Jay Bruce was bound to make an out sooner or later. The Cincinnati Reds will lose again at home, too. Eventually.

The Reds sure didn't show any signs of slowing on Wednesday night, when they knocked around the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 9-1 win that was their ninth in a row at home.

The last time a Cincinnati team went on this kind of a roll by the banks of the Ohio River was in 1980.

The Reds haven't been doing much winning on the road lately. They're 9-19 in away games after finishing a 2-5 West Coast trip with an 18-inning loss in San Diego on Sunday.

But at Great American Ball Park, they've scored nine runs each of the past two nights against woeful Pittsburgh. The Reds' streak goes back to a 9-0 win over the Chicago Cubs in a series finale on May 7, and includes sweeps of the Cleveland Indians and Florida Marlins.

In other National League games, it was: Brewers 1, Braves 0; Giants 11, Diamondbacks 3; Cardinals 6, Astros 1; Mets 7, Marlins 6 (in 12 innings); Cubs 2, Dodgers 1 (in 10 innings); and Nationals 6, Padres 4.

In the American League, it was: White Sox 6, Indians 5; Rays 5, Rangers 3; Yankees 4, Orioles 2; Twins 9, Royals 8 (in 10 innings); Blue Jays 2, Athletics 1; Tigers 6, Angels 2; and Mariners 1, Red Sox 0.

David Ross homered to cap a six-run first inning against Tom Gorzelanny, and drove in four runs overall. Bruce, the prized rookie who reached safely all five times up in his debut the night before, walked in the first then flied out, though he later doubled and got another walk.

Gorzelanny (4-5) retired only two of the eight batters he faced during the shortest of his 54 starts.

(Agencies via Shanghai Daily May 30, 2008)