WP: Bill Bray (1-0)

LP: Masahide Kobayashi (2-1)

HR: Cin: Adam Dunn (9); Cle: Ben Francisco (1)

The hero: Adam Dunn had his second game-winning at-bat in as many days, getting a bases loaded walk in Friday's 4-3 victory and the three-run homer in Saturday's 4-2 victory.

The play: Adam Dunn has repeatedly told Dusty Baker that he may be the best bunter on the team. And in what seemed like a microcosm of his season, Dunn had the perfect pitch to bunt the runners over in the ninth inning. Masa Kobayashi threw a fastball down the middle and Dunn just missed the bunt, fouling it off. Two pitchers later, he hit the game-winning homer to right.

The stat: 7. Saturday's home run was Adam Dunn's seventh walk-off of his career and second against the Indians. Of Ken Griffey Jr.'s 597 career home runs, only four have ended a game.

Dusty said: "I think everyone in the world knew that was gone," Baker said of Dunn's 449-foot blast to win the game.

The lesson: Maybe, just maybe, it was too early to give up on this team or Adam Dunn. The Reds are now just three games under .500 and have five straight victories over first-place teams. Dunn's homered in each of the last three games and had an RBI in each of the last six games (9 RBI). He leads the team with 25 RBIs.

Next: According to Elias Sports Bureau, the league's ERA leaders will face each other for only the third time. Edinson Volquez (6-1, 1.12) faces off against Cleveland lefty Cliff Lee (6-0, 0.67). The other two were June 6, 1998 when the Mets' Al Leiter (1.60) faced the Yankees Hideki Irabu (2.19), as Leiter suffered the 8-4 loss. Irabu received a no decision and on June 16, 2002, the Red Sox's Derek Lowe (1.89) beat the Braves' Tom Glavine (1.53), 6-1. Both of those games, like Sunday's game, were in National League stadiums.