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MLB: Cincinnati 4, Atlanta 3

Thu, 06/18/2009 - 13:00 by preet_20

Cincinnati, June 17: Micah Owings won for the first time in seven starts Wednesday, helping himself with a three-run homer in the fifth in Cincinnati's 4-3 victory over Atlanta.

The Reds trailed 2-1 going into the fifth, but Javier Vazquez walked Jerry Hairston to open the inning and Ryan Hanigan singled Hairston to third.

That brought up the Cincinnati pitcher, who hit an 0-1 pitch over the wall in right for his second home run of the season and the seventh of his three-year major league career.

Owings (4-7) gave up two runs on six hits in six innings. Francisco Cordero worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to earn his 16th save.

Vazquez (4-6) went the distance, giving up just four hits and striking out seven.
Jay Bruce produced the other Cincinnati run on a second-inning homer.

Atlanta is 1-4 on its nine-game road trip and has lost nine of its last 12 road contests.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

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