CINCINNATI (AP) -- Todd Frazier and Brandon Phillips each homered and drove in two runs and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with an 8-2 win on Sunday.Phillips snapped a 2-2 tie with an RBI single off Aaron Barrett (3-1) in the seventh inning, and Frazier followed with a run-scoring double, sparking a six-run inning.Jay Bruce added an RBI double and Cincinnati sent 10 batters to the plate against three Washington relievers.The Reds have won four of their past five games after a nine-game losing streak and swept the NL East leaders for the first time since Aug. 26-28, 2011. 
The Reds have won three straight games for the first time since May 12-14. The Nationals have lost three straight games for the first time since a six-game losing streak from April 22 through April 27.Frazier gave the Reds a 1-0 lead with his 16th homer of the season and third in the past four games, a 366-foot shot down the left field line on a 3-1 pitch from Tanner Roark leading off the fourth.Phillips snapped a 0-for-18 slump with a 378-foot solo homer to left on a 0-1 pitch with two outs in the fifth, his third home run of the season.Cincinnati starter Michael Lorenzen walked the bases loaded with one out in the seventh, setting up Michael Taylor's game-tying two-run single off reliever J.J. Hoover (4-0).Lorenzen gave up just one hit and two runs, but walked six with four strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings. Roark allowed four hits and two runs with two walks and one strikeout over six innings.
The Reds have won three straight games for the first time since May 12-14. The Nationals have lost three straight games for the first time since a six-game losing streak from April 22 through April 27.Frazier gave the Reds a 1-0 lead with his 16th homer of the season and third in the past four games, a 366-foot shot down the left field line on a 3-1 pitch from Tanner Roark leading off the fourth.Phillips snapped a 0-for-18 slump with a 378-foot solo homer to left on a 0-1 pitch with two outs in the fifth, his third home run of the season.Cincinnati starter Michael Lorenzen walked the bases loaded with one out in the seventh, setting up Michael Taylor's game-tying two-run single off reliever J.J. Hoover (4-0).Lorenzen gave up just one hit and two runs, but walked six with four strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings. Roark allowed four hits and two runs with two walks and one strikeout over six innings.
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