Cingrani combined with Blake Wood to blow a lead against the Rockies on Wednesday in the eighth inning. He walked two and allowed a hit, a bloop double by Ben Paulsen that tied the game.

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Cingrani is being considered as part of the Reds' closer committee, but that he's the Reds' only left-handed reliever is a factor for manager Bryan Price. "I want to define that role so there's some clarity on how I'm going to use Tony Cingrani," Price said. "If I can think about moving Cingrani up into that [closer's] role, I have no left-handed pitching, no situational [lefty]. ... I hate to say there's ambiguity, but you can only stay with defined roles for so long, and really with the exception of J.J., there hasn't been any defined roles this year."