Chase Burns' brilliant start wasted in shutout loss to the Pirates
The Cincinnati Reds failed to take advantage of the most impressive start of Chase Burns’ career. After seven shutout innings from Burns, the Reds couldn’t scratch together a run and lost, 1-0, to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the series finale on Sunday, May 3. After entering this series with a ton of momentum, the Reds got swept in Pittsburgh.
PNC Park continues to frustrate the Reds, who have ...
The Cincinnati Reds failed to take advantage of the most impressive start of Chase Burns’ career. After seven shutout innings from Burns, the Reds couldn’t scratch together a run and lost, 1-0, to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the series finale on Sunday, May 3. After entering this series with a ton of momentum, the Reds got swept in Pittsburgh.
PNC Park continues to frustrate the Reds, who have now lost 48 of their last 69 games and 17 of their last 12 games in Pittsburgh. Burns was electric on Sunday, striking out seven batters and pitching with remarkable efficiency. The Reds needed a big game from him, and he delivered.
The offense had poor timing for a bad day. Entering Sunday, the Reds’ pitching staff had been taxed. The team was coming off of its two shortest starts of the entire season by Reds’ pitching.