By John Fay
The Cincinnati Enquirer

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Photos of Tuesday's game

On New Guy Night at Great American Ball Park, the reinforcements didn't raise the Reds' talent level anywhere near the level of the Milwaukee Brewers. Danny Serafini, one of four players making their Cincinnati debuts Tuesday, gave up a pair of two-run homers and the loss as the Reds fell to the Milwaukee Brewers 7-1 before 18,787.

The Brewers have won eight straight; the Reds have lost three straight.

"They have some guys who put the ball in the seats," Reds manager Dave Miley said. "That's the difference between the offenses."

The Reds' starting eight Tuesday had a total of 24 home runs. The Brewers had a total of 116.

When the Milwaukee Brewers have you severely outmanned, you know you're in trouble. But the Reds, because of injuries and trades, are looking for warm bodies.

Relievers Scott Randall and Phil Norton and infielder Tim Hummel also made their debuts. That pushed the number of pitchers used this year to 27, a club record, and the number of players used to 53, also a record.

Randall and Hummel were making their major-league debuts - the ninth and 10th players to do so for the Reds this year.

Randall, called up from Triple-A Louisville, pitched a scoreless sixth.

Hummel, the player-to-be-named in the Scott Sullivan trade, grounded out.

Of those making their debuts, Norton, whom the Reds got in a trade with the Cubs for minor-leaguer John Koronka on Monday, fared the worst. He did not retire a batter. He allowed two hits and a walk, and all three runners scored to turn the game into a rout.

Serafini was 10-2 with a 1.59 ERA in the Mexican League. But he was 14-13 with a 6.06 ERA in parts of five seasons in the majors. Tuesday's appearance was his first in the majors since 2000.

"It's great to be back," said Serafini, who gave up a pair of hits in the first but got out of it with a double play.

Geoff Jenkins hit a two-run homer in the third.

Milwaukee	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Podsednik cf	4	2	1	0	1	0	.314
KGinter 2b	4	1	1	0	1	0	.277
Jenkins lf	5	2	4	3	0	0	.291
Sexson 1b	3	0	0	0	1	0	.262
BClark rf	3	1	1	0	1	0	.297
Helms 3b	4	1	1	2	0	1	.253
EddPerez c	4	0	0	0	0	0	.261
Clayton ss	4	0	0	0	0	1	.222
DDavis p	4	0	1	0	0	1	.125
Totals	35	7	9	5	4	3

Cincinnati	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Freel 3b	4	1	0	0	0	0	.270
Olmedo ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	.267
DJimenez 2b	2	0	0	1	1	0	.292
Casey 1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	.289
RMateo rf	4	0	1	0	0	0	.248
Stinnett c	3	0	0	0	0	0	.238
Smitherman lf	3	0	1	0	0	0	.400
WPena cf	3	0	0	0	0	1	.151
Serafini p	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Randall p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
Hummel ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PNorton p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
RWagner p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
LaRue ph	1	0	1	0	0	0	.231
Reitsma p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Totals	29	1	4	1	1	2

Milwaukee	002	200	300	-7	9	1
Cincinnati	100	000	000	-1	4	1

E-Helms (16), Olmedo (11). LOB-Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 4. 2B-Jenkins (29), Casey (16), LaRue (18). HR-Helms (18), off Serafini; Jenkins (26), off Serafini. RBIs-Jenkins 3 (93), Helms 2 (57), DJimenez (13). SB-Podsednik (30). S-Olmedo. SF-DJimenez. GIDP-Sexson, BClark, Casey.

Runners left in scoring position-Milwaukee 1 (BClark); Cincinnati 2 (Freel, RMateo).

Runners moved up-Sexson.

DP-Milwaukee 1 (KGinter, Clayton and Sexson); Cincinnati 2 (Freel, DJimenez and Casey), (Freel, DJimenez and Casey).

Milwaukee	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
DDavis W, 1-0	9	4	1	0	1	2	126	1.31

Cincinnati	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Serafini L, 0-1	5	7	4	4	2	0	87	7.20
Randall	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.00
PNorton	0	2	3	3	1	0	9	13.50
RWagner	2	0	0	0	1	3	32	1.89
Reitsma	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3.82

PNorton pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

Inherited runners-scored-RWagner 2-2.

WP-RWagner.

Umpires-Home, Wally Bell; First, Bill Welke; Second, Matt Hollowell; Third, John Hirschbeck.

T-2:31. A-18,787 (42,263).

How the runs scored in Tuesday's game between the Brewers and the Reds

Reds first. Freel safe at second on Helms' error. Olmedo sacrificed, pitcher Davis to first baseman Sexson, Freel to third. Jimenez hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Podsednik, Freel scored. Casey grounded out, first baseman Sexson to pitcher Davis. 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on. Reds 1, Brewers 0.

Brewers third. Davis grounded out, pitcher Serafini to first baseman Casey. Podsednik walked on four pitches. Ginter popped out to first baseman Casey. Jenkins homered to right on a 1-0 count, Podsednik scored. Sexson popped out to second baseman Jimenez. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Brewers 2, Reds 1.

Brewers fourth. Clark walked on a full count. Helms homered to center on a 1-1 count, Clark scored. Perez grounded out, shortstop Olmedo to first baseman Casey. Clayton grounded out, shortstop Olmedo to first baseman Casey. Davis singled to right. Podsednik fouled out to left fielder Smitherman. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Brewers 4, Reds 1.

Brewers seventh. Norton pitching. Podsednik singled to right. Podsednik stole second. Ginter walked on four pitches. Jenkins singled to right, Podsednik scored, Ginter to second. Wagner pitching. Sexson walked on a full count, Ginter to third, Jenkins to second. Clark grounded into a double play, third baseman Freel to second baseman Jimenez to first baseman Casey, Ginter scored, Jenkins to third, Sexson out. On Wagner's wild pitch, Jenkins scored. Helms struck out. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Brewers 7, Reds 1.