The hottest team in baseball stayed hot Saturday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds, 2-1, earning their sixth straight win. Both teams mustered two hits, but some crucial pitching preserved the Pirates’ win streak.
Rich Hill ran into trouble at various spots, even surpassing 40 pitches through the first two innings, but churned out a gutsy performance. He allowed one earned run and six hits while tallying seven strikeouts in five innings, earning the win.
Yohan Ramirez was called in to relieve Hill and fired two scoreless innings in the sixth and seventh.