MLB: Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 3

CINCINNATI, May 9 (UPI) -- Joey Votto's three-run homer Sunday sparked the Cincinnati Reds to their ninth win in 13 games, 5-3 over the Chicago Cubs.

Votto's blast in the bottom of the seventh erased a 3-2 Cubs lead and made a winner of rookie right-hander Mike Leake (3-0), who allowed only three runs on four hits over seven innings to pick up the victory.

Leake held the Cubs without a hit until the sixth inning, when Starlin Castro got an infield single.

Jonny Gomes added an RBI double for the Reds, who took the rubber match of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park.

Tyler Colvin pounded a two-run homer for the Cubs while starter Ryan Dempster (2-3) was touched for five runs on six hits and three walks over seven innings.