Early optimism fades as Reds’ skid extends

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MILWAUKEE — Jonathan Lucroy and Aaron Hill combined for three home runs and five RBIs to prolong the Reds’ recent misery, powering the Brewers to a come-from-behind, 9-5 win on Friday at Miller Park.

Cincinnati’s losing streak grew to 11 games despite Adam Duvall’s first-inning, three-run home run off Brewers starter Zach Davies, who won at home for the first time thanks to his team’s biggest offensive outburst in more than two weeks. Six different Brewers tallied multiple hits — including Lucroy, who had all three of his RBIs by the end of the Brewers’ go-ahead, four-run fourth inning, and Hill, who homered leading off consecutive innings in the fourth and the fifth. The Brewers’ four-game winning streak is their longest this season.

The Reds, meanwhile, …

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