Reds-Mets Postgame Qutoes

Apr 3, 2014; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Reds right fielder Jay Bruce (32) hits a two-run home run off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn during the first inning at Great American Ball Park. Mandatory Credit: David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports

The Reds are now trudging along with a 1-3 record, when they know they could just as easily be off to a 4-0 start. That’s because the difference in each of their three losses has been one run.

They fall to the Mets 4-3 in the series opener Friday night in Citi Field. Here are the quotes from the clubhouse.

“It’s frustrating,”  Jay Bruce said. “Whether it’s the fourth game or the 104th game, you feel like you’re in striking distance and you want to take care of business. We just have to find a way.”

“It’s frustrating to lose. Sometimes it’s more frustrating to lose by a run than it is to get blown out,”  Bryan Price said. “We just weren’t able to put up the runs we needed to win the game. That’s frustrating but it’s four games into the season. We’re not seeing any teams that are in midseason form. We certainly need to be optimistic that we’re going to come back tomorrow.”

“The first couple of games, you kind of expect a little bit of rustiness coming because it is so different from Spring Training,” Reds starter Mike Leake said. “So far, the pitchers have done a great job. Today, a couple of pitches killed me.”

“It was the Lucas Duda-Jay Bruce show today. Lucas Duda won,” Leake said.

“We’re going to find a way to score a lot more runs and get away from these one-run games hopefully,” Price said.

It will be Johnny Cueto vs Dillon Ghee this afternoon at 1:10pm.