Adam Dunn hits first homer against former team as Washington beats Cincinnati 10-6

Dunn homers as Nationals beat Reds 10-6

CINCINNATI — Adam Dunn hit his first homer against his former team and the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-6 on Saturday night.

Alberto Gonzalez and Elijah Dukes each had two hits and three RBIs for the Nationals, who led 10-1 after four innings. Dunn led off the second with his 31st homer, walked twice and scored two runs.

J.D. Martin (2-2) cruised to his second consecutive win in his sixth career start, allowing an unearned run and six hits over six innings. The rookie right-hander was 0-2 with a 7.16 ERA before he pitched five solid innings against Arizona last Sunday.

Joey Votto had three RBIs and Drew Sutton hit his first career homer for Cincinnati, which got another lackluster start from Johnny Cueto. Willy Taveras had two hits and scored twice.

Cueto fell to 0-6 with a 10.64 ERA in his last eight starts as the Reds lost for the third time in four games. Cueto hasn’t won since beating Arizona 1-0 on July 1.

Dunn, known for his tape-measure shots to right field, started the second with a drive that barely reached the first row of seats in left field. It was his 125th homer at Great American Ball Park — the most by any player.

Dunn made his major league debut with Cincinnati in 2001 and was one of the club’s regular outfielders until he was traded to Arizona last August. He signed with Washington in the offseason.

The Nationals scored six times in the third, sending 10 batters to the plate. Martin started the inning with a single to left and ended it by striking out. Rafael Belliard had a run-scoring double and Ryan Zimmerman and Josh Willingham added RBI singles before Gonzalez cleared the bases with a three-run double into the left-field corner.

Washington’s total in the third was one more run than it had scored in its previous four games combined and one short of its season high for an inning. They scored seven in the sixth inning of a 14-6 win at Milwaukee on July 27.

Cueto (8-10) allowed seven runs and eight hits in 2 2-3 innings.

Sutton went deep in Cincinnati’s four-run seventh, hitting a two-run shot into the visitors’ bullpen in right.

NOTES: Martin committed two throwing errors. … Reds manager Dusty Baker said RHP Homer Bailey should be ready to make his next scheduled start Tuesday against San Francisco. Bailey left his last start Wednesday at St. Louis when Albert Pujols lined a ball off the pitcher’s left foot. … Reds hitting coach Brook Jacoby was ejected by plate umpire Greg Gibson in the bottom of the second after complaining about the second Reds batter in two innings being called out for getting hit by a bunted ball in fair territory.