Arroyo (4-7, 6.52 ERA) was battered for a career-high 10 earned runs and failed to record an out in the second inning in Tuesday's 14-1 loss in Toronto. The one-inning start was the shortest of the right-hander's career, and he became the sixth starting pitcher in major league history to give up at least 10 earned runs while getting no more than three outs.

"I probably could have told them what was coming and fared better," Arroyo said.

Arroyo gave up six runs in his previous start six days earlier against the Dodgers and is 0-3 with a 10.07 ERA in five June starts for the Reds (37-45).

"It seemed no matter what he threw, he couldn't get them out," manager Dusty Baker said. "There were just a lot of balls in the center of the plate, and it's hard to get guys out in the center of the plate."

Getting back on track won't be easy - Arroyo is 1-10 with a 5.79 ERA in 14 career interleague starts, and 0-4 with a 7.36 ERA in six starts against the AL since joining the Reds for the start of the 2006 season.

He is 2-2 with a 3.74 ERA in four career appearances - three starts - against the Indians (37-44), but has lost the last two. Arroyo is facing Cleveland for the first time since 2006.

The Reds clinched the season series against Cleveland with Saturday's 5-0 win. Johnny Cueto threw 6 1-3 innings, and Paul Bako hit a three-run double for Cincinnati, which swept three games from the Indians last month before losing Friday's series opener 6-0.

Adam Dunn chipped in a homer, his fourth against the Indians this season.

The Indians lost for the fourth time in six games and were shut out for the fifth time this season. The Indians have scored just six runs in their last four losses.

Franklin Gutierrez is hitless in his last 21 at-bats, while Ryan Garko is in an 0-for-16 slump.

"We didn't do a particularly good job against their starter," manager Eric Wedge said. "We had some chances we let slip away. I felt like we could have eased our way back into it, but we didn't."

Casey Blake was one of the few bright spots, going 3-for-3 to improve his average to .459 (17-for-37) over his last 10 games.

Cleveland will try to bounce back behind starter Aaron Laffey (4-4, 2.83).

Laffey gave up one run in 6 2-3 innings Tuesday but didn't get a decision in Cleveland's 3-2 loss to San Francisco. The left-hander yielded fewer than three runs for the eighth time in his last 10 starts.

"For a young pitcher, he reels himself in," Wedge told the Indians' official team Web site. "He finds his release point and does a better job with the way the baseball comes off his fingers."

Laffey is making his first appearance against the Reds.