and selectors from the BCB to be attached to the franchises, but

MILWAUKEE -- With the Cincinnati Reds reeling, Mike Leake knew he had to pitch a strong game. After a shaky start, the right-hander delivered for his team. Leake scattered four hits over 8 1-3 innings and Brandon Phillips had three RBI, lifting the Reds to a 6-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. Cincinnati put the leadoff runner on base in each of the first seven innings. The Reds snapped a three-game losing streak that had dropped them five games behind St. Louis in the NL Central. "It would have been a graveyard in here if we didnt pull this one out," Leake said. Leake (8-4) bounced back from a rare rough start in his last outing and seemed to get stronger as the game progressed. He allowed four walks while striking out two. "It wasnt the best game Ive pitched," he said. "They made me work and they were aggressive towards me. That was one thing that worked to my advantage. I made some pitches when I needed to, to get out of jams. They put some pressure on me." Milwaukee starter Johnny Hellweg (0-3) had trouble throwing strikes, was battered for his fourth consecutive appearance and sent back to the minor leagues after the game. The right-hander, who made his major-league debut on June 28, allowed four runs on four hits and five walks in 4 1-3 innings in his third start. "I think theres improvement there from the other two starts, but still some things he needs to work on," Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said. Leake allowed four runs in just five innings during his last start July 5 in a 7-4 loss to Seattle, and gave up a first-inning run to Milwaukee. "I didnt think he was going to make it, because they were hitting the ball hard off him," Reds manager Dusty Manager said. He then settled down, giving up Sean Haltons first major-league home run and a walk to Jeff Bianchi in the fifth. "I thought I had a hundred pitches because I had walked four guys," Leake said. Leake then retired the next 13 batters. "I just kind of attacked them and mixed it up a little bit more," he said. Jonathan Lucroy reached on a one-out single in the ninth against Leake, and Baker turned to closer Aroldis Chapman to finish the game in a non-save situation. Shin-Soo Choo had two singles, a double and a walk. Phillips had two hits and drove in runs in the first, third and seventh innings. Jay Bruce went 2-for-4 with a walk, driving in a run in the fifth and seventh innings. The Reds could have scored more runs, but were 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position. "We have to cash in on a couple of those opportunities," Baker said. "I know it sounds greedy right now, but we want all the runs we can get. You try not to keep them in the game." Acquired in the 2012 trade that sent Zack Greinke to the Los Angeles Angels, Hellweg has struggled in three starts and one relief appearance. In 10 2-3 innings, he has given up 20 runs on 19 hits and 12 walks while striking out three batters. He was optioned to Class A Wisconsin in the Midwest League after the game to keep him pitching every fifth day, Roenicke said. Other Brewers affiliates have off days that would have gotten Hellweg off schedule, Roenicke said. The Reds made it 1-0 in the first on Choos leadoff double and a two-out single by Phillips. Milwaukee tied it in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Gomez. Cincinnati got a sacrifice fly from Devin Mesoraco in the second and added another run in the third when Zack Cozart scored from third on Phillips groundout. Cozart scored again to make it 4-1 in the fifth on a groundout by Bruce. Haltons made it 4-2 in the bottom of the fifth. Cincinnati scored twice in the seventh off Hand to make it 6-2 on RBI singles from Phillips and Bruce. Notes: Brewers OFs Ryan Braun (sore left thumb) and Norichika Aoki (left elbow tightness) were out of the lineup. They are expected to start Thursday at Arizona. ... 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The issue of conflict of interest is once again set to dog the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with BCB directors having connections to franchise owners and the board allowing national selectors to be part of the franchises team management.The Dhaka Dynamites franchise is owned by Beximco, where BCB president Nazmul Hassan is managing director of their pharmaceuticals unit and board director Ismail Haider Mallick is an executive.Another BCB director Abdul Awal Chowdhury has been part of the Barisal Bulls ownership since 2015. It is unclear whether he is now the sole owner after the BCB imposed a life-ban on the franchises co-owner Rizwan Bin Farouq for his involvement in an altercation inside the Shere Bangla Stadium at the end of the Asia Cup final this year.Kazi Inam Ahmed, another BCB director, is a director at Gemcon Group, which recently bought the Khulna franchise. Inam is chairman of the BCBs marketing and commercial committee but it is the BPL governing council that takes decisions regarding the leagues marketing and commercial activities.Mallick said such conflicts were common in Bangladesh cricket, with top Dhaka Premier League clubs having their officials in the BCB.Abahani plays in the Dhaka Premier League, where I am the general secretary of their cricket [committee], he said. [Afzalur Rahman] Sinha bhai, Jalal [Yunus] bhai and Akram [Khan] bhai are also with Abahani. Lokman [Hossain Bhuiyan] bhai is from Mohammedan [Sporting Club]. Have we stopped putting out teams?In every cricket board around the world, every official or ex-player who comes to the board is involved with one team or the other. Can someone who is not involved at club, state or district level come to the board? It cant happen.Mallick said that he and the BCB chief Hassan had no connection with the Dhaka Dynamites franchise, which was managed by another unit of Beximco. The board president and I are in Beximco Pharmaceuticals, he said. This team is looked after by Beximco Online Limited. Every entiity is enlisted in the stock market.dddddddddddd How can I influence the lottery?Mallick also denied allegations that the Dhaka Dynamites franchise knew ahead of other franchises about the governing councils decision to let A-category players choose their own teams.Comilla formally told the BCB CEO that they want to keep Mashrafe [Mortaza]. Chittagong said they want to retain Tamim Iqbal, while Barisal said they want either Mahmudullah or Mushfiqur [Rahim]. It is true that every team was interested in Shakib [Al Hasan].Now, you have to ask Shakib why he went to Dhaka. Definitely it is not the 55 lakh (Taka), or Tamim didnt go to Chittagong just for 50 lakh. These five players led by Mashrafe told us officially that they want to select their own teams.Mallick also said that BPL franchises could hire national selectors and local coaches employed by the BCB, creating another possible source of conflict of interest.We will allow local coaching staff and selectors from the BCB to be attached to the franchises, but not any of the foreign coaching staff, he said. The selectors wont be allowed in the dressing room on match days but they can actively participate in selecting XIs.Mallick said the franchises had requested that national selectors and BCB coaches be part of their management, because there was a lack of ex-cricketers and coaches good enough to oversee international players in the BPL.What can the selectors do? Can they pick a D-grade cricketer for the national team? Mallick said. To keep their neutrality, we are not allowing them in the dressing room during [BPL] matches. This may influence something. But they cant influence anything sitting in the draft table.In Bangladesh, how many of the local coaches or ex-cricketers can compete with international coaches? It was also the franchises demand that they be made available. It is for their benefit. ' ' '