CINCINNATI -- In a seesaw battle Saturday, the Reds held off the first-place Rockies for a 12-8 win at Great American Ball Park. Cincinnati jumped to an early lead before the Rockies scored six times in the fifth and took an 8-3 lead.
Not to be deterred, the Reds responded by scoring nine unanswered runs over the next three innings to snap their season-high seven-game losing streak.
Trailing by a run entering the fifth, the Rockies quickly tied things up after an RBI groundout by D.J. LeMahieu, and took the lead on an Ian Desmond two-out single four batters later, chasing Reds starter Tim Adleman from the game after just 4 2/3 innings.