Winker’s walk-off HR in 13th lifts Cincinnati

Jesse Winker hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning, completing the Cincinnati Reds’ late rally to a 7- 5 victory on Thursday that averted a sweep by the Colorado Rockies.

One out away from getting their second series sweep at Great American Ball Park, the Rockies blew the lead in the ninth and wound up losing for the fifth time in seven games. They’ve blown leads in all of the five losses.

Left-hander Chris Rusin (02) hit Joey Votto with a pitch to open the 13th. Winker connected on his first game-ending homer, finishing the longest game for both teams this season.

Dylan Floro (2-1) allowed a pair of singles over three innings. He batted in the 12th and grounded out.

Left-hander Tyler Anderson gave up a pair of runs while going seven innings for only the second time this season, leaving with a 5-2 advantage before Colorado’s struggling bullpen let another lead slip away.

The Reds loaded the bases off Mike Dunn with no outs in the eighth. Scott Oberg limited Cincinnati to a pair of runs with the help of right fielder Carlos Gonzalez’s throw to the plate that nailed Eugenio Suarez, who tried to score the tying run from second onWinker’s single.

BLUE JAYS 5, ORIOLES 4 » Aledmys Diaz hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning and Toronto rallied froma three-run deficit in the ninth to beat Baltimore. Teoscar Hernandez doubled offMiguel Castro (1-2) to begin the 10th and Justin Smoak was intentionally walked before Kendrys Morales and Luke Maile struck out. Diaz won it with a single to the wall in left.

CARDINALS4, MARLINS1 » Miles Mikolas rebounded from his first loss of the season to pitch three-hit ball over seven innings and lead St. Louis over Miami. Mikolas (7-1) allowed an unearned run, struck out five and walked one, lowering his ERA to 2.27.