2nd—$52,000, 3YO up, 1mi. Aquadini 120 Peppered Bird 120 Bump Bailey My Sixth Sense 120 Father G Box of Chocolates 120 3rd—$38,000, 2YO F, 61/2f. Heroic Officer 120 Over the Blues Sunflower Rose 120 AllAmrcnJwl Little Red Frog 120 Seven Seventeen Wises Landing 120 Sister Alex 4th—$58,000, 3YO up, 6f. D Squared 122 Racer Belle Tapisserie 120 Maniacal Curate 120 Big Bella Brown Mr Ashley 120 5th—$38,000, 3YO up, 6f. Wrath 120 Deal Neal In Superado 120 Miracle Hill Trebulski 120 YbbaDbbaDde Kansas City Zip 122 Super Terrific Logan Pass 122 Greenspan 6th—$49,000, 3YO up, 7f. No Funny Biz 120 Fifth Title Always a Suspect 120 Starship Zeus All About Ashley 120 Laddie Boy Reason to Soar 120 Cheytac Driven by History 120 Italian Charm 7th—$95,000, 2YO, 1mi. Went 118 Super Mamba Fan Favorite 118 Jack Beanstalk End Zone 118 Street Ready No Problemo 118 Lady Jenneviere Deanos Cape 118 Czechmight Animate 118
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10th—$95,000, 2YO, 1mi. Something Natural 118 Templet Prefect 118 Atlas Moon Palace Coup 118 Bahama Channel Gold Endeavor 118 Blanket of Roses Da Gold Room 118 Louwit Digital Star 118
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PRO FOOTBALL NFL STANDINGS AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England Buffalo N.Y. Jets Miami Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Kansas City Oakland L.A. Chargers Denver
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2 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 1 .250 Thursday's games Jacksonville 20, Tennessee 7 Sunday's games Miami at Dallas, 1 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Denver at Green Bay, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Houston at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m. New Orleans at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. L.A. Rams at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m. Monday's games Chicago at Washington, 8:15 p.m.
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8th—$36,000, 3YO up F&M, 71/2f. Elevententeetime 120 Wedding Belle Quiet All Around 120 Scotty's Folly Broadway Diner 120 Mrs. Bucket She's So Bossy 122 Actress On Board Lil' Shopper 118 TheMllrdQueen Ronan 118 April Entry Unsweet Tea 120 Lady C 9th—$97,000, 3YO up F&M (NW1 X), 1 1/16mi. Jo Marie 118 Nikki Beach Summer Blossom 121 Fun Paddy Tiz Ella 111 Lucky Move Gorgeous in Rags 125 Romani
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SATURDAY CINCINNATI 3, NY METS 2 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Nimmo cf 2 0 0 1 0 1 .220 b-J.Davis ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Lugo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 McNeil lf-rf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .318 Alonso 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Canó 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .259 Ramos c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Conforto rf-cf-rf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .250 Frazier 3b 3 1 2 0 0 1 .246 Rosario ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .287 Wheeler p 2 0 0 1 0 1 .204 Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Lagares cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Ervin lf-cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .284 Votto 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .266 Suárez 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Aquino rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .264 Barnhart c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .227 J.Iglesias ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 .287 O'Grady cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .152 Peraza lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Dietrich 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .189 c-Casali ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .253 R.Iglesias p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DeSclafani p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .115 a-Blandino ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Sims p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Garrett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Kuhnel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 d-Colón ph-2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 New York 001 010 000— 2 3 1 Cincinnati 200 000 01x— 3 9 1 a-struck out for DeSclafani in the 6th. b-flied out for Nimmo in the 8th. c-struck out for Dietrich in the 8th. d-singled for Kuhnel in the 8th. E—Frazier (11), Votto (7). LOB—New York 4, Cincinnati 9. 2B—Rosario (29), Votto (31). RBIs—Wheeler (5), Nimmo (25), Aquino (43), J.Iglesias (55), Colón (1). S—Wheeler. Runners left in scoring position—New York 3 (McNeil, Alonso); Cincinnati 3 (Dietrich, J.Iglesias). RISP—New York 0 for 6; Cincinnati 4 for 12. Runners moved up—Wheeler, Rosario. New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Wheeler 7 7 2 1 1 6 109 3.99 Wilson, L, 4-2 1.3 1 1 1 1 1 16 2.68 Lugo 2.3 1 0 0 0 1 11 2.72 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA DeSclafani 6 3 2 1 1 7 85 3.84 Sims 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 4.62 Garrett 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.17 Kuhnel, W, 1-0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.19 R.Iglesias, S, 34-39 1 0 0 0 0 3 14 3.99 Inherited runners-scored—Lugo 2-1. HBP—DeSclafani (Nimmo), Wheeler (Suárez).
TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated LHP Kyle Freeland from the 10-day IL. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Fired manager Andy Green. Named Rod Barajas interim manager.
Sept. 29 vs. Orlando, 5 p.m. Oct. 6 at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Sun. at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Sept. 30 at Pittsburgh, 8:15 p.m. Oct. 6 vs. Arizona, 1 p.m.
Sept. 28 at Nebraska, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 vs. Michigan St., 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at N’western, 8:30 p.m.
Sat. at S. Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 vs. Arkansas, TBA Oct. 19 at Georgia, TBA
Sat. vs. Buffalo, Noon Oct. 12 at W. Michigan, TBA Oct. 19 vs. N. Illinois, 2:30 p.m.
Oct. 5 vs. Boston College, TBA Oct. 12 at Wake Forest, TBA Oct. 19 vs. Clemson, TBA
ON THE AIR AUTO RACING
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World Cup 2019: England vs. Tonga, Pool C World Cup 2019: Ireland vs. Scotland, Pool A SOCCER (MEN)
Premier League: Manchester United at West Ham Bundesliga: Fortuna Dusseldorf at Borussia Monchengladbach Serie A: Fiorentina at Atalanta Premier League: Liverpool at Chelsea Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund at Eintracht Frankfurt MLS: Minnesota at Portland TENNIS
The Laver Cup: Team World vs. Team Europe, Day 3 ATP/WTA: The Zhuhai and Chengdu Opens, Early Rounds & The Wuhan and Tashkent Opens ATP/WTA: The Zhuhai and Chengdu Opens, Early Rounds & The Wuhan and Tashkent Opens WNBA BASKETBALL
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❚ Daugherty’s take on a Marty Brennaman farewell and a timeline of his career, 2-3H ❚ Reds beat writer John Fay: Marty is one of a kind, 4H ❚ Amanda Brennaman’s influence over Marty, 6-7H ❚ A collection of famous Martyisms, and the Hall of Famer’s impact on future broadcasters, 8-9H ❚ Photos of Marty through the years, 10-11H
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‘SO LONG, EVERYBODY’ Paul Daugherty Columnist Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
How we lookin’? I doesn’t know. If you’re ready now ... The Reds are set to ply their individual and collective talents against the New York Metropolitans. Ken Griff ey Jr. is the center fi elder. To his left in right is Austin Kearns, to his right in left is Adam Dunn. And this game is underway. If you’re not buckled up, what’s holding you back? We welcome in our good friend, and we hope yours ... John Fay, aka “the bank president,” from The Cincinnati Enquirer. Show me what you got. That’s a great big Duh. It’s nothing-nothing as we move into the top half of the 7th inning. A good ol’ good one.
A thrill a minute. Just like we like it. There’s a drive ... Howa-bout that? He spanked that bad boy. He gotta alla that baby. And two runs are gonna score. How we lookin’? I’m noticing a crowd gathering in the booth for this, my fi nal broadcast. Say hello to: Pot Roast Lou. Mr. Baseball, aka Tony La Russa. Doc Hollywood, Tim Kremchek. Ruggedly Handsome Ron Millennor. Quintessential Ladies Man Jeff Horrigan. Steve “Bad Boy” Stewart. Ol’ Leatherpants. Our Mentor and Spiritual Leader Dave “Yiddy” Armbruster. And of course me, the Poofy-Haired Fancy Boy. If I was any better, I’d be twins. What’s up, sweet thang? Don’t get stupid on me. You’re killin’ me. I’m not right. Something’s wrong with you.
I gotcha covered. C’mon, Doc. The throw to the plate ... is not in time! The Reds will bat in the 8th inning for what they hope will be the fi nal time tonight. In tonight’s ... titanic struggle. Ain’t love grand? In a word, remarkable. No question. For the edifi cation of our listening audience ... The Reds have given up the lead and will make a pitching change. In the immortal words of Lou Piniella, I have seen enough. That’s a big ol’ hang with ’em. How we lookin’? And that’s a base hit. Votto smokes a ball to the gap in left! Hamilton’s gonna score and ... This one belongs to the Reds! Back with more in a moment. The Reds welcome in the Astronomicals tomorrow night, for the fi rst of three. Until then, this is Marty Brennaman saying ... So long, everybody.
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A look back at some of the most memorable moments from Brennaman’s 46-year career as Reds radio broadcaster:
1974: Marty Brennaman joins Joe Nux-
April 4, 1974: In the first inning
July 25, 1974: Memorable call:
June 16, 1978: Memorable call:
1975-1976: Highlights from the
Summer 1974: Brennaman
Sept. 11, 1985: Memorable call:
May 3, 1988: Brennaman and
Sept. 16, 1988: Memorable call:
2004: Nuxhall retires after 37 years
2003: Great American Ball Park
2000: Brennaman wins the Ford C.
June 20, 2004: Memorable call:
2005: Brennaman is inducted into
2007: Brennaman is joined in the
April 17, 2008: Brennaman calls
Nov. 15, 2007: Nuxhall dies.
June 10, 2007: Reds broad-
June 10, 2008: Memorable call:
Sept. 28, 2010: Memorable
Aug. 3, 2012: Brennaman lives up
Sept. 26, 2019: The last Reds
Jan. 16, 2019: Brennaman
hall as broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds on WLW-AM (700) radio, the beginning of the legendary “Marty and Joe” team. The Portsmouth, Virginia, native came from Virginia Tech to replace Al Michaels in the broadcast booth.
Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver’s only no-hitter. “Tom Seaver has thrown the first no-hitter of his major league career ... and he did it in almost routine fashion tonight. And what a ballgame.”
Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb’s all-time hits record. “Hit number 41-92. A line drive single into left-center field, a clean base hit. It is pandemonium here at Riverfront Stadium.”
calling Reds games.
Ken Griffey Jr.’s 500th career home run. “And a high drive, hit back into deep right field. Junior has just knocked the door down for the 500 club. … Boy, what a Father’s Day gift for Senior.”
Chicago Cubs fans “far and away the most obnoxious fans in baseball.”
Griffey’s 600th home run. “Griffey swings. There it goes! Long fly ball, right field. It is No. 600 for Ken Griffey Jr.”
of his first regular-season game, Brennaman calls Braves slugger Hank Aaron’s 714th home run to tie Babe Ruth’s record on Opening Day at Riverfront Stadium. “Swung on, long shot, into deep left field. Rose is back and that ball is gone!”
broadcasting of the Reds’ 1975 and 1976 World Series wins are released as LP records narrated by Brennaman.
Nuxhall are called before National League President Bart Giamatti, accused of “inciting the unacceptable behavior of some of the fans” who threw litter on the field after Reds Manager Pete Rose was ejected following an altercation with umpire Dave Pallone. “I want to tell you, Dave Pallone absolutely stinks.”
opens with Nuxhall’s catchphrase, “Rounding third and heading for home” displayed outside. Brennaman’s signature phrase was reportedly rejected because county officials said the stadium belongs to Hamilton County, not the Reds.
the National Radio Hall of Fame.
call: Jay Bruce’s home run wins the Central Division. “And a high fly ball, center field. He hit it a ton. And it’s gone! The 2010 Central Division Championship belongs to the Cincinnati Reds.”
home game of the season will be Brennaman’s last day at the microphone.
Tony Pérez hits a two-run homer in the ninth inning to beat the San Francisco Giants, 14-13. “It’s all over! The Reds win it! The Reds win it! The Reds win it!”
first uses his signature call for a Reds victory (he doesn’t remember which game): “And this one belongs to the Reds!”
Tom Browning’s perfect game. “Tom Browning … throws the first perfect game in the long and legendary history of this great Cincinnati Reds baseball franchise.”
Frick Award, presented by the National Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for “major contributions to baseball,” honored the same year Sparky Anderson and Tony Pérez are enshrined in Cooperstown.
booth by his son, Thom, and former Reds closer Jeff Brantley.
casters Brennaman, Nuxhall and Waite Hoyt are honored with plaques displayed at Great American Ball Park along with the team’s retired numbers.
to his promise to have his head shaved if the Reds won 10 games in a row.
announces his retirement at the end of the 2019 season.
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There will never be another Marty John Fay
Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
When his microphone goes silent for the fi nal time on Thursday, Sept. 26, one thing is certain: There will never be a broadcaster quite like Marty Brennaman. Not in Cincinnati. Probably not anywhere. The longevity – 46 years with the Reds, 55 years as a broadcaster – puts Brennaman in rare air. Consider: Brennaman’s successor would have to work till 2066 to equal his tenure. And radio isn’t what it once was. When kids get transistor radios, the giveaway for Brennaman’s fi nal broadcast, it will be the fi rst time most have ever held one. But radio was king for baseball when Brennaman started because most games weren’t televised – being one of two voices at every game allowed Brennaman to develop a big following quickly. Remember, the Reds won the World Series his second and third years. What sets him apart most is the freedom he has to criticize the club that pays him. His opinions are his calling card. That developed
over time. He admits he was a bit of homer in his career. But he’ll take on players, coaches, managers, umpires and the front offi ce. He’s no stranger to controversy. He and partner Joe Nuxhall were hauled into commissioner Peter Ueberroth’s offi ce for their part in the Pete Rose-Dave Pallone incident in 1988. He made several trips upstairs to Dick Wagner’s or Marge Schott’s offi ce. But he’s been free-rein most of his career. Brennaman’s style is folksy and funny. His rapport with his two main partners – the late Joe Nuxhall and Jeff Brantley – is genuine and makes the broadcast. “The highlight of my lifetime in this town has been working with Joe,” Brennaman said. “If I’d shut up and listen, which I did early – no one would believe that now – I learned a lot from him. I don’t think he sought out to teach me. I emulated the way he dealt with people.” It took time for that to develop with Brantley, but it did. “I’ve been blessed to have Jeff with me because we’ve developed a great relationship. We genuinely like each other – like Joe, and I did. We have a good time.”
Brennaman is a walking, talking good time. He is the life of the traveling party. Brennaman has also ingratiated himself to his adopted hometown. You might say he’s an institution, which brings us to a classic Marty story. The Reds were playing the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers circa 2000. Brennaman was listening to the press briefi ng when the Boston PR man noticed Brennaman was wearing last year’s credential. He approached and told Marty he needed that year’s. Marty told him it was in his bag he’d get when he was done here and no sooner. The exchange was a bit heated. Marty produced the pass and marched back to his booth. The PR guy asked former Cincinnati Post beat writer Jeff Horrigan, who was that guy? “Marty Brennaman. He’s an institution in Cincinnati.” The PR guy replied: “He belongs in an institution.” Marty loves telling the story. He may be a Hall of Famer, he may be a legend, he may be one-of-a-kind, but he never takes himself too seriously.
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Marty and Amanda (Ingram) Brennaman and Brent Musberger share a laugh during the cocktail hour at “The Roasting of Jeff Ruby” at the Westin Cincinnati in Downtown on April 14, 2011. Amanda accompanies Marty on nearly every Reds trip he takes. ENQUIRER FILE PHOTO
A city’s most famous traveling couple John Fay
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The big moment came in Arizona. Amanda, the soon-to-be-new Mrs. Brennaman, had plans to take the train from Williams, Arizona, to the Grand Canyon. Marty was having no part it. “He was not going to go,” she said. “We slept in separate ends of the house. We didn’t talk for two days. I’m like, “all right, I’m going home. When I get back, I’m leaving.’ He fi nally relented.” Marty went and loved it. Thus was born Cincinnati’s more famous traveling couple. And part of the reason Marty is about to retire after 46 years as the Reds’ radio announcer. The Brennamans travel a lot. They just got back from Park City, Utah, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. That was followed by a Reds trip to
“I think a lot of people think I’m going to pass away right after I call that last out. I keep telling people: I’m not going anywhere.” – Marty Brennaman
Seattle, Phoenix and Chicago. It’s all chronicled on Instagram and Facebook. Amanda accompanies Marty on nearly every Reds trip he takes. “He’s fi nally discovered it’s a great big world out there, and he has not seen a lot of the states.” Marty has taken to travel so much that he
wanted to free up more time for it while he’s still healthy enough to do it. “All the years I traveled with this club, and when I did basketball, I would go into a city, I’d go to the ballpark, the coliseum or whatever,” he said. “I’d do a game, and then I’d go home. I never went out to sightsee. I never went out of my comfort zone. I went to dinner with people. “But in terms of getting up on the morning with a plan to see this or that, I never did that.” Once, when he was doing an American Basketball Association game of the Virginia Squires in San Antonio, he walked by a building. “I said, that place looks familiar. It was the Alamo,” Brennaman said. “If I hadn’t been walking, I never would have seen it.” Since the Brennamans got together, See BRENNAMANS, Page 7H
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Marty’s horizons have steadily grown. “Without question,” he said. “We end up going because Amanda has to have her way about that stuff . I would be disappointed if I missed whatever attraction we go see. “We spend a lot of time walking when we’re out doing various and sundry things. That’s a good thing, rather than sitting around and doing nothing – especially at my age (77). I’ve got to go have some means of exercise, so I stay limber and have a zest for life.” The travel will continue in retirement, although Brennaman has made it clear Cincinnati will be his home. “I think a lot of people think I’m going to pass away right after I call that last out. I keep telling people: I’m not going anywhere. I’m still going to be around, he said. “I’m just not going to do Reds baseball anymore.” But the travels will continue. “I’m excited about places we’re going, and I’m better suited than I would have been 20 years ago,” he said. “I wouldn’t have thought, ‘now I’m retiring, and I got all these cool places I’m going to.’ I would have never even
Pictured is Chuck Hellman, right, owner of Hellman Clothiers, with famous Cincinnati Reds radio broadcaster Marty Brennaman, center, at the grand opening of the upscale men’s store in the Carew Tower arcade. PROVIDED
thought about it.” A huge factor in Brennaman’s decision came when his old partner, Joe Nuxhall, was dealing with ailments that limited him after he retired. “I haven’t second-guessed my decision,” Brennaman said. “I’m comfortable. It’s time. As I told you before,
when Joe retired, there were things he wanted to do that he was physically incapable of doing. “I decided right then that wasn’t going to happen if I had any control over the situation. I’m healthy and physically able to do anything we planned.
“That was as important to me as anything that went into the decision I made.” Having a travel partner with a forceful personality worked out, too. “We’ve had major knock-down, dragouts about things,” Amanda said. “He relents and goes or I would threaten to go home.” Amanda met Marty when she was working for Maker’s Mark. She was not expecting it to work out like this. “I couldn’t have scripted it better,” she said. “I don’t know what I thought I wanted out of it. If you would have asked me 10 or 11 years ago (when they met) if we would have gotten to this point, I would have probably laughed in your face. “The fi rst time we (Marty with the Reds and Amanda with Maker’s Mark) ever worked together or went out – you have the 30-year age diff erence – I thought, ‘he’s not old enough for Social Security yet.’ He was in his 60s at the time. It was not something I was looking for. I was fi rmly entrenched in my career at Maker’s Mark. I had worked to get to where I was at that point in my life. I was not looking to get married again. To fi nd someone I wanted to spend so much time with. ... There’s not one thing I’d change about it.” The man who often uses the phrase “ain’t love grand,” wouldn’t either.
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“He couldn’t have hit that with an ironing board.”
“How we lookin? Not good!”
“In the words of Lou Piniella, I’ve seen enough.”
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LEFT: Pictured are Marty Brennaman, Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips and team marketing official Ryan Rizzo on-board the Reds Caravan in 2009. RIGHT: Reds broadcasters Brennaman, Dick Carlson and Joe Nuxhall call a game. ENQUIRER FILE PHOTOS
Marty infl uenced future broadcasters Bobby Nightengale Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Brian Anderson, an aspiring broadcaster as a senior in college, traveled to Chicago in July 1993 to see his older brother make his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds. Anderson’s brother, Mike, didn’t debut until September, but he was called up as an extra pitcher for a couple of weeks in July. After one game, Anderson saw Marty Brennaman and Thom Brennaman chatting at the Westin hotel bar. Looking to enter the broadcasting world, Anderson thought it was a chance to introduce himself. He wasn’t sure what to expect. He didn’t know either of them, and retelling the story 26 years later, he remembers that he was nervous. It went better than he could’ve ever expected. Marty told Anderson that he knew all about his brother, the most recent call-up, and the two Brennamans invited Anderson to sit with them. They chatted for hours as Anderson asked questions about broadcasting. “(Marty) said, ‘Look, if you ever want to come up to the booth, let me know. You’re welcome to sit in,’ knowing I wanted to be a broadcaster,” said Anderson, who became the Milwaukee Brewers’ play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports Wisconsin in 2007. Anderson landed his fi rst minor league play-by-play job in 1994 in San Antonio. His brother was out of the Reds’ organization, but he took advantage of Marty’s off er when the Reds traveled to Houston. He sat between Marty and Joe Nuxhall for a game, a fi rsthand look at an MLB broadcast. Their relationship continued when Marty told Anderson that he would listen to his demo tapes at any time if he was willing to receive honest feedback. Like his broadcast style, Marty wasn’t going to sugarcoat anything. Anderson says it scared him at fi rst because he knew he was growing into his fi rst
full-time role, but it turned into invaluable advice. It changed his career. And as Anderson continued to climb the broadcasting ranks, he realizes how special it was. “He does remember having me up to the booth,” Anderson said. “He doesn’t remember me hanging with him at the Westin. He doesn’t remember listening to any tapes. The reason is because he does it so often. There are so many thousands of tapes, and he’s just off ered his helping hand to so many people, like I’d just be one of the masses. “That was just part of his standard operating procedure that it wouldn’t stand out to him, which I think is the better part of the story. There were a few guys like that. Marty was one of them. Most guys, especially of that stature, Marty is the only Hall of Famer who ever listened to a demo tape.”
How much impact did Marty have on Herbstreit’s broadcasting career? It’s hard to say. He always listened, so he certainly learned from Marty’s storytelling and rhythm of a broadcast. “You never really had to guess what Marty was thinking,” Herbstreit said. “He was very, very honest. He was fair. But he was not always trying to spin something a certain way. It was almost as if he was very proud to not be that way. He wanted to be a guy that was going to shoot from the hip, did his research and watched every game. “Who better to tell you what’s going on with the Reds? Reds fans would rather hear from him over these years than the manager or a player. It’s almost like what he said carried so much weight.”
‘He was very, very honest’
Herbstreit was a business and marketing major in college. He didn't take broadcast journalism classes. His education was listening to Marty and Joe over the years. Marty’s ability to connect with the person listening, making them feel like a part of the conversation, is his gift. “Marty has that southern gentleman feel to him,” Anderson said. “Even the way he says, ‘the Reds,’ you know, there’s a way he says that that Marty is the only one who says it that way. It’s just a little tweak in ‘the Reds.’ I can’t even do it. It’s just the way he says it, it feels personal. “Then to have he and Joe Nuxhall riffi ng back and forth, they were like your buddies. You can’t create that. We strive for that.” For fellow broadcasters and Reds fans alike, a chapter in the team’s history will close when Marty signs off the air after his fi nal game. “The Reds have had great teams. They’ve had horrible years,” Los Angeles Dodgers radio play-by-play voice Charley Steiner said. “But Marty has been the metronome. He’s been the steady infl uence and the soundtrack of a Cincinnati summer.”
Kirk Herbstreit grew up a diehard Reds fan, and his childhood friends always laughed that he never played music in his car as a teenager. If they were hanging out on a Friday night in the summer, Herbstreit had Marty and Joe in the background. Herbstreit, ESPN’s top college football analyst, went out of his way to listen as much as he could. He had the game on when he lay in bed. He kept score. If he missed a big play, he made sure to listen to it on the next day’s pregame show. “They had a certain time the next day in the pregame show when they would play our Frisch’s Big Boy play of the game,” Herbstreit said. “If it was the last play, a walk-off home run or something by Eric Davis or Barry Larkin or whoever it might have been, and I would just sit there and take it in.” Herbstreit, a Centerville, Ohio, native, was like many Reds fans. Most games weren’t on TV when he was a kid, so he relied on Marty. He says Marty and Joe almost felt like family because they were always on. He memorized the way Marty read the lineups.
‘Soundtrack of a Cincinnati summer’