Bullpen implosion dooms Reds in 9-3 loss to Dodgers

Raisel Iglesias. Michael Lorenzen. Archie Bradley. Amir Garrett. These are all veteran pitchers that the Cincinnati Reds have counted on in their bullpen and then either decided not to re-sign or traded away for minimum return in the last two years. When you count the injuries to guys like Lucas Sims and Tejay Antone, then it’s no surprise that the Reds’ bullpen has given up a combined 14 runs in their current 3-game losing streak. That number goes up to 17 if you count Luis Cessa’s 3 runs that he gave up as the opener. Either way, for the second time in the last three games, the Reds battled back and saw themselves in a tie game in the 8th inning or later, and for the second time in the last three games the bullpen allowed 6 runs to their opponent. We should probably get used to seeing this more and more.

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