(Sports Network) - Despite winning four straight, the Cincinnati Reds are still toiling in last place in the National League Central as they continue their interleague set with the Cleveland Indians at Great American Ballpark this afternoon.

The Reds squeezed out a 4-3 win over Cleveland in the opener on Friday, yet the team remains seven games out of first place in the division and four games below .500.

Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer and scored the winning run for Cincy, while Adam Dunn belted a home run and knocked in the winning run for the home team. Johnny Cueto had a no-hitter through five innings and finished the contest charged with three runs on three hits, with a pair of walks and seven strikeouts, over six innings of work. David Weathers stepped in to pick up the victory, his first of the season.

Casey Blake, Travis Hafner and Jhonny Peralta each hit solo home runs for the Tribe, who had a three-game winning streak snapped with the setback. Hafner's home run marked the 500th RBI of his career. Jensen Lewis was tabbed with the loss, his second in as many decisions in 2008. Despite the defeat, Cleveland is still holding on to first place in the American League Central, but the advantage is now down to just a half-game over both Minnesota and Chicago.

Heading to the hill for the Indians this afternoon is Fausto Carmona, as he seeks his fifth win of the campaign. The right-hander has won his last three decisions, the most recent of which came on Monday when he held Toronto scoreless on five hits and four walks during his first complete game of the season.

Carmona, who went from an unsightly 1-10 record in 2006 to a 19-8 mark last year, has thrown a total of just two innings against Cincinnati previously.

As for the Reds, they hand the ball to Aaron Harang, who also pitched on Monday and managed to snap a personal four-game slide in the process. The righty, who allowed a total of three home runs in the contest, after giving up just five over the course of the previous eight games, permitted seven hits and four runs to Florida in the triumph.

Harang has a career mark of 3-1 versus Cleveland with a 2.38 ERA over seven games.

Cleveland's pitching staff is tops in the AL with a collective ERA of 3.29, already has posted four complete games and a league-best seven shutouts. But as strong as the pitching has been for the Indians, the fact remains that the club is last in the league in batting with a mere .234 average over 42 games, with a lack of speed on the bases that has produced a league-low two triples thus far.

On the other side of the ledger, the Cincinnati staff is near the bottom in the NL in terms of ERA (4.67) and yet the hurlers have produced a league-best 333 strikeouts to this point in the campaign.

Cincinnati is 69-89 all-time in interleague play, while the Indians own a solid 102-92 mark versus the National League. Cleveland went 9-9 in interleague play last season and the Reds finished with a 7-11 mark.