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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Joey Votto put Cincinnati ahead with a two-run home run in the ninth inning and the Reds came back to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-9 Saturday.
Trailing 9-8, Votto hit his 25th homer of the year off Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez (0-3), whose streak of 35 consecutive saves dating back to last season was broken. The Reds added two more runs when Todd Frazier, who hit his 30th homer in the fifth, scored on a passed ball and Tucker Barnhart hit an RBI single.
Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 25th save in 27 chances. J.J. Hoover (6-0) got the win.
The win ended the Red's four-game losing streak, and the team has won twice in its last 15 games.
Keyvius Sampson pitched 3 2-3 innings for Cincinnati, giving up six runs on seven hits.
Scooter Gennett tied a career high with four hits and drove in three runs for Milwaukee.
Matt Garza lasted just 3 2-3 innings, giving up seven runs on 11 hits. Garza has given up 19 runs and 27 hits over his last 13 1-3 innings.
The Reds grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning, breaking a 19-inning scoreless streak on Brandon Phillips' RBI groundout and Frazier's RBI bunt single.
After Milwaukee scored once in the first, Jay Bruce hit his 19th homer of the season -- a three-run blast -- during a four-run second for the Reds. Bruce also led off the ninth with a single and scored on Votto's homer.
Gennett's RBI single in the second scored a run and another scored on an error by Frazier to make the score 6-3.
Votto's RBI single in the fourth inning made it 7-3 and chased Garza from the game.
Gennett, Ryan Braun and Adam Lind each had RBI singles in the fourth.
Milwaukee completed its comeback by scoring three runs in the fifth on pinch-hitter Shane Peterson's sacrifice fly, Gennett's RBI triple and Jonathan Lucroy's sacrifice fly to give the Brewers a 9-8 lead.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: OF Brennan Boesch is still battling soreness in his right ankle and was out of action Saturday, missing his seventh straight game. Manager Bryan Price said that there was still "a lot of inflammation" in Boesch's ankle.
Brewers: RHP Tyler Cravy has been playing catch this week as he recovers from an elbow impingement that put him on the 15-day disabled list Aug. 19. Manager Craig Counsell said he expects Cravy to make "quick progress," and Cravy will pitch out of the bullpen when he returns to the active roster.
UP NEXT
Reds: LHP John Lamb (0-2) will make his fourth major league start Sunday against the Brewers. Lamb was among the three players the Reds received from the Kansas City Royals in the July 26 trade for RHP Johnny Cueto.
Brewers: RHP Wily Peralta (4-8) will start the series finale. Peralta has gone 3-3 with a 5.52 ERA since coming off the DL on July 27. He went just 2 2-3 innings in his last start Tuesday, giving up four runs in an 11-6 loss to the Cleveland Indians.
