Homer Bailey is tough to figure out.  He’s struggled at the big league level but showed some life late last year.  When he gets sent down he’ll look mediocre at times but then look dominating at other.  Inconsistent is a nice easy label but you have to just wonder why.  This year he’s off to a rough start and he fell to 0-1 yesterday.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and four walks with three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  You just wonder how much longer Dusty Baker will ride Bailey before he puts Micah Owings back in the rotation. It’s too bad because it wasn’t too long ago that Bailey was the top pitching prospect in baseball.

Mike Lincoln had a nice outing with two innings of shutout relief.  Unfortunately the Reds comeback fell short in the 5-3 loss.  Paul Janish was the hitting star and he went two for three with a two run home run.  Brandon Phillips drew a pair of walks. 

The finale is this afternoon.

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