CINCINNATI -- Through five Major League starts, including Monday's 10-4 loss to the Yankees, Reds pitcher Rookie Davis has averaged 82 pitches per game. That doesn't seem like a ton of pitches until you notice that Davis has yet to reach the sixth inning.
Davis lasted 4 1/3 innings vs. New York and gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits, three walks and four strikeouts while throwing 91 pitches -- 55 for strikes.
"I know as a starter, anything less than six innings, to me, is unacceptable," Davis said. "I haven't been able to do that this year.