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Jay Bruce gets
plenty of high fives after hitting a solo homerun in the eighth to get
the Reds past Houston Sunday. Photo courtest of reds.com
Bruce lifts Reds past
Astros
Votto knocks in four
reds.com
CINCINNATI- Jay Bruce hit a home run in a career-best fourth
straight game and it was big one because it gave the Reds a 6-5
come-from-behind victory over the Astros on Sunday.
Joey Votto also provided four RBIs, including a game-tying two-run home
run in the bottom of the seventh. Leading off the eighth innning of a
5-5 game against Fernando Rodriguez, Bruce lifted a first pitch into
the right-field seats for what would be the game winner.
Cincinnati was down by a 5-3 score when it rallied against Houston
reliever Wilton Lopez. It started with back-to-back singles by Ryan
Hanigan and pinch-hitter Chris Heisey. David Carpenter was pitching
with two outs when Votto pulled a double past diving first baseman Matt
Downs before it rolled down the right-field line to score Heisey and
Drew Stubbs.
Logan Ondrusek pitched a perfect eighth inning to claim the victory.
Sean Marshall, who blew his last save opportunity on Thursday, returned
in the ninth inning on Sunday and collected his fifth save.
The Reds took two of three in the series and finished April with a .500
record at 11-11.
Reds starter Mat Latos allowed five runs and tied a career high with 10
hits over 6 1/3 innings. Latos left trailing by two runs, but was taken
off of the hook by his lineup.
Cincinnati was down by a 2-0 score and held hitless by Jordan Lyles,
who was freshly recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City. They came to life
after Zack Cozart started the bottom of the fourth with a double to
left field. On the next pitch, Votto slugged a 438-foot two-run home
run to right-center field to tie the game.
Latos gave the runs back in the top of the fifth. With a runner on
first, he just missed on a 2-2 pitch to Jed Lowrie that was called a
ball by plate umpire Angel Campos. The full-count offering was lifted
to right field for a two-run homer, Lowrie’s second of the season.
Cozart’s two-out double to left field provided another Reds run in the
fifth inning but Houston kept adding on. In the sixth with one out,
Downs took a 1-2 pitch to right field for a solo homer and a two-run
lead.
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