Reliever Carlos Fisher (1-1) began the bottom of the eighth of a tie game by allowing leadoff batter Ian Stewart's home run to right field. Rafael Betancourt (2-1) pitched a scoreless top of the eighth for the win.

Charged to hold a 3-1 Reds lead, reliever Arthur Rhodes gave up two runs in the bottom of the seventh. It started when pinch-hitter Eric Young Jr. squibbed a slow roller to second base for an infield hit before Rhodes walked the next batter, Carlos Gonzalez. After a sacrifice moved the runners, Todd Helton hit a sacrifice fly to left field. Troy Tulowitzki drove in the tying run with an RBI single to right field.

Reds starter Homer Bailey pitched 5 2/3 innings and gave up one run and five hits but walked five with his six strikeouts.

Colorado took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on Todd Helton's lined RBI single to right field. A potential second run was prevented on the play when Gonzalez was thrown out at the plate on a perfect relay throw from Brandon Phillips.

The Reds scored three runs in the top of the fourth, all with two outs, against Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez. Scott Rolen hit an RBI single to right field that scored Paul Janish before next batter Jonny Gomes slugged a two-run homer to left field -- his 18th of the season.