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Sunday, Sep. 17 1:15pm ET
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Pete Harnisch knew he was struggling, but the Cincinnati Reds offset his problems with their bats, including his. "I couldn't stop giving up home runs, but every time I gave up one, we scored two," Harnisch said Sunday after the Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4. "I figured we were better off, so I was trying to get us to 12-6," he joked. Harnisch allowed three solo homers but drove in two runs with a single and a groundout. A three-run homer by Alex Ochoa capped a four-run fifth inning for Cincinnati. Harnisch (8-6) was diagnosed with weakness in the rotator cuff of his right shoulder after starting the season 0-4. He is 8-2 since returning from the disabled list on June 30. "I couldn't be happier," Harnisch said. "But I worked hard. We weren't just sitting around for seven weeks." Harnisch allowed four runs and five hits in seven innings with six strikeouts and no walks. "When Pete came back, the whole pitching staff was lifted up psychologically," Reds manager Jack McKeon said. "He's the heart and soul of the staff. Guys look up to him." Reliever Dennys Reyes threw the Reds' 91st wild pitch of the season in the ninth inning, tying the NL record set by Houston (1970) and Philadelphia (1989). The major league mark is 94 by Texas (1986). John Snyder (3-10) allowed six runs in five innings. After winning three straight in June, Snyder has gone 15 starts without a win, dating to June 22, going 0-8 in that span. "Let's just say he's not pitching like we know he's capable of pitching," Milwaukee manager Davey Lopes said. In the fifth, Pokey Reese walked and stole second and, after a walk to Dmitri Young, scored on Sean Casey's single. Ochoa homered to give Cincinnati a 6-3 lead and is 14-for-28 during an eight-game hitting streak. Snyder was one strike away from fanning Young to end the inning, which would have maintained the Brewers' 3-2 lead. "Sometimes that one pitch is difficult to get," Lopes said. Geoff Jenkins homered for Milwaukee in the sixth. Cincinnati scored two runs in the bottom half on Harnisch's groundout and a wild pitch by Everett Stull. A double error by shortstop Chris Sexton set up Milwaukee's unearned run in the first. Sexton bobbled a grounder by Marquis Grissom and then threw into the Reds' dugout, allowing Grissom to go to second. Grissom later scored on Jenkins' groundout. Ron Belliard hit a two-out, solo homer in the second. The Reds got a run in the second on the baserunning of Casey, who is not usually a threat on the basepaths. Casey had a leadoff single and went to second on a wild pitch. Catcher Kevin Brown retrieved the ball and threw, but the throw bounced into left field. Casey went to third and scored on Mike Bell's single to left. Harnisch tied the game at 2 with an RBI single that scored Bell. Grissom homered in the third to put the Brewers ahead 3-2. Game notesCincinnati 3B Chris Stynes was scratched from the starting lineup because of back spasms. ... The Reds have grounded into a double play in 10 consecutive games, a season high. ... Ken Griffey Jr. will take batting practice on Monday at San Francisco and will play against the Giants if he is fully recovered from a partial tear of his left hamstring. He missed six games. ... RHP Scott Williamson will not make the trip to San Francisco because of two broken toes in his right foot. ... Milwaukee reliever Ray King has not allowed an earned run in 19 appearances spanning 17 1/3 innings. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Milwaukee Clubhouse Cincinnati Clubhouse RECAPS Detroit 5 Boston 4
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