Hernandez (0-1) took the loss Friday as the Marlins were downed 5-3 by the Reds, giving up five runs (four earned) on five hits and two walks over 4.2 innings. He struck out six.
The right-hander settled down after allowing two runs in the first inning, but Hernandez ran out of steam in the fifth and served up homers to Tyler Naquin and Joey Votto before getting the hook. He pounded the zone all night, with 54 of his 68 pitches going for strikes, but that also left him vulnerable to hard contact as only one of the five hits off him was a single. Hernandez has a 4.50 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 10:3 K:BB through 10 innings in his two starts since coming off the injured list.