Reds 12, Tigers 5
CINCINNATI -- Brandon Phillips hit a two-run home run, and shortstop Eugenio Suarez added a solo shot to spark a 10-run sixth inning, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 12-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a makeup game Monday night at Great American Ball Park.
Suarez went 3-for-5 with a homer, a double, three RBIs and three runs, and Phillips went 2-for-4 with a homer, a triple and four RBIs as the Reds (52-71) snapped a nine-game losing streak.
Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto added a two-run homer in the eighth off Guido Knudson. Collin Balester (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the victory.
The Tigers, who lost their fourth straight, had to interrupt a seven-game homestand to travel to Cincinnati to make up a June 18 rainout.
It appeared the trip would be worthwhile for Detroit, which led 5-0 after five innings on homers by right fielder J.D. Martinez and third baseman Nick Castellanos.
Detroit right-hander Buck Farmer pitched well in his first start since July 31. In 5 1/3 innings, he allowed only three runs on three hits, but two were sixth-inning homers that sparked the Reds' rally.
Suarez hit a solo shot off Farmer, his ninth. Following a walk to Votto, Phillips crushed his 10th homer just inside the left field foul pole, cutting the Tigers' lead to 5-3.
Detroit (59-65) then went to its bullpen, and the move didn't work out.
Right fielder Jay Bruce's RBI double off Al Alburquerque made it a one-run game. Alburquerque (3-1) took the loss after allowing three runs without retiring a batter.
Cincinnati loaded the bases with one out against Tom Gorzelanny.
Neftali Feliz came on and fanned pinch hitter Ivan De Jesus Jr. before allowing left fielder Skip Schumaker's two-run single on a 1-2 pitch to put the Reds ahead 6-5.
A bloop two-run double to right by Suarez and a two-run triple by Phillips, both off Feliz, capped Cincinnati's first 10-run inning since 2005.
The Tigers provided Farmer with an early cushion.
Consecutive singles by second baseman Ian Kinsler and first baseman Miguel Cabrera put runners at first and third.
Martinez then homered on a 1-0 pitch from Reds rookie right-hander Keyvius Sampson into the home bullpen in left-center, putting Detroit ahead 3-0.
While Martinez launched a missile, Castellanos' homer two batters later was a majestic fly to left, making the score 4-0.
Cabrera's double down the left field line scored Kinsler with Detroit's fifth run in the fourth.
After throwing 100 pitches through four innings, Sampson's night was done. He allowed five runs and nine hits in four innings.
Farmer, meanwhile, held the Reds hitless until center fielder Jason Bourgeois' single with one out in the fifth.
NOTES: Cincinnati had its first 10-run inning since August 19, 2005 vs. Arizona. ... Reds 2B Brandon Phillips became the first major league player to homer and triple in an inning since Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion did so May 7, 2014, vs. Philadelphia. ... Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera extended his hitting streak to nine games with a first-inning single. ... The pitching matchup for the postponed game June 18 was Tigers RHP Justin Verlander vs. Reds RHP Mike Leake, who has since been traded to the Giants. Both of Monday's starting pitchers -- Tigers RHP Buck Farmer and Reds RHP Keyvius Sampson -- were in the minors at the time.