Chase Burns allows five runs in start against Guardians

CINCINNATI — Uneven is a word rarely used to describe a Chase Burns start for the Reds this season. But it fit Tuesday’s performance by the All-Star starting pitcher during Game 1 of Tuesday’s doubleheader vs. the Guardians.

Burns allowed five runs — four unearned — over five innings while throwing 89 pitches (58 strikes) and left with the game in a 5-5 tie when reliever Brock Burke took…