Diamondbacks 6, Reds 3
CINCINNATI -- A.J. Pollock and Yasmany Tomas hit solo homers and right-hander Rubby De La Rosa allowed two runs over seven innings, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night at Great American Ball Park.
Pollock remained red-hot at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a homer, double, RBI and two stolen bases.
Arizona (60-61) collected 13 hits while improving to 4-1 this season against the Reds.
De La Rosa (11-5) provided a much-needed respite for the D-backs bullpen which logged seven innings in Thursday night's win, allowing seven hits with a walk and six strikeouts. He also collected two hits.
Reds right-hander David Holmberg (1-3) allowed five runs and 11 hits, including two homers for Cincinnati (51-69), which dropped its seventh straight.
Reds catcher Brayan Pena went 3-for-4 with two doubles and scored a run on Friday.
He singled and scored on center fielder Jason Bourgeois’ single in the seventh to cut the D-backs’ lead to 5-2.
First baseman Joey Votto made it a two-run lead with his 23rd home run off left-hander Keith Hessler.
Arizona added an insurance run on third baseman Aaron Hill’s sacrifice fly in the ninth.
Brad Ziegler pitched a perfect ninth for his 23rd save.
Pollock, who tied a career high with four hits on Thursday night, belted his 13th home run of the season on a 1-1 pitch from Holmberg to put the Diamondbacks ahead 1-0 in the first inning.
Tomas increased Arizona's lead to 2-0 in the fourth with his eighth homer of the year, a 403-foot blast to center.
It was the seventh home run that Holmberg allowed in five starts.
Later in the fourth, left fielder Ender Inciarte's sacrifice fly made the score 3-0.
Arizona scored twice more in the inning when Reds shortstop Eugenio Suarez had catcher Wellington Castillo's line drive carom off his glove into center, making it 5-0.
Pollock also doubled in the fourth, giving him hits in six straight at-bats starting with the fifth inning on Thursday. He was denied a club-record-tying seventh consecutive hit in the sixth when Reds third baseman Todd Frazier snared his hard line drive.
NOTES: Reds 2B Brandon Phillips missed his second straight start with inflammation in his right biceps tendon. He is listed as day to day. ... Diamondbacks 1B Paul Goldschmidt hasn't homered since July 27 and just twice since June 25. Manager Chip Hale likes Goldschmidt's approach and said Friday that there's nothing physically wrong. ... Arizona faced its fourth straight left-handed starter on Friday. The Diamondbacks are batting .262 against left-handers, fourth best in the National League. ... Arizona RHP Archie Bradley (shoulder tendinitis) is scheduled to make his next rehabilitation start Sunday for Class A Visalia.