Reds 2, Rockies 1
CINCINNATI -- Skip Schumaker's pinch-hit double drove home left fielder Marlon Byrd with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on a rainy Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park.
The win ended the Reds' nine-game losing streak, their longest since 1998.
Chris Rusin was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque to replace scheduled Reds starter Jorge De La Rosa, who was scratched due to a cut on his left middle finger.
The 28-year old Rusin delivered a bullpen-saving performance on Tuesday, allowing just one run and four hits in seven innings. He walked four and fanned five.
Catcher Nick Hundley homered for Colorado (18-26) and collected two of the Rockies' four hits.
Brooks Brown (0-2) took the loss after walking Byrd to begin the ninth, then surrendering Schumaker's walk-off hit to left.
Rookie right-hander Michael Lorenzen was equally effective for Cincinnati (19-26) in his fourth career start, giving up just one run and two hits through seven innings.
Lorenzen had made three straight relief appearances. He was lifted after 90 pitches on Tuesday.
The Rockies had runners on first and second in the ninth against Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, who yielded the eventual winning run in the ninth against Colorado on Monday.
Chapman (3-3) avoided allowing runs in three straight games for the first time in his career by fanning shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and third baseman Nolan Arenado to end the inning.
Rusin, who was facing Cincinnati for the third time in his career, stranded runners at first and third in the first inning when catcher Brayan Pena lined to first for the third out.
Lorenzen induced inning-ending double plays in each of the first two frames.
The Reds scored first when Byrd singled leading off the second and raced home following Billy Hamilton's single.
Lorenzen cruised through four innings with just 49 pitches. He retired nine straight before Hundley launched a 1-2 pitch 416 feet into the left-field seats, tying the score 1-1 in the fifth.
It was Hundley's fifth home run this season and his third in seven games.
NOTES: Rockies RHP Chris Rusin was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque to start Tuesday's game after scheduled starter Jorge De La Rosa was scratched because of a cut on his left middle finger. To make room for Rusin, Colorado optioned LHP Johan Flande to Triple-A. ... RF Carlos Gonzalez returned to the Rockies' lineup on Tuesday after missing Monday's game because of illness. ... Reds 2B Brandon Phillips aggravated a recent toe injury and was kept out of Tuesday's lineup. ... An MRI on Reds RHP Johnny Cueto's right elbow revealed no structural damage. He was scratched from Sunday's start with elbow stiffness but could make his next start.