Reds Try To Bounce Back After Blown Game

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The Reds are angry at the blown game last night.

After jumping out to an 8-0 lead after the second inning, the Reds scored just one run over the final seven while the starting pitcher, Mat Latos and the bullpen allowed 14 over the next seven, actually all 14 scored after the fourth inning and 11 were scored with two outs.

One pitch could have eliminated runs in three different innings.

Manager Bryan Price didn't sugar coat it.

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Price's bullpen was beaten up and the Reds brought up an extra arm in Carlos Contreras but really want good long starts the next two days from Mike Leake and Johnny "Beisboll" Cueto.

"Two quality starts will get us going in the right direction.  I'm not talking about the six inning, three-run quality start. We need seven or eight innings.  The starter is going to stay out there longer even if he's ineffective he is going to have to stay out there longer.  That's just the way it is."

The old take one for the team philosophy.

Mike Leake had a stretch of nine games to start the season in which he pitched into the seventh inning. In his last three starts Leake pitched into the sixth inning once (5 1/3 on June 10). He has allowed 14 runs in 15 1/3 innings over those games.