PHOENIX, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Chris Heisey's squeeze bunt in the ninth Wednesday touched off Cincinnati's second straight four-run inning that rallied the Reds past Arizona 11-7.
Cincinnati came back from a 7-3 deficit through seven innings to win its fifth straight and increase its lead over second-place St. Louis in the National League Central to three games.
The Reds tied it with a four-run eighth that began with Miguel Cairo's one-out single. Jay Bruce tripled home Cairo and then scored on a double by Ramon Hernandez before and Paul Janish singled Hernandez to third.
A sacrifice fly by Laynce Nix brought home Hernandez and a double from Brandon Phillips delivered Janish to tie the score.
The ninth-inning outburst started with a leadoff double by Jim Edmonds, who moved to third on a groundout and scored the go-ahead run on Heisey's bunt single. Bruce singled Heisey to third, Hernandez was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Janish delivered a sacrifice fly and Nix doubled home the final two runs.
All of that made a winner out of Arthur Rhodes (4-3), who worked the bottom of the eighth.
Aaron Heilman (3-4), who was on the mound to start the ninth, took the loss. Four Arizona relievers combined to give up eight runs on 10 hits in four innings.
The Diamondbacks have lost three in a row. Arizona built its 7-3 lead with the help of two-run homers by Chris Young and Adam LaRoche.
