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The Cincinnati Reds found another painful way to lose Monday night, coughing up a late lead in a 5-4 defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. For a team that looked poised to build momentum earlier this month, the latest collapse felt far too familiar. Cincinnati carried a 4-3 advantage into the bottom of the eighth inning after Spencer Steer delivered a clutch RBI double, only to watch the bullpen unravel again when Bryson Stott crushed a two-run homer with two outs.
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That swing erased what had been a solid effort from much of the Reds roster. Nick Lodolo battled through traffic and kept Cincinnati in the game, while Sal Stewart continued his breakout season with a game-tying homer earlier in the night. The offense did enough to win on the road against a Phillies club that entered the series red hot, but once again the late innings became Cincinnati’s undoing.
The frustration surrounding the Reds is growing because these losses are beginning to pile up in identical fashion. The bullpen has been overworked, the defense has had shaky moments, and every narrow defeat seems to drain confidence from a talented young roster. Graham Ashcraft had been reliable for most of the season, but Stott’s decisive blast turned another winnable game into another gut punch.
At 20-11 earlier this month, the Reds looked like one of baseball’s surprise contenders. Now they are back at .500 and searching for answers. If Cincinnati wants to stay relevant in the National League playoff race, it has to figure out how to protect late leads before this rough stretch spirals into something much worse.
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