Aargh!

After last night's crappy loss, the Reds are shooting themselves in the foot tonight... but in a completely different way.

Last night it was a lack of defense, tonight the offense - save for Felipe Lopez's inside-the-parker - is nowhere to be seen.

Come on, guys. The Astros aren't going to keep losing, although it is nice that they're dropping games the same nights as the Reds are! Not that this one is over yet. 3-1 in the seventh, and the pinch hitters didn't quite get it done in the pinch.

Arroyo gave up three runs over six innings, and is on the hook for the loss as I type this, even with the "quality start." 11 hits? Yikes! ...but he was able to get out a trouble a few times. Defensive gems have saved a couple of runs in this game - Phillips snaring a line drive for the second out, keeping the runner from scoring from third, and Kearns and his arm throwing out a runner at home plate to end an inning. It could easily be 5-1, or 6-1 without these plays.

Shack is in there now, and looking pretty good, so lets see if we can use these remaining six outs wisely and score some runs!

Go Redleggins!

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Well, that didn't go well. Final score: 3-1.
Three walks in the first inning following the HR by Lopez, and the Reds couldn't push another run across. Three pinch hitters used and not one hit resulted. Few, if any, productive outs with less than two out.
The Reds beat themselves tonight, no question about that.
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