PITTSBURGH –– Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Hunter Greene, the face of the franchise pitching on a new six-year contract extension, took the mound on Sunday with the burden that comes with being the No. 1 starter in a rotation.
The Reds had lost five straight entering Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the team desperately needed its best starting pitcher to deliver his best start of the season and prevent a sweep at PNC Park.
Greene did his part on Sunday, but the Reds offense is in such a bad place that one run across six innings by Greene still wasn’t enough to snap the Reds’ losing streak.