Brewers 5, Cincinnati 4
CINCINNATI -- Jonathan Lucroy hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth, one of three homers hit by Milwaukee, as the Brewers rallied for a 5-4 victory in the finale of a four-game series Sunday afternoon at Great American Ball Park.
Adam Duvall homered for Cincinnati (13-19), which endured yet another bullpen meltdown and settled for a split in the series.
Ryan Braun and Hernan Perez also homered for Milwaukee (13-18) which came from behind to win for the second straight day.
The Reds were leading 4-1 on Sunday when starter John Lamb left the game in the fifth with a sprained left thumb forcing their struggling bullpen to cover the remaining four innings.
On Friday, the Reds 'pen ended a streak of 23 straight games in which they'd allowed a run, a major league record. Lucroy's homer, his third, off Ross Ohlendorf (3-3) was the game-winner.
Sunday's game was delayed 1 hour and 55 minutes by rain.
Moments after getting underway, Braun lined his seventh homer over the left field wall to put Milwaukee ahead 1-0 in the first.
It was Braun's 20th career homer at Great American Ball Park, tying Albert Pujols for second-most by a Reds opponent.
Cincinnati tied the score 1-1 in the third when Ramon Cabrera walked and scored on Tyler Holt's triple, the first of his career. Ivan De Jesus Jr. followed with an RBI double and Joey Votto singled home another run.
Duvall belted his sixth home run with one out in the fourth. And, after retiring the first seven batters he faced on Sunday, Guerra found himself trailing 4-1.
Lamb was visited by trainers after throwing a 1-2 pitch to Perez leading off the fifth inning.
He threw one warmup pitch then was replaced by right-hander Steve Delebar. Two pitches later, Perez hit his third homer to make the score 4-2.
Back to back doubles by Braun and Lucroy cut the deficit to one in the sixth. Lucroy went 3-for-4 with a homer, double and two RBIs.
Brewers starter Junior Guerra struck out the final three batters he faced in the sixth, finishing with four runs allowed on four hits.
Chris Capuano (1-0) got the win.
In the ninth, Ramon Flores made a diving catch in center and pinch-runner Billy Hamilton was thrown out attempting to steal preserving Jeremy Jeffress' third save.
A 58-second review of Hamilton's caught-stealing delayed the celebration on the field.
NOTES: The Reds recalled OF Kyle Waldrop from Triple-A Louisville on Sunday to take the place of OF Scott Schebler who was optioned following Saturday night's game. ... Brewers 2B Scooter Gennett, on the disabled list with a strained oblique, will travel with the team to Miami then Tuesday begin a minor league rehab assignment. ... Sunday's rain delay was the first of the season at Great American Ball Park. Last year, there were 18 delays in Cincinnati totaling 26 hours and 57 minutes, the highest total since the Reds started tracking such delays in 1978.