Brewers hammer Reds 10-4
CINCINNATI -- Manny Pina had a career-high four hits, including two doubles, and Eric Thames hit a two-run homer to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to their fourth straight win, a 10-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night at Great American Ball Park.
The Brewers (6-5) moved above .500 for the first time since finishing the 2014 season with an 82-80 record.
Milwaukee ran wild with rookie Stuart Turner behind the plate for the Reds. The Brewers had five stolen bases in five attempts, including three by Jonathan Villar, and also went 6-for-15 with runners in scoring position.
Tommy Milone (1-0) allowed three earned runs in five innings with three strikeouts for Milwaukee. Blake Wood (0-1) gave up three earned runs in two-thirds of an inning to take the loss for Cincinnati.
Joey Votto and Zack Cozart homered for Cincinnati (7-4). Cozart has hit safely in nine straight games to begin the season. He missed two games with injury.
Milwaukee was trailing 3-2 in the sixth when it scored four runs against the Cincinnati bullpen.
Villar doubled off right fielder Patrick Kivlehan's glove to drive in the go-ahead run.
Thames broke the game open when he hit a two-run homer off left-hander Wandy Peralta to make the score 6-3. It was Thames' third home run this season.
Pinch-hitter Nick Franklin's two-run triple gave Milwaukee a 9-3 lead in the seventh.
Cozart's two-run homer in the second was a majestic shot that sailed into the left-field seats to put Cincinnati ahead 2-0. Cozart, who belted his first homer of the season, was leading the National League in hitting coming into the game.
While Cozart's homer was lofted to left, Votto's solo shot in the third was crushed off the batter's eye in center, making the score 3-0. Votto's third home run of the season came on a first-pitch fastball from Milone.
Milwaukee got on the board in the fourth when Pina doubled to right, driving home two runs to make the score 3-2.
The Brewers made a bid to take the lead in the fifth, but Reds starter Scott Feldman pitched out of a bases-loaded jam when he induced Domingo Santana to ground into an inning-ending double play.
NOTES: Cincinnati recalled OF Jesse Winker from Triple-A Louisville and optioned RHP Barrett Astin. Winker struck out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning in his major league debut. ... RHP Sal Romano will start Sunday's series finale for the Reds. He's currently at Triple-A Louisville. ... Milwaukee made two trades with the Baltimore Orioles late Thursday, acquiring international signing bonus slot No. 15 in exchange for RHP Damien Magnifico and RHP Oliver Drake for a player to be named or cash. Drake struck out four in two innings Friday.