2B Brandon Phillips was 3-for-4 with two RBIs on Sunday. That ran his hitting streak to five games, and he has multiple hits in all five.

2B Brandon Phillips hit his first home run since May 7 in his first at-bat Saturday, tying the game 1-1 in the top of the second inning. That snapped a career-long stretch of 287 consecutive at-bats without a home run since hitting two in a 13-7 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Phillips had hit at least one home run in four consecutive games prior to the drought. Phillips homered again in the top of the seventh inning to cut Cincinnati's 5-2 deficit to two runs. He has successfully gotten to the Pirates pitching staff through the first series' first two games, while most other Reds batters have struggled. Phillips went 2-for-3 with one RBI in the series opener Friday.

2B Brandon Phillips was the lone player to provide a substantial offensive spark Friday with two hits, a walk and one RBI in four at-bats. The Reds generated six hits off Pirates rookie RHP Jameson Taillon

2B Brandon Phillips was 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base, and he drove in the Reds' first run with a single in the first. He has hit safely in 20 of his past 22 appearances.

2B Brandon Phillips was 0-for-4 Saturday to snap a 16-game hitting streak. The streak was the longest by a Reds player since Shin-Soo Choo hit in 16 straight games from July 2-22, 2013. The streak was the second-longest in Phillips' career to a 22-game streak.

2B Brandon Phillips was 3-for-5 Friday night with two doubles and two runs scored to extend his hitting streak to 16 straight games. He is hitting .355 (22-for-62) during the streak with five doubles and seven RBIs. The streak ties the longest by a Reds player since Phillips hit in 22 straight games in 2007.

2B Brandon Phillips singled in his fourth and final at-bat in the eighth inning on Tuesday to extend his hitting streak to 14 straight games. The streak is the longest by a Reds hitter this season.

2B Brandon Phillips doubled in the first inning Saturday night to extend his hitting streak to 11 games.

2B Brandon Phillips returned to the lineup after missing two games with a strained right calf. Phillips had been playing with a hairline fracture suffered when he was hit by a Jose Fernandez pitch July 8 at Miami. Phillips went 1-for-2 on Monday before being pinch-hit for in the seventh inning. He appeared to be favoring his leg. "He's not 100 percent," Reds manager Bryan Price said following Monday's game. "He could've finished the game ... we got him out of there."

2B Brandon Phillips (strained calf muscle) was out of the lineup for a second straight day Sunday. "He's better yesterday than he was the day before," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "He'll do some baseball activity to see if he can help us in some capacity today. Hopefully, he'll be ready tomorrow. Phillips had been playing with a hairline fractured suffered when he was hit by a Jose Fernandez pitch at Miami on July 8.

2B Brandon Phillips was out of the lineup on Saturday after straining his right calf during Friday night's game. "We didn't think it was a good idea to run him back out there today," manager Bryan Price said. Phillips had been playing with a hairline fractured suffered when he was hit by a Jose Fernandez pitch at Miami on July 8.

2B Brandon Phillips left the game after striking out in the sixth inning with a strained right calf. Phillips, who already was playing with a hairline fracture in his left hand, appeared to suffer the injury while swinging and missing a Carlos Torres pitch. Phillips was listed as day-to-day. "We're happy it's not more significant than that," manager Bryan Price said. Before leaving the game, Phillips beat out a fourth-inning infield single to shortstop to extend his hitting streak to six games (.409, 9-for-22), the longest active streak on the team. He was 4-for-11 since suffering a hairline fracture on his left hand on July 8 in Miami.

2B Brandon Phillips (hairline fracture on left hand) remained in the lineup despite being hurt on Friday. He went 2-for-4 with one RBI, showing no ill-effects of his injury. However, trying ot advance from first on a single to center, he was thrown out at third on a key play.

2B Brandon Phillips was hit by a pitch and suffered a hairline fracture on his left hand. Phillips is hitting .256 with a .665 OPS (on base plus slugging percentage). His defense, though, has long been outstanding, and the Reds will miss him for however long he is out of the lineup.

2B Brandon Phillips was 3-for-4 on Wednesday against the Cubs, getting three-plus hits for the fourth time this season. He also stole his fifth base of the year and first since June 5 against the Nationals.

2B Brandon Phillips was dropped down in the order Saturday as he hit sixth, with Eugenio Suarez hitting fifth. Suarez had three hits Friday. "It's just trying to get him back to where he is really feeling comfortable at the plate," Reds manager Bryan Price said of Phillips, who had two hits.

2B Brandon Phillips was back in the lineup Wednesday after being hit by a pitch and taking foul tips off his left foot twice on Tuesday night, which was his 35th birthday. "I think he's fine," manager Bryan Price said. "He didn't request any treatment." Phillips went 1-for-4 on Wednesday.

2B Brandon Phillips celebrated his 35th birthday Tuesday. "He doesn't look like it," Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton said, "and he doesn't play like it. He plays like he's 21 -- like a younger guy." Phillips has been slumping of late, going 3-for-17 on the homestand. He got a day off Monday. Phillips went 1-for-5 on Tuesday.

2B Brandon Phillips was given a day off on Monday. Jose Peraza started at second base. Phillips is 3-for-17 on the homestand with a double and one RBI.

2B Brandon Phillips went 0-for-4 on Saturday to see his hitting streak snapped at 13 games, which had been the National League's longest active streak.