SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reds manager Bryan Price watched Jake Peavy for years while working as a pitching coach in Seattle and Arizona.

Price is still plenty impressed with the veteran right-hander — who looked like quite the hitter, too, in his latest win.

Peavy homered through the low-hovering mist for his first long ball in more than nine years, leading San Francisco past Cincinnati 5-3 on Wednesday night.

Peavy struck out eight in six-plus innings on the mound and connected for his third career home run in the fourth against reliever Collin Balester. It was Peavy’s first since July 26, 2006, at Dodger Stadium with the Padres.

“I’ve seen him for a long time,” Price said. “I know people have talked about his stuff diminishing. … His fastball was still 90-92 (mph) with real good command and a good cutter and that sweeping breaking ball that he’s thrown for years.”

Peavy’s rare display of power gave Giants pitchers nine home runs this season, most since hitting 10 in 1934. The 1924 staff also had nine.

Peavy (7-6) became the fifth San Francisco pitcher to go deep this year, matching a major league record. Everyone in the rotation with at least 16 starts aside from rookie Chris Heston has homered, and Madison Bumgarner has five.

Brandon Phillips hit an RBI double in the sixth to put the Reds on the board a night after they rallied for a 9-8 win in 10 innings. Skip Schumaker doubled home a run in the seventh.

Cincinnati loaded the bases with nobody out in the eighth but managed only one run.

Santiago Casilla retired Phillips on a bases-loaded grounder for his 34th save after a replay review extended the ninth inning.

Marlon Byrd hit an RBI triple in the third after a double in the second, and Ehire Adrianza added an RBI double and a run-scoring triple as the Giants chased Cincinnati starter Michael Lorenzen (4-9) after three innings.

The right-hander expects to move into a bullpen role.

“They said I’d be on a shorter leash than normal, just to expect it,” he said. “That’s really what my mindset is, is coming out of the bullpen now.”

Peavy allowed seven hits and one walk to win his third straight start and fourth consecutive decision since a loss at Pittsburgh on Aug. 20.

The 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner went 250 at-bats and 287 plate appearances between home runs. He walked off to a warm ovation from the sellout crowd of 41,383 and chants of “Peavy! Peavy!”

San Francisco became the 16th team since 1901 to have five pitchers homer in a season and first since the 2002 Dodgers. The New York Giants did so twice, in 1930 and ‘35.

REDS IN THE RAIN

Rain forced the Giants inside during pregame warmups in the drought-starved Bay Area. The Reds have regularly attracted rain whether at home or on the road this year, with 23 rain delays spanning more than 30 hours. It began pouring in the bottom of the eighth, sending fans scattering for cover while others cheered the precipitation.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Reds: CF Billy Hamilton did not start for the second consecutive game after leaving Monday’s series opener with a sore shoulder. He entered as a pinch runner in the ninth and was awarded a stolen base upon replay review after initially getting called out. … Price altered his rookie rotation by removing Lorenzen, Raisel Iglesias and Keyvius Sampson going into a weekend series at Milwaukee beginning Friday. Iglesias has fatigue in his right shoulder and the club will evaluate how to monitor his workload the rest of the way. Sampson is leaving for a couple of days to deal with personal family business. … C Brayan Pena (strained right hamstring) threw and worked out of his squat while catching a bullpen session.

Giants: RHP Tim Hudson will play catch and throw a light bullpen Friday and plans to pitch Sunday on turn despite a hip issue. “It’s just an old, tricky hip,” he said. … 2B Joe Panik was transferred to the 60-day disabled list with lower back inflammation that has kept him out since Aug. 2. … C Trevor Brown and OF Mac Williamson had their contracts purchased from Triple-A Sacramento.

UP NEXT

Reds: LHP Brandon Finnegan will make his first major league start Friday against Milwaukee. It will be his 24th career appearance and second against the Brewers.

Giants: Bumgarner (18-7) goes for a career high in wins as he looks to follow up a one-hitter his last time out in which he took a perfect game into the eighth inning against the Padres. The Giants have won his last seven starts at home and 10 of 12 overall.

WEDNESDAY’S GAME

Giants 5, Reds 3

Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Bourgeois cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .245

1-B.Hamilton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226

Bruce rf 5 0 0 0 0 4 .230

Votto 1b 4 2 2 0 1 1 .313

Phillips 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .294

Frazier 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .258

R.Cabrera c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .368

Suarez ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .284

Schumaker lf 4 0 3 1 0 0 .231

Lorenzen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .257

Balester p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

a-Boesch ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .122

Mattheus p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Cingrani p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

b-Duvall ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167

Badenhop p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Contreras p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

d-Barnhart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254

Totals 36 3 10 2 3 10

 

San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Pagan cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .265

De Aza lf 3 1 2 0 2 0 .257

M.Duffy 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .301

Posey c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .328

Belt 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .282

Byrd rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .252

Tomlinson 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .307

Adrianza ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 .180

Peavy p 3 1 1 1 0 2 .226

Gearrin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

c-Jarre.Parker ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250

Broadway p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Strickland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Casilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Totals 35 5 12 5 4 6

 

Cincinnati 000 001 110 — 3 10 0

San Francisco 111 100 10x — 5 12 1

 

a-grounded out for Balester in the 5th. b-struck out for Cingrani in the 7th. c-struck out for Lopez in the 7th. d-grounded out for Contreras in the 9th.

1-ran for Bourgeois in the 9th.

E—Peavy (1). LOB—Cincinnati 10, San Francisco 10. 2B—Votto (32), Phillips 2 (16), Suarez (17), Schumaker (17), De Aza (2), Byrd (22), Adrianza (6). 3B—Bourgeois (2), Byrd (5), Adrianza (1). HR—Peavy (1), off Balester. RBIs—Phillips (63), Schumaker (19), Posey (90), Byrd (67), Adrianza 2 (11), Peavy (3). SB—B.Hamilton (57), Phillips (21), Frazier (13), De Aza (1), Tomlinson (5). CS—De Aza (1).

Runners left in scoring position—Cincinnati 8 (Suarez 2, Bruce 2, R.Cabrera 2, Phillips 2); San Francisco 6 (De Aza, Tomlinson, Posey 3, Jarre.Parker). RISP—Cincinnati 3 for 15; San Francisco 3 for 11.

Runners moved up—Barnhart, M.Duffy, Tomlinson. GIDP—R.Cabrera.

DP—San Francisco 1 (M.Duffy, Tomlinson, Belt).

 

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Lorenzen L, 4-9 3 6 3 3 1 1 54 5.55

Balester 1 2 1 1 1 2 29 4.82

Mattheus 1 2-3 2 0 0 1 2 31 4.66

Cingrani 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.45

Badenhop 1 2 1 1 0 1 19 3.84

Contreras 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 5.68

 

San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Peavy W, 7-6 6 7 2 2 1 8 98 4.08

Gearrin H, 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00

Lopez H, 16 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.45

Broadway 0 1 1 1 1 0 10 5.40

Strickland H, 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.33

Casilla S, 34-39 1 2 0 0 1 1 20 2.96

 

Peavy pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

Broadway pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

Inherited runners-scored—Cingrani 2-0, Gearrin 1-0, Lopez 1-0, Strickland 3-1. IBB—off Casilla (Votto). HBP—by Broadway (Phillips). WP—Balester.

Umpires—Home, Clint Fagan; First, Jordan Baker; Second, Paul Emmel; Third, Andy Fletcher.

T—3:10. A—41,383 (41,915).