(Sports Network) - Rookie Homer Bailey will try to bounce back from the first loss of his big-league career today, when the Cincinnati Reds take on the St. Louis Cardinals in the finale of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. Bailey, a 21-year-old right-hander who was the seventh overall pick in the 2004 draft, was ripped for six hits and six runs in just 1 2/3 innings of the Reds' 11-4 loss to Philadelphia on June 26. He fared much better in his initial three outings, allowing 14 hits and eight runs over 18 innings while defeating interleague foes Cleveland and Oakland and getting a no-decision against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In 19 2/3 innings this season, the 6-foot-4, 205-pounder has walked 14 and struck out eight. Mike Maroth will make his second start in a St. Louis uniform this afternoon and is 5-2 with a 4.73 ERA in 14 starts with Detroit and the Cardinals this season. Maroth, who was traded to the Cardinals last Friday, did not post a decision in his National League debut on June 25 against the New York Mets. He pitched 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball in a 2-1 loss at Shea Stadium. The left-hander was 5-2 with a 5.06 ERA in 13 starts this season with Detroit before being dealt to the Senior Circuit. Maroth has made one appearance in his career against Cincinnati and yielded three runs in 6 1/3 innings for the no decision on May 20 last year during a 7-6 victory. On Saturday, Kyle Lohse bounced back from three consecutive bad starts and gave up just one run as the Reds downed the Cardinals, 5-1. Lohse (4-10) pitched seven-plus innings and gave up just one run on five hits with three walks and eight strikeouts. He also drove in a run. He had been pounded in his previous three starts as he gave up 17 earned runs in 17 2/3 innings of work. David Ross hit a two-run homer and Josh Hamilton scored a run and drove one in for the Reds, who had lost five of six coming into the game. Yadier Molina knocked in the lone run and Adam Wainwright (6-7) lasted five- plus innings and gave up five runs on five hits with four walks and five strikeouts for the Cardinals, who have dropped two of three.