The Reds lost 3-1 last night and this was sort of a mircocosm of the Reds season, which is little hitting and pitching that wasn’t quite good enough.  It was kind of fitting that the Reds scored their lone run on a ground out by Joey Votto.

Drew Stubbs and Wladimir Balentin both singled and walked and a few other people reached base once.  Yes folks, those are the hitting highlights.

Matt Maloney made his fifth career start and he’s now lost four straight decisions.  Too bad because he had a solid start in this one.  He gave up a run on four hits with two srikeouts in five innings.  Pedro Viola and Daniel Ray Herrera both gave up runs in relief.

At least the Reds are fairly safe from falling into last place because they have an 11 1/2 game lead over the Pirates.  Bronson Arroyo looks to uneven his record this afternoon in the final against the Rockies.

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