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Two rookies picked up a struggling Reds pitching staff and ended a stretch of deflating losses by a team plagued by blown leads this season. First, right-hander Rhett Lowder delivered one of his best starts of the season. Then, starting pitching prospect Chase Petty (Cincinnati’s No. 7 prospect per MLB Pipeline) made an unexpected high-leverage relief appearance and got through the heart of the Diamondbacks’ lineup to strand two runners in the seventh inning and also gave the Reds a scoreless eighth. “Great job. They kept us in the game,” center fielder Noelvi Marte said about the rookie pitchers through interpreter Tomás Vera. “They both have the talent to really help us.” Marte hit the go-ahead home run in the eighth inning for a 2-1 victory on Saturday afternoon at Great American Ball Park. With the win, Cincinnati broke a string of seven losses in eight games and 11 in the last 14 games. Lowder set the tone with an impressive start. “To get him out close to 100 pitches, that was really good,” manager Terry Francona said. “To have him feel good \[about it\
