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- Updated: May 6, 2016
CINCINNATI — The Reds have started piling up home runs during this homestand, and they continued the trend on Friday with a 5-1 victory over the Brewers. Using early home runs by Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati gained its first three-game winning streak since the first three games of the season.
Facing starter Tyler Cravy, who filled in for Milwaukee while Wily Peralta was on paternity leave, Votto gave the Reds a 1-0 with a two-homer in the bottom of the first inning. The shot on a 2-2 pitch to center field gave Votto his fourth homer of the season. Adam Duvall hit an RBI double through the gap to the wall in left-center field in the second inning. With one out in the third inning, Phillips connected on a 1-2 pitch for a three-run homer to left field and a 5-0 lead.
Cincinnati’s streak of quality starts ended at five, but Tim Adleman gave his club a solid five-inning …
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