Cincinnati Reds v Pittsburgh Pirates
If the St. Louis Cardinals are the Italian mafia, with a grip on the NL Central, the Cincinnati Reds are the jack-booted thugs hired to decapitate the horse head of the Pirates’ mangy offensive, and leave it in their collective locker.
The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their season against the Reds, who swept the series. Two of those games were walk-offs (Sounds familiar?). Since then, the Bucs’ offense hasn’t gained traction. In fact, it’s been almost bald. The supposed vaunted line-up entered the early May weekday series against the Reds lugging the 26th ranked OPS in baseball at .