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CINCINNATI -- Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell is concerned that some of his Brewers are playing as if the season is already over.Joey Votto homered and drove in two runs, Dan Straily pitched a career-high eight innings and the Cincinnati Reds took advantage of some sloppy Milwaukee fielding for a 6-4 win Tuesday night, their fifth straight victory.The Brewers committed two errors, leading to four unearned runs.We were sloppy again defensively tonight, Counsell said. Frankly, its unacceptable. Its time for us to finish the season. Its 162 games, and its not over. Theres still time for guys to make an impression. These are important games for those guys.Adam Duvall put the Reds ahead for good in the third with the first of his two doubles. The Reds went on to match their longest winning streak of the season.Straily (12-8) pitched around solo home runs by Keon Broxton and Jonathan Villar to improve to 8-2 since the All-Star break. He allowed three hits and two runs with one walk and eight strikeouts and piled up 14 popup or flyball outs.Hes pitching like he does, Counsell said. His fastball is all guts and deception and creates a lot of flyballs. With the number of flyballs he gets, youve got to get them out of the ballpark, especially with runners on base.Tony Cingrani pitched the ninth, allowing Chris Carters 34th homer, a two-run shot. Carter just missed hitting a three-run homer in the sixth, reaching the warning track with two outs.Matt Garza (5-7) allowed five runs, only one earned, in five innings as the Brewers lost for the fourth time in five games.Vottos solo home run in the first inning was his 24th of the season. He has 28 homers and 91 RBI against the Brewers in his career, his top totals versus one opponent.Milwaukee, which went into the game with the major leagues worst fielding percentage, committed errors on Cincinnatis first two batters of the third. Garza hit Eugenio Suarez with one out to load the bases and Votto tied it at 2 with a single before Duvall hit a two-run double.We made it very hard on Matt, Counsell said. He had to get five outs and get through Votto. Those plays bring up the part of the lineup you dont want to face.Brandon Phillips then hit a fly ball to right-center field that Kirk Niewenhuis caught while being jostled by Broxton, the center fielder.You just have to pitch, Garza said. Some days the balls find gloves. Some days, they dont. Were a young team and thats where were at. Ive learned that you cant come down on guys and harp on it. For a lot of these guys, this is their first September.Votto scored on the sacrifice fly, but Duvall was thrown out at the plate trying to take advantage of the mini-collision and score from second.NO BLITZINGFormer University of Louisville and Denver Broncos linebacker Tom Jackson, who recently retired after 29 years as an ESPN NFL analyst, threw a ceremonial first pitch. Jackson is a long-time Cincinnati area resident.STAREDOWNBrewers catcher Manny Pina and Reds infielder Hernan Iribarren, a former Brewer, competed to see who could stand with their caps over their hearts the longest after the national anthem. Pina cracked first, with less than a minute before the game started.VERSATILITYCounsell gave Villar his first start as a Brewer at second base. Villar played three games at second base for Houston last season. Ive been thinking about moving him to second base the last three weeks, Counsell said. It is an opportunity to see what it looks like. You will see him mostly at third base the rest of the season.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: RHP Michael Blazek is scheduled to throw a simulated game in Chicago on Thursday after throwing one on Monday. Blazek hasnt pitched in a game since Aug. 13 after suffering a right forearm strain.Reds: RHP Homer Bailey, who hasnt pitched since Aug. 28 because of right biceps soreness, threw a 44-pitch bullpen session. He is tentatively scheduled for another session on Friday.UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Junior Guerra (8-3) makes his third start since coming off the disabled list on September 1. He progressed from 3 1/3 innings in his first start to five in his next outing.Reds: RHP Tim Adleman (2-3), who notched his first major league win on May 6 against the Brewers, is Cincinnatis scheduled starter on Wednesday.Fake Reds Jerseys . -- Bryant McKinnie came out of his stance and lowered his shoulder into a practice squad player, causing a crisp thud to reverberate in the Miami Dolphins practice bubble. Wholesale Reds Jerseys . "Hes going to have hip surgery on Jan. 7, and hell be expected to rehabilitate for four to six months beyond that," Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said Friday in an interview. https://www.cheapredsjerseys.us/ . -- Vincent Lecavalier got everything but the desired result in his return to Tampa Bay. Cheap Reds Jerseys . R.J. 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Cincinnati Reds Pro Shop . -- If Henry Burris has his way, he will be the starting quarterback to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats back to the Grey Cup next year.NEW YORK -- Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Thursday for verbally abusing a game official and failing to leaving the court in a timely manner after his ejection.The incident happened with 18.6 remaining in the first overtime of the Clippers 127-122 double-overtime loss at Brooklyn on Tuesday night.Rivers was given a technical foul for crossing over midcourt, then another and ejected.The Clippers trailed by two late in the first OT and fouled Sean Kilpatrick in the backcourt after he received the inbounds pass.ddddddddddddRivers appeared to think Kilpatrick swung his elbows and should have been called for the foul, and walked nearly to the Nets bench to say something to referee Lauren Holtkamp.Rivers said they werent even arguing, and that Holtkamp had agreed with what Rivers said. But referee Ken Mauer, who was standing on the Clippers side of the court, called what Rivers said was an awful tech. ' ' '