Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

72-83, 34-43 Away

Final
1 - 7

Cincinnati Reds

76-80, 39-41 Home

Elly De La Cruz hits a 3-run homer for his 25th of the season as Reds pound Pirates 7-1

Elly De La Cruz makes MLB history with 25th HR of season

De La Cruz, who had three hits, joined Eric Davis and Barry Larkin as the only Reds players with 25 homers and 65 stolen bases in a season.

“It means a lot to me, those are great players,” De La Cruz said. “I feel great. I wanted to finish strong.”

De La Cruz stole his 100th career base in his 251st game on Friday night.

Rookie Rhett Lowder (2-2) made his fifth start for Cincinnati and allowed five hits in five innings. He has a 1.40 ERA through five starts, allowing one earned run or fewer in four of them.

With runners on first and third in the fourth, Lowder fell behind 3-0 to Connor Joe. He struck out Joe then got Nick Yorke to fly out ending the inning. He also worked through a bases-loaded jam in the fifth.

“That's the story today, just being able to make those pitches in crunch time,” Lowder said. “Not panicking 3-0 gave me a little boost going (forward). I'm pretty happy with how I made pitches in big situations.”

It was Lowder's first victory at Great American Ball Park after having his 14 1/3-inning scoreless streak snapped in a loss to the Twins on Sunday at Target Field.

“He made pitches when he needed to, which shows the maturity,” Reds manager David Bell said. “He's prepared. He knows what he's doing. With that movement, always gives him a chance.”

De La Cruz doubled and scored on Tyler Stephenson's single to put the Reds ahead 1-0 in the third. Ty France followed with his 13th homer of the season to make the score 3-0.

In the fourth, De La Cruz's three-run homer struck the railing just below the upper-level bar in right field to make the score 6-0.

Pirates rookie Jared jones (6-8) tied season-highs with six earned runs and two homers allowed.

Billy Cook hit a solo homer off Alan Busenitz in the ninth for Pittsburgh's run.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Reds: LHP Sam Moll (left shoulder impingement) will not pitch this season. ... C Austin Wynns (right teres major tear) had planned for a rehab assignment this month, but instead will be shut down.

Pirates: RHP Paul Skenes (10-3, 2.07) has the lowest ERA in the major leagues since debuting on May 11.

Reds: RHP Hunter Greene (9-4, 2.83) will come off the injured list to make his first start since Aug 13.

How can I watch Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds?

TV Channel: Pirates at Reds 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on MLB.TV.
Online streaming: Sign up for Fubo.

Matchup Prediction

Reds: 59.2%

Pirates: 40.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cruz flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Reynolds struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Cook homered to left center (424 feet).
	9th Inning	Busenitz relieved Zulueta
	8th Inning	De La Cruz grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Marte out at second.

Statistics

PIT		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	133
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
10	Total Bases	16
39	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
3.0	Runs Created	6.3
.200	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.286	Slugging Percentage	.485
.200	Secondary Average	.364
.282	On Base Percentage	.368
.568	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.853
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.1
14.0	Batter Rating	46.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.50
.086	Isolated Power	.212
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.103	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.091
2.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.8	MLB Rating	91.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0