Reds' Poor Start Worst Since Black And White Film

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Brandon Finnegan lasted 4 1/3 innings and that is the good news.

The bad news is the Reds' fell to its worst 14-game start since 1931, a year in which the Reds won just three of its first 20 games.  This time it was a 6-1 defeat to the arch enemy St. Louis Cardinals.

"You never expect it.  It's a tough spot to be in," Bryan Price said.  "In the same respect, you have to deal with it.  We're all adults.  We're paid to do a job and that job is to do the best of our ability and perform. We have to stay together and show some spirit and heart. We need to show integrity in the way we go about our business.  We will continue to push it."

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There is no color film of the Reds that year.  Kodachrome wasn't in use until 1935.

The nemesis for Finnegan was Greg Garcia, who has established himself as the Cardinals best pinch hitter but today in an infrequent start, Garcia hit two home runs and a double, scoring three times and driving in three runs.

"I thought I threw the ball pretty well besides the first two batters.  I had some jitters going," Finnegan said.  "I thought I made a lot of good pitches and two bad ones and they both got hit out.  It's the life of playing in Great American Ball Park.  Those two pitches, take those away and its a completely different ball game.  We had some tough breaks and nobody hit the ball hard except for those two home run."

Meanwhile, the rest of the Reds' were confronted by Miles Mikolas, who pitched the last three years in Japan.  His last Major League before this season was in 2013 against the Reds as a member of the San Diego Padres with 2/3 an inning on July 31.

The Reds got no hits in the first 3 2/3 innings.  Scooter Gennett singled to left, one of his three hits.  Tucker Barnhart hit his second home run of the season off Mikolas in the fifth inning on his Gold Glove bobblehead day.

The Cardinals scored a run in the first without a hit.  Finnegan in his first start since June 26 against the Cardinals, walked Pham and Paul DeJong.  Finnegan lasted three innings and was shut down for the season with a strained teres major.

Pham advanced to third on a fly out to right and scored on a fly out to center by Marcel Ozuna. RBI doubles by Jose Martinez and Tommy Pham, who hit his against Austin Brice accounted for the other St. Louis runs.