Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates

Austin Hays, Nick Lodolo lead Reds to their fifth consecutive victory, 7-1 over scuffling Pirates

Gavin Lux hit two doubles, his second scoring Hays in the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie. Hays singled with two outs, continued to second on shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s throwing error and then scored on Lux’s line drive to left field.

TJ Friedl also had three of the Reds’ 11 hits and Elly De La Cruz had two hits and two RBI.

Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo (4-4) allowed one run and four hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked one.

Lynn Richardson, Scott Barlow and Brent Suter finished with one scoreless inning each.

Mitch Keller (1-6) also pitched six innings and gave up two runs – one earned – and six hits with five strikeouts and one walk. Keller has not won since his season debut on March 28 at Miami and the Pirates have lost his last seven starts.

The Pirates are 3-7 since promoting bench coach Don Kelly to manager on May 8. They have also lost 17 of their last 21 games and not scored more than four runs in 24 straight games.

The Reds added two runs in the eighth innings and three in the ninth both the eighth and ninth innings to extend their lead to 7-1.

Key moment The Pirates trailed 2-1 in the seventh when Lynn Richardson got Spencer Horwitz to ground into an inning-ending double play.

Key stat Reds right fielder Will Benson went 1 for 4 with a double, ending his streak of four consecutive games with a home run.

Up next Reds RHP Nick Martinez (2-4, 3.66 ERA) faces Pirates LHP Bailey Falter (2-3, 4.02) on Tuesday night.

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• TV Channel: Reds at Pirates 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on FS1.
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