Reds offense comes up short as the Padres sweep Cincinnati

The Cincinnati Reds entered San Diego’s Petco Park on Thursday as the hottest team in baseball. On Sunday afternoon the Padres sent the team back east on a 4-game losing streak as the Cincinnati offense just couldn’t get enough going and fell 3-2 on Fathers Day.

Cincinnati Reds (35-35) 2 8 2 W: Lamet (2-2) L: Castillo (2-10) Sv: Melancon (21) The Offense

The Reds offense didn’t get much going in the first two innings, but in the 3rd Kyle Farmer singles and an out later Jonathan India walked to put two men on with one out. Jesse Winker and Tyler Naquin struck out and flied out to end the inning and any threat the team had going.

In the 7th inning the Reds had another thread going. Shogo Akiyama…