Luis Castillo was coming off his worst outing of the season. He lasted just one - plus inning in his last start against Minnesota, allowing five runs.
"He was really good in spring training. We know what's in there," manager Jim Riggleman said. "he's shown how good he can be. Our pitching coaches identified a mechanical flaw in his delivery. I think that has been part of it. It has never crossed my mind to make a switch."
Castillo was much better in facing Wade Miley but the Reds came out on the short end of a 3-1 decision to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the three-game sweep.
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Jesus Aguilar singled to left with one out. Domingo Santana hit a ground ball single to right that sent Aguilar to third. Orlando Arcia singled off Votto's glove at first to plate Aguilar.
The Reds got even in the fourth. Miley walked Eugenio Suarez to lead off the inning. Adam Duvall struck out but Devin Mesoraco doubled to the gap in left center. Suarez scored from first to tie the game.
Christian Yelich led off the fifth inning with his third home run of the season to give the Brewers the lead again.
Castillo finished with six innings, allowing two runs on nine hits and two walks.
"Castillo was better tonight," Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman said. "There is more in there but it is good we got him stretched out. I don't think you will see him give up nine hits in five innings when he is all the way back. His change up was better and he got some ground balls when he needed them and a lot of strikeouts with his change up."
Castillo worked to get his pitching mechanics straightened out.
"I made a change in my mechanics," Castillo said. "It was working well. I believe in my change up. It is my best pitch. It was working well tonight. I was working on getting my arm straight up. I believe I can throw the change up in any count. I went out there to compete, unfortunately, the team didn't win."
Miley allowed one run on three hits in six innings in his first start since signing with the Brewers after spring training.
"I've seen Miley pitch several times before," Riggleman said. "This is the best I've seen him."
The Brewers added a run in the eighth. Singles by Hernan Perez and Aguilar opened the inning against Jared Hughes. Hughes struck out Santana and appeared to escape the inning when Suarez started a double play but Aguilar was right on top of secondbaseman Alex Blandino and forced a high throw over Votto's head.
Jeremy Jeffres shut the Reds down in the eighth but a one-out infield single by Blandino brought Scott Schebler to the plate as the tying run. Schebler hit into a 4-6-3 double play to end the game.
"Milwaukee has a sneaky bullpen. I don't think any one realized how good their bullpen was when the season started," Riggleman said.
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