Reds ride four homers to victory over Giants

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CINCINNATI — Slugging four home runs off Jake Peavy — including three in the bottom of the second inning — the Reds powered their way to a 7-4 victory over the Giants to salvage the finale of their three-game series.

Brandon Belt continued his hot road trip with a leadoff homer for the Giants against Dan Straily in the second inning but the Reds had a strong response in the bottom half. Brandon Phillips led off with his second homer of the season — a drive to left field — and Eugenio Suarez added a two-run homer to center field. With two outs, Zack Cozart pulled a two-run homer inside the left-field foul pole — his third of the season. Peavy, who allowed three home runs in an inning for the first time in his career, also surrendered Adam Duvall’s solo shot with one out in the bottom of the sixth.

Over his six innings, Peavy gave up seven runs and eight hits with one walk and eight strikeouts. It was his first loss in 13 career starts vs. Cincinnati. Straily provided the fourth straight quality start from the Reds …

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