The Reds came from behind to tie things up, but a poor defensive play from Max Schrock at the end of the 9th day led the Pirates to withdraw from things and beat Cincinnati 5-4 on Wednesday night.
| Final | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Reds (75-71) |
4 | 7 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates (54-91) |
5 | 10 | 0 |
| W: Stratton (6-1) L: Data (3-3) |
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The offense
Jonathan India started the game with a single in the center. Max Schrock continued with a walk to put two men. After India flew up in the deep center of Nick Castellanos, he scored on the ground for Joey Votto. Mike Moustakas followed with a simple RBI to incorporate Schrock to give the Reds a 2-0 lead.
At the top of the third inning, the Reds tried to do something again. With two exits, Nick Castellanos pointed out. Joey Votto followed with a double to a slider Ben Gamel, who grabbed the ball sitting in the butt in a dirty territory and shot him to the field, where the relief beat Castellanos easily to the plate to end the threat and entry.
It wasn’t until the seventh inning that the Reds ’offense started things up again. Tucker Barnhart was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. This brought Shogo Akiyama to the plate and pointed at a ground ball between the first and second. It was Akiyama’s first hit in a literal month, getting a 0-18 streak. With the runners on the corners, Jonathan India came in with a sacrifice fly to take the Reds inside a run, with a 4-3 finish. Max Schrock performed admirably for Nick Castellanos.
Things were not going well in the eighth inning, as Joey Votto and Mike Moustakas failed to reach base against a left-hander. This brought Kyle Farmer to the plate with another left on the deck. The Pirates opted to throw Farmer instead of throwing him around and paid dearly for that mistake when he hit a laser in the left tier to tie the game at 4-4.
The Cincinnati offensive took place quietly in the top of the 9th, which gave the Pirates a chance to leave with only one run at the bottom ….. and that was exactly what happened. In the most painful way possible.
The launch
Vladimir Gutierrez worked around a walk at the first entrance. The next entry was not so easy as Jacob Stallings doubled to win second place. But three straight outings allowed the Reds to escape and hold on for a 2-0 lead.
The third entry, however, did not go the way of Gutierrez and the Reds. Mitch Keller, the opposing pitcher, left with a single. Ke’Bryan Hayes fell to the ground and stole second base. The Pirates made double, triple and sacrifice to turn it into a 3-2 game. At the fourth inning, I walked through Hoy Park to deviate from the inlet before getting the next two exits, although Park climbed a base with each outing. With left-hander Yoshi Tsutsugo on the left, manager David Bell went to the bullring and invited Justin Wilson. The first pitch he threw was lined up in the center and the Pirates filled his lead to make it 4-2. The next shot landed on the short to finish the entry, but the damage had been done.
Tony Santillan threw the fifth and sixth innings without scoring and got two attacks along the way. Then Michael Lorenzen took over for the seventh inning and worked around a simple starting block to keep the score at 4-3 with the Pirates still ahead.
After Kyle Farmer’s victory in the top of the eighth, the Reds handed things over to Lucas Sims to keep things tied. He did this, leaving two in a perfect frame.
Mychael Givens came in from the bottom of the ninth inning. Ke’Bryan Hayes headed to Jonathan India to start the entry, but a faller on Wilmer Difo’s left line was headed by Max Schrock, who told the catcher, saw him land right, and then jumped. in the stands for double as a rule to place the winning race in second base. A deliberate walk towards Bryan Reynolds brought Colin Moran to the plate. He stopped the ball hard against Joey Votto, who made a sliding stop and fired the first towards a cover Givens to get out, but Difo never stopped running from the second, rounded off the third and hit the throw. at Givens ’house with a first head-scratch to win the game.
Notes worth noting
Jonathan India of the @Reds is the first rookie in MLB history to have at least 20 HR, 20 HBP and 10 SB in a season.
– Statistics for STATS (@StatsBySTATS) September 16, 2021
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