After getting past Shelby Miller Thursday night, I had some relatively high hopes for the Reds this weekend, sending Anthony DeSclafani and Johnny Cueto to the mound in games bracketing a Jason Marquis start.
Unfortunately, things went exactly the opposite as expected: instead of taking 2 of those three games, the only game they managed to win was Marquis’ start. Because of course.
It wasn’t for lack of effort. Friday night DeSclafani was staked to a 3-0 lead, thanks in part to Brandon Phillips driving in 2 runs in the first inning, before immediate coughing up four runs over the fourth and fifth innings.