Reds skid hits 4

Dangit!!! They have the talent, but apparently aren’t putting it together so far this year, but I have faith, dangit! I love my Reds!

Cincinnati Reds CINCINNATI — In this era of conservation, the Reds have been doing their part during the current homestand, repeatedly reusing and recycling the same headlines and storylines.

Once again, low offensive emissions were at issue during Wednesday’s 6-1 defeat to the Dodgers. That made it four straight losses for Cincinnati, all at Great American Ball Park, where the homestand has spun out into a 2-6 record.

“We’re making everybody look like Cy Young. Everybody is not,” manager Dusty Baker said.

In their last eight games, the Reds are batting .179 (45-for-251) and have scored 17 runs, for an average of just 2.1 runs per game.

Through two games with Los Angeles in this three-game series, Cincinnati has scored two runs.

“It’s disheartening when you score only one run,” Baker said. “You can’t get it done with one run unless you get a shutout.”

Bronson Arroyo was not in shutout form for the Reds, as he was charged with six earned runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings. Los Angeles took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Arroyo (4-6) bounced a wild pitch to James Loney that scored Juan Pierre. In the second, after Matt Kemp hit a leadoff single and stole second base, Andre Ethier hit an RBI single to left field.

Loney added two RBIs against Arroyo with a solo homer to right field with one out in the fourth and a two-out RBI double to left field in the sixth.

The Reds are now 0-5 this season vs. the Dodgers.

“They find ways to get things done,” said Arroyo, who walked one and struck out six. “The next thing you know, you look at the board. You feel like you’ve had a pretty good game, but you’re down by three. That’s kind of what happened tonight.”

The Reds’ lone run came via Edwin Encarnacion’s solo homer off Dodgers starter Derek Lowe in the second inning. Lowe (5-6) otherwise shut down Cincinnati and allowed three hits, but he came out after 5 1/3 innings since he was moved up one day on short notice because of Hiroki Kuroda’s right shoulder injury.

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