Brewers 12, Reds 1
CINCINNATI -- Carlos Gomez hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, and Mike Fiers allowed three hits in seven innings, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 12-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night at sold-out Great American Ball Park.
The Brewers already were leading 5-0 in the seventh when Gomez crushed a 1-0 pitch from right-hander Carlos Contreras for his first career grand slam. It was his sixth homer this season.
Left fielder Gerardo Parra and third baseman Aramis Ramirez added solo homers for Milwaukee (34-48), which has won six straight games, its longest winning streak since April 2014.
Catcher Jonathan Lucroy and right fielder Ryan Braun each collected three hits, including a double and an RBI to pace the Brewers' 16-hit outburst.
Fiers (4-7) was in control throughout Friday's outing, allowing just one Reds runner to advance past first base, and that came on his throwing error in the seventh.
Friday's outing was Fiers' first at Great American Ball Park in five career appearances.
The last time he faced Cincinnati he allowed eight runs (four earned) in a 16-10 loss at Miller Park on April 21.
Right-hander Michael Lorenzen (3-3) was impressive in his first 13 appearances. But he struggled on Friday night for Cincinnati (36-42), allowing three earned runs and five hits over his 90 pitches in four innings.
Milwaukee scored first on Friday when Parra launched a 2-2 pitch from Lorenzen an estimated 389 feet for his seventh career leadoff home run and his second this season.
The Brewers increased their lead to 3-0 on Ramirez's 10th home run, a 419-foot blast on Lorenzen's first pitch in the second.
Lorenzen struggled with his command, throwing 90 pitches through four innings, allowing three earned runs and five hits.
Fiers allowed just two hits and a walk through four innings.
He got some defensive help in the fourth when shortstop Jean Segura made a diving catch of Frazier's liner leading off the inning and Ramirez dove to his right to snag shortstop Eugenio Suarez's grounder to end the inning.
In the fifth, an RBI double by catcher Jonathan Lucroy and an RBI single by center fielder Carlos Gomez, both off right-hander Nate Adcock, made the 5-0.
NOTES: Reds assistant hitting coach Lee Tinsley was placed on administrative leave Friday after his arrest on Thursday for driving while impaired. "We're in the fact-finding stage right now; it'll take some time," manager Bryan Price said. ... Reds LHP Tony Cingrani began a rehabilitation stint at Triple-A Louisville on Friday. He has been on the disabled list since June 15 with a strained left shoulder. ... The Brewers recalled RHPs Tyler Cravy and David Goforth from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Friday and optioned INF/OF Jason Rogers and RHP Corey Knebel to the Sky Sox. ... Milwaukee's five-game winning streak equaled its longest since Aug. 14-19 of last season.