Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates Match Player Stats On Sep 01, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 1, 2017

PITTSBURGH -- Adam Duvall drove in two runs and was one of three Cincinnati players with at least two hits Friday night as the Reds won 7-3 at PNC Park and handed the Pittsburgh Pirates their fourth straight loss.

Cincinnati (58-77) won its second in a row. The Reds, last in the National League Central, moved within five games of Pittsburgh (63-72).

The Pirates fell 11 1/2 games behind the division-leading Chicago Cubs. Pittsburgh has lost 14 of 19.

It was a rematch of the starters in a game last Saturday in Cincinnati, but it was no replay.

Luis Castillo, one of four rookies in the Cincinnati rotation, pitched four innings Friday, allowing two runs on three hits with five strikeouts and a walk.

Pittsburgh's Gerrit Cole (11-9) lasted six innings, giving up five runs and six hits. He had been 5-1 in his previous 10 starts.

Asher Wojciechowski (4-3) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. Last Saturday, Cole pitched seven scoreless innings and hit a homer in a 1-0 Pirates' win. Castillo allowed one run and three hits in seven innings.

The Reds took a 4-2 lead through the third.

In the sixth, Pittsburgh center fielder Andrew McCutchen leaped at the wall in center to save a homer by Scooter Gennett, but McCutchen couldn't hold onto it. Gennett wound up with a triple and scored on Eugenio Suarez's sacrifice fly.

Cincinnati padded its lead to 7-2 in the eighth on Suarez's RBI base hit and a wild pitch by Dovydas Neverauskas.

The Pirates got a too-little, too-late run in the eighth on Josh Bell's RBI single.

The Reds took a 3-0 lead before there was an out. Billy Hamilton singled, Zack Cozart walked, and Joey Votto and Duvall followed with back-to-back doubles.

Cole retired the next three batters, two on strikeouts, but needed 29 pitches to get out of the first inning.

Pittsburgh closed to 3-2 in the second on John Jaso's RBI double and Chris Stewart's RBI single. Castillo came out of that inning at 58 pitches.

Gennett's RBI single in the third pushed Cincinnati's lead to 4-2.

NOTES: Cincinnati recalled RHP Ariel Hernandez from Triple-A Louisville and selected the contract of INF Zach Vincej from Triple-A Louisville. Vincej pinch-hit in the seventh inning, grounding out in his major league debut. ... Reds RHP Lisalverto Bonilla was released. ... Pittsburgh LHP Wade LeBlanc (left quadriceps strain) and RHP Joaquin Benoit (left knee inflammation) were reinstated from the 10-day DL. ... Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said RHP Ivan Nova will skip his next scheduled start, on Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs. Steven Brault will start instead.