The first two times Mike Minor worked through the Pittsburgh Pirates lineup Thursday, it looked like he finally had things figured out after his disappointing start to the season.
Then a three-batter stretch, the third time Minor faced the top of the lineup, sunk him and the Cincinnati Reds in a 4-2 loss at Great American Ball Park in Game 1 of Thursday’s doubleheader. Both games of the doubleheader are makeup games, one from a rainout on May 6 and the other was rescheduled after the lockout postponed the first week of the season.
With the score tied in the sixth inning, Minor surrendered an infield single to Ke’Bryan Hayes in a 2-2 count and he hit Bryan Reynolds with an errant changeup in a 1-2 count.