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06/28 18:00 CDT Ryan O'Hearn homers twice, helps Pirates avoid sweep with 9-4
win over Reds
Ryan O'Hearn homers twice, helps Pirates avoid sweep with 9-4 win over Reds
By WES CROSBY
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- Ryan O'Hearn homered twice in a game for the third time in
the majors and drove in four runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates avoid a series
sweep with a 9-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
O'Hearn put Pittsburgh in front 5-4 in the fifth inning with a 421-foot drive
to right off Brady Singer (3-7).
After 65-minute rain delay with one out in the bottom of the eighth, Pierce
Johnson walked Bryan Reynolds and Nick Gonzales before O'Hearn hit a three-run
shot to make it 8-4. Esmerlyn Valdz followed O'Hearn by homering for a third
straight game.
Mitch Keller (6-5) went six innings for the Pirates, allowing four runs ---
three earned --- and five hits with four strikeouts and a walk.
X-rays were inconclusive on Eugenio Surez's left hand after he was hit by a
pitch from Keller in the sixth inning and forced to leave the game. Manager
Terry Francona said Surez will have a CT scan on Monday after traveling with
the team to Milwaukee for the start of a four-game series against the Brewers.
Singer gave up five runs and nine hits with six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings for
the Reds.
Pittsburgh scored four runs before recording an out in the second inning.
Gonzales and O'Hearn started with a pair of singles before Valdz made it 1-0
on a ground-rule double. Tyler Callihan then sent a sinker 412 feet to right
for a three-run homer.
Elly De La Cruz reached safely on a fielding error by Pirates second baseman
Brandon Lowe to begin the fourth. A double by Sal Stewart put two runners in
scoring position. JJ Bleday took advantage with a two-run single that dropped
into right field and cut the deficit to 4-2.
Tyler Stephenson lined an RBI double past a diving Callihan in left field and
scored on Edwin Arroyo's single down the line in right, tying it at 4 in the
fifth.
The Pirates twice failed to score with the bases loaded and no outs. Konnor
Griffin grounded into a force out, Lowe struck out and Reynolds grounded to
third in the fourth. In the seventh, Henry Davis popped up to short and Griffin
hit into a double play.
Up next
Reds: LHP Nick Lodolo (2-2, 5.59 ERA) will take the mound Monday for the first
of a four-game set in Milwaukee against Brewers LHP Robert Gasser (1-3, 4.50
ERA).
Pirates: RHP Braxton Ashcraft (7-3, 3.07 ERA) will start the first of a
four-game series in Philadelphia on Monday against Phillies RHP Aaron Nola
(3-4, 5.58 ERA).
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