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PHOENIX -- Mat Latos started a new winning streak in grand style. The Cincinnati right-hander went 21 starts without a loss before Pittsburgh beat him on Tuesday. His next time out, he matched his career high with 13 strikeouts Sunday in a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. "When hes good, hes real good," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. Shin-Soo Choo hit a leadoff home run and Brandon Phillips added a two-run shot in the first inning off Randall Delgado (0-1) as the Reds averted a three-game sweep. That was plenty of offence for Latos (7-1), who allowed a run on six hits with one walk in 7 2-3 innings. "The first inning it took me a little while to I guess get into a groove," he said. "The first inning I didnt feel too good, didnt feel too great with my command. Then I came out in the second inning and made a little bit of an adjustment, and it worked." Latos didnt strike anyone out in the first two innings, then fanned 13 over the next 5 2-3. "Not too many guys score against this guy," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. "Look what he has done over the last 20 starts. We hung in there. We gave ourselves a chance to win. We hung in there enough to get him out of the game. You are not going to win them all." After blowing a save in Cincinnatis 4-3 loss on Saturday, Aroldis Chapman gave up a run in a shaky ninth but still got his 19th save. The loss snapped Arizonas four-game winning streak. In the ninth, Chapman got the first two batters to bounce out to shortstop before Cliff Pennington singled and went to second on defensive indifference. Pinch-hitter Wil Nieves singled in Pennington to cut it to 4-2. A wild pitch moved Nieves to second, then Chapman hit Gerardo Parra in the right forearm with a 100 mph fastball. Pitching coach Bryan Price went to the mound to settle down Chapman, and the left-hander got Willie Bloomquist to pop out to centre to end the game. Latos fanned six in a row in the third and fourth -- Delgado, Parra, Bloomquist, Paul Goldschmidt, Miguel Montero and Jason Kubel -- all swinging. Of Latos season-high 110 pitches, 79 were strikes. "Cant complain with that," Latos said. The big strikeout number was a mixed blessing, he said. "You start striking out a lot of players, you start throwing a lot of pitches," Latos said. "Maybe it would have been great to go all nine and not strike out 13, but Ill take it. It was a good win." He said his slider "felt good coming out of my hand." "That and the changeup," he said. "The changeup is a pitch Ive been working on all season." The Reds jumped on Delgado from the start. Choo hit an 0-2 pitch into the swimming pool area in right field, his fourth leadoff homer of the season and ninth of his career. Zach Cozart followed with a double, then after Joey Votto struck out looking, Phillips homer to left made it 3-0. Choo and Phillips each have 11 home runs this season. Phillips had been hitting .164 since missing four games after he was hit by a pitch in the left forearm at Pittsburgh on June 1. "It felt good to come through for the team," he said. "I havent been doing my job lately but you know Im trying, Im trying to step my game up. Im not my normal self. Im not 100 per cent, but the thing is theres no excuses. Im still in the lineup so Ive got to do my job." Cincinnati added an unearned run in the second. Xavier Paul led off with a double, then Pennington bobbled Devin Mesoracos grounder down the third base line for an error. Latos sacrificed the runners to second and third, and after Choo walked to load the bases, Cozart brought Paul home with a sacrifice fly to the wall in left-centre. Delgado went five innings, allowing four runs -- three earned -- and six hits. The right-hander, who came to Arizona from Atlanta as part of the Justin Upton trade, made his second start since being called up from Triple-A Reno to bolster a rotation depleted by the 10-game suspension of Ian Kennedy and a shoulder injury to Brandon McCarthy. The Diamondbacks broke through in the eighth when Parra doubled with one out, then advanced to third on Bloomquists groundout. Goldschmidt drew a two-out walk and Montero singled Parra home to make it 4-1, maintaining Arizonas status as the only team in the majors not to be shut out this season. Left-hander Manny Parra relieved Latos and got Jason Kubel to ground out to first to end the inning. NOTES: After the game, Gibson said 2B Aaron Hill, on the DL since April 14 with a broken left hand, would be activated Tuesday. LHP Joe Paterson was optioned to Triple-A Reno to make room. ... Arizona starters do not have a win in their last 16 games. ... Latos struck out at least 10 for the second time this season and seventh in his career. ... The Reds played for the 17th day in a row. They have a day off Monday, then open a two-game series in Oakland with Bronson Arroyo (6-5, 3.13 ERA) on the mound for Cincinnati and Tommy Milone (6-7, 3.98) going for the As. ... Arizona has Monday off, then opens a three-game series at Washington on Tuesday. Trevor Cahill (3-8, 3.92) pitches for the Diamondbacks against Gio Gonzalez (3-3, 3.34). ... Pennington started at 3B for the first time since 2008. Nike Air Max 270 Heren Sale . The Hall of Fame defenceman told Landsberg that he believes fighting still has a place in todays game, but thinks staged fighting needs be outlawed. Nike Air Max 720 Goedkoop . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. http://www.airmaxkopennederland.com/ . 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The memories of the Big East Conference and Madison Square Garden for the past 34 years were the topic of a panel discussion Tuesday to celebrate the great relationship between conference and building.The late Dave Gavitt, the Big Easts first commissioner, is the person who brought the two sides together for the 1983 tournament -- after the first three were played in Providence, Rhode Island; Syracuse, New York; and Hartford, Connecticut -- and the rest is history.Dave Gavitt understood that the first three years we were off-Broadway and he brought us to Broadway, said former Seton Hall coach P.J. Carlesimo, who won two Big East Tournaments. We had the best players in the country and they loved to perform on the biggest stage.Every March, The Garden would be packed for four straight days as the Big East decided on a champion and the automatic bid it brought to the NCAA Tournament. Players like Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin and Pearl Washington were the early stars before the next generation of Kerry Kittles, Allen Iverson and Ray Allen filled the marquee.They were all neighborhood battles, our kids knew every guy on the other teams and everyone had a personal interest, said former Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun, who leads alll coaches with seven tournament titles on The Garden court.dddddddddddd The rivalries were unbelievable. Coaching Big East basketball, there was nothing like it. The Garden is the mecca.While growing up in New York, Mullin said, his dream was to go from the cheap seats up top down to the court.He did and his first Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden turned into St. Johns first title.I remember Coach (Lou Carnesecca) saying it was like playing in Macys window. I guess things went so well they havent left, he said.A video was shown with highlights of all the great plays and players including Syracuses Gerry McNamara and Connecticuts Kemba Walker, who led their teams to unexpected tournament titles with incredible individual performances. Then there was the six-overtime quarterfinal between Syracuse and Connecticut in 2009 that the Orange won 127-117.Thanks for bringing that game up, Calhoun said. As great as that game was, it was better because it was here.This March will be the 35th time the Big East Tournament is played at Madison Square Garden.Dave Gavitts idea all those years ago still is the best thing that happened to this conference, Carlesimo said. ' ' '