"As Aaron Harang's woes get worse, it begs the question: What will the Reds do?

Harang got beat around for the second straight start, losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers 14-6 Wednesday night before a crowd of 12,203 at Great American Ball Park.

Harang allowed seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits. He walked two and struck out two.

The bullpen was no better. The Dodgers scored at least one run in every inning but the fourth.

"It wasn't very pretty to watch," Reds manager Dusty Baker said.

Harang has allowed 15 runs on 20 hits over his 9 2/3 innings in his last two starts.

He fell to 0-3 on the year and 1-13 over his last 16 starts.

Earlier in the day, the Chicago Cubs said Carlos Zambrano, their Opening Day starter, would go to the bullpen to get straightened out.

Would the Reds consider that with Harang?

"That doesn't have anything to do with us," Baker said. "They had a starter coming off the DL. We don't have that luxury."

The Reds could buy some time with Harang. His next turn falls on Monday, an off day, so they could skip him.

"I don't know," Baker said. "I just got beat to death. I haven't had time to think about it."

The loss was the sixth in seven games for the Reds.

"We've certainly got to get our starting pitching together big-time," Baker said.

Harang blamed the beating on bad luck.

"I thought I made adjustments," Harang said. "Everything I was throwing was finding a hole. The only ball I thought was hit hard was Ethier's ball."

Harang gave up a two-out, RBI single to Manny Ramirez in the first.

The Reds came right back with three in the bottom of the first on a two-run homer by Joey Votto and a solo shot by Scott Rolen.

But Harang couldn't hold the lead. He gave up back-to-back singles to Blake DeWitt and Russell Martin and a two-run double to Rafael Furcal that made it 3-3.

Andre Ethier led off the third with a home run to give the Dodgers a 4-3 lead."