• Who: Pirates (5-8) vs. Reds (5-8) • What: MLB regular season, Game 14 • When: 6:40 p.m. • Where: Great American Ball Park • Weather: 47°, partly cloudy • Pitchers: LHP BaileyFalter (0-1, 8.10 ERA) vs. RHP BradySinger (2-0, 2.25 ERA) • TV: Apple TV+ • Radio: Pirates Radio Network • Streaming: MLB.TV • Satellite: SiriusXM 865/861 • Boxscore: MLB.com • Medianotes: Pirates | Reds
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's game. Suwinski flies out to right. Reds 5, Pirates 3
• Hayes down looking.
• Not a night to remember for Endy. Second strikeout of the night, committed that two-run error and got caught at second after his sixth-inning single.
• End of eighth inning: Candelario grounds out 5-3.
• Steer retired 6-3.
• De La Cruz flies out to center.
• Frazier will move to second base and Alexander Canario enters to play right.
• Cutch grounds into a 5-4 fielder's choice to end the top of the eighth.
• Andrew McCutchen will hit for Cheng.
• Two-out single for Reynolds.
• IKF goes down swinging and Valdez pops out to De La Cruz trailing back into the outfield. Two down in the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: Wentz gets Dunn looking.
• Friedl down swinging.
• Espinal lines out and Trevino singles to center. That's it for Shugart. Solid inning-plus for him. Joey Wentz enters.
• Frazier retired 2-3 to end the top of the seventh.
• Pham flies out to right.
• Suwinski strikes out swinging.
• Hayes walks to lead off the seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Lux flies out to center.
• Encarnacion-Strand grounds into a 5-4 fielder's choice.
• Four-pitch walk to Candelario.
• Shugart gets Steer swinging.
• Chase Shugart gets the sixth. Final line on Falter: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K. Threw 45 of 79 pitches for strikes. Walks, deep counts and that 2-0 mistake to Candelario hurt him in this one.
• Call on the field is confirmed. That ends the top of the sixth.
• Endy singles off the wall in left, but is tagged out trying to stretch it into a double. Pirates are challenging the call at second.
• Cheng down swinging.
• Reynolds retired 6-3.
• Taylor Rogers now pitching for the Reds.
• End of fifth inning: Dunn strikes out, Friedl is caught trying to swipe second and De La Cruz flies out to deep center.
• Bunt single for Friedl.
• IKF retired 5-3 and Valdez grounds out 1-4-3.
• HOMERUN: Frazier goes deep to right. Two-run shot. First of the season and first hit since Sunday. Reds, 5-3
• RUN: Pirates get their first hit and score their first run on an RBI double down the left-field line by Pham. Suwinski scores from first. Reds, 5-1
• Suwinski walks.
• Bart was removed from tonight’s game due to low back discomfort. He is currently being treated by the Pirates medical staff.
• Hayes grounds out 4-3 to begin the fifth.
• End of fourth inning: Trevino retired 5-3.
• Reds get their second hit. Single to center by Espinal.
• Lux down swinging at a curveball on the inner third. Two outs.
• Encarnacion-Strand pops out to IKF in shallow left.
• Endy flies out to center. Pirates are still hitless through four innings.
• Cheng is robbed of his first MLB hit. Diving attempt and strong throw to first by Espinal at second.
• Reynolds retired U3.
• End of third inning: Candelario pops out to IKF.
• RUNS: Wild pitch leads to an error on a throw down to third by Endy. Gets away from Hayes and sails down the left-field line, allowing both runs to score. That's five runs on one hit. Reds, 5-0
• Five walks for Falter. Steer reaches.
• Stolen base for De La Cruz.
• De La Cruz grounds into a 5-4 fielder's choice. Hayes makes it look relatively routine.
• Dunn draws his second walk of the game. Fourth allowed by Falter and third surrendered to conclude a 3-2 count.
• Friedl grounds out 4-3.
• Valdez flies out to center to end the top half of the third.
• IKF goes down looking at a 3-2 pitch on the outer third. No doubt that was a strike. IKF was so convinced it was a ball that he was already unstrapping his shin guard.
• Frazier flies out to right. He's recorded just one hit since the end of the Rays series. Hasn't had a hit since the finale of the Yankees series.
• Much better inning for Falter. Threw seven of 10 pitches for strikes and induced some weak contact.
• End of second inning: Trevino retired 4-3.
• Espinal retired 5-3.
• Falter gets Lux looking to begin the home half.
• Endy's taken over for Bart behind the plate. Tsung-Che Cheng enters to play second and Valdez moves to first. I'll provide more info on Bart when available.
• Pham lines out to De La Cruz at short to end the top of the second.
• Suwinski lines out to left. Two down.
• One-out walk to Hayes.
• Endy down swinging to conclude a 10-pitch at-bat to begin the second. Wicked breaking ball there in a 3-2 count from Singer.
• Falter threw 12 of 27 pitches for strikes in the first inning. Two 3-2 counts against Friedl and Dunn, a four-pitch walk to De La Cruz and pitched from behind in the count to Candelario. Not pretty.
• End of first inning: Encarnacion-Strand strikes out on three pitches.
• HOMERUN: Reds get their first hit in style. Candelario hammers a 2-0 fastball on the outer third and sends it over the wall in left. Reds, 3-0
• RUN: Reds push a run across without a hit. Friedl scores on a 5-4-3 double play. Reds, 1-0
• Brings up Steer, who is 7 for 13 with a home run, two doubles and four RBIs in his career against Falter.
• Three straight walks. This time on four pitches to De La Cruz. Falter missing with everything. Only five of 17 pitches have been thrown for strikes so far.
• Another walk.
• Friedl gets an insane jump and swipes second. Another full count.
• Friedl leads off the home half with a walk.
• Falter takes the mound in a place where he's historically struggled. In 14 2/3 innings pitched here at Great American Ball Park, Falter has allowed 18 earned runs.
• Bart grounds into a 1-4-3 double play to end the top of the first.
• Reynolds down looking at a sinker right down the heart of the plate. One out.
• Five-pitch walk to Valdez.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Reds, 6:41 p.m., BradySinger to EnmanuelValdez, 49 degrees, cloudy
• It's a City Connect Friday for TerryFrancona and the Reds:
1. TJ Friedl, CF 2. Blake Dunn, RF 3. Elly De La Cruz, SS 4. Spencer Steer, DH 5. Jeimer Candelario, 3B 6. Christian Encarnacion-Strand, 1B 7. Gavin Lux, LF 8. Santiago Espinal, 2B 9. Jose Trevino, C
• Derek Shelton's lineup for the opener of this three-game series:
1. Enmanuel Valdez, 2B 2. Bryan Reynolds, DH 3. Joey Bart, C 4. Endy Rodriguez, 1B 5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 6. Jack Suwinski, CF 7. Tommy Pham, LF 8. Adam Frazier, RF 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
THE ASYLUM
Final: Reds 5, Pirates 3
• Who: Pirates (5-8) vs. Reds (5-8)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 14
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: Great American Ball Park
• Weather: 47°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: LHP Bailey Falter (0-1, 8.10 ERA) vs. RHP Brady Singer (2-0, 2.25 ERA)
• TV: Apple TV+
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 865/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Reds
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's game. Suwinski flies out to right. Reds 5, Pirates 3
• Hayes down looking.
• Not a night to remember for Endy. Second strikeout of the night, committed that two-run error and got caught at second after his sixth-inning single.
• End of eighth inning: Candelario grounds out 5-3.
• Steer retired 6-3.
• De La Cruz flies out to center.
• Frazier will move to second base and Alexander Canario enters to play right.
• Cutch grounds into a 5-4 fielder's choice to end the top of the eighth.
• Andrew McCutchen will hit for Cheng.
• Two-out single for Reynolds.
• IKF goes down swinging and Valdez pops out to De La Cruz trailing back into the outfield. Two down in the eighth.
• End of seventh inning: Wentz gets Dunn looking.
• Friedl down swinging.
• Espinal lines out and Trevino singles to center. That's it for Shugart. Solid inning-plus for him. Joey Wentz enters.
• Frazier retired 2-3 to end the top of the seventh.
• Pham flies out to right.
• Suwinski strikes out swinging.
• Hayes walks to lead off the seventh.
• End of sixth inning: Lux flies out to center.
• Encarnacion-Strand grounds into a 5-4 fielder's choice.
• Four-pitch walk to Candelario.
• Shugart gets Steer swinging.
• Chase Shugart gets the sixth. Final line on Falter: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K. Threw 45 of 79 pitches for strikes. Walks, deep counts and that 2-0 mistake to Candelario hurt him in this one.
• Call on the field is confirmed. That ends the top of the sixth.
• Endy singles off the wall in left, but is tagged out trying to stretch it into a double. Pirates are challenging the call at second.
• Cheng down swinging.
• Reynolds retired 6-3.
• Taylor Rogers now pitching for the Reds.
• End of fifth inning: Dunn strikes out, Friedl is caught trying to swipe second and De La Cruz flies out to deep center.
• Bunt single for Friedl.
• IKF retired 5-3 and Valdez grounds out 1-4-3.
• HOME RUN: Frazier goes deep to right. Two-run shot. First of the season and first hit since Sunday. Reds, 5-3
• RUN: Pirates get their first hit and score their first run on an RBI double down the left-field line by Pham. Suwinski scores from first. Reds, 5-1
• Suwinski walks.
• Bart was removed from tonight’s game due to low back discomfort. He is currently being treated by the Pirates medical staff.
• Hayes grounds out 4-3 to begin the fifth.
• End of fourth inning: Trevino retired 5-3.
• Reds get their second hit. Single to center by Espinal.
• Lux down swinging at a curveball on the inner third. Two outs.
• Encarnacion-Strand pops out to IKF in shallow left.
• Endy flies out to center. Pirates are still hitless through four innings.
• Cheng is robbed of his first MLB hit. Diving attempt and strong throw to first by Espinal at second.
• Reynolds retired U3.
• End of third inning: Candelario pops out to IKF.
• RUNS: Wild pitch leads to an error on a throw down to third by Endy. Gets away from Hayes and sails down the left-field line, allowing both runs to score. That's five runs on one hit. Reds, 5-0
• Five walks for Falter. Steer reaches.
• Stolen base for De La Cruz.
• De La Cruz grounds into a 5-4 fielder's choice. Hayes makes it look relatively routine.
• Dunn draws his second walk of the game. Fourth allowed by Falter and third surrendered to conclude a 3-2 count.
• Friedl grounds out 4-3.
• Valdez flies out to center to end the top half of the third.
• IKF goes down looking at a 3-2 pitch on the outer third. No doubt that was a strike. IKF was so convinced it was a ball that he was already unstrapping his shin guard.
• Frazier flies out to right. He's recorded just one hit since the end of the Rays series. Hasn't had a hit since the finale of the Yankees series.
• Much better inning for Falter. Threw seven of 10 pitches for strikes and induced some weak contact.
• End of second inning: Trevino retired 4-3.
• Espinal retired 5-3.
• Falter gets Lux looking to begin the home half.
• Endy's taken over for Bart behind the plate. Tsung-Che Cheng enters to play second and Valdez moves to first. I'll provide more info on Bart when available.
• Pham lines out to De La Cruz at short to end the top of the second.
• Suwinski lines out to left. Two down.
• One-out walk to Hayes.
• Endy down swinging to conclude a 10-pitch at-bat to begin the second. Wicked breaking ball there in a 3-2 count from Singer.
• Falter threw 12 of 27 pitches for strikes in the first inning. Two 3-2 counts against Friedl and Dunn, a four-pitch walk to De La Cruz and pitched from behind in the count to Candelario. Not pretty.
• End of first inning: Encarnacion-Strand strikes out on three pitches.
• HOME RUN: Reds get their first hit in style. Candelario hammers a 2-0 fastball on the outer third and sends it over the wall in left. Reds, 3-0
• RUN: Reds push a run across without a hit. Friedl scores on a 5-4-3 double play. Reds, 1-0
• Brings up Steer, who is 7 for 13 with a home run, two doubles and four RBIs in his career against Falter.
• Three straight walks. This time on four pitches to De La Cruz. Falter missing with everything. Only five of 17 pitches have been thrown for strikes so far.
• Another walk.
• Friedl gets an insane jump and swipes second. Another full count.
• Friedl leads off the home half with a walk.
• Falter takes the mound in a place where he's historically struggled. In 14 2/3 innings pitched here at Great American Ball Park, Falter has allowed 18 earned runs.
• Bart grounds into a 1-4-3 double play to end the top of the first.
• Reynolds down looking at a sinker right down the heart of the plate. One out.
• Five-pitch walk to Valdez.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Reds, 6:41 p.m., Brady Singer to Enmanuel Valdez, 49 degrees, cloudy
• It's a City Connect Friday for Terry Francona and the Reds:
1. TJ Friedl, CF
2. Blake Dunn, RF
3. Elly De La Cruz, SS
4. Spencer Steer, DH
5. Jeimer Candelario, 3B
6. Christian Encarnacion-Strand, 1B
7. Gavin Lux, LF
8. Santiago Espinal, 2B
9. Jose Trevino, C
• Derek Shelton's lineup for the opener of this three-game series:
1. Enmanuel Valdez, 2B
2. Bryan Reynolds, DH
3. Joey Bart, C
4. Endy Rodriguez, 1B
5. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
6. Jack Suwinski, CF
7. Tommy Pham, LF
8. Adam Frazier, RF
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
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