By John Fay
Enquirer staff writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The change of scenery didn't shake the Reds out of their long tailspin.

They went from steamy Great American Ball Park to crisp weather at SBC Park and the results were exactly the same: Another loss.

San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds hits his second home run of the game in the seventh inning. (AP photo)

It was a particularly ugly one Tuesday. Noah Lowry and the San Francisco Giants beat them 11-0 before a crowd of 41,228 at SBC Tuesday.

No, Noah Lowry is not the long-time star of ER. That's Noah Wiley. Noah Lowry is a 23-year-old left-hander the Giants picked 30th in the 2001 draft.

Lowry, freshly inserted into the San Francisco rotation, did not allow a hit until D'Angelo Jimenez led off the seventh with a solid single to left.

Lowry pitched a three-hit shutout for his first big league victory. He struck out nine and walked two.

"He had one of the best changeups I've seen since I've been in the big leagues," Jason LaRue said. "There was a 15, 16 mile an hour difference between it and his fastball. It looked like his fastball. You'd swing and it still wasn't there."

The Reds have lost 11 of 12 overall and six straight road games. The Reds have been shut out three times in the last six games.

The pitching has been no better. The Reds are allowing 6.83 runs per game since the All-Star break.

Cory Lidle's losing streak went to a career-high five games. Lidle (6-10) was a victim of hard luck early, then hard-hit balls late.

Lidle gave up four unearned runs in the third, then J.T. Snow, Barry Bonds and Pedro Feliz hit back-to-back-to-back homers to start the seventh.

"He seemed to settle down," Reds manager Dave Miley said. "The back-to-back-to-back came quick."

Lidle went six-plus innings, allowing eight runs on 11 hits. Four of the runs were unearned.

Lidle is 0-5 with a 7.44 ERA in his last six starts.

Bonds went 2-for-3 with two home runs and five RBI. Bonds' three-run shot in the third gave Lowry all the cushion he needed.

The home runs were career No. 56 and 57 versus the Reds for Bonds.

Lidle gave up a run in the first without allowing a hit.

Things went bad in the third for Lidle.

He got the first two outs of the inning routinely. Ricky Ledee then grounded to shortstop Felipe Lopez. It was a reasonably tough play with Ledee running. Lopez's throw was in the dirt. First baseman Sean Casey scooped it but dropped the ball as Ledee crossed the bag. The error was charged to Lopez.

The error, as they say, opened the gates.

"It was a costly error," Miley said. "The kid didn't try to make the error, but it hurt us."

Snow followed the error with the first hit of the game.

Bonds hit the first pitch he saw out to right for his 28th home run of the year and 686th of his career.

Pedro Feliz and A.J. Pierzynski followed with back-to-back doubles. The inning ended when right fielder Ryan Freel threw out Pierzynski at the plate, trying to score on Marquis Grissom's single.

All four runs were unearned, but the Giants had a 5-0 lead.

"If we don't commit the error, we're still in the game," LaRue said. "That's all you can ask for."

The Reds, meanwhile, had no hits through six against Lowry.

"The changeup is a big pitch for him," Miley said. "Until D'Angelo got the hit, we didn't have a lot of hard-hit balls off him. He had a pretty good night."

The Giants inserted Lowry into the rotation and moved Dustin Hermanson to the bullpen Tuesday.

Lowry was recalled from Triple-A Fresno before the game. He was 7-5 with 4.13 ERA at Triple-A.

After the home run binge in the seventh, the Giants added three more off Ryan Wagner and Phil Norton in the eighth.

Giants 11, Reds 0

Cincinnati	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Freel rf	4	0	1	0	0	1	.275
DJimenez 2b	3	0	1	0	1	1	.255
Casey 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	.329
Dunn lf	4	0	0	0	0	2	.273
WPena cf	3	0	0	0	1	3	.263
LaRue c	3	0	0	0	0	0	.243
RWagner p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
PNorton p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
JCastro 3b	3	0	1	0	0	1	.242
FLopez ss	3	0	0	0	0	0	.212
Lidle p	2	0	0	0	0	0	.132
Valentin c	1	0	0	0	0	1	.193
Totals	30	0	3	0	2	9

San Francisco	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Durham 2b	4	1	2	0	0	0	.272
Ledee rf	4	2	0	0	1	0	.276
Snow 1b	5	3	4	2	0	0	.292
Bonds lf	3	2	2	5	1	0	.352
Mohr lf	1	0	1	2	0	0	.253
Feliz 3b	4	2	2	1	1	0	.263
Pierzynski c	5	0	1	1	0	0	.294
Grissom cf	4	0	1	0	0	0	.274
DCruz ss	4	0	0	0	0	0	.286
Ransom ss	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162
Lowry p	4	1	2	0	0	0	.182
Totals	38	11	15	11	3	0

Cincinnati	000	000	000	-0	3	1
San Francisco	104	000	33x	-11	15	1

E-FLopez (6), Snow (4). LOB-Cincinnati 5, San Francisco 7. 2B-Snow 2 (22), Mohr (9), Feliz (20), Pierzynski (19). HR-Feliz (15), off Lidle; Snow (5), off Lidle; Bonds 2 (29), off Lidle 2. RBIs-Snow 2 (27), Bonds 5 (66), Mohr 2 (16), Feliz (57), Pierzynski (56). GIDP-Casey, Pierzynski.

Runners left in scoring position-Cincinnati 2 (DJimenez, LaRue); San Francisco 3 (Ledee, Feliz, Pierzynski).

Runners moved up-Snow, Bonds.

DP-Cincinnati 1 (DJimenez, FLopez and Casey); San Francisco 1 (Feliz, Durham and Snow).

Cincinnati	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Lidle L, 6-10	6	11	8	4	3	0	107	5.35
RWagner	1 1/3	2	2	2	0	0	19	6.59
PNorton	2/3	2	1	1	0	0	16	4.84

San Francisco	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Lowry W, 1-0	9	3	0	0	2	9	120	2.43

Lidle pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

Inherited runners-scored-PNorton 2-2.

IBB-off Lidle (Bonds) 1. HBP-by Lidle (Durham).

Umpires-Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Jim Wolf; Second, Derryl Cousins; Third, Tony Randazzo.

T-2:25. A-41,228 (41,584).