At Giants' expense, Reds' Harang stops streak

<p>SAN FRANCISCO — Aaron Harang ended the worst winless stretch of his career with his first victory since late May, Brandon Phillips and Adam Rosales each homered and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Giants, 5-2, on Sunday. </p><p>The lowly Reds — led by former San Francisco skipper Dusty Baker — had to feel pretty good about themselves after taking this series, in which they won both games started by Giants All-Stars Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum. Cincinnati won its first series since June 30-July 2 against Arizona. </p><p>Entering the weekend, the Reds had won only four games since the All-Star break and was mired in an eight-game road losing streak. </p><p>The Giants, who had won six straight home series, fell into a tie with Colorado for the NL wild card lead after the Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 11-5 at Coors Field. San Francisco dropped only its third series of the year at the club’s waterfront ballpark. </p><p>Phillips hit a two-out solo homer in the first off Cain to put the Reds up early, then they built on that cushion with Rosales’ two-run homer in a three-run fourth. Rosales also singled twice for a career-best three hits. </p><p>And Harang (6-13) did his part despite loading the bases with none out in the eighth on three straight singles. Nick Masset relieved and got Pablo Sandoval to ground into a double play on the first pitch and then Bengie Molina to fly out. </p><p>Francisco Cordero finished for his 24th save in 25 chances. </p><p>Harang hadn’t won since May 25 against Houston, a span of 13 starts in which he was 0-9 and had lost his last five starts. The burly right-hander was 1-5 over his previous six starts in San Francisco. </p><p>Until Eugenio Velez’s leadoff double in the sixth, the only baserunner to get past first was Sandoval. He singled in the first, then advanced on Harang’s wild pitch. Velez has a career-best 15-game hitting streak. </p><p>Cain (12-4), who has lost his last three outings against the Reds over three seasons, struck out seven in seven innings and matched his season high with five runs. Alex Gonzalez was ejected by home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn for arguing after he struck out swinging in the seventh. </p><p>Phillips’ 17th homer was just the fifth earned run allowed by Cain over his last 47 1-3 innings at home. Cain has given up nine earned runs in his last two starts after allowing only five in his six July outings. He raised his ERA from 2.25 to 2.44. </p><p>San Francisco center fielder Aaron Rowand laid out for a great diving catch of Phillips’ sinking liner in the fifth. But Rowand came out of the game an inning later. </p><p>Before the game, the Reds traded right-handed reliever David Weathers to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. </p><p><bNOTES:/b Velez is 16-for-43 (.372) lifetime against the Reds. ... </p><p>Reds 3B Scott Rolen returned to Cincinnati to be examined for concussion-like symptoms after being scratched Saturday. ... </p><p>Baker expects OF Chris Dickerson, on the disabled list since July 27 with a bruised right shoulder, to return during the team’s upcoming series at St. Louis. ... San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy plans to meet with GM Brian Sabean about the team’s outfield situation considering Nate Schierholtz is set to be activated from the DL on Tuesday. ... The Giants’ Randy Winn ended an 0-for-11 stretch with a leadoff single in the ninth.</p>