Jay Bruce went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBI Saturday as the Reds beat the Brewers by a score of 13-7.

Could the 26-year-old outfielder finally be emerging from his prolonged early-season slump? He hit a solo shot to right-center in the bottom of the second inning and had two doubles in the third. He entered the game with a .247/.298/.367 batting line and came out of it hitting .258/.307/.406. Look for more of the same going forward.

After being dropped to sixth Sunday, Jay Bruce was back in the fifth spot in the order Monday, but he went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts against the Cardinals.

It looked like Bruce was pointed in the right direction a week ago, but he's fallen back into another slump, having gone seven straight games without an RBI. We doubt it will last, so he looks like a nice buy-low candidate at the moment.

Jay Bruce is batting sixth for the Reds on Sunday.

He's been flip-flopped with Todd Frazier, who sports an .845 OPS as compared to Bruce's .674 mark. "I don't know how long this is for," manager Dusty Baker said of the change. Bruce has just two hits over the previous five games since launching his first homer last Monday.

Jay Bruce knocked in the tying runs and scored the winning run as the Reds edged the Cubs 5-4 in 13 innings Monday.

After the Cubs scored twice in the top of the 13th, Bruce tied it with a two-run double and scored on Cesar Izturis' single to end it. That came six innings after Bruce finally hit his first homer of the season off Travis Wood. That came in his 83rd at-bat. Last year, he hit 34 homers in 560 at-bats, an average of one every 16.5 at-bats.

Jay Bruce hit a walkoff RBI single in the Reds' 1-0 defeat of the Phillies on Wednesday in Cincinnati.

The game was suspended at 0-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning late Tuesday night due to rainy conditions at Great American Ball Park. The Reds got going right away when play resumed on Wednesday evening, with Zack Cozart singling, Joey Votto drawing a walk and Brandon Phillips reaching on a dropped fly ball by Phillies center fielder Ben Revere. Bruce then won it with a bases-loaded single to right field.

Jay Bruce went 2-for-5 with three RBI in Sunday's win over the Nationals.

His two-RBI double off of Stephen Strasburg in the first inning got the scoring going, and he added a single later. Bruce entered the day with just five hits in his first 24 at-bats, so the nice showing against one of the best pitchers in the game was good to see.

Jay Bruce smacked a pair of solo homers in Tuesday's loss to the Angels.

He took Tommy Hanson deep in the second inning and then took southpaw Scott Downs over the boards in the fourth. Bruce missed a few days of action last week with a heel issue, but it's obviously no longer a problem.

Jay Bruce (heel) returned to the Reds' lineup Thursday.

Bruce missed a few days with a sore right heel, but he's feeling much better now. He was 0-for-2 with a run scored in his return to action.

The Reds are confident that Jay Bruce (heel) will be fully recovered after a few days of rest.

Bruce was scratched from a Cactus League game Monday because of mild soreness in his right heel. "He'll be all right in a couple of days," manager Dusty Baker told reporters Monday night. "It was more precautionary than anything. You don't want it to linger. This time in spring, if they feel anything, we take them out."

Jay Bruce was scratched from Monday's Cactus League game against the Reds due to a sore right heel.

It doesn't sound like more than a day-to-day injury. Denis Phipps took his place in right field.