Reds set season record for homers allowed

CHICAGO — When the Reds’ pitching staff broke the single-season record for home runs allowed Monday, it fittingly happened against the team that has stung them the most this season with the long ball.

In a 5-2 loss at Wrigley Field, the Cubs banged out three homers over the seventh and eighth innings as they scored five unanswered runs. That gave Cincinnati 242 homers allowed, eclipsing a record previously held by the 1996 Tigers.

“You want to associate yourself with all of the positive records, but if you’re going to do this, you’re going to get associated with some negative ones, too, if you do it long enough,” Reds manager Bryan Price said. “It’s certainly not good enough.

“The bane of our season has been base on balls as a pitching staff and home runs as a pitching staff. It’s reflected in the team ERA and our won-loss record. That’s not to hang a season on the pitching staff, but it does mean that we see where our strengths and weaknesses lie and we have to have more depth in our rotation and our bullpen. We know moving forward …

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