I don’t know about you, but I’ll be pretty happy when the Cardinals leave town. Monday night’s ninth inning debacle was enough, but with the Cards up 7-0 in the fifth over the Reds, it looks like the they’re on their way to their seventh straight loss.

You’ve got a little bit of everything. One run losses (four of them), blowouts (like tonight), and then the game we “should” have won. Danny Graves has one of the most backward strikeout to walk ratios (3/8) I’ve ever seen out of a closer. I’m not even sure how much we can blame Brandon Claussen tonight, because he hasn’t thrown in almost a week. If the Reds give up another run, their ERA will go over the 5.50 mark.

The loss (yes, it’s eventual) will put the Reds 8 1/2 games back, and if the Pirates beat the Astros (they’re down 2-0), we’ll slip into sixth place.

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