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PITTSBURGH — The Pirates were one pitch away from a win against the Reds on Saturday. Instead Pittsburgh blew yet another save as Eguenio Suárez hit a go-ahead three-run home run off Gregory Soto to give Cincinnati a 9-7 win at PNC Park on Saturday.
Scoring Plays
Top 1st, 1-0 CIN: Sal Stewart hit an opposite-field solo home run over the Clemente Wall in right field off Jared Jones. A 99 mph four-seam fastball from Jones caught too much of the plate.
Top 3rd, 2-0 CIN: Stewart came through again for the Reds (39-42) with a two-out RBI infield single to third base. Jose Trevino, who led off the inning with a double, scored from third base.
Bottom 3rd, 3-2 PIT: Brandon Lowe put the Pirates (41-42) ahead with a three-run home run to right field off Chase Burns after Jared Triolo and Jake Mangum opened the inning with singles. Lowe’s 20th of the season measured 396 feet.
Bottom 4th, 4-2PIT: Triolo delivered a two-out RBI single to left-center for his second knock of the day. He plated Endy Rodríguez from second base two batters after a one-out double.
Top 5th, 4-4-: Edwin Arroyo brought the Reds within a run on an RBI double to left field. After advancing to third later in the inning, second baseman Brandon Lowe committed an error on what should’ve been an inning-ending groundout, allowing Cincinnati to tie the game.
Top 6th, 6-4 CIN: Trevino plated a pair with a base hit to right field off Yohan Ramírez. Both runs were charged to Evan Sisk, who allowed both batters he faced in the inning to reach before Ramírez came in.
Bottom 7th, 6-6: Triolo doubled to open the inning and advanced to third on a Mangum groundout. Triolo scored on a Lowe sacrifice fly to center off Sam Moll to bring the Pirates within one. After a pair of walks extended the inning, Ryan O’Hearn tied the game with a two-out single to right.
Bottom 8th, 7-6 PIT: Esmerlyn Valdez hit a go-ahead pinch-hit home run to right field off Caleb Ferguson (1-0) with one out. It was a 375-foot home run for Valdez, who has homered in back-to-back games.
Top 9th. 9-7 CIN: Eugenio Suárez hit a two-out, two-strike three-run home run to right field off Gregory Soto (4-2) to put the Reds on top for good.
Key Moment
Gregory Soto issued a two-out walk to the left-handed hitting JJ Bleday prior to the Eugenio Suárez home run.
Player of the Game
Eugenio Suárez was the hero for the Reds.
Stat to Know
Brandon Lowe became the second Pirates second baseman to ever hit 20 home runs in one season, joining Neil Walker, who hit 23 homers in 2014. Lowe’s blast was the Pirates’ 100th this season. They didn’t hit their 100th homer last year until Aug. 31 (Alexander Canario at Boston).
Notable Performances
- Jared Jones: 4.2 innings, four hits, four runs (three earned), one walk, four strikeouts, 81 pitches/52 strikes
- Gregory Soto: 1.0 inning, two hits, three runs, two walks, one strikeout, 33 pitches/18 strikes
- Brandon Lowe: 1 for 5, one home run, four RBI, one run
- Esmerlyn Valdez: 1 for 1, one home run, one RBI, one run
- Jared Triolo: 3 for 4, one double, one RBI, two runs
- Nick Gonzales, 1 for 3, two walks
Noteworthy
- Bryan Reynolds extended his on-base streak to 32 games, which is tied with Jason Kendall (2004) for the second-longest by a Pirate since 2000. Brian Giles (35 games, 2001) has the longest. Reynolds also extended his hitting streak to 17 games, which is tied for the second-longest of his career.
- Pittsburgh has blown 17 saves this season.
- The Pirates had scored one run on seven hits in 20 innings against Chase Burns entering play. They scored five runs on nine hits in six innings in this one.
- The start of the game was delayed by 36 minutes due to rain.
Up Next
The Pirates will have RHP Mitch Keller (5-5, 4.89 ERA) on the mound in their final home game against the Reds this season on Sunday afternoon. He’ll be opposite RHP Brady Singer (3-6, 4.81 ERA). First pitch: 1:35 p.m. ET on SportsNet Pittsburgh, MLB Network/93.7 The Fan.
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