Reds 7, Cardinals 2: Jay Bruce was 3-for-4 with two homers and three RBIs as visiting Cincinnati powered past St. Louis to snap its six-game losing streak.

Devin Mesoraco blasted a three-run homer and Todd Frazier added a solo shot for the Reds, who erupted after scoring a total of eight runs during their slide. The Reds matched a season high with four home runs and Alfredo Simon earned his career-high 15th victory (15-10) by limiting St. Louis to two runs on seven hits over six innings.

Bruce’s 15th multi-homer game of his career begin with a solo shot in the fourth off Lance Lynn (15-10), who yielded three runs while striking out nine over six frames. Jon Jay and Daniel Descalso had two hits apiece for the Cardinals, who saw their lead over second-place Pittsburgh in the National League Central cut to 2 1/2 games.

St. Louis pulled even on Xavier Scruggs’ RBI single in the fifth before the Reds moved ahead in the sixth on Frazier’s solo blast and Bruce’s run-scoring single. Randal Grichuk’s RBI double cut the deficit to 3-2 in the bottom half, but the Reds drew clear in the eighth as Mesoraco greeted rookie Sam Tuivailala with a three-run homer and Bruce followed one batter later with a solo blast.

Bruce is 14-for-28 with three homers and 10 RBIs against Lynn, who entered the game with a 1.80 ERA over his previous six starts. St. Louis left nine runners on base and lost for the second time in nine games against the Reds at home this season.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cardinals 1B Matt Adams and 3B Matt Carpenter each missed their second consecutive game due to a stomach illness. … Mesoraco’s 77 RBIs mark the first time a Reds catcher has had 75 or more in a season since Eddie Taubensee had 87 in 1999. … Descalso had two doubles for the first time this season and sixth in his career.