CINCINNATI, Ohio (Interstat) — Andrew Abbott pitched six solid innings and the Cincinnati Reds erased a four-run deficit to defeat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 on Thursday afternoon at Great American Ball Park.

Colorado (14-18) struck first on Tyler Freeman’s two-run homer in the first inning. The Rockies added two runs in the ninth on Mickey Moniak’s single and Jake McCarthy’s sacrifice fly but could not complete the comeback.

Abbott (1-2) allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Michael Lorenzen (2-3) took the loss, giving up four runs in 5 1/3 innings. Connor Phillips struck out three in a scoreless seventh for Cincinnati.

Cincinnati (20-11) chipped away in the middle innings. TJ Friedl hit a two-run homer in the fifth. Spencer Steer tied the game with an RBI single in the sixth. The Reds went ahead in the eighth on a run-scoring groundout by Dane Myers and a double by Steer. Nathaniel Lowe homered as well.

The Reds had seven hits; Colorado had nine. Colorado left eight runners on base. The game lasted 2 hours, 16 minutes.