Comeback or else

Unless the Reds can come back from a 6-2 deficit, they will end the night tied with the Washington Nationals for the worst record in the National League.

How's this for a bad start to a homestand? Bronson Arroyo, who came in with 2.64 ERA, gave up four earned runs in the first inning. He also threw 49 pitches. Then he gave up a two-run, two-out homer to Austin Kearns in the second.

Scott Hatteberg hit a two-run homer in the Reds' second. So the Reds have a pulse, a faint one, but a pulse.