Joey Votto homers twice, Reds rally to beat Pirates

Joey Votto homered twice and Eugenio Suarez went deep for the go-ahead blow as the desperate Cincinnati Reds erased an early five-run deficit with nine unanswered runs to beat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 Monday night.

Votto's career-high fourth multi-homer game of the season gives him a team-leading 33 homers. The Reds (78-73) won for just the ninth time in 25 games to remain three games behind the St. Louis Card