Let’s recap today’s titanic struggle….
FINAL
St. Louis 15
Cincinnati 2
W: L. Lynn (13-5)
L: M. Leake (10-5)
BOX SCORE
POSITIVES
–Zack Cozart was 2-3 with a two-run homer.
NEGATIVES
–Everything else. This was nothing less than a beatdown by a superior team. The pitching stunk. The offense stunk. The defense stunk (Jay Bruce made his first error of the year, and Todd Frazier made his 6th).
Speaking of Frazier, he’s now 0 for his last 28 at the plate, and hasn’t had a single hit in nine straight games.
NOT-SO-RANDOM THOUGHTS
–Mike Leake gave up four runs in the first inning, and everyone shook their heads knowingly. Well, the Reds got two of those back in the second inning, on Cozart’s homer, Leake settled down, and the score remained 4-2 until the sixth inning. The Reds were still in the game at that point, right?
Wrong. Leake couldn’t record an out, St. Louis scored five in the sixth inning, and the rout was on. For the day, Leake pitched 5+ innings, surrendering seven runs on eight hits and two walks. The bullpen wasn’t much better, including Sam LeCure, who gave up four runs on five hits in the ninth inning alone.
–The Reds have lost six straight series against the Cardinals. Embarrassing.
–Cincinnati has lost seven of nine, and they are fading fast. This team is just not fun to watch. They make mental mistake after defensive mistake after baserunning mistake. I tire of this circus.
A terrible showing today, Redlegs. Just awful. Milton is disappointed.