"It was great to get some hits. Honestly man, getting the win was the most important thing," Bruce said. "I know it sounds cliché, but we haven't been playing good baseball lately. To figure out how to win one tonight was good."
Bruce entered the night batting .103 with one home run over his previous 23 games. The Reds came in with losses in 13 of the last 14 games.
"I sat down here [Friday] and was figuring out lineups," Reds manager Bryan Price said.