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MLB: Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 3 (12 inn)

ATLANTA, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Jason LaRue hit a pinch-hit grand slam home run in the 12th inning Sunday afternoon to give Cincinnati an 8-3 win over Atlanta.

Austin Kearns added an RBI double and Edwin Encarnacion, Sean Casey and Ken Griffey Jr. -- who hit his 35th home run -- all had two hits for the Reds, who broke a five-game losing streak. Javier Valentin also homered for Cincinnati.

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Griffey suffered a sprained right foot and is listed as day-to-day.

In relief, winning pitcher Matt Belisle rose to 3-6.

Marcus Giles hit two home runs and a triple and Chipper Jones had one hit and one RBI for National League East-leading Atlanta, which had a three-game winning streak broken.

It was Giles' fourth career multi-homer game.

Loser Danny Kolb sank to 3-7.

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