All it took for the Cincinnati Reds to end a nine-game losing streak, during one of the worst starts to a season in MLB history, was to pitch out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs, and score seven runs when the opposing team was using an emergency catcher.
Boosted by a wild and wacky eighth inning, the Reds earned their first win in nearly two weeks with their 9-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of their doubleheader Saturday. The Reds scored more runs in the inning than they did in any of their previous 25 games and the Great American Ball Park crowd of 9,267 rewarded them at the end of the eighth inning with a standing ovation.