Arroyo finally gets 10th win

Bronson Arroyo broke his 10-game drought with a 7-2 win over the Cardinals last Tuesday night to improve to 10-8 with a 3.45 ERA. Arroyo went 14-10 with the Red Sox last season, getting his 10th win Aug. 10, in his 23d start, some six days before he got his 10th win with the Reds this year, in his 26th start.

In a strange season, he became the first pitcher in major league history to win nine of his first 15 starts and then go winless in his next 10.

Arroyo's competition in the National League so far has been far inferior compared with his last season in the AL. The opposing starting pitchers he's faced currently have a 114-138 (.452) combined record; last year, his opponents were a combined 263-249 (.514).

As noted earlier, even N.L. lineups are starting to figure him out.