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MILWAUKEE -- For one night, Homer Bailey looked as hed never left.Bailey struck out 11 in six scoreless innings in his third game back from Tommy John surgery in the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.That was fun for me to watch, Reds manager Bryan Price said. It looked like the Homer Bailey that we knew before the injury.Bailey (2-1) flashed all the abilities -- and all of the pitches -- that landed him a $105 million, six-year contract in 2014.The right-hander was especially dominant against the top of Milwaukees order of Jonathan Villar, promising rookie Orlando Arcia and Ryan Braun. The trio combined to go 0 for 9 with seven strikeouts against Bailey.Still, he had to lobby Price and pitching coach Mack Jenkins to go back in before the sixth, where he struck out the side to finish his night.Mack has known Homer from the time he (first) signed in 2004 and Ive known Homer since 2010. So theres a lot of familiarity with each other, Price said. We have a lot of faith in Homer.Bailey said the feeling is mutual.I know where his head and his heart are at, Bailey said. I have so much trust with those guys, I dont want to know. I just want to pitch. When I get out, I get out. When Im out there, Im out there.Adam Duvall hit his 27th home run and Billy Hamilton stole three bases to push his major league-leading total to 51.NELSON STRUGGLESMilwaukee starter Jimmy Nelson (6-12) labored through five innings, allowing three runs off six hits and three walks.Other than the Duvall homer, there wasnt a ton of hard contact. Thats where Jimmys at, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. Thats why being in the strike zone, being around the strike zone with close misses is so important.Expected to be a key contributor in Milwaukees rotation, Nelson hasnt been reliable since May. After getting the first two outs of the game, he loaded the bases on a walk, a hit batter and a single before walking in a run.It wouldnt get much better from there. Duvall, Cincinnatis All-Star left fielder, hit a solo homer off Nelson in third and the Reds pounced on Milwaukees bullpen, plating four runs in the seventh.Ramon Flores hit a solo shot in the eighth, and Manny Pina hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth for the Brewers.MAN OF STEALHamilton stole bases on back-to-back pitches in the second and swiped his 51st base in the fourth, but was caught stealing later in the inning on a nice pickoff play by Nelson. Hamilton has 12 steals in his last five games.OFFENSE EVAPORATESThe Brewers didnt score until the eighth after they became the eighth team since 1961 to score in every inning they hit in in an 11-3 victory over Atlanta on Thursday.COUNSELL EJECTEDCounsell was ejected by plate umpire Bill Miller before the eighth.We had a little disagreement about balls and strikes, Counsell said.TRAINERS ROOMReds: Both Scott Schebler (calf) and Brandon Phillips (quad) returned to the lineup after both left Tuesdays win over the Cardinals. Cincinnati had a day off on Thursday.UP NEXTReds: Dan Straily (7-6, 3.76 ERA) is 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA in his last five starts for Cincinnati, which is 16-10 since the All-Star break.BREWERS: Milwaukee sends Zach Davies (9-4, 3.58) to the mound. Davies is 9-1 with a 2.92 ERA in his last 17 starts. Trey Hendrickson Jersey . With their top three point guards and Kobe Bryant all sidelined by injury, the Lakers signed Marshall out of the D-League on Friday before their home game against Minnesota. Malcom Brown Jersey . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. http://www.cheapsaintsjerseyselite.com/?tag=cheap-corbin-kaufusi-jersey . Takahashi, who had a 10-point lead after the short program, received 268.31 points after the free skate to finish 15 points ahead of second-place Nobunari Oda. Colton Jumper Jersey . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. Michael Burton Jersey . P.A. Parenteau scored early in the third period to help the Avs edge Toronto 2-1 on Tuesday night. Cory Sarich also scored for Colorado (3-0-0), which is off to its best ever start. DALLAS -- Dan Hamhuis didnt tell his Dallas teammates it was his 34th birthday.Instead, he gave them a gift with his first goal for the Stars, opening a five-goal third period that beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-2 on Tuesday night.Hamhuis tipped in Jamie Benns cross-ice pass on the power play, tying it 2-all at 5:41.When you get to this age, (birthdays) arent that important, Hamhuis said.It was nice to get that first one out of the way. Jamie made a great play. It wasnt very hard for me to put that one in after he made that great pass. It was nice to be involved in key goal, too, to get our rally started.After that, Adam Cracknell, Patrick Eaves and Benn scored to drive Anaheim goalie John Gibson from the game at 12:24. Radek Faksa added an empty-netter at 13:57.Stephen Johns scored the first goal of the game for Dallas in the second period.Cracknells winner came 52 seconds after Hamhuis score. Cracknell and Devin Shore rushed the net, and the puck went in off the stick of Anaheims Corey Perry.If Shore doesnt drive, that doesnt go off of Perrys stick, Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. He got to the inside, he did the right thing: He stopped, got to the paint.Dallas had lost six of eight. Anaheim was 6-1-1 in its previous eight.There was a lot of good inside the game, Ruff said. I thought our penalty killing was good, especially when you treat that team to two 5-on-3s.The Ducks outshot the Stars 36-27, but Antti Niemi made 34 saves to improve to 6-1-1 at home this season. He had not played in the previous five games.Antti gave us a great game tonight, which allowed us to finish this one off, Ruff said.Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said his team should have scored more.When we have as many opportunities, point blank and 2-on-1s on the goaltender, weve got to score more goals than we did tonight, thats for sure, he saaid.ddddddddddddCracknell said the Stars remained confident even after falling behind in the third.We had the feeling in the room that if you keep on giving them power plays, theyre going to get their chances, he said. Antti played great. He saved us in the first. We knew if we stayed within our system, we were going to get our wins.Perry and Ryan Getzlaf scored for the Ducks. Getzlaf assisted on Perrys power-play goal.Benn had a goal and two assists. His brother, Jordie, and Tyler Seguin each had two assists.Perry got his seventh of the season for a 2-1 lead 5 seconds after a two-man advantage ended in the third period.Dallas killed a 5-on-3 situation for 1:09 in the first period. Niemi made four saves during the two-man advantage, one on Getzlafs slap shot from the blue line with Ryan Kesler hovering on the doorstep.Game notes Stars D Jamie Oleksiak sat out the second game of a two-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Philadelphias Chris VandeVelde on Sunday. ... Hamhuis goal was his first since April 1 for Vancouver, also against the Ducks and Gibson. It was a short-side goal there that squeaked in, Hamhuis recalled. ... Seguin has 21 assists this season. ... Cracknell has three of his five points in two games vs. Anaheim this season. ... Perry has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his last six games. ... Ducks C Antoine Vermette, who entered leading the NHL in faceoff winning percentage (65 percent), won 14 of 21 (67 percent) on Tuesday.UP NEXTDucks: Travel to Boston for the second game of a six-game trip on Thursday. The la