CINCINNATI (AP) — Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd — though not necessarily in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Reds officials say attendance at Great American Ball Park fell short this year and say the team’s poor play was a factor.

Facing their eighth straight losing season, the Reds drew about 2,058,000 fans to home games, just a hair above last year’s tally. They had hoped to sell 2.4 million tickets.

Almost half of this year’s games at Great American were losers for the Reds.

The Reds ranked 24th out of the 30 major league teams for attendance.