127: All Right, 5-2!...Uh Oh, 5-5...Uggh, 8-5 Them? Wha?

Game Grades: First Five Innings, A+; Last Four Innings, F-

STL  8  14  2 (69-56)
CIN  5  12  0 (76-51)

W: Joe Kelly (4-5)
L: Mat Latos (10-4)
S: Jason Motte (30)

Box Score

• Recap:
• Ugh.  What happened there?  Mat Latos and the Reds were just sailing along through five innings.  Then, suddenly, Latos crashed and burned.  A six-run sixth inning turned a 3-run Reds' advantage into a 3-run Reds' deficit.  Then, a seemingly hot-hitting Reds team suddenly couldn't buy a hit.  It was a game of suddenly we stink.  Everything just fell apart.  It began with Mat Latos and continued with the entire Reds lineup that struck out 14 times on the night.
• Reds Offense:
• Todd Frazier - We can always count on Todd to do something right.  Reached base 4 times, went 3-for-4 on the night, and drove in his 59th RBI.  The Rookie of the Year is now batting .298.
• Brandon Phillips, Ryan Ludwick and Scott Rolen all had two hits apiece on the night.  Rolen's night included a double and his 31st RBI.  BP knocked in his 65th run.
• Reds Pitching:
• Mat Latos - 5.0 IP, 7 R, 9 H, 1 BB, 5 SO.  Yeesh.  Let's just hope thats the last bad one for a while.  He's better than that.
• Alfredo Simon - 3.0 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 1 SO.  Not bad.  Simon through for three innings of work which helps the rest of the guys get some much needed rest in the bullpen.  When you consider that St. Louis was hitting the heck out of the baseball, we should be thankful for Simon's effort.
• Sam LeCure - 1.0 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 SO. Nice little redemption outing for LeCure who had a tough time duting his last time out in Philly.

*Payback today starting at 4:05pm at GABP.  It will be Jaime Garcia (3-4, 4.00) taking on Mike Leake (5-8, 4.59).  Let's hope for one of Leake's solid performances where he works the zone, uses his pitches, and keeps the ball and the hits down.