"It was beautiful," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "The home run was beautiful. We always love those but the double there in the ninth to give us those extra runs was big. It really gave us that cushion. We talk about it all the time, I love separation. It's easier to manage a game when you're up by six rather than up by one or down by one. That was really nice."
In the third, Byrd sent a 2-0 pitch from Jeff Locke to left-center field for a no-doubt homer. In the ninth, following Billy Hamilton's RBI infield single against Antonio Bastardo, he hit a first-pitch changeup for a liner to right field that scored two more runs.