At this point in the season, even a win is good news. So a two-two split against the Dodgers this week wouldn’t be great if the Reds were in contention, it’s about as good as it gets for the last place version of the Reds. It’s also good considering the Reds lost the first two games of the series only to bounce back to win the last two.

Monday’s game was pathetic. One hit. One freaking hit. Aaron Harang held the Dodgers to four runs, which these days isn’t that bad.

Tueday’s game, while a loss, was a little more palatable. Eric Milton gave up one, and only one homer and he matched that by hitting a homerun himself. Ken Griffey also went yard, his 22nd of the season. Milton dropped to 4-11 and failed to get his ERA below seven.

Things turned for the Reds yesterday. The Reds came back from being down 4-2 to take the lead only to give it up. Then with the game tied 6-6, Ryan Freel drew a walk, stole his fourth and fifth bases of the game, and then scored the go ahead run on a sac. fly by Felipe Lopez. Ken Griffey hit his 23rd homer of the season. Do we really want to trade this guy?

This afternoon was even better. Brandon Claussen threw a gem (seven innings, one run, four hits) and Jason LaRue hit his eighth and ninth homers of the season. He drove in five of the Reds six runs.

We’re still in last though. The Padres are on deck, and their home stadium is the antithesis of the Great American Ballpark. We’ll pass those pesky Pirates yet.

Trading deadline is coming up. I’ve heard everyone being shopped from Adam Dunn to Ken Griffey so it should be interesting. I wonder if we’ll be buyers or sellers???

Duh.

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