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Updated Jul 27, 2009 6:30 PM ET
     
 
CHICAGO - The symbolism was impossible to ignore. As injured outfielder Chris Dickerson painfully put on a new shirt in the post-game clubhouse, two buttons fell from the cuffs and clinked to the floor. Yes, the Cincinnati Reds are a team falling apart, unraveling at the seams and becoming threadbare. Not only did the Reds lose to the Chicago Cubs 5-2 in Wrigley Field on Sunday, July 26, they lost three more players - pitcher Jared Burton, pitcher Micah Owings and Dickerson. And they lost another close call at home plate in a tight situation. It all added up to an 0-6 trip, 0-3 in Los Angeles and 0-3 in Chicago. Burton went on the disabled list before the game with physical weakness and shortness of breath, Owings left after three innings with shoulder tightness and Dickerson left in the eighth inning with a shoulder injury while trying to make a diving catch. All will be examined in Cincinnati today. The Reds scored first, a twoout home run in the first inning by Joey Votto. That was it. Close the curtains. Lock the French doors. Exit, stage right. The Reds did not get another hit until Laynce Nix delivered a pinch hit in the eighth inning. But the Reds were still in it, only down 3-1. And they had the bases loaded with one out. Pinch-hitter Jerry Hairston Jr. flied to shallow center and Edwin Encarnacion tagged up at third. He appeared to slide safely home, but umpire Laz Diaz called him out. "I know he didn't get me," Encarnacion said. "I was safe. I beat the throw." Not only did he beat it, it appeared catcher Koyie Hill never tagged him. "Dickerson looks like he is hurt pretty good, Micah's shoulder is barking and Edwin was safe at the plate," manager Dusty Baker said. "That's what I told (Diaz), he never tagged him. I saw space. Every day there is a call against us, every day. A big play, a huge play." The Cubs then scored two off Arthur Rhodes in the bottom of the eighth, one coming when Dickerson tried his diving catch on Hill that rolled to the wall for a run-scoring triple. "I tore my rotator cuff in '06, diving just like that," Dickerson said. "I had similar pain, but not as severe. I'm not concerned about that." Owings pitched three innings, giving up two runs and three hits while walking four before he said he could go no more.
Tagged: Micah Owings, Reds, Koyie Hill, Edwin Encarnacion, Jared Burton, Cubs, Chris Dickerson

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