Farmer no-hit the Reds for 4 1/3 innings and held them scoreless through the fifth, but pitched with the intensity of a reliever. He had been a reliever for most of August.
The pitchers who followed have been relievers for a while. Try as they might, including an intense Neftali Feliz, they couldn't get outs. Al Alburquerque and Tom Gorzelanny faced four hitters without recording an out. Feliz battled five batters before he could get the third out of the inning.
Seven consecutive batters reached base safely between the first and second outs -- two on home runs, three on walks.