Reds Lose to Pirates, 8-3, Drop to .500

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The Cincinnati Reds took an A to 3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates today at Great American Ballpark,

dropping them to 3 and 3 overall.

In the same at home, right from the start, pirate shortstop O'Neill Cruz crushed a 3 run

Homer off Red Starter Andrew Abbott in the top of the first. Abbott bounced back strong,

though, tossing five and two-thirds innings with just three earned runs on five hits and five

strikeouts. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh Ace Paul Schienes kept dominating the Reds, carrying a 31 and

one-third inning scoreless streak against them until. Nathaniel Loes double-played it Ellie

De La Cruz in the fourth for their first run. Schienes went five innings, giving up three hits,

one run, and fanting five. Yoshinio Suarez provided a spark with his second

Homer of the season in the sixth, a 410-foot blast that cut the lead to one at four,

two, three. But the Reds bullpen faltered late, especially Emilio Pagan in the ninth,

who allowed a two-run single, and then Brian Reynolds to run Homer to seal the Pirates win.

Now the Reds head into a day off before a seven-game road trip, starting with three in Texas

against the Rangers, and four in Miami versus the Marlins.