MILWAUKEE -- Johnny Cueto showed he could hold his own in a duel with one of baseballs toughest pitchers at home, Zack Greinke. Joey Votto and the Cincinnati Reds then found a way to give Dusty Baker a milestone victory. Vottos RBI double off John Axford broke a scoreless tie in the ninth, and the Reds edged the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Wednesday. "Zack is always a handful," Votto said. "John Axford is a very good pitcher in his own right, and then we stole one from him. I dont want to use the word surprising, but its great whenever you can sneak out a win against those two pitchers." The Reds won two of three against the struggling Brewers, leaving Baker with 1,500 victories as a major league manager. "Every time you win something, it means something," Baker said. "They came and told me that I won my 1,400th here. Now my 1,500th here. Who knows? Maybe Ill win my 2,000th here. If Im around that long." Drew Stubbs singled off Axford with two outs, and Votto lined a ball over the glove of second baseman Rickie Weeks to score Stubbs from first. "Drew always has a chance to score," Votto said. "Hes such a good runner. Hes probably one of the games best runners." Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said he didnt have a clear view of the play as it developed, but he wasnt happy with the result. "I dont think a guy should be able to score from first base," Roenicke said. Brandon Phillips then hit a bloop single, driving in Votto for a 2-0 lead. Ryan Braun connected against Sean Marshall in the bottom of the ninth, trimming the Reds lead to one with his 10th homer. Marshall nearly gave up another homer on a long fly ball by Corey Hart that was caught at the wall in centre, then allowed a pair of two-out singles to Jonathan Lucroy and Norichika Aoki. Baker then decided to replace Marshall with Logan Ondrusek. "Aoki blooped one in there and at that point and time, I figured that was enough," Baker said. "You hate to take your closer out, but we needed that ballgame." Ondrusek walked George Kottaras to load the bases but got Travis Ishikawa to pop out, earning his first save. "As a manager, youve got to do what youve got to do," Baker said. "No, I had no reservations about that." Axford (0-2) took the loss. "I made a good pitch to Votto, but he put a better swing on it, got his hands in there and it was literally like an inch away from Rickie catching it," Axford said. "The ball after that, it was just kind of, throw the bat out there and hope you make contact and it dropped in. Its just the way baseball goes sometimes." The ninth-inning offence came after impressive outings from Greinke and Cueto. Greinke pitched eight dominant innings before being lifted for a pinch hitter. He gave up two hits with no walks and had a season-high 11 strikeouts -- his 15th career double-digit strikeout game. Coming into Wednesdays game, Greinke was 13-0 in 18 starts with the Brewers at Miller Park -- making him the sixth player since 1900 to win each of his first 13 home decisions with a team. With Wednesdays loss, the Brewers are now 18-1 in home starts by Greinke. Cueto pitched seven innings before Aroldis Chapman (3-0) came in for the eighth. Cueto gave up five hits, struck out five and walked one. Cueto came into Wednesdays game on an early hot streak, having given up only six earned runs in six outings this year. He was coming off of a complete-game victory at Pittsburgh. "Hes probably the most underappreciated pitcher, since hes been healthy last year," Greinke said of Cueto. "His numbers are pretty insane. I dont think Ive heard anyone talking about him being one of the better pitchers in the league. Maybe its time to start that." Cueto got out of trouble after the Brewers loaded the bases with two out in the third on a single by Nyjer Morgan, a walk to Weeks and an infield hit by Braun. Aramis Ramirez grounded out to end the inning. After retiring the first 10 batters he faced, Greinke allowed a double to Stubbs in the fourth. Stubbs double was the only hit for the Reds in the first six innings. NOTES: Braun was in the lineup despite aggravating a nagging Achilles injury Tuesday night. ... Both teams are off Thursday. Milwaukee LHP Randy Wolf (2-3, 6.68 ERA) faces Chicago Cubs RHP Matt Garza (2-1, 2.67) at Miller Park on Friday, while Cincinnati RHP Mike Leake (0-4, 5.97) faces Washington LHP Gio Gonzalez (3-1, 1.72) in Cincinnati on Friday. ... Wednesdays attendance was 27,090. Ray Ban Sunglasses Outlet . Sun and sand. Rest and relaxation. Pen and paper, too. It didnt take long until the NBAs MVP took a break from taking a break. Ray Ban Outlet . 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Forced to travel more than 11,000 miles through the air during the trip because the Staples Center was occupied by the Grammy Awards, Griffin looked right at home in Milwaukee. After Griffin capped off a decisive 21-2 run in the second quarter with a three-point play, about the only drama left was to count up how many dunks Lob Citys stars would throw down the rest of the night. "When we were flying yesterday, flying here, I remember guys saying they cant wait to get home, stuff like that," Griffin said. "But we knew we still had a game to play, some business to take care of." Los Angeles finished its trip 5-2, a franchise best for their annual Grammy sojourn. Darren Collison added 15 points and seven assists. Ersan Ilyasova had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks, an NBA-worst 8-36. "Against a team like the Clippers, you have to be clicking on all cylinders," coach Larry Drew said. "Theyre playing extremely, extremely well. The low-post game has been really good." 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