Day Game

[Wally Mo Pena]

I didn't even know this one was going on, but here's the wrap (a second straight 4 k day for one of the reds).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2 5 0

Cincinnati AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Freel, CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .277
Lopez, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .289
Dunn, LF 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 .251
Valentin, C 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .283
Kearns, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .235
Cruz, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .240
Encarnacion, 3B 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .224
Olmedo, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .213
Milton, P 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143
a-Aurilia, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .281
Simpson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mercker, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 30 0 3 0 2 12 10

a-Flied out for Milton in the 8th.

BATTING
TB: Freel 2; Encarnacion.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lopez.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
DP: (Olmedo-Lopez-Cruz).

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Milton (L, 8-15) 7.0 5 2 2 0 7 0 6.47
Simpson 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.00
Mercker 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.65

MILWAUKEE -- Eric Milton badly wanted a win Thursday to put a positive finish on his disappointing '05 season.
He didn't get it.

Though Milton held the Brewers to just five hits over seven innings of work in his last outing of the year, the two runs he gave up in the bottom of the fifth proved to be enough to send the Reds to a 2-0 loss at Miller Park.

Milton's teammates simply could not come up with suitable support for him against Gary Glover. They managed just a pair of hits off Glover over seven innings, striking out 10 times in the process.

When Glover came out, the Reds were able to put a pair of runners on against Jose Capellan in the eighth via Edwin Encarnacion's walk and Ryan Freel's single. But Felipe Lopez struck out against Julio Santana to end that threat and Milton's chances at a victory.

Milton, who signed a three-year, $25.5 million deal with the Reds last offseason, will finish the year with a career-worst 8-15 record and 6.47 ERA. The Reds, meanwhile, have dropped four of their last five games.

[missionhockey21]

That stat line was a little closer to what I was hoping we would see from Milton from time to time (decent amount of innings pitched with a good K/9 ratio.) So that does give a little hope (please note that if you heard me speak this, there would be heavy emphasis on little.) Anyway, like I have said before, let's lose them all. That is of course if the Dodgers can finish strong and allow us to finish behind them to lead to a better draft pick.