By the numbers: A breakdown of the Cincinnati Reds' 9-game losing streak

It’s bad enough the Cincinnati Reds have lost nine consecutive games, owning the worst record in the Major Leagues through the first two weeks of the season, but the numbers paint an even uglier picture.

The Reds, entering Friday with a 2-11 record, have been outscored 59-18 during their losing streak. They’ve never held a lead at the end of an inning. They’re hitting .167 and the pitching staff holds a 6.93 ERA.

Expectations surrounding the Reds were lowered when they traded several of their veteran players during the offseason. Then they were hit by a rash of injuries with an MLB-leading 13 players on the Injured List. Add in a team-wide slump at the plate and a tough start on the mound and it’s added up to a disastrous start.

“It sucks,” Kyle Farmer said. “I know how the fans feel in Cincinnati. Obviously, we feel the same way. We've just got to get back to the basics and keep working.”

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Here are some key numbers during the Reds’ losing streak

1. Aramis Garcia is the only Reds batter who is hitting above .275 during the losing streak. He’s 3-for-9 at the plate.

3. There are three pitchers who have an ERA below 4.00 during the losing streak: relievers Alexis Diaz (0.00, 5 1/3 innings), Jeff Hoffman (2.35, 7 2/3 innings) and Justin Wilson (3.38, 2 2/3 innings). Hunter Greene has the lowest ERA among starting pitchers in the last nine games at 4.35, tossing 10 1/3 innings in that stretch.

5. The Reds had five players who played in the Reds’ 10-5 loss to the Cleveland Guardians to begin their losing streak who are no longer on the active 28-man roster. Jonathan India (hamstring strain), Tyler Stephenson (concussion), Mike Moustakas (biceps strain), Tyler Naquin (illness) and Daniel Duarte (elbow swelling) were all on the IL by the end of the West Coast road trip.

14. Tommy Pham hit first-inning solo homers against the Padres, his former team, on back-to-back days. Manny Machado, in both games, responded with a two-run homer in the bottom half of the first inning to wrestle back the lead. The Reds led for a total of 14 minutes during the entirety of the losing streak.

It’s the first time the déjà vu moment happened in back-to-back first innings in baseball history, according to The Athletic’s Jayson Stark. The only other instance of it happening, according to Baseball-Reference’s research, was July 24-25, 2000 when Tim Salmon homered in the top of the fourth innings and Gabe Kapler responded with homers in the bottom half of innings.

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Adding to the strangeness: Pham homered both games on a sinker in the second pitch of his at-bat. Machado homered both games on a changeup.

17. The Reds have totaled 17 RBI during their losing streak, which is only two more RBI than Cleveland's José Ramírez in the same stretch. Ramírez drove in nine runs during his two games against the Reds, hitting a grand slam off reliever Daniel Duarte and a two-run homer off Nick Lodolo.

30. No infield defense has converted fewer ground balls into outs than the Reds this season, according to Sports Info Solutions. The Reds have turned groundballs and bunts into outs at a 70% rate, which ranks 30th among all teams. San Diego has converted a league-best 87% of groundballs into outs.

47. During the losing streak, the Reds have totaled 47 hits, which is tied with Houston for the fewest since April 11. The Reds are the only National League team with fewer than 57 hits in the same span and Colorado leads the Majors with 91 hits.

They're the first team in since 1901 to lose nine games and produce seven or fewer hits in each game, according to Stats Perform.

81. The Reds haven’t held a lead at the end of a full inning since their 6-3 victory in Atlanta on April 10, an 81-inning streak. It’s the longest streak without holding a lead after the home team completes the inning since 1945, according to Bally Sports Ohio, when the Reds lost 13 straight games from Aug. 5-15. The 1945 team scored three or fewer runs in 10 of their 13 games during the losing streak.

2017. It’s the Reds’ longest losing streak in five years. They dropped nine straight games from June 9-18, 2017. The Reds haven’t lost 10 games in a row since an 11-game losing streak from May 16-27, 2016.

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