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 CINCINNATI (AP) - Jason Bay hit his first home run of the season and drove in two runs Thursday as the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Bay had three hits, finishing a triple short of the cycle, and his solo homer in the fifth off Eric Milton (2-2) was his first since Sept. 29. Bay hit 26 homers last season, when he became the first Pittsburgh player voted NL Rookie of the Year.
Kip Wells (1-3), pitching on his 28th birthday, won for the first time in six starts since Aug. 7 at San Diego, allowing two runs, three hits and five walks in five innings. Wells, 3-0 when pitching on his birthday, avoided what would have been the first 0-4 start of his career.
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