Kyle Lohse left in the third inning still bothered by a sore right forearm while trailing 3-0.  Things didn’t get much better from there as the Cardinals went on to lose 9-3 to Cincinnati on Wednesday night at Busch Stadium.

Lohse didn’t appear to have much velocity or control early in the game and Tony LaRussa and team trainer Barry Weinberg came out to talk with Lohse, but were told it was just rust from not pitching.

In the third, Lohse dove after a Johnny Cueto bunt and re-aggravated the injury on the throw to first and that was it for Lohse’s night.  He left trailing 3-0.

Brad Boyer who has never pitched more than two innings this season, came on and handled five innings while giving up just one earned run.  Up 4-1 heading into the eighth, the Reds scored three off Chris Perez and then two more off Trever Miller in the ninth.  Laynce Nix hit his second homer of the game, a three run shot off Perez, then Brandon Phillips hit a two run homer off Miller.

The Cardinals had 10 hits and left 16 runners on base, but continue to struggle to drive in runs.

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