That had shades of 2010 in it…

So much about last night’s 5-4 loss to the Phillies had the 2010 playoffs written all over it: holding a relatively-large lead late(ish) in the game, Jay Bruce misplaying a ball lost in the lights, the Phillies coming out the winners…

It wasn’t really until that eighth inning blunder by Jay that the déjà vu really set in, and up until then it was a relatively good game.

After trading runs in the first two innings, the Reds staked Johnny Cueto to a three-run lead with a Joey Votto single (his second RBI hit of the night), a Zack Cozart double, and a Billy Hamilton suicide squeeze.

And it really should have been enough, given how Cueto was pitching (six innings, two runs) and the run the bullpen…