Brassart scored the only goal of the second period

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(Sports Network) - A pair of defending division champions now sitting in third place get together again tonight when the Cincinnati Reds visit Tropicana Field for the middle test of a three-game interleague set with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Reds took Mondays opener when Jonny Gomes homered against his former team and Mike Leake pitched six shutout innings in a 5-0 victory. Brandon Phillips went 4-for-5 and knocked in a pair of runs for the Reds on the eve of his 30th birthday. Fred Lewis had two hits and scored once as Cincinnati bounced back from losing two of three at Baltimore over the weekend. The Reds moved to 7-0 all-time against the Rays. Leake (7-4) limited the Rays to four hits and snapped a personal two-game skid. Sam LeCure allowed one hit over the ensuing two innings and Nick Masset finished up the shutout. Jeremy Hellickson (7-7) had nine strikeouts over six innings, but lost his fourth consecutive start. The Rays have scored a total of one run in those games. Ben Zobrist and Matt Joyce each doubled twice for the Rays, who had a four- game winning streak broken. Theyve lost just twice in their last 10 contests. Cincinnati, which won the National Leagues Central Division last season, is 3 1/2 games off the pace of the front-running Milwaukee Brewers so far in 2011. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay, which won the AL East in 2010, is 2 1/2 games in back of the first-place Boston Red Sox. The Reds start red-hot Dominican Johnny Cueto, whos allowed three runs or less in each of his nine starts this season. The 24-year-old, in his third big-league season, has won his last three starts, including a 10-2 defeat of the New York Yankees on June 22 in which he allowed just a run and two hits in seven innings. It was the fourth straight start -- and sixth of the season -- in which Cueto has pitched at least seven innings. He has never faced the Rays. Tampa Bay counters with lefty David Price, a 19-game winner last season who got win No. 8 this year with a 6-3 triumph at Milwaukee on June 22. In that game, the first overall draft pick in 2007 allowed two runs on five hits in eight innings, walking just one batter while striking out 10. Hes now split a pair of interleague starts in 2011 after losing a 5-3 verdict at Florida on May 21. Price has never faced the Reds. These teams hadnt met since Cincinnati swept a three-game set from the Rays in 2005 in the Queen City. In fact the Reds have won all seven of their meetings with the Rays. Youth Shaun Phillips Super Bowl Jersey .J. -- The Toronto Blue Jays drafted a tall, athletic pitcher with their first pick of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. Terrance Knighton Super Bowl Jersey . -- Opportunity brought Mason Raymond and the Toronto Maple Leafs together. www.authenticbroncosjerseysnfl.com/Womens_Super-bowl-48-wesley-woodyard-jersey/ . Werth is expected to be out at least 12 weeks, a huge blow to a team currently atop the NL East. "Hes been playing great," manager Davey Johnson said. "Hes a team leader, swinging the bat good, doing everything good. Matt Prater Super Bowl Jersey . Rodriguez hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning on Sunday and the Rays rallied past the Seattle Mariners 4-1 Sunday to build their wild-card edge. Womens Andre Caldwell Super Bowl Jersey . Join our Game Night Blog at 8pm et/5pm pt. The top-seeded Rangers hold a 2-1 edge in this series after taking Games 1 and 3 by identical 3-0 scores. New Jersey recorded its one victory on the road in Game 2, beating New York in 3-2 fashion.Brady Brassart must be preparing for a playoff push. The 19-year-old centreman scored twice, earning the games first star, as the Calgary Hitmen defeated the visiting Red Deer Rebels 5-2 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action. Brassart has now scored in three straight games and has 25 goals on the season, which is good for second in team scoring behind Jimmy Bubnick, who has 32. Bubnick, Jake Virtanen and Collin Bowman also scored for the Hitmen (42-24-3), who have won three straight and sit fourth in the East, while Victor Rask chipped in with two assists. John Persson and Adam Kambeitz each had a goal and an assist for the Rebels (30-33-6), who have now dropped their last five meetings with Calgary and are officially eliminated from post-season play. Brandon Glover made 13 saves for his 20th win of the season while Bolton Pouliot turned away 25 shots in defeat. Calgary went 1 for 5 on the power play as Red Deer scored once on three chances with the man advantage. Elsewhere in the WHL, it was: Vancouver 5 Victoria 4 (OT); Seaattle 3 Everett 2 (OT); Tri-City 5 Prince George 3.dddddddddddd At Calgary, Bowman opened the scoring 6:26 into the game and Virtanen made it 2-0 Hitmen with a power-play goal at 12:11. Kambeitz got Red Deer on the board when he scored with the man advantage at 14:08. Brassart scored the only goal of the second period, giving Calgary a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes of play. Persson scored 3:39 into the third period but Brassart responded with his second of the game 31 seconds later. Bubnick added a late goal in the final minute of the game. --- Giants 5 Royals 4 (OT) At Vancouver, Jordan Martinook scored twice, including in overtime, as the Giants (39-26-5) defeated Victoria (22-41-7). --- Thunderbirds 3 Silvertips 2 (OT) At Kent, Wash., Connor Honey scored 4:55 into overtime to lift Seattle (23-43-2) over Everett (21-38-2-8). --- Americans 5 Cougars 3 At Kennewick, Wash., Adam Hughesman had three goals and Brendan Shinnimin had two goals and two assists to rally Tri-City (49-19-3) over Prince George (22-45-2). ' ' '