Simon, Hoover prolong differing Reds streaks

CINCINNATI — The good news for the Reds pitching staff is that the rotation kept its streak going. The bad news is the bullpen kept its streak alive, too.

Fortunately for Cincinnati, starting pitcher Alfredo Simon’s supreme start went into the eighth inning and plenty of offense offset J.J. Hoover extending the bullpen’s record streak with a run allowed to 23 games in the ninth inning of a 9-5 victory over the Brewers.

Simon gave the Reds their longest start of the season at 7 2/3 innings with three earned runs, seven hits, one walk and five strikeouts. It extended the rotation’s streak of quality starts to a season-high five in a row, six of the last seven and seven of the last nine.

“It’s big for everyone, and probably no more important than for [Simon] himself, to know that he can go out there and throw that kind of game,” Reds manager Bryan Price said.

Simon came into the game 0-3 with a 13.50 ERA and missed a start because of right biceps tendinitis. In that stretch, he also authored the team’s shortest start of the season at two-thirds of an inning vs. the Cubs on April 13.

“April was tough. When I came …

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