CINCINNATI -- The Reds played perhaps their best game of 2016, with Alfredo Simon pitching into the eighth inning and getting plenty of offense -- including home runs from Jay Bruce, Brandon Phillips and Adam Duvall -- in a 9-5 win over the Brewers on Thursday.
Simon gave up three earned runs and seven hits over 7 2/3 innings with one walk and five strikeouts, in the process extending the Reds rotation's streak of quality starts to five games. Milwaukee scored its first run on Aaron Hill's two-out RBI single in the fifth inning.