The Reds scored runs today! Remember those?
Unfortunately, they can’t seem to hit and pitch well on the same day as the Pirates took the game in extra innings. It was the Reds’ fourth one-run loss of the year.
Cincinnati jumped out to an early two-run lead, its first since Opening Day, to ignite some life into the team. As fate would have it, though, that didn’t last.
Here’s how it went down:
The Hitters
In baseball’s usual weird form, the drought was broken by an unlikely player.
Kyle Farmer, starting at third base in place of Eugenio Suarez, broke the 30-inning scoreless drought in the top of the third inning.