SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Stuart Fairchild had an inside-the-park homer that provided a key insurance run late to help left-hander Andrew Abbott win for the first time in almost a month, and the Cincinnati Reds snapped an eight-game losing streak by beating the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Friday night.

Left fielder Michael Conforto and center fielder Tyler Fitzgerald each tried to run down Fairchild’s flyball to left-center off Erik Miller in the eighth, but the ball caromed off the wall between them and kicked back before Fitzgerald retrieved it and hit shortstop Casey Schmitt. Diving headfirst, Fairchild just beat the relay throw after third base coach J.R. House sent him for home.

“I thought I got it off the bat to be honest with you and I was kind of half jogging and then when I saw it take that crazy hop I was full speed ahead and the only thing in my mind was, `Let’s go all the way!’” Fairchild said. “Once I saw J.R. wheel me around third I was like, ‘OK, we’ve got to do this.’”