Rookie Jay Bruce had a 2-for-4 game, including another
home run, but the Reds were handed a 5-4 loss by the Phillies on Monday night at
Citizen's Bank Park.
Cincinnati fell behind by a 5-1 score through four
innings as starter Bronson Arroyo gave up five earned runs and 10 hits over 4
1/3 innings.
In the bottom of the first, Chase Utley's two-run homer
to right-center field gave the Phillies a 2-0 lead. It was Utley's Major
League-leading 21st homer and his fifth in five games.
Bruce's third homer in three days, a solo shot to left
field off Kyle Kendrick, got Cincinnati on the scoreboard in the top of the
fourth inning. But Philadelphia answered with three more runs off Arroyo, using
back-to-back homers by Pedro Feliz and Chris Coste.
Over the first seven big league games of his career,
Bruce is batting .577 (15-for-26) with three homers and seven RBIs.
Leading off the fifth, Edwin Encarnacion added a solo
homer to left field for the Reds. Adam Dunn's two-run double in the sixth made
it a one-run game.
Ken Griffey Jr. did not play in the game and remained at
599 career home runs.
