MILWAUKEE — The Cincinnati Reds lost 1-0 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday to become only the second team in the live-ball era (since 1920) to lose three consecutive 1-0 games.
The Reds joined the Philadelphia Phillies, who lost three straight in the same fashion in 1960, according to ESPN Research.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Reds sustained back-to-back 1-0 losses to the Texas Rangers.
On Thursday, it was Milwaukee’s Nestor Cortes turn to shut down Cincinnati; he struck out six and walked two over six innings.
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The Reds’ only hit off Cortes was a one-out double by Jose Trevino in the third.
The Reds are now 0-13 with runners in scoring position over their last three games.
Joel Payamps retired the side in order in the ninth for his first save.
Cincinnati’s Nick Lodolo (1-1) allowed one unearned run and four hits in 6⅔ innings.
Lodolo didn’t allow a baserunner for the first three innings. In the fourth, Jackson Chourio led off with a ground-rule double, and a fielding error by Lodolo allowed William Contreras to reach with one out. Sal Frelick drove in Chourio with a two-out single.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
