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Brewers Reds Baseball Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich hits a ground-rule double during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The Milwaukee Brewers star hit for a record-tying third cycle — amazingly, all of them against Cincinnati. Earlier, Yelich doubled in the first, hit a three-run homer in the third and singled in the fifth. Late in the 2018 season, Yelich hit for the cycle twice in a span of three weeks against the Reds. “A lot of things kind of have to happen to hit the cycle,” the former National League MVP said.

Brewers Reds Baseball Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich hits a ground-rule double during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Tyler Stephenson drove in four runs with a pair of doubles and Colin Moran hit a three-run homer for Cincinnati. The Reds, with the worst record in the majors, won their second straight series by topping the NL Central leaders. Yelich became the sixth player in major league history to hit at least one home run, triple, double and a single in the same game. Reds starter Vladimir Gutiérrez allowed four runs and six hits over 4 2/3 innings.

Christian Yelich hit for a record-tying third cycle — all of them against Cincinnati — but the Milwaukee Brewers’ rally fell short in the ninth inning in a 14-11 loss to the Reds.

Pittsburgh emergency catcher Josh VanMeter had a rough time in his first try behind the plate since he was a teenager, and the Cincinnati Reds took advantage to end a nine-game losing streak, beating the Pirates 9-2 in the opener of a doubleheader.

Reds Brewers Baseball Milwaukee Brewers' Willy Adames celebrates with Christian Yelich after hitting a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (Morry Gash)MILWAUKEE — (AP) — Willy Adames hit two of Milwaukee's six homers, and the Brewers beat the lowly Cincinnati Reds 10-5 on Thursday. Luis Urías, Christian Yelich, Tyrone Taylor and Keston Hiura also connected as Milwaukee won for the eighth time in nine games. Yelich finished with three hits and scored three times, and Adames had four RBIs. Brewers right-hander Adrian Houser (3-2) allowed five runs, four earned, and seven hits in five innings.

Joey Votto and Nick Castellanos combined to drive in nine runs to propel the Cincinnati Reds to a 13-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the make up of Wednesday’s rain out with fading hopes of a playoff entry.