Blue Jays' booming bats come alive with five homers to stage comeback win over Reds

Bieber fever took a hit for one inning on Wednesday night at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

But even though Shane Bieber served up five runs on five hits to the Reds in the second frame to put his team in a 5-0 hole, the Blue Jays bats came to the rescue once again, scoring in every inning the rest of the game — including five home runs — to pull out a 13-9 victory and take a wild, three-game series 2-1.

In his third start coming off elbow surgery, Bieber began the night looking like he did in his previous two, retiring the Reds in the first inning on just 10 pitches.

Adversity then unexpectedly struck as Bieber, known for his command, lost it in a 33-pitch second inning.

But what looked so bleak would end on an e

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