The Cincinnati Reds lost the to Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday by a score of 9-3 putting the Reds at 8-12 for the season. This loss comes hard, as the Reds have been slowly falling behind in the season standings and need to start playing some better baseball if they want to stay in contention in the division.
Edwin Encarnacion and Joey Votto hit solo home runs late in the game, but the Reds were so far down it realy didn’t matter. Paul Bako also had a RBI in the game when he doubled to center field in the fifth inning.
Matt Belisle was the opening pitcher for the Red throwing for four innings giving up 12 hits, seven runs and a walk. He picked up his first loss of the year putting him at 0-1. Jeremy Affeldt, Josh Fogg, Todd Coffey, and Kent Mercker would pitch the last six innings for the Reds. Fogg was the only relief pitcher to give up earned runs as he gave up two runs in his two innings pitched.
The Reds will be facing the Dodgers one more time tonight at home for game two of the series.
