Jesús Luzardo

Jesús Luzardo gave up six runs — five earned — while getting just six outs Friday versus the Reds.

Luzardo was perfect in the first and allowed only an unearned run in the second before a disastrous third that opened with a bunt single and then went walk, single, double, double, single before the left-hander was pulled. Luzardo had four strikeouts and 12 missed swings, so that wasn’t a problem. Only three of the balls in play against him were hit hard. It’s his third particularly ugly outing in his last seven starts, but only in the first of those was he truly hit hard. He does need to get the walk rate back down, though; he issued three free passes today and he’s given up 11 in 18 2/3 innings over his last four starts. He’s slated to face the Giants on Wednesday.