Chase Burns gem not enough as Reds lose 1-0, get swept by Pirates

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PITTSBURGH – You knew they weren’t going to win all the close games all year long.

But after the Cincinnati Reds got the team’s start of the year so far from Chase Burns, the late-inning loss in Pittsburgh that gave the Pirates a series sweep made for one of the longest 90-minute flights to Chicago the Reds have ever taken from Pittsburgh.

After back-to-back blowout losses in which the two Reds starters combined for a meager 4 1/3 innings, Burns took a shutout into the eighth inning before allowing his third single of the game – only the second ball put into play against him that hit the outfield grass.

That's when reliever Tony Santillan entered the scoreless game and quickly got a double play to empty the bases.

But a double by 20-year-old Konnor Griffin off the centerfield wall, followed by a walk, set the stage for Oneil Cruz's single to center to drive home the only run of the day in a 1-0 Pirates win.

The Reds were 12-0 in games decided by two or fewer runs until then.

Now they head to Chicago to face the division-leading Cubs for the first time this season in a four-game series.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Chase Burns gem not enough as Reds lose 1-0, get swept by Pirates

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