Santana homers as Brewers fall to Reds

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MILWAUKEE — Dan Straily has been the Reds’ best starter all season long, and he pitched to form against the Brewers on Saturday night.

Straily continued his dominance of the Crew, allowing one run over 6 2/3 innings while striking out five, as the Reds snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-1 win at Miller Park. All Straily would need in support was a two-run homer in the first by Joey Votto, who continued his torrid second half at the plate and subsequently spoiled Milwaukee starter Taylor Jungmann’s first Major League start since April 28.

The lone blemish on Straily’s evening was a solo homer by Domingo Santana, as the right-hander improved to 3-0 with a 1.67 ERA (five earned runs over 27 innings) against the Brewers in 2016. Cincinnati added insurance runs against the Brewers’ bullpen in the sixth, seventh and ninth, led by Adam …

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