CINCINNATI -- Arizona isnt doing anything right during its season-breaking swoon. Ryan Johansen Predators Jersey .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 Mattias Ekholm Predators Jersey . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. Custom Nashville Predators Jersey . 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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Die-hard Nebraska football fans who fill Memorial Stadium in Lincoln to capacity at every home game will soon be watching replays, ads and tunnel walks on new high-definition screens.The University of Nebraska Board of Regents unanimously approved a $6.25 million plan to replace the stadiums 10-year-old screens, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Friday.Funds to pay for replacing the screens will come entirely from athletic department revenues, not state tax dollars, NU president Hank Bounds said.Replacement parts for the current screens are no longer available, and each is at risk of failure, he said.Signs of failure have been appearing to fans this season, Bounds said. 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