CINCINNATI -- After three innings, rookie right-hander Michael Lorenzen appeared to be on his way to snapping a recent stretch of rough outings.
He held the Cardinals hitless through the first three innings, but things went south after that as he took his third straight loss in the Reds' 3-0 loss on Thursday at Great American Ball Park. Lorenzen gave up a two-out RBI-single both to Tony Cruz and Kolten Wong in the fourth and fifth innings, respectively -- with Wong's hit scoring two runs -- to spoil the solid start.