Heisey, Navarro hit HRs to rally Reds past D-backs

Dioner Navarro

Dioner Navarro #30 of the Cincinnati Reds is congratulated by third base coach Mark Berry #41 following his solo home run off Patrick Corbin #46 of the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on August 29, 2012. (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty …
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Posted: 08/29/2012

PHOENIX (AP) -- Chris Heisey hit two of Cincinnati's four home runs, including the tying two-run shot in the seventh inning, to rally the Reds to a 6-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Dioner Navarro's solo shot two batters after Heisey's first blast put Cincinnati ahead, Brandon Phillips added a two-run homer in the eighth and Heisey capped the scoring two outs later.

The NL Central-leading Reds swept the three-game series and sent the reeling Diamondbacks to their sixth straight home loss.

Reds starter Matt Latos (11-4) pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and three walks.

Cincinnati trailed 2-0 until the top of the seventh, shut out on two hits by Diamondbacks starter Patrick Corbin (5-6). Todd Frazier doubled with one out and scored on Heisey's fifth home run of the season.

With two out, Navarro roped his home run inside the left-field foul pole to give the Reds the lead. In the eighth, Phillips and Heisey went deep off reliever Matt Albers.

Latos, who also had two hits, got his first win since Aug. 3 against Pittsburgh and his first at Arizona since August 2010.

He struggled some in the first inning, allowing two hits and walking two. A balk allowed Aaron Hill to score from third base with two out to give the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead.

Jake Elmore's two-out RBI double in the fourth put Arizona up 2-0, but Latos went on to retire 10 of the next 12 batters he faced.

The Diamondbacks lost eight of 10 on their homestand to drop three games below .500 for the first time since July 20.

Corbin allowed three runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings, striking out eight in his first career start against the Reds.

NOTES: Reds 1B Joey Votto, recovering from left knee surgery, was scheduled to play in his second rehab game for Class A Dayton on Wednesday. Expected to be activated on Saturday, he went 0 for 1 with a walk in five innings in his first game for Dayton on Tuesday. ... Arizona RHP Josh Collmenter pitched four scoreless innings Tuesday in his third rehab game with the club's rookie league team. Collmenter is on the 15-day disabled list with ulcers. ... INF Willie Bloomquist (lower back injury) got two at-bats in a rehab game Tuesday and was expected to play again Wednesday. Bloomquist will travel with Arizona to Los Angeles when the Diamondbacks start their next road trip, a sign that he might be ready to come off the disabled list in the coming days. ... Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said he's rooting for starting pitcher Wade Miley, an All-Star this season, to win the NL Rookie of the Year award. Miley is 14-9 with a 2.85 ERA. Two keys, Gibson said, are that Miley is aggressive in his approach to hitters and hits his spots with pitches.

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