Reds 8, Giants 3: Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips and Devin Mesoraco each drove in two runs and Mike Leake pitched into the seventh inning as visiting Cincinnati defeated San Francisco in the series finale.

Leake (10-4) allowed one run on a career-high 12 hits for the Reds, who won six of the seven meetings against the Giants this season while outscoring them 45-14. Leake also snapped an 0-for-26 slump with three hits for his 11th career multi-hit game.

Shin-Soo Choo led off the game with a double off Chad Gaudin (4-2) and scored on Joey Votto’s sacrifice fly, and the Reds extended their lead when Mesoraco capped a three-run third inning with an RBI single. Gaudin was pulled after yielding six runs with five walks over 3 2/3 innings.

Hunter Pence, who matched his career high with five hits, singled in a run in the third to cut the lead to 4-1. The Reds answered with two runs in the fourth and two in the sixth on RBI singles by Phillips and Mesoraco.

The Giants loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh before Sam LeCure replaced Leake and retired the next three batters in order to end the inning. Cincinnati won for the sixth time in its last eight games, while San Francisco dropped a season-high 7 1/2 games behind first-place Los Angeles.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Reds SS Zack Cozart was held out of the starting lineup because of a sore hip. … Leake improved to 4-0 with an 0.92 ERA in his last four starts against San Francisco. … Pablo Sandoval delivered a two-run double in the eighth for the Giants, who have an off day before starting a three-game series against the Cubs at AT&T Park on Friday. Cincinnati begins a four-game series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Thursday.