Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks

Spencer Steer hits a 3-run homer as the Reds avoid a sweep with a 6-1 victory over the Diamondbacks

Austin Hays had three hits for Cincinnati, and Noelvi Marte had two hits and scored two runs. Brady Singer struck out nine while pitching six innings of one-hit ball.

The Reds (68-63) improved to 3-3 on a nine-game trip. They also moved within 1 1/2 games of the New York Mets for the third NL wild card.

Arizona wasted a sharp performance by Zac Gallen, who struck out seven in six innings. The Diamondbacks finished with two hits.

Marte sparked the decisive sequence for the Reds with a leadoff single against Kyle Backhus (0-3). He advanced on Elly De La Cruz's flyout and scored on Hays' tiebreaking single off Juan Burgos.

Following a Gavin Lux single, Steer hit a 397-foot drive to left for his 16th homer. TJ Friedl tacked on a two-out RBI single that gave Cincy a 6-1 lead.

Graham Ashcraft (8-5) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a sacrifice fly in the first to account for Arizona's only run. Cincinnati tied it in the sixth when Marte tripled and scored on a throwing error on Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo.

Key moment Steer's homer was a big swing for Cincinnati going into a three-game series against the Dodgers.

Key stat For the eighth time this season, the Reds won the series finale while trailing 0-2. They are the only team in the majors that has not been swept this year.

Up next Reds: RHP Hunter Greene (5-3, 2.63 ERA) starts on Monday night in his native Los Angeles against Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan (4-2, 4.17 ERA).

Diamondbacks: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-7, 5.40 ERA) faces Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff (4-1, 2.47 ERA) on Monday night in Milwaukee.

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