Cincinnati Reds left fielder Skip Schumaker (centre) celebrates with teammates after hitting a double to drive home Marlon Byrd for the game winning run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday in Cincinnati. The Reds won 2-1.

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Skip Schumaker’s pinch-hit double drove home Marlon Byrd with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on a rainy Tuesday at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday.
The win ended the Reds’ nine-game losing streak, their longest since 1998.
Chris Rusin was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque to replace scheduled Reds starter Jorge De La Rosa, who was scratched due to a cut on his left middle finger.
Rusin, 28, delivered a bullpen-saving performance, allowing just one run and four hits in seven innings. He walked four and fanned five.
Elsewhere, Wilmer Flores tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and won it with an RBI single with two outs in the 10th as New York edged Philadelphia 5-4.
Juan Lagares led off the 10th by singling against right-hander Jeanmar Gomez (0-1). Left-hander Elvis Araujo then walked Lucas Duda before Daniel Murphy hit into a double play. Michael Cuddyer drew a walk before Flores laced the first pitch he saw for a single over leaping shortstop Freddy Galvis.
Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson hit two home runs, including a three-run shot in the bottom of the ninth, leading Toronto past Chicago 10-9.