MILWAUKEE — Elmer Dessens made a big impression on Milwaukee Brewers manager Davey Lopes.

        “He took the aggressiveness right away from us,” Lopes said after Dessens allowed six hits in seven innings to lead the Reds over the Brewers 6-3 Wednesday night.

        “He was making quality pitches right from the beginning,” Lopes said.

        Dessens (5-2) won for the third time in four starts.

        Milwaukee, which dropped 6 1/2 games behind NL Central-leading Chicago, has lost seven of 11 overall and four of its last five at Miller Park.

        Jimmy Haynes (5-7) lost his third straight start, giving up four runs and eight hits in five-plus innings.

        “He's not making the pitches he made earlier,” Lopes said. “When he had that good string, he was locating his fastball in and out, had good break on his curveball. He's not doing that now.”

        The game drew 35,816, and the Brewers passed 1 million in 31 games, the fastest in franchise history at 1,030,152.

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