The third straight 1-0 debacle came Thursday night to the Milwaukee Brewers in the Reds first road game of the season. And the hits are dwindling — four hits in the first shutout, three hits in ...

“They’re trying their ass off, maybe too hard,” Reds manager Terry Francona said after the Reds opened a four-game series against the Brewers in Milwaukee ... it in four straight games.

BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee heads into a matchup against Detroit as winners of seven consecutive games. The Bucks are 30-21 in Eastern Conference games. Milwaukee is ninth in the NBA averaging 14.0 ...