Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds

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Pittsburgh Pirates

72-82, 34-42 Away

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Cincinnati Reds

75-80, 38-41 Home

De La Cruz steals 100th career base, Reds win 8-3 and assure Pirates 28th losing season in 34 years

Tyler Stephenson tied his career high with five RBI and Nick Martinez (10-6) won his fourth straight start, allowing two hits in six scoreless innings.

De La Cruz swiped second base in the fifth inning and scored on Stephenson’s single for a 7-0 lead, his 65th stolen base this season. The 22-year-old is hitting .260 with 24 homers and 70 RBI this year after batting .235 with 13 homers, RBI and 35 steals in 98 games as a rookie.

“We know he’s fast,” Bell said. “Getting on base is a big part of that. He is going to get better at stealing bases.”

De La Cruz became the first player with 30 homers and 100 steals in his first two seasons.

Last-place Pittsburgh (72-82) has lost six of eight.

Martinez struck out nine, his most since June 11, 2022, and walked none.

“Nick’s been doing it all year for us,” Reds manager David Bell said. “Nick is just elite in everything he does, the way he prepares, the way he executes.”

Stephenson hit a solo homer in the first off Mitch Keller (11-11), a three-run double in a four-run third and a run-scoring single in a three-run fourth as Cincinnati built a 7-0 lead. He has 19 homers and a career high 65 RBI.

“The last couple games, I've felt like myself again. I'm just trying to drive the ball and stay aggressive,” Stephenson said. “We've seen Keller a lot. He's a good pitcher. I just took advantage of the mistakes he made.”

Jonathan India hit his 15th homer in the fourth.

Keller tied a season high by giving up eight runs along with seven hits and five walks in 3 1/3 innings. He lost his fourth straight losing decision.

“The big thing about Mitch is when he's in attack mode and uses all his pitches, we know he's in a good spot," Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. “We were looking for Mitch to start the series strong.”

Oneil Cruz homered off Brent Suter leading off the seventh and joined Barry Bonds and Andrew McCutchen as the only Pirates 25 or younger to have 20-homer, 20-steal seasons.

Isaac Mattson, a 29-year-old right-hander, retired six straight batters in the seventh and eighth innings of his Pirates debut, his first big league appearance since four games for Baltimore in 2021.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Cincinnati right-hander Hunter Greene is coming of a bruised elbow to start Sunday in his first appearance since Aug. 13. “He will be controlled,” manager David Bell said. “A significant time has passed to just put him out there."

Pirates RHP Jared Jones (6-7, 3.85 ERA) starts Saturday against Cincinnati RHP Rhett Lowder (1-2, 1.74).

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Matchup Prediction

Reds: 61.1%

Pirates: 38.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Triolo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tellez singled to left, McCutchen scored.
	9th Inning	N. Gonzales grounded into double play, third to second to first, Bart out at second, McCutchen to third.
	9th Inning	Bart singled to left, Cruz scored, McCutchen to second.
	9th Inning	McCutchen singled to right, Cruz to third.
	9th Inning	Cruz reached on infield single to shortstop.

Statistics

PIT		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	7
11	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
130	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	16
35	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
3.3	Runs Created	6.6
.265	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.382	Slugging Percentage	.500
.147	Secondary Average	.500
.286	On Base Percentage	.359
.668	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.859
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.2
26.0	Batter Rating	52.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.90
.118	Isolated Power	.250
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.154
-.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.250
6.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.3	MLB Rating	93.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0