Joey Votto clubbed three homers to tie a Cincinnati record, as the Reds cruised to a 9-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the rubber match of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park.</p><p>Adam Dunn, Paul Bako, Jerry Hairston and Brandon Phillips added homers for the Reds, who also received seven shutout innings from Edinson Volquez to win for just the second time in their last eight games. The seven homers were two shy of the club's single-game record of nine, set on September 4, 1999 at Philadelphia.</p><p>Votto belted a solo shot in the second off Jon Lieber -- one of four home runs against the Chicago starter in the inning -- and added another solo blast off Sean Marshall in the fifth before drilling a two-run shot in the sixth against Sean Gallagher. He also walked in the third and grounded to short in the eighth, becoming the 23rd player in Reds history to hit three homers in one game. The last was Aaron Boone against St. Louis on May 8, 2003.</p><p>"The first one was important because it started out the scoring," said Votto. "The second one was nice to have a second in the game. The third was just really, really cool. It's the first time I've ever done that."</p><p>Volquez (5-1) bounced back nicely from his first loss of the season last Friday against Atlanta. He limited the Cubs to four singles, walked six and struck out 10.</p><p>Chicago, which finished with just six hits, has lost three of its last four and is just 3-7 in its last 10 games.</p><p>Lieber (2-2) took the loss in his first start of 2008 after making nine relief appearances. He was roughed up for five runs on seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts in two innings.</p><p>Votto started the bottom of the second with his first homer of the game to put the Reds on the board and Dunn followed with his sixth of the season just two pitches later. After Edwin Encarnacion popped up, Bako connected for his fourth home run of the year. Volquez added a single before Corey Patterson was called out on strikes, but Lieber served up another homer when Hairston hit his first of the season to make it 5-0.</p><p>The Reds clubbed four homers in an inning for the first time since August 17, 1996 against Colorado. Lieber became only the second pitcher in Cubs history to surrender four home runs in one inning, joining Phil Norton, who set the dubious mark on August 8, 2000 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p><p>Phillips and Votto drilled back-to-back homers to start the home fifth and Votto followed a Phillips two-out single in the sixth with his third homer of the game for a 9-0 cushion.</p><p>The Cubs, meanwhile, failed to do much against Volquez. They stranded two runners in the third when Derrek Lee grounded out, then put two on with one out in the fourth but left both aboard when Volquez fanned Ronny Cedeno and Felix Pie. Aramis Ramirez struck out to end the fifth after a pair of two-out singles and Lee went down on strikes with two aboard to end the seventh.</p><p>"It feels good to win the series and Eddie pitched great today," Votto added. "Honestly, those are more important things."</p><p>Game Notes