Asked to close out a 5-4 game, Brock Burke gave up six unearned runs to take a blown save and a loss Thursday against the Cardinals.

The Reds wanted to stay away from Emilio Pagán today, so Burke had the ninth. It would have worked out fine, but with two on and two outs, Dane Myers, seemingly feeling left fielder TJ Friedl close to him, had a flyball go off his glove for a two-base error. After that came an intentional walk, a single and two more walks before Burke finally departed. It goes as Burke’s first blown save after two saves and 15 holds in 64 appearances. His ERA, though, dropped to 2.73 since all of the runs were unearned.