CINCINNATI -D’Angelo Jimenez singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 to avoid a three-game sweep.

The Reds scored three times in the eighth off Darren Dreifort (1-3), including a two-run homer by Wily Mo Pena, his 19th.

Adam Dunn led off with a walk, and Pena homered to tie it. Barry Larkin singled one out later and, after Darren Bragg walked, pinch-runner Ryan Freel scored on Jimenez’s single.

Gabe White (1-1) got two outs for the win. Danny Graves pitched a perfect ninth for his 36th save in 44 chances.

Jason Grabowski and Adrian Beltre homered to put Los Angeles ahead 3-0 in the third.

Grabowski’s homer, his seventh, was a two-run shot. Beltre’s solo drive was his 32nd, tying the record for a Dodgers third baseman. Pedro Guerrero hit 32 in 1983.

Beltre also singled in a run in the fifth, and Shawn Green’s RBI groundout made it 5-2. Both runs were unearned, following a throwing error by Reds starter Josh Hancock.

Hancock allowed five hits and five runs in four innings. He struck out four and walked two.

Dodgers starter Wilson Alvarez pitched 5 1-3 innings and allowed six hits and three runs. He struck out four and walked none.

Alvarez allowed just two baserunners on two hits through three innings, but faced a two-on, none-out jam in the fourth.

Sean Casey’s leadoff single took a bad hop and bounced off the chest of first baseman Hee Seop Choi. Dunn followed with a double down the right-field line.

Casey scored on a sacrifice fly by Jason LaRue, and Dunn scored when Juan Castro’s soft liner dropped into shallow right field for a single.

Pinch-hitter Jacob Cruz singled in a run in the sixth to make it 5-3.

Jimenez made a stellar play in the second with a headlong dive on the right-field grass to grab a grounder by Brent Mayne and throw him out.

Notes: The Reds put OF Ken Griffey Jr. on the 60-day disabled list and called up Bragg from Triple-A Louisville. This is Bragg’s ninth team since being called up by Seattle in 1994. He also has been with Boston, St. Louis, Colorado, Atlanta, San Diego and both New York teams. … Steve Finley is 11-for-22 since being acquired by the Dodgers from Arizona on July 31. … Hancock singled up the middle in the third, his first career hit in three major league at-bats. … The Dodgers have homered in 30 of their past 34 games for a season total of 140 – 16 more than in 2003. … Dodgers OF Milton Bradley had a tight right hamstring but was available to pinch-hit. “If you push it, it becomes more of an issue than just a tight hamstring,” manager Jim Tracy said. … Los Angeles C David Ross was scheduled to start but his right elbow was swollen from being hit by a pitch Wednesday night.

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