Reds reliever Lorenzen slam’s door on Brewers

Reliever Michael Lorenzen hit the second grand slam by a Reds pitcher in a week, and Cincinnati pulled away to a 12-3 victory Saturday that ended its seven-game losing streak against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Lorenzen’s pinch-hit grand slam off Jacob Barnes in the seventh inning completed an eightrun rally, Cincinnati’s biggest of the season. Lorenzen’s fifth career homer drew a curtain call from the crowd of 24,640.

The reliever has homered in his last three at-bats. He also connected Friday during Milwaukee’s 8-2 win.

One week earlier, Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani hit a grand slam off Cubs lefthander Brian Duensing at Great American Ball Park.

Tyler Mahle struck out a career-high 12 batters in 5 2/3 innings, three shy of the Reds’ rookie record. David Hernandez (3-0) pitched the top of the seventh. RED SOX 11, YANKEES 0 >> Chris Sale pitched his latest Bronx gem, Rafael Devers went 5 for 5 with a first-inning grand slam and Boston held New York to two hits to take back baseball’s best record. Sale (8-4) allowed only Giancarlo Stanton’s clean single over seven innings, striking out 11. He has a 1.73 career ERA against the Yankees, best among pitchers with at least 10 starts against them since 1920. His ERA at Yankee Stadium is 1.86, second only to Seattle’s Felix Hernandez among pitchers with five starts. BRAVES 11, CARDINALS 4 >> Nick Markakis hit a grand slam and Max Fried took a shutout into the seventh inning in Atlanta’s rout of St. Louis. The Braves have won the first two games of the three-game set. The Cardinals have dropped three in a row. Fried (1-2) stymied the Cardinals on 101 pitches before being pulled with two outs in the seventh. Recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to start the game, he struck out 11, allowed four singles and walked three.