The bad news is, the Reds have lost their first two games of the season. The good news is, we are playing the team most everyone expects to take home the division. With that, when the competition is good, you have to be on your game and so far, the Reds haven’t. Johnny Cueto had a nice enough start but then the pen came in and messed things up. Daniel Ray Herrera and Logan Ondrusek combined to give up four runs in the top of the seventh and the rest was history.

Cueto gave up two runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in six innings. After the big seventh inning, Arthur Rhodes finished out the seventh and Nick Masset and Francisco Cordero pitched a shutout inning each.

The Reds managed just six hits in the 6-3 loss. Orlando Cabrera went two for four with a two run home run and three RBIs to lead the way. Ramon Hernandez also had a nice game and he went two for three with a run.

The Reds look to avoid the sweep this afternoon. It’ll be Bronson Arroyo against Brad Penny. Game time is 12:35.

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