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Eugenio Suarez hit a solo homer, Tucker
Barnhart and Nick Castellanos each hit a two-run double, Nick
Senzel had a two-run single and an RBI double, and Mike
Moustakas added an RBI single for the Reds.
Cincinnati starter Tyler Mahle (2-1) allowed one run and four
hits in 5 1/3 innings, with four walks and seven strikeouts.
Mahle also got on base twice, scored once and picked up his
first career RBI.
Jacob Stallings homered for the Pirates, one of their five hits.
Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller (2-4) lasted 3 1/3 innings,
giving up seven runs and seven hits, with two walks and two
strikeouts.
Suarez smacked a two-out solo homer, his sixth, to right field
in the second for a 1-0 Reds lead.
In the bottom of the second, Stallings replied with a leadoff
homer, his second, to left field for a 1-1 tie.
Cincinnati sent 11 batters to the plate in a six-run fourth,
starting with Jesse Winker's bloop single. Nick Castellanos
walked ahead of Moustakas' RBI single.
Naquin's double made it 3-1. An out later, Barnhart's double
drove in two for a 5-1 lead. Kyle Farmer singled and Mahle
walked to load the bases. Duane Underwood Jr. replaced Keller
and gave up Senzel's two-run double for a 7-1 edge.
The Reds added another in the sixth. Barnhart doubled and went
to third on Farmer's single. Mahle beat a possible double play
grounder for an RBI fielder's choice, making it 8-1.
In the seventh, Winker doubled and went to third on Moustakas'
single in front of Naquin's eighth homer, a shot to right field,
for an 11-1 lead.
Senzel's RBI double in the eighth after Farmer and Alex Blandino
walked pushed it to 12-1, and Castellanos drove in two more with
a double.
The Pirates have lost four of their last five and nine of 11.
--Field Level Media
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