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Friday, Sep. 15 7:05pm ET
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Steve Parris has found very little difference between winning and losing. After going 5-14 in the first four months, Parris won his seventh straight start as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 Friday night. "I told you a hundred times -- well, 14 times -- that things weren't as bad as they seemed," Parris said. "And now, I've got to be honest, I don't think I'm pitching as good as the results indicate." Parris (12-14) allowed two runs on five hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked four. He has not lost since the New York Mets beat the Reds 3-2 on Aug. 1. "When you throw strikes and make them hit the ball, you have a chance to be a winner," Reds manager Jack McKeon said. Parris is throwing more strikes while serving up fewer home run pitches. He allowed 19 home runs in the first half of the season, and seven since the All-Star break. "He's always been a pretty tough pitcher," said Milwaukee manager Davey Lopes. "He's got quality stuff." Danny Graves pitched a perfect ninth for his 29th save. Graves, whose locker is between Parris and Pete Harnisch in the Reds' clubhouse, said the pitchers all try to keep each other loose. "This is a fun corner, whether you're going good or bad. People over here keep you upbeat," Graves said. "We've got to be sure nobody stays down too much. "You have a couple bad outings and you start to wonder why you're here. Steve could have shut it down, but he kept going out every fifth day." Jamey Wright (6-8) allowed four runs on seven hits in five innings. The Reds took a 3-1 lead in the third inning when Wright loaded the bases on two walks and a single by Pokey Reese. Dmitri Young followed with a sacrifice fly and Sean Casey added an RBI single. Cincinnati added a fourth run in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Alex Ochoa, who was 2-for-3 and scored two runs. He is 12-for-22 (.545) in the past six games. The Brewers closed to 4-2 in the sixth inning on a solo home run by Mark Sweeney, his first of the season. Cincinnati made it 5-2 in the sixth on a pinch-hit RBI single by D.T. Cromer. Milwaukee closed to 5-4 in the seventh when Scott Sullivan allowed consecutive homers to Geoff Jenkins and Richie Sexson. It was the fifth time this year the Brewers have hit back-to-back homers. The Reds scored the final run in the eighth as Ochoa walked and came home on Chris Stynes' triple. Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead in the second as Ochoa doubled, advanced to third on a balk by Wright and scored on a wild pitch. Milwaukee tied the game at 1 in the third inning as Mark Loretta doubled, went to third on Parris' wild pitch and scored on Jeromy Burnitz's sacrifice fly. Game notesThe Reds have a club record and major league-leading 90 wild pitches, one short of the NL record shared by the 1970 Astros and 1989 Phillies. The major league record is 94 set by the 1986 Texas Rangers. ... Scott Williamson has 21 of the Reds' 90 wild pitches. He has missed one start and will miss at least one more because of two broken toes in his right foot. He threw on the turf Friday and will throw from the bullpen mound on Sunday as the Reds monitor his progress. ... Ken Griffey Jr. ran at half speed Friday, and the Reds reaffirmed the prognosis that Griffey would be out 5-7 days with a partial tear of his left hamstring suffered Monday. Griffey could return early next week during a three-game series in San Francisco. ... Jenkins has homered in two consecutive games against the Reds. ... The Brewers' 6-2 record against the Reds is tops this year. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Milwaukee Clubhouse Cincinnati Clubhouse RECAPS Seattle 10 Baltimore 2
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