Reds offense stays ice cold, Bailey struggles in loss to Pirates

Final R H E Cincinnati Reds (1-4) 2 5 1 Pittsburgh Pirates (5-1) 5 9 0 W: Steven Brault (2-0) L: Homer Bailey (0-2) FanGraphs Win Probability | Box Score | Game Thread | Statcast If you didn’t catch tonight’s game, you didn’t miss much. The Reds briefly had a 1-0 lead, but that was about the only moment of excitement on Thursday night in the first road game of the season against the Pirates.

Here’s how it went down:

The Hitters

Woof.

Against a pitcher with a 4.56 career ERA and 5.11 xFIP, the Reds could get nothing going on offense. While they did manage five walks on the night — three from Tucker Barnhart — the club managed just five hits on the night. Only one of those knocks, an Adam Duvall…