Padres pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne took the loss on Sunday, allowing four earned runs on nine hits in six innings while striking out three and walking none in his team's 4-0 defeat against the Reds.
Despaigne (3-4) pitched well over the first five innings of Sunday's start, with the only damage coming on a Jay Bruce home run in the second inning. However, Bruce came up again with two men on in the sixth and blasted his second homer of the day, preventing Despaigne from recording what would have been his fourth straight quality start.
"He was victimized by a big power hitter in Jay Bruce twice on balls that were up at the very top of the zone or possibly balls," manager Bud Black said, per MLB.com. "But I thought Despi was good. [It's] just Bruce got him on the two high fastballs."
Despaigne owns a 4.72 ERA and 28:12 K:BB ratio in 55 1/3 innings. He's slated to face the Dodgers at home on Friday.