CINCINNATI -- Eugenio Suarez didn't take a big booming swing against Ivan Nova, and didn't need to. What the Reds' third baseman did was enough to give his team a four-run lead in the blink of an eye against the Pirates on Thursday at Great American Ball Park.
Suarez's drive into the left-field seats with the bags juiced snapped a scoreless tie. It was the third grand slam of Suarez's career and his eighth home run of the season.
The bottom of the third started ominously for Nova when he walked Reds pitcher Luis Castillo.