Just when the Reds were making progress, we run into a speed bump.  The Reds dropped two of three to the Cardinals, so we lost a game in the standings there.  The Reds also have a bunch of teams breathing down their throat for the Wild Card.  Our lead there is still just a single game.

Aaron Harang was outdueled on Tuesday.  He was roughed up in five innings before yielding to a Gary Majewskiless bullpen that kept the Reds in the game.  Unfortunately, all the Reds could manage was four stinking hits.  All singles.

They made up for the lack of hitting by blowing out the Cardinals the next day.  Edwin Encarnacion showed his potential by belting two homeruns with four RBIs.  Adam Dunn hit homerun number 36 and Ken Griffey, Jr. also went yard.

Then the bats left us again yesterday.  Griffey hit a solo homerun in the seventh for the only run of the game for the Reds and a great start by newcomer Kyle Lohse went to waste.  He gave up a single run on five hits in seven innings of work.

There’s hope though.  The Cardinals play three against their arch-nemesis, the Chicago Cubs.  Ironically, they can’t beat the Cubs.  The Reds play the last place Pirates.  So we can’t blow a chance if the Cubbies give us one this weekend.

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