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Bruce, Griffey power Reds
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TORONTO - Jay Bruce drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Ken Griffey hit his 602nd career home run and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Wednesday night.
Toronto reliever Brian Wolfe (0-2) began the 10th by walking Norris Hopper and Paul Janish and both runners advanced when David Ross sacrificed. Left-hander Jesse Carlson came on to face the left-handed Bruce, who hung in against the tough southpaw to loft a fly ball to left that easily produced a run.
Jared Burton (4-1) worked two scoreless innings for the win and Francisco Cordero closed it out for his 15th save as the Reds won for just the third time in 10 games.
Toronto dropped to 2-3 under new manager Cito Gaston. The Blue Jays are 6-15 in June and 3-7 in extra-inning games.
Griffey opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the first, his ninth of the season.
The Reds added three more in the third against Toronto right-hander Roy Halladay. Adam Dunn and Brandon Phillips each had RBI singles and Joey Votto drove in a run with a fielder's choice, making it 5-0.
Reds starter Aaron Harang surrendered a pair of two-run homers in the bottom of the inning, allowing Toronto to cut the gap to one. Adam Lind followed Gregg Zaun's single with a drive to left, and Joe Inglett scored Marco Scutaro with a blast to right.
Toronto drove Harang from the game and tied it 5-all in the sixth. Harang left one out after walking Lyle Overbay, and reliever Bill Bray was yanked after he walked Lind. David Weathers came on to face Scutaro, who singled to left. Dunn made a strong throw to the plate, but the ball skipped over the glove of Ross as Overbay slid in safely.
Harang, who came in having won just one of his previous eight starts, allowed five runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings.
Halladay struck out the first two batters in the seventh, but left after loading the bases by walking Griffey, giving up a double to Votto, and walking Jeff Keppinger. Scott Downs came on and ended the threat by fanning Hopper, who pinch hit for Corey Patterson.
Halladay allowed five runs and nine hits. He walked four and struck out seven.
Downs worked 1 1-3 innings, extending his career-high scoreless innings streak to 24.
Notes: Cincinnati 3B Edwin Encarnacion (back spasms) missed his second straight game and will need "a couple more days" to recover, manager Dusty Baker said. ... INF Jerry Hairston (left thumb) could be activated Thursday. Hairston broke his thumb June 9 and the Reds have lost nine of 14 since. "Things haven't been the same since he went down," Baker said. ... Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh attended the game.
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