Reds push winning streak to 10, longest since 2012 - ESPN

CINCINNATI — TJ Friedl hit a three-run homer on a four-hit night, rookie Elly De La Cruz added a solo shot and the Cincinnati Reds extended their winning streak to 10 games with an 8-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

«I remember what it was like to lose a game,» Friedl said. «That's why we're trying to stay as far away from it as possible.»

Will Benson had a solo homer in the sixth, helping the NL Central-leading Reds to their longest winning streak since 2012, when they also won 10 straight. They last won 11 straight in 1940, the year they won the World Series.

De La Cruz had three hits as fans chanted, «Elly! Elly!»

«We're very appreciative of the opportunity we have,» Reds manager David Bell said. «We've experienced what that feels like and we want to keep it going. What great crowds we've had the last two nights; that means a lot to our team.»

Jorge Alfaro's three-run homer in the eighth, which bounced off the top of the fence in center, couldn't keep the Rockies from their seventh straight loss.

The Reds scored two runs in the fifth with the help of three throwing errors by Colorado right-hander Peter Lambert, two on attempted pickoffs at second.

Nolan Jones hit a solo homer off of Cincinnati right-hander Ben Lively in the first, setting up the Reds for their National League-best 25th come-from-behind win.

Lively allowed a season-high four walks and gave up three hits and two runs with four strikeouts in four innings.

Alex Young (2-0), the second of six Cincinnati pitchers, faced the minimum three batters in the fifth for the victory. Alexis Diaz allowed a run before escaping a bases-loaded jam with a whiff of Alfari for his 20th save in 20 opportunities.

«That doesn't surprise me,» Colorado