CINCINNATI - With another dominating performance, Johnny Cueto kept his hopes of a 20-win season in play. [url=http://www.offici

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CINCINNATI - With another dominating performance, Johnny Cueto kept his hopes of a 20-win season in play. Al Macinnis Jersey .Cueto allowed one run over eight innings, and Todd Frazier and Devin Mesoraco hit back-to-back homers on Tuesday night, sending the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-1 victory that pushed the Milwaukee Brewers to the verge elimination from wild card contention.Cueto (19-9) gave up four hits, including Carlos Gomezs homer. Hell pitch Cincinnatis final game on Sunday against Pittsburgh at Great American Ball Park with a chance for win No. 20.That would feel really good, he said. Ive never had a 20-game season. I hope I feel like I felt today.The Reds havent had a 20-game winner since left-hander Danny Jackson in 1988. The last Reds right-hander to win 20 games was Sammy Ellis in 1965.He was phenomenal, manager Bryan Price said. He was really in command after the first inning.The Reds got the better of a matchup between teams with huge second-half fades. The Reds are 22-40 since the All-Star break.Milwaukee led the NL Central for 150 days, but fell apart at the end. Up by 6 1/2 games on June 28, the Brewers have gone 29-45 and fallen far behind Pittsburgh and San Francisco in the wild card race. Their loss on Tuesday was their 19th in 26 games.Its always tough, said Mike Fiers (6-4). We kind of gave it away. We had a lot of opportunities. It was in our hands.Frazier and Mesoraco connected in the first inning off Fiers. It was Fraziers 28th homer, the most by a third baseman in the National League. Mesoracos homer was his 25th. He leads the majors in homers by a catcher.Thats all that Cueto needed.A two-run lead with him feels like five or six with other guys, Mesoraco said.Milwaukees offence has unraveled in the closing weeks of the season, scoring two or fewer runs in each of the last six games. Gomez hit a solo homer in the sixth, ending a streak of 14 consecutive batters retired by Cueto. The right-hander walked one and struck out seven.Aroldis Chapman pitched the ninth for his 34th save in 36 chances, fanning Ryan Braun with two runners aboard to end it.The Brewers had chances in the first inning, when they had two singles and a walk but failed to score. Gomez singled and was picked off first base. Scooter Gennett walked but was thrown out at the plate while trying to score from second base on Aramis Ramirezs single.BAD AT GABPThe Brewers have lost 13 of their last 18 games at Great American Ball Park and 31 of their last 43. Overall this season, the Reds are 9-8 against Milwaukee, including 6-2 at GABP.STATSFiers five innings matches his season low as a starter. ... Gomez was caught stealing for the 12th time. ... Its the second time Cueto has won 19 games in a season. He went 19-9 in 2012. ... CF Billy Hamilton threw Gennett out at the plate in the first inning. It was his 10th assist, the most by any centre fielder in the NL and any rookie outfielder in the majors.TRAINERS ROOMReds: 1B Joey Votto continues to take batting practice and infield practice, but its still unclear whether hell play this week. Votto has missed 94 games because of strained muscles above his left knee. Hes been out since July 6 on his second DL stint.UP NEXTBrewers: Kyle Lohse (12-9) makes his fifth start against the Reds this season. Hes 1-1 with a 2.92 ERA in the other four. Overall, hes 6-5 career against Cincinnati with a 2.90 ERA.Reds: Daniel Corcino (0-1) makes his third career start. Corcino, who was called up this month, made his first major league start at Milwaukee on Sept. 12 and gave up two runs in six innings. The Reds lost 3-2.___Follow Joe Kay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/apjoekay Wayne Gretzky Jersey . Ozuna hit Reeds 2-2 pitch off the batters eye far above the 407-foot sign in straightaway centre. 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"I just didnt make shots," Durant said Friday after practice. "Thats the name of the game. But I liked the way I cut, I liked the way I was aggressive. But I have to do a better job of maybe passing the ball a little bit more and also making shots. Ive got to stay confident in myself." Durant and Westbrook each scored 30 points in Thursday nights 98-95 overtime loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, combining to go 19 of 53 or a majority of the 87 shots the Thunder took. Worse, they were a chilling 4 of 21 beyond the arc with Durant missing all eight of his attempts. Thunder centre Kendrick Perkins said that wont happen again. "KD is obviously the league MVP and we expect him to be the MVP down the stretch," Perkins said. Memphis has been making Durant and Westbrook work hard for shots by crowding the paint while holding the Thunder below 40 per cent shooting in back-to-back games. Now the Grizzlies have the same 2-1 lead they had a year ago in the semifinals against Oklahoma City after consecutive overtime wins. Grizzlies coach Dave Joerger said they want to limit the easy shots and hope Durant and Westbrook miss some. "Theyre going to get them up," Joerger said. Durant and Westbrook werent alone. Oklahoma City went 5 of 28 for a chilling 17.9 peer cent. Jay Bouwmeester Jersey. That was just the seventh time in the playoffs the Thunder have shot 20 per cent or less from 3 since moving to Oklahoma City, and three came against the Grizzlies. Thunder coach Scott Brooks said the Grizzlies have been forcing them to take some of the 3s by crowding three and four players around the paint. Oklahoma City can loosen up Memphis by hitting some of those "The ones were trying to eliminate and hopefully we do that next game, are the ones that are off the dribble with the no passes. Those are the tough ones. Those are the ones that we dont want. 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