Reds win one for Baker

When Edwin Encarnacion failed to get down a sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the ninth inning at Cincinnati, freezing while strike two sailed past him, the few thousand fans left in the ballpark let out more boos.

The third baseman collected himself and connected on the next pitch, hitting a three-run homer that gave the Cincinnati Reds their first win under Manager Dusty Baker, 6-5 over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.

“It doesn’t matter how you win ‘em,” Baker said. “That first one always seems like the toughest one.”

The booing of Encarnacion started when his wild throw home on a force attempt gave the Diamondbacks two unearned runs in the fifth.

Until the ninth, right-hander Dan Haren was the star. He pitched six innings in his Diamondbacks debut, giving up only four hits.