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Reds swipe 5 bases in an inning, hold on to beat Rockies 4-3

Published Apr. 19, 2016 11:56 p.m. ET

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CINCINNATI (AP) Jay Bruce had two of the Reds' five steals in the second inning off Jorge De La Rosa - their biggest inning on the bases in roughly a century - and Cincinnati held on for a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

Brandon Phillips had four hits, and Billy Hamilton doubled home a pair of runs during Cincinnati's four-run second inning off De La Rosa (1-2). The inning included those record five steals off the left-hander's slow move to the plate. The Reds hadn't stolen so many bases during an inning since at least the 1920s, per information provided by the teams from the Elias Sports Bureau.

It was the most steals that the Rockies had ever allowed in an inning.

Rookie Robert Stephenson (2-0) got his second win as an injury fill-in, called up from Triple-A earlier in the day because scheduled starter Alfredo Simon has a strained biceps.

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