The Lyles losing streak continued on Tuesday night as the Royals dropped Game 2 to the Reds 5-4. The loss gives Jordan Lyles a league-leading 11 on the year.
Kansas City benefited from soft contact in the home half of the first, as they put runners at the corners without barreling a ball. However, MJ Melendez managed to do it and drove home the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly to right-center.
Like in many of Lyles’s starts, though, the lead immediately disintegrated. Cincinnati singled the 32-year-old right-hander to death in a five-run second inning.