CINCINNATI -- Corey Dickerson has started the second half on a tear. After hitting a pair of home runs in Saturday's 6-2 win, the Pirates leadoff man started Sunday's game with a double and a home run in his first two at-bats.
Dickerson has now homered in four straight games and has a total of five home runs in that stretch with eight hits and seven RBIs. He slapped an elevated 0-2 fastball down the left-field line off Reds starter Matt Harvey in the first inning and later scored on a Gregory Polanco two-run homer.