Price not allowing Reds succumb to negativity

MILWAUKEE — Before the season even started, the Reds decided on a different tack by spending the night in Los Angeles after Wednesday night’s game and flying to Milwaukee during Thursday’s off-day. It prevented red-eye travel, and in light of the team’s deep struggles, moved manager Bryan Price to do something else. He had the team report late Friday, with the clubhouse not being opened until 4 p.m. CT.

“I acknowledged to our players that they can’t physically do more than they’re doing,” Price said before Friday’s game. “Everyone’s [usually] early, they’re in the cages, they’re out taking grounders, they’re looking at video, they’re going through the advance reports, doing conditioning, in the weight room — everything you can possibly do physically.”

Alas, the Reds may have changed their routine but not the outcome, dropping their 11th game in a row with a 9-5 defeat to the Brewers. It’s their longest streak since they lost 13 straight Sept. 20-Oct. 2 last season, before dropping 14 of 15 to end 2015.

For the first time since Sunday, Cincinnati scored more than two runs. But they also blew a 3-0 first-inning lead and continued some troubling trends.

In the last 11 games, the Reds …

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