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Since Pope Leo XIV was chosen as Pope, the Reds lost five of six games, including two straight to the Chicago White Sox, his favorite team.
The Red scored 13 runs in their lone win in that period but just seven runs in the five losses.
Meanwhile his sainted White Sox, who came into Cincinnati with a 12-29 record won four of five.
It was Pete Rose night on the banks of the Ohio, you'd think the Reds could score 14 runs to match Rose's retired number.
Instead the White Sox scored single runs off Nick Lodolo in the second and fifth inning. Lodolo left after Lenyn Sosa belted his third home run of the season with one out in the sixth.
Lodolo pitched 5 1/3 innings with three runs on seven hits. He walked one, Luis Robert Jr. in the third inning to load the bases but pitched out of it. He struck out one.
"I thought they did a pretty good job of laying off his fastball in," Terry Francona said. "It ran the pitch count up, saying that he gave up the home run. It was getting close to six innings. He pitched ok on a lot of nights (like that), we're patting him on the back."
The Reds had nine hits and a walk but again struggled to get a key hit. They had the first batter of the inning reach base three times against White Sox starter, Davis Martin. They had runners in scoring position with less than two outs in three innings with nothing to show for it.
Scott Barlow gave up number nine hitter, Michael A Taylor's second home run of the season and the Reds, who have scored one or fewer runs in eight games coming into Wednesday, scored in the seventh inning on Spencer Steer's fourth home run. Elly De La Cruz doubled with two outs in the eighth and scored on Austin Hay's second hit since coming off the injured list on Friday in Houston in 17 at bats.
That was the scoring and the Reds will try to avoid a sweep.
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