Happ improved to 7-2 with a 1.85 ERA since joining the Pirates, holding the Reds to three hits while striking out seven with three walks.
Josh Smith, making possibly the last of 64 consecutive starts by Cincinnati rookie pitchers, went four innings and allowed seven hits, including a fourth-inning solo homer by Pedro Alvarez estimated at 479 feet.
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Going really deep: Alvarez's 27th homer did not reach the Allegheny River -- as two of his earlier homers this season have -- but only because this one was not pulled, instead soaring over the right-center stands.