Rockies 6, Reds 5

Troy Tulowitzki belted his fifth homer in as many days and Chris Nelson successfully stole home to snap a tie game in the eighth inning as the Colorado Rockies erased an early five-run deficit to record a 6-5 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday afternoon.

Jason Giambi blasted a two-run homer and Dexter Fowler had an RBI double for Colorado (76-64), which posted its season-best seventh consecutive victory.

Matt Belisle (7-5) allowed one hit in two-thirds of an inning to pick up the victory.

Huston Street yielded a leadoff single in the ninth inning, but struck out the next three batters to notch his 17th save of the season.

Drew Stubbs belted a two-run homer, Ramon Hernandez had an RBI double and Paul Janish added a run-scoring single for NL Central-leading Cincinnati (79-61), which dropped its fifth straight game.

Nick Masset (3-4) entered in the eighth inning and promptly surrendered Tulowitzki's blast. He finished the frame after permitting two runs to suffer the loss.

Final1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9thRHE
Cincinnati RedsReds1400000005101
Colorado RockiesRockies000210120670
WP:
LP:
HR:(COL): Jason Giambi, Troy Tulowitzki
(CIN): Drew Stubbs
Season Series
ColoradoStatsCincinnati
5-2Vs2-5
.251Batting Average.254
4.7Runs / Game3.7
9Home Runs6
2Errors5