CINCINNATI (AP) — soggy stay in Cincinnati. Eric Hosmer got a nice parting gift from the Reds‘ cozy riverside ballpark Mike Piazza Jersey , though.Hosmer led off the ninth inning with a home run to lift the Padres over the Reds 7-6 on Sunday night after a lengthy rain delay in the middle of the eighth inning.Hosmer took Raisel Iglesias (2-4) deep for his third homer in three days — the first time he’s strung three together in his career. It ended a rain-soaked four-game series that featured 5 hours, 22 minutes of delays.“It was great to get it quickly,” San Diego manager Andy Green said. “It couldn’t have happened any quicker. He’s swinging the bat well. It was a big series for him.”Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman considered Iglesias a victim of his home park.“We don’t make too many excuses for the home runs,” Rigggleman said. “We give up a lot of homers, but that was a Great American Ball Park homer. Hosmer’s a good hitter, but this might be the only ballpark it goes out of.”Austin Hedges and Luis Urias each hit a two-run homer to help San Diego overcome a three-run blast from Joey Votto and salvage a split.Rain caused a delay of 1 hour, 32 minutes in the eighth, even after Sunday’s first pitch was pushed back three hours from the scheduled 1:10 p.m. start time in hopes of avoiding bad weather. Saturday’s game started an hour earlier than scheduled and was cancelled after 6 ½ innings, resulting in the Reds’ rain-shortened 7-2 win.“It seemed like it was a week long http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-max-muncy-jersey , and we were in this clubhouse the entire time,” Hosmer said of the lengthy series. “We were happy to get out of a day like this with a win. Basically, we just wanted to get the heck out of here. That’s what everybody was thinking.”Craig Stammen (7-2) pitched the eighth and Kirby Yates the ninth for his seventh save.After going 36 games without a home run, Votto tied the score with his second in two games, an opposite-field, three-run shot to left-center field that capped Cincinnati’s five-run fifth inning and tied it 6-6.Rookie Tyler Mahle, making his first start since being recalled from Triple-A Louisville and taking Homer Bailey’s rotation slot, lasted only three trouble-filled innings. The Padres placed at least two runners on base in each inning and cashed in with Hedges’ 12th homer of the season in the third. Mahle, in his first Reds start since August 6 Chase Utley Jersey , allowed five hits and two runs with three walks and five strikeouts.The Reds were hitless through the first three innings before collecting seven hits and scoring six runs in the next two against San Diego starter Jacob Nix. The rookie right-hander walked two batters and struck out a career-high five in five innings.STREAK’S ALIVESan Diego has won six consecutive season series against Cincinnati since the Reds went 6-2 against the Padres in 2012. The Padres won four out of seven this season.CAREER HIGHHedges’s homer extended his hitting streak to a career-high eight games. The catcher had a seven-game streak from Aug. 4-12.SNAPPED SLUMPSThe Reds’ Billy Hamilton snapped a 0-for-15 slump with a fifth-inning bloop single that started their five-run rally. His sixth-inning stolen base was his first since he had two on August 11 against Arizona.TRAINER’S ROOMPadres: Rookie RHP Brett Kennedy won’t make his next scheduled start while dealing with swelling in his left knee that developed after trying to bunt Friday against Cincinnati.Reds: LHP Amir Garrett is ready to be activated from the disabled list. Garrett has been out since Aug. 29 with a bruised left foot.UP NEXTPadres: RHP Bryan Mitchell (1-3), coming off his first San Diego win, makes his first career appearance against Seattle with a start Tuesday. He allowed two hits and one run in five innings Tuesday at Arizona.Reds: LHP Cody Reed (0-2) is scheduled to make his first career against the Dodgers in Monday’s three-game series opener. Reed allowed a career-high nine hits in five innings of his last start on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — New York manager Aaron Boone sent Greg Bird back to the Yankees complex in Tampa on Thursday after the first baseman developed stiffness in the elbow hit by a pitch a day earlier.“He probably could have played,” Boone said. “It was me saying, ‘Go home.'”Bird took Wade Miley’s offering off his right elbow during the first inning of Wednesday’s loss to Houston but remained in the game. In the midst of a two-game spring road trip, the Yankees spent the night in the West Palm Beach area before playing St. Louis in Jupiter on Thursday.Bird hit 11 homers in 46 games during his 2015 debut season. Various injuries and ineffectiveness prevented Bird from playing more than 82 games in any year since then.Throughout the spring he’s battled Luke Voit for the starting first baseman job, hitting .333 with three homers in 51 plate appearances. Voit has four homers while hitting .316 in Grapefruit League play.“I don’t know that anyone’s won or lost it,” Boone said. “Both guys are good players in my eyes. At a certain point we may be up against making a very difficult decision.”The Yankees will have more time than originally expected to make that decision. With center fielder Aaron Hicks expected to open the season on the injured list with a back injury http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-max-muncy-jersey , there’s room for both Bird and Voit on the opening day roster.“I’d say there’s a very good possibility,” Boone said.Back in Tampa, pitcher Luis Severino played catch on consecutive days for the first time since being shut down because of rotator cuff inflammation, throwing 50 times off flat ground.“It went well,” Boone said. “It felt even better because I think he was more comfortable now, second day playing catch, letting it go. But no pain, so another positive day for him.”Severino will not throw on Friday and Boone is uncertain as to when the Yankees’ ace will progress to throwing off a mound.The righty will begin the season on the injured list, with the Yankees asking him to complete a full spring training program before returning to the majors.“He’s moving Maury Wills Jersey , at least, in the right direction now that he’s playing catch,” Boone said.New York also expects to get its first look at newly signed pitcher Gio Gonzalez in game action before leaving Florida on Sunday, but Boone isn’t certain whether it will be in a Grapefruit League or minor league game.“Right now I think we’re tentatively counting on him pitching Saturday somewhere and we’ll start kind of evaluating where he is,” Boone said.New York signed the 33-year-old lefty to a minor league contract earlier this week.