Still, McKeon was not totally pleased.

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"It was a little better," he said. "I was more interested in the guys getting hits with men on base than the four solo home runs. . . . We had some situations where we could have scored more."

Nunnally's solo home run in the third set off a string of three homers in four at-bats off Milwaukee starter Jeff Juden, and Nunnally's single in the eighth moved Larkin, who eventually scored the go-ahead run, to third.

Nunnally also made without a doubt the Reds' best defensive play of the year, chasing down a Jeff Cirillo fly ball in deep center field to end the Brewers' best late-inning rally. Milwaukee had already scored one in the sixth and had two men on with two out when Nunnally, facing the wall, dove and slid outstretched to steal extra bases and an RBI from Cirillo.

"I've made some catches, but I don't think I've ever made one like that," said Nunnally, who has been bothered by a strained left hamstring since Monday. "When he hit it, it didn't sound like he crushed it, so I took a couple steps in. Then I had to start running."

When asked if he was more pleased with the catch or his second homer of the year, Nunnally answered unequivocally, "I'm happier with the catch. That's saving runs. I try to separate my offense and defense. If I'm not getting any hits, I don't want anybody else to either."

McKeon was duly impressed. "That was a heck of a catch, wasn't it?" he said. "That'll make ESPN."

The catch turned out to be the key play. The game was tied 5-5 at that point, and the Reds came back to go up 6-5 in the eighth.

Larkin broke his career-worst 0-for-30 slump with a single to left off Chad Fox and then scored on a pinch-hit single by Harris to make it 6-5.

Nunnally scored on Stynes' single and the Reds added an extra run in the ninth when Young opened with a single and came home on Taubensee's RBI double.

The Reds had gone up 1-0 on Young's second homer of the year, the sixth consecutive time they have taken a lead. They've won four of those six.

But starting pitcher David Weathers gave away the lead in the second, allowing a bases-loaded double to Juden. It was the first extra base hit and first RBI for a Brewers' pitcher since 1972, before the American League had the designated hitter. Juden ended up with four RBI.

"If I get him out, that's a different game," Weathers said. "That's the only pitch I'd take away. I thought other than that pitch, I threw pretty well."

Weathers ended up allowing five runs and didn't get the win. That went to reliever Gabe White (1-3), who threw 1 2/3 perfect innings in one of his best outings this year. Jeff Shaw pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his eighth save.

Weathers said he would have traded his homer, the second of his career, for the win. As for the hitting duel between the pitchers, the self-deprecating Weathers said, "Anybody's dangerous with a bat in his hand. I proved that today. I'm the worst hitter that ever came through baseball."

Not on Saturday.