Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds

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Pittsburgh Pirates

3-3, 3-3 Away

Final
8 - 3

Cincinnati Reds

3-3, 3-3 Home

Cruz homers, Skenes returns to form as Pirates take series with 8-3 victory over Reds

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds: Game Highlights

Bryan Reynolds had a two-run shot, and Nick Gonzales added a two-run double during the ninth inning.

Eugenio Suárez had a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the sixth inning for the Reds.

Cruz went 5 for 13 with three home runs and six RBI in the series. The power-hitting outfielder has gone deep nine times in the 19 games he has played in Cincinnati.

Reds starter Andrew Abbott (0-1) retired the first two Pirates hitters before Bryan Reynolds singled to right and Marcell Ozuna drew a walk. Cruz then connected on a 2-1 curveball that was over the bottom part of the plate and drove it 407 feet over the wall in right field.

Skenes (1-1) returned to his All-Star form after giving up five runs in two-thirds of an inning last Thursday in the season opener against the New York Mets. The reigning NL Cy Young winner allowed three hits, walked two and struck out five.

The right-hander gave up two walks in the first three innings before Elly De La Cruz led off the fourth with a base hit to right. Two batters later, Nathaniel Lowe had an RBI double to right-center, snapping the Reds’ 31-inning scoreless streak against Skenes.

Pittsburgh took a 4-1 lead in the sixth when Cruz scored after Spencer Horwitz was walked by Connor Phillips with the bases loaded.

Suárez got the Reds within a run in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run homer to left, his second of the season.

Up next Pirates: Have their home opener on Friday against Baltimore. RHP Mitch Keller (0-0, 0.00 ERA) gets the start.

Reds: Open a seven-game road trip on Friday against Texas. RHP Brady Singer (0-0, 6.75 ERA) makes his second start.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Stephenson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Myers flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Steer struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Soto relieved Lawrence
	9th Inning	Cruz struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ozuna grounded out to third.

Statistics

PIT		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	9
8	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	2
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	9
41	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.8	Runs Created	1.9
.257	Batting Average	.156
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.457	Slugging Percentage	.281
.343	Secondary Average	.219
.366	On Base Percentage	.229
.823	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.510
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.9
49.0	Batter Rating	22.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.200	Isolated Power	.125
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.122	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
16.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
92.5	MLB Rating	70.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Great American Ball Park

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 15,007 | Capacity:

2026 National League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	5	1	.833	-	W2
St. Louis	4	2	.667	1	W2
Pittsburgh	3	3	.500	2	W2
Cincinnati	3	3	.500	2	L2
Chicago	3	3	.500	2	W1

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