Jake Peavy limited the Reds to two runs in six-plus innings and helped himself in a big way at the plate, crushing a solo home run in the fourth, to help guide the San Francisco Giants to a 5-3 victory over Cincinnati on Wednesday night at AT&T Park.
Peavy kept Cincinnati hitters at bay through the fifth, but allowed a run in the sixth and seventh before being pulled. He gave up seven hits and one walk while tying a season high with eight strikeouts to earn his seventh win of the season. Peavy improved to 7-0 lifetime against the Reds.
“Great effort by Jake,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “He threw the ball very well and, of course, helped us with the bat.”
The Reds managed six extra-base hits off Giants pitching, but were unable to do significant damage and back starter Michael Lorenzen, who allowed a run in each of his three innings. Cincinnati loaded the bases in the eighth and ninth, but was unable to tie the score.
“Guys did a good job of picking each other up,” Bochy said. “When [Mike] Broadway was struggling, [Hunter] Strickland saved us. He kept it to one run there, as far as them scoring, and [Santiago] Casilla found a way to get that last out.”
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