Reds announce 25-man wild-card roster

Published Oct. 1, 2013 12:45 p.m. ET

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The Reds have announced their 25-man roster for tonight's NL Wild Card game at Pittsburgh. Johnny Cueto (5-2, 2.82 ERA) will start for the Reds against Francisco Liriano (16-8, 3.02) of the Pirates. Game time is 8:07 p.m. at PNC Park.
The roster includes 10 pitchers and 15 position players, including rookie speedster Billy Hamilton on the bench. Hamilton is 13-of-14 in stolen base attempts this season and has scored nine runs in 13 games. He has been used mainly in late-inning situations as a pinch runner.
Besides Cueto, Mike Leake will be available for this one-game format. No other starting pitchers were added to the 25-man roster, including Mat Latos. The winner of this game advances to the NL Division Series against NL Central champion St. Louis, beginning Thursday. Game 1 of that series at Busch Stadium is scheduled for 5 p.m.
Starting Pitchers (2): RHP Johnny Cueto, RHP Mike Leake.
Relief Pitchers(8): LHP Aroldis Chapman, LHP Zach Duke, RHP J.J. Hoover, RHP Sam LeCure, LHP Sean Marshall, LHP Manny Parra, RHP Alfredo Simon, RHP Logan Ondrusek.
Catchers (2): Ryan Hanigan, Devin Mesoraco.
Infielders(6): Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips, Zack Cozart, Todd Frazier, Jack Hannahan, Cesar Izturis.
Outfielders (7): Ryan Ludwick, Shin-Soo Choo, Jay Bruce, Billy Hamilton, Chris Heisey, Xavier Paul, Derrick Robinson.