Cincinnati, OH - Prince Fielder went 2-for-4 with a triple, a pair of RBI and two runs scored, as the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3, in the second contest of a four-game set at Great American Ball Park
Yovani Gallardo started for Milwaukee and pitched 6 2/3 strong innings of one- run ball. Gallardo (3-1) scattered six hits while walking three and striking out two.
Gallardo, Damian Miller and Geoff Jenkins all knocked in a run for the Brewers, who won for the second time in their last five games.
Cincinnati starter Matt Belisle (5-7) lasted just 3 2/3 frames as the right- hander gave up four runs on six hits.
Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning for the Reds, who have four losses over their last five games.
Milwaukee manufactured a run in the second to take an early lead. Fielder led things off with a walk and Kevin Mench followed with a single. The runners then moved up a base on Jenkins’ groundout, and Fielder then scored on Miller’s sacrifice fly to deep right.
The Brewers scored three runs in the fourth to increase their lead to 4-0. They took a two-run lead on Fielder’s first triple of the season. Ryan Braun singled to lead off the frame and easily scored as Fielder hit a long drive that hit off the top of the left-field wall as the ball caromed away from Dunn and into the corner. Fielder then scored on Jenkins’ ground-rule double to right for a three-run lead. Miller worked a walk before Gallardo helped himself with a base hit up the middle that scored Jenkins to make it a four- run advantage.
Cincinnati finally got on the board in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Ryan Freel opened the frame with a base hit and he scored on Scott Hatteberg’s one-out double to the gap in right to make it 4-1.
Derrick Turnbow started the eighth inning for Milwaukee and Brandon Phillips greeted him with a base hit. Dunn then launched a home run to center to pull the Reds within a run.
Fielder’s RBI single in the ninth made it a two-run contest before Francisco Cordero closed things out in the bottom of the inning for his 32nd save of the season.
Game Notes
Fielder has 74 RBI on the season…Dunn now has 27 home runs on the season and 67 RBI…The Reds ended with 10 hits while the Brewers finished with nine…Cincinnati went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left 10 runners on base.
