CINCINNATI -- Arizona isnt doing anything right during its season-breaking swoon.Third baseman Jake Lamb made a throwing error that set up three runs in the first inning, and the Diamondbacks managed only four hits during a 6-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night that extended their slump.The Diamondbacks have lost 17 of 21, falling from third into the basement in the NL West.We need to play better, manager Chip Hale said. Its quite simple. Its not rocket science.Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer and barely missed another during one of Cincinnatis final home games before the non-waiver trade deadline. The Reds, who are in last place in the NL Central, have won three consecutive series for the first time, finding success against other struggling teams.Bruces 20th homer off Robbie Ray (5-9) on a two-strike pitch gave him the team lead with 69 RBI. He also doubled off the top of the wall in left field and thought he might have gotten another homer, but the call of a double was upheld after a video review.I should never give up an 0-2 hit, much less a homer, to a left-hander, Ray said. I tried to bury a slider and left it up and over the plate.The Reds got three unearned runs in the first, two of them on Lambs throwing error. Brandon Phillips doubled home a run to complete the inning.The Diamondbacks blew a chance to get out of the inning when they got Billy Hamilton caught in a rundown but botched it, allowing him to get back to third base safely.In the first inning, those three runs were on our defense, Hale said. We had him in a rundown. Those are plays that have got to be made at this level.Michael Lorenzen (1-0) took over in the fourth inning for Keyvius Sampson, who made his first start of the season after seven relief appearances. A starter last year, Sampson hadnt gone more than four innings this season. He gave up four hits in 4 1/3 innings, throwing 88 pitches.Arizonas Chris Owings was activated off the disabled list and singled home a run in the first inning. Owings had been sidelined by plantar fasciitis in his left foot.Arizona has managed only nine hits in the first two games of the series. Paul Goldschmidt and Lamb -- their 3-4 hitters -- are a combined 0 for 12.As a team, were not playing well enough, Goldschmidt said. The last two nights, its been the offense.The Diamondbacks were still fuming over leadoff hitter Jean Segura getting hit in the lower back by Dan Straily on Friday night. The plunking came on the first pitch of his next at-bat after a solo homer. Hale thought Straily hit him on purpose, and warned that theres going to be some retribution at some point.There were no issues on Saturday. Rays first pitch to Joey Votto in the first inning was an 82 mph breaking ball that sailed over his head for a wild pitch. Nobody from either team got hit.SLOW STARTThe first inning lasted 38 minutes and featured 61 combined pitches.STATSRay fanned a career-high 10 batters in five innings. Hes the second pitcher in team history to strike out at least 10 in five innings, joining Max Scherzer (Sept. 7, 2008 against the Dodgers). ... The Reds will try for their first three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks in Cincinnati since 2007. ... Votto has hit safely in all eight games since the All-Star break.YOU SHOULD BE DANCINGJohn Travolta and Kelly Preston watched the game from a suite. Travolta was shown on the videoboard while Saturday Night Fever played in the middle of the eighth.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: Placed INF Nick Ahmed on the 15-day DL with a sore right hip. He started at shortstop on Friday and went 0 for 2 with a walk during Cincinnatis 6-2 win. Hale said Ahmeds hip has been bothering him and was especially sore during the game Friday.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (2-1) gave up four runs in five innings of a 5-1 loss to the Blue Jays on July 19. Hell make his first career start against the Reds.Reds: LHP Brandon Finnegan (5-7) got the win by going five innings in an 8-2 win over Atlanta on Monday. He hasnt gone more than five innings in any of his last three starts.---Follow Joe Kay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/apjoekay Puma Creepers Price . For the Wild it was their first win of the season and they now have a record of 1-1-2 while the Jets fall to 2-2. Jets start a six game home stand Friday with another divisional game, home to the Dallas Stars. Nike Air Max 2017 Black . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early. http://www.pumacreepersrihanna.com/nike-air-trainer-huarache/nike-air-huarache-nm.html . LOUIS -- Cardinals cleanup hitter Allen Craig says hes recovered from a foot injury and ready to be put on St. Nike Air Pegasus Black .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. In that game, Zdeno Chara put a check on Tommy Wingels that clearly targeted his head. Nike Air Huarache White . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner. Talk over just what rugby union will look like after the 2019 Rugby World Cup is currently dominating the news agenda. Here we look at all the issues around the global calendar.?What is the global calendar?There has been an increase in the volume of calls for a more harmonized season between the north and southern hemisphere. At present the southern hemisphere finishes in November with the end-of-year Tests and starts again in February while the northern hemispheres runs from August through to June.World Rugby and stakeholders from the top leagues and unions have been locked in discussions over whats the best model for rugby to take forward from 2019. Its a difficult task to tackle when you have different interests from around the world and the financial side to navigate.Player welfare is also imperative. After Wales tour to New Zealand last June, Steve Hansen said the All Blacks 3-0 triumph was a great advert for a global calendar as his side had come into it fresh while Warren Gatlands team had just ground out a gruelling season.The global calendar would be a compromised agreement over where Tests are played in the year and where annual tournaments like the Six Nations and Rugby Championship fit in.Why the urgency?At present there are no international fixtures in the calendar from 2019 onwards. New Zealand have threatened to do their own thing if theres no resolution but the general feeling is that the stakeholders are close to finding some resolution.Whats the latest plan?According to the BBC, the latest proposed structure would see the summer tours moved to July with the Aviva Premiership, Top 14 and Guinness PRO12 all finishing in June. The Six Nations would stay put, as would the Rugby Championship, while northern hemisphere sides would not tour the summer following a Rugby World Cup.What does it mean for the Aviva Premiership, PRO12 and Top 14? The latest plan would see the Aviva Premiership and PRO12 start a month later and finish in June rather than May. This would bring it closer to the Super Rugby season which starts in February and would potentially finish earlier than its current July final.The Top 14, which runs from August to June, could be changed to a new format, according to The Times, which would see conferences brought in to make the season shorter.What are the implications for the Test windows?The financial side of these discussions are key. The southern hemisphere sides want a greater cut of the money generated from the end-of-year matches in the northern hemisphere.If the June Test series -- one where the northern hemisphhere sides travel south -- are scrapped the year after a World Cup then there will be a financial gulf to fill as they are big money earners for the host countries.ddddddddddddBut without the northern hemisphere sides travelling south, the tier two countries in that part of the world could tee up fixtures against the rugby superpowers.What will happen to the Six Nations and Rugby Championship?The latest suggested plan would see the Six Nations and the Rugby Championship keep their current slots. RFU CEO Ian Ritchie has previously spoken of a general unwillingness to switch the Six Nations from its current February/March home. It suits the Six Nations to play then as there arent as many rival sports tournaments being played.Why would you want to change something that works really well? Ritchie said in July. We have a great TV deal, we have stadia that are full for every game.So I cant see there being [any] significant move in that.Where do the British & Irish Lions fit in?The Lions will probably keep their traditional slot on a quadrennial cycle. Nothing is set in stone, wed like it to be and it probably will be. Its logical, Lions CEO John Feehan said.The one good thing about a Lions tour is that it happens at a time in the sporting season where its not up against a European finals, a World Cup, Olympics... it has its own slot.What do the stakeholders say?A solution will be found and there is a will to find a solution for it. I think a few lines in the sand have been drawn up by various organisations but I think common sense will see us reach an agreement. --?World Rugby chairman Bill BeaumontWith Bill we want to get it right. It wont be perfect, but we are going to sort it out. --?World Rugby vice-chairman Agustin PichotI dont think its [current calendar] right. Ive spoken to Ian Ritchie about it and we are in agreement. Ian is going to try to push that forward to World Rugby. --?England coach Eddie JonesEvery year, were getting asked to play extra games. [NZRU CEO Steve Tew] Tewie is right on the money. If we organise our own games, Im sure well get plenty of Northern Hemisphere takers who will to play us. They fill their stadiums when we play and they make a lot of money. --?New Zealand coach Steve HansenWhen will we get resolution?The hope is the future of rugbys calendar will be set in stone by the end of the year. World Rugby have a council meeting at the end of November where hopefully we will have resolution. China Jerseys Cheap Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Online ' ' '