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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers need a spark after another loss at Lambeau Field.The Indianapolis Colts jolted their confidence after a tone-setting 99-yard return for a touchdown by Jordan Todman on the opening kickoff. The Packers never quite looked like themselves until the frantic fourth quarter.But an 18-point deficit with 9:35 left was too much to overcome in a 31-26 loss on Sunday to the Colts.Indianapolis jumped on us from the first play and we frankly never got it back, coach Mike McCarthy said.The Packers (4-4) need to find answers quickly ahead of what could be a season-defining, three-game road swing starting next week at Tennessee. A team considered to be one of the top contenders in the NFC has a .500 record at midseason.Were 4-4. Played a lot of good football, thats the fact of the matter. But you are what your record is, McCarthy said.He felt his team had a great week of practice leading into Sundays game. Todmans return seemed to be a buzz-killer.The offense overcame a slow start with two touchdowns with a 4-plus minute span of the fourth quarter. Randall Cobbs 3-yard touchdown catch from Aaron Rodgers with 3:29 left got Green Bay within five.The Colts came up with two third-down conversions on the ensuing drive to put the game away.If only the Packers had more energy earlier in the game.You kind of felt it over the entire sideline. We didnt have the same kind of enthusiasm and encouragement that we had the previous two weeks, Rodgers said. So weve got to look deep in the mirror there, because thats just not acceptable.Safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix had two interceptions in the first quarter, which the Packers turned into 10 points. Rodgers found Jordy Nelson for a 26-yard touchdown pass at the end of the first quarter to make it 14-10.But Green Bay managed just 32 yards on nine plays on the next two series of the second quarter, with both drives ending in punts. The Colts ended the first half with an impressive 15-play, 91-yard drive that ended with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Donte Moncrief for a 24-10 lead with 11 seconds left in the quarter.We got outplayed in the first half, big time, veteran right tackle Bryan Bulaga said. We just didnt play well enough and thats pretty much all I can say.Game notes Rodgers said he had his left foot stepped on pretty hard. I mean, thats a common frustration from time to time, just getting stepped on really badly. Its fine. ... Cobb, who was questionable for the game with a hamstring injury, did not play until the second half. I took a conservative approach with him. I was going to use him only when we needed him. Obviously, we needed him in the second half and he gave us everything hes got. Hopefully, he came out clean, McCarthy said. ... S Micah Hyde (shoulder) left the game in the fourth quarter. ... 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I made the pitches I wanted to make. I got ground balls. They just found some holes. They didnt hit anything hard.Manager Craig Counsell had no complaints about his veteran right-hander, who turned in 7 2/3 innings in his last start against the Cubs last Tuesday.Wily pitched very well tonight, Counsell said. He continued what hes been doing. We didnt have much luck tonight.Keyvius Sampson started and Blake Wood (6-3), Michael Lorenzen and Raisel Iglesias followed as the Reds posted their seventh shutout since the All-Star break. They went into the game tied with the Cubs, Angels and Marlins for the most second-half shutouts in the majors.Iglesias pitched the final two innings for his third save in four opportunities as the Reds extended their winning streak to four games.The Brewers, who had hit at least one home run in nine consecutive games, have lost three of their last four and have been shut out eight times this season.Sampson, making his second start of the season as the Reds skipped Anthony DeSclafani, tied his career high with seven strikeouts. But he was relieved by Wood in the fifth with the bases loaded and two outs -- not long enough to qualify for the win. He allowed four hits and two walks and hit a batter.Wood stifled the threat by gettinng Hernan Perez to fly out.ddddddddddddSampson threw a lot of strikes, Counsell said. He seemed to struggle finding the zone when weve faced him in the past. We didnt get many good counts. His slider was effective. He threw it for strikes. We didnt get many leadoff batters on.Peralta rebounded after Holts single to retire the next 15 batters before Phillips dribbler hugged the third base line for an infield single with two outs in the sixth inning. Peralta allowed six hits and three runs with one walk and five strikeouts in six innings.TRICKYReds 2B Brandon Phillips tried to catch the Brewers and the umpires napping, catching and then dropping Peraltas soft liner with Martin Maldonado on first base and nobody out in the third inning. Second base umpire Roberto Ortiz immediately ruled the ball was caught and Maldonado still was safe at first.HIGHLIGHT REELThe Reds used two right fielders and both made eye-catching plays. Schebler made a diving catch of Perezs blooper to end the first, then Steve Selsky easily threw out Jonathan Villar trying to score from second Scooter Gennetts twoout single in the sixth.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: Rookie SS Orlando Arcia got Monday off after playing in 37 of Milwaukees 39 games since making his major league debut on Aug. 2.Reds: SS Jose Peraza returned to the starting lineup after missing Sundays game in Pittsburgh with a sore right pinky finger, the result of fouling a ball off of it on Saturday.UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Matt Garza (5-6), who allowed just three hits and one run over six innings without getting a decision in Milwaukees 2-1 victory over the Cubs last Wednesday, starts on Tuesday.Reds: RHP Dan Straily (11-8), who set his single-season career high for losses in his last start, tries to improve to 8-2 since the All-Star break on Tuesday. ' ' '