The Reds lost to the Brewers on Sunday, but I think they deserve more than a simple tongue lashing from their manager and the press. Their hitters looked downright terrible against Yovani Gallardo. I realize Gallardo is probably going to be an NL Cy Young candidate in the years to come, but is that any reason for the Reds to have 8 strikeouts against him in the first 3 innings? He’s good, but he shouldn’t be that good. The strikeouts really hurt in the second inning when Gallardo worked out of a bases loaded, one-out jam by whiffing Ryan Hanigan and Micah Owings.

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