Giants 5, Reds 3
SAN FRANCISCO -- Right-hander Jake Peavy became the fifth San Francisco Giants pitcher to hit a home run this season, contributing a solo shot to a 12-hit attack that produced a 5-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night.
Shortstop Ehire Adrianza drove in a pair of runs with a double and a triple as the Giants (77-69) matched a win by the Los Angeles Dodgers (84-61) to remain 7 1/2 games behind in the race for the National League West title.
By winning two of three from Cincinnati in the home series, the Giants completed a 5-1 dominance of the Reds this season.
Peavy's home run, his first this season and the third of his career, gave the Giants a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning.
It was the club's ninth homer by five different Giants pitchers this season. The other 29 teams in major league baseball have combined to hit just 15 home runs.
No team has ever had more than five pitchers hit homers in the same season.
Peavy (7-6) also excelled on the mound, limiting the Reds to two runs on seven hits in six innings. He struck out eight and did not walk a batter in running his September record to 3-0.
Adrianza's triple came in the seventh inning and scored second baseman Kelby Tomlinson to put the Giants up 5-2 and provide a critical insurance run.
The San Francisco bullpen then held on from there, with right-hander Hunter Strickland escaping a bases-loaded, none-out situation in the eighth by allowing just one run, retaining a 5-3 advantage.
Closer Santiago Casilla survived a shaky ninth inning to record his 34th save.
Right fielder Marlon Byrd matched Adrianza with a double and a triple in the win. Tomlinson and left fielder Alejandro De Aza also had two hits apiece for the Giants, who have won five of six on their current nine-game homestand.
The win was San Francisco's eighth in its last 11 games overall and 26th in its last 35 at home.
Schumaker's three hits included one of the Reds' five doubles.
Phillips laced a pair of doubles, Bourgeois had a triple to go with his ninth-inning single, and Votto also collected two hits, one being a double, in the Reds' 10-hit offense.
Starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen (4-9) took the loss.
The Giants scored single runs in each of the first four innings, the first three coming against Lorenzen, who was pulled after allowing six hits in three innings. He walked one and struck out one.
Three of the six hits off Lorenzen went for extra bases. Adrianza doubled to drive in Byrd, who also had doubled, in the second inning, while Byrd's triple plated first baseman Brandon Belt in the third.
Catcher Buster Posey opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first inning.
Peavy's home run, his first since July 25, 2006, came off Reds reliever Collin Balester in the fourth and increased the Giants' lead to 4-0.
NOTES: Giants 2B Joe Panik's season is over. He was transferred from the 21-day to the 60-day disabled list before the game, assuring he will not play again in 2015. He missed 41 of the last 43 games with inflammation in his lower back. ... The Giants added OF Mac Williamson and C Trevor Brown to the 40-man roster and promoted both from Triple-A Sacramento. At the same time, they designated minor-leaguer OF Daniel Carbonell for assignment. ... Reds manager Bryan Price has announced changes in his starting rotation, effective immediately. He replaced RHP Keyvius Sampson and RHP Raisel Iglesias with LHP Brandon Finnegan and RHP Josh Smith. ... Finnegan, acquired from Kansas City in the Johnny Cueto trade, will start the opener of the Reds' three-game series at Milwaukee on Friday. ... Iglesias has been shelved indefinitely with shoulder fatigue. ... The tarp made its 2015 season debut at AT&T Park because of a light rain before the game. It was removed about an hour before game time after batting practice had been cancelled.