Reds manager Terry Francona on Rhett Lowder, loss to Rockies

Yeah, I mean, I thought early there was some early contact, but not hard contact. First pitch of the game's a pop, we don't convert. Ball falls in left field, JJ tries to make the play, some ground balls. And then as it builds, then I thought he started to make some mistakes and elevated and kind of paid for it, but not early. Second inning, you had two outs, you had the squeeze spot, and that kind of unleashed more offense for that. It sure did, it sure did. You look back and there's a lot that happened, but if we can take that away better, maybe it ends that inning. You just don't know, that's why you wanna make sure you make the plays you're supposed to. How hard is it from just your point of view, you guys have not been able to stack back-to-back victories together to kind of build something like that? Well, I mean, I move on pretty quickly, but I get your point. For us to get where we wanna go, we're gonna have to do those things, but I think the best way to do it is to show up and learn from today and play better tomorrow.