Reds 7 Pirates 1
Gavin Lux doubled twice and drove home the tie breaking 6th inning run. Nick Lodolo fired six innings of one run ball. The weary bullpen got nine more outs. Reds bats made the late inning task easier by plating five runs over the final two innings.
The Reds make it five straight wins and vault back over the .500 mark (25-24).
The Pirates (15-33) have scored four runs or fewer in 24 straight games.
Offense: 12 H, 3 BB, 10 K…..7 2B.
Friedl: 3 H, 2B, infield single, 2 R, RBI
Lux: 2 2B. Team leading 13.
Hays: 3 H, 2B, 2 RBI, R. 6 game hit streak.
Elly: 2 H, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB, 2 R.
Benson: 2B. 7 game hit streak.
Stephenson: 0 for 3, BB. R. K 10th straight game (.184).
McLain: SF RBI
Lodolo: 6 IN, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 89 pitches. 7 groundouts. 1st: R. 2 out 1B, RBI 2B. ERA 3.22.
Bullpen: 3 IN, 0 R
Richardson 1.0 (1.42), Barlow 1.0, 23rd appearance/49 games. Suter 1.0. 5 pitch 9th.
20 innings over the last four games/3 runs.
Tiebreaker breaks:
6th: 2-out Hays 1B/advanced 2nd or error. Reds made Pirates pay. Lux RBI 2B (LF Tommy Pham should have caught the ball).
How they scored:
1st Hays RBI 1B, 1-0 Reds
6th Lux RBI 2B, 2-1 Reds
8th: Elly RBI 2B, Hays RBI 1B, 4-1 Reds
9th: McLain Sac Fly RBI, Friedl RBI 1B, 6-1 Reds
Defense:
Steer diving stab/throw to Lodolo
Espinal backhand at foul line/throw
McLain stab/spin 4-6-3 DP to end 7th.