"I thought I was there in time and the ball hit off the top of my glove. It's a bad play. It's a tough one," Mattheus said. "It hit off my glove, I should make that play. There's no excuse for it. We practice that in Spring Training probably 500 times. I've got to make that play."
"Once I made my turn and looked over and saw they were going for it I knew I was going to score," Asche said.
The Reds, who blew a 4-0 lead in the ninth inning, were poised to defeat Phillies ace Cole Hamels for the first time ever.