May also saw a three-game series sweep of the rival St. Louis Cardinals, the Reds first sweep of the Cardinals since 2007. In June, the Reds continued to stay in the division race finishing the month with a 42–40 record. July started off poorly for the Reds who currently sit in fourth place in the division where they stayed through the week following the All-Star break. They would eventually finish the season in 3rd place with a 79-83 record Standings Record vs. opponents Game log |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || March 31 || Brewers || FSO || W 7–6 || Ondrusek (1–0) || Axford (0–1) || || 42,398 || 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 2 || Brewers || FSO || W 4–2 || Wood (1–0) || Marcum (0–1) || Cordero (1) || 37,967 || 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 3 || Brewers || FSO || W 12–3 || Arroyo (1–0) || Wolf (0–1) || || 24,805 || 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 5 || Astros || FSO || W 8–2 || Leake (1–0) || Happ (0–1) || || 11,821 || 4–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 6 || Astros || FSO || W 12–4 || Vólquez (1–0) || Figueroa (0–1) || || 17,719 || 5–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 7 || Astros || FSO || L 2–3 || Abad (1–0) || Masset (0–1) || Lyon (1) || 20,014 || 5–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 8 || @ Diamondbacks || FSO || L 2–13 || Kennedy (1–0) || Wood (1–1) || || 48,030 || 5–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 9 || @ Diamondbacks || FSO || W 6–1 || Arroyo (2–0) || Hudson (0–2) || || 20,729 || 6–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 10 || @ Diamondbacks || FSO || L 8–10 || Heilman (1–0) || Masset (0–2) || Putz (3) || 19,728 || 6–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 11 || @ Padres || FSO || W 3–2 || Vólquez (2–0) || Latos (0–1) || Cordero (2) || 18,022 || 7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 12 || @ Padres || FSO || W 8–2 (11) || Ondrusek (2–0) || Luebke (0–1) || || 17,379 || 8–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |