Pirates pound Reds for series win
This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW. com. Paul Skenes had a nice bounce-back outing and Oneil Cruz belted his third home run in the last two games as the Pittsburgh Pirates earned a series win with an 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on Wednesday afternoon.
Player of the Game Oneil Cruz continued his impressive stretch by finishing the game with two more hits, a home run, three RBI and two runs scored. Stat to Know Paul Skenes hadn’t allowed a run in 31-straight innings against the Reds prior to Nathaniel Lowe’s RBI double in the fourth inning, which was the fourth-longest streak for a Pirates pitcher against any opponent in franchise history. In his career against the Reds, Skenes has a 0.
53 ERA ERA (2er/34ip). Click here to read more from PGHBaseballNOW. com.
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