By Dustin Dow
The Cincinnati Enquirer

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Photos of Monday's game

Sweeping changes occurred Monday morning in the Reds front offices and coaching staff, but by the afternoon, the players on the field reverted to a familiar tactic.

Hours after chief operating officer John Allen completed the changes, the Reds produced another last at-bat win, their 23rd such win, most in the major leagues.

This one came in the bottom of the 10th inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Great American Ball Park when catcher Kelly Stinnett sent a bases-loaded single into right field for the 6-5 walkoff win in front of an announced crowd of 29,200 fans.

Aaron Boone, whose father, Bob, the manager, was among those fired, scored the game-winning run after he led off the inning with a walk from losing pitcher Terry Adams. Reds closer Scott Williamson (5-3) got the win.

"Any time you have a decent-size lead, and they come back and tie it up, and then they go ahead, it was just a hard battle," Stinnett said. "It's nice that we had the last at-bat."

Starter Ryan Dempster pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up five runs. Dempster walked four players, all of whom eventually scored.

The Reds scored four runs in the first inning. Then, first baseman Sean Casey hit a 382-foot solo home run in the eighth, tying it at 5-5.

"Those (walks) just kill you," Dempster said. "Whatever the reason was behind them, I don't know. I just got into a situation where they cost me . . . All four of them scored and it put a lot of pressure on us."

Triple-A Louisville manager Dave Miley has been promoted to interim manager and will take over those duties today. Bench coach Ray Knight managed Monday's game. The Reds, now under Miley's on-field direction, play host to Colorado at 7:10 p.m. today, the first of a three-game series.

"For us, it's an opportunity to get a fresh start and go out there and try to have a great second half," Dempster said. "Who knows what the possibilities are if you go out there and play really well and maybe play yourself into contention or play for a strong second half (going) into next year."

UP NEXT: The pitching matchups for the Rockies series: Today - Reds RHP Jimmy Haynes (2-10, 5.87 ERA) vs. LHP Darren Oliver (8-6, 4.81); Wednesday - Reds RHP Danny Graves (4-11, 5.45) vs. RHP Shawn Chacon (11-5, 4.17); Thursday - Reds RHP Jose Acevedo (2-0, 1.59) vs. RHP Chin-hui Tsao (1-0, 4.26).

STREAKING: With his 23rd home run in the first inning, Jose Guillen extended his hit streak to 10 games. Casey has hit in nine straight.

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Philadelphia	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Byrd cf	5	1	2	2	0	1	.306
Polanco 2b	5	0	1	0	0	0	.297
Thome 1b	5	0	1	0	0	2	.266
BAbreu rf	5	0	1	1	0	1	.291
Lieberthal c	4	1	1	0	1	0	.316
Burrell lf	4	1	0	0	1	1	.199
Rollins ss	4	1	2	2	1	1	.268
ToPerez 3b	3	1	1	0	1	1	.306
Wolf p	3	0	0	0	0	1	.122
Cormier p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Adams p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	38	5	9	5	4	8

Cincinnati	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
DJimenez 2b	5	0	2	0	0	0	.338
Olmedo ss	5	1	2	0	0	0	.302
JGuillen rf	4	1	1	2	1	2	.341
Casey 1b	5	1	1	1	0	1	.300
ABoone 3b	3	2	1	0	2	0	.275
Dunn lf	5	1	3	1	0	1	.214
RMateo cf	4	0	3	1	1	0	.238
Stinnett c	4	0	1	1	1	2	.260
Dempster p	2	0	0	0	0	1	.030
Mercker p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
Larkin ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.269
Riedling p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Heredia p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
JCastro ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.248
Williamson p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
Totals	39	6	14	6	5	8

Philadelphia	100	220	000	0	-5	9	0
Cincinnati	400	000	010	1	-6	14	1

No outs when winning run scored.

E-ABoone (17). LOB-Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 11. 2B-Polanco (27), Rollins (27), DJimenez (5), ABoone (19), Dunn (8). HR-Casey (11), off Wolf; JGuillen (23), off Wolf. RBIs-Byrd 2 (25), BAbreu (70), Rollins 2 (44), JGuillen 2 (63), Casey (54), Dunn (54), RMateo (11), Stinnett (18). SB-Polanco (11). CS-Olmedo (1). S-Wolf. GIDP-Burrell.

Philadelphia	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Wolf	7	10	5	5	1	7	100	3.24
Cormier	2	2	0	0	2	1	30	1.26
Adams L, 1-4	0	2	1	1	2	0	16	2.55

Cincinnati	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Dempster	5 2/3	8	5	3	4	4	111	6.54
Mercker	1/3	0	0	0	0	1	5	2.78
Riedling	2 2/3	0	0	0	0	2	29	5.58
Heredia	1/3	1	0	0	0	0	4	2.73
Williamson W, 5-3	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	3.19

IBB-off Adams (RMateo) 1, off Cormier (JGuillen) 1, off Wolf (Stinnett) 1. WP-Dempster.

How the runs scored in Monday's game between the Phillies and the Reds

Phillies first. Byrd infield single to third. Polanco lined out to third baseman Boone. Thome struck out. On Dempster's wild pitch, Byrd to second. Abreu singled to center, Byrd scored. Lieberthal flied out to right fielder Guillen. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Phillies 1, Reds 0.

Reds first. Jimenez grounded out, pitcher Wolf to first baseman Thome. Olmedo singled to left. Guillen homered to center on a 1-1 count, Olmedo scored. Casey flied out to center fielder Byrd. Boone doubled to left. Dunn doubled to center, Boone scored. Mateo singled to left, Dunn scored. Mateo to second. Stinnett was intentionally walked. Dempster struck out. 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Reds 4, Phillies 1.

Phillies fourth. Lieberthal singled to left. Burrell grounded into a double play, third baseman Boone to second baseman Jimenez to first baseman Casey, Lieberthal out. Rollins walked. Perez walked on four pitches, Rollins to second. Wolf safe on Boone's error, Rollins to third, Perez to second. Byrd singled to center, Rollins scored, Perez scored, Wolf to second. Polanco grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Olmedo to second baseman Jimenez, Byrd out. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Reds 4, Phillies 3.

Phillies fifth. Thome lined out to third baseman Boone. Abreu grounded out, second baseman Jimenez to first baseman Casey. Lieberthal walked on four pitches. Burrell walked on a full count, Lieberthal to second. Rollins doubled to center, Lieberthal scored, Burrell scored. Perez struck out. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Phillies 5, Reds 4.

Reds eighth. Casey homered to center on a full count. Cormier pitching. Boone walked on a full count. Dunn struck out. Boone was out advancing, catcher Lieberthal unassisted, Boone out. Mateo infield single to third. Stinnett grounded into fielder's choice, third baseman Perez to second baseman Polanco, Mateo out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 5, Phillies 5.

Reds tenth. Adams pitching. Boone walked on a full count. Dunn singled to center, Boone to third. Mateo was intentionally walked, Dunn to second. Stinnett singled to center, Boone scored, Dunn to third, Mateo to second. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Reds 6, Phillies 5.