Reds 4 Pirates 0
Sweep! Welcome back to .500!
Hunter Greene dominated over seven shutout innings, and got some rare run support. Reds pitching retired the final 23 Pirates batters. The Reds have won 5 of 6 to stand 8-8. That’s their first sweep of the Pirates since 2021. That’s three shutouts this season…..all this week.
Greene: 7 IN, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K, 98 pitches/71 strikes. Smooth. Easy. Efficient. Scoreless streak 18.2 innings. Retired final 17 in a row. ERA 0.98. What if Hunter Greene is the best pitcher in MLB? That’s three straight starts of at least seven innings for the first time in his career. Entered w/ seven career starts vs Pirates: 0-4 3.00. Reds 0-7, 10 total runs scored.
Offense: 6 H, 3 BB, 7 K. 2 runs in 3rd and 5th.
Lux: 2B, BB
Espinal: 2 H, 2 RBI
Marte: BB, SB, R
Wynns: 1B, BB, R
Elly: RBI 1B
Steer: 0 for 4, 0 for last 17, .109
Candelario: 0 for 4, 2 K, .136
Defense: Espinal leaping grab of 2nd inning two-out soft liner with runner on 3rd.
Bullpen:
Gibaut 1.0….Since Opening Day, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K in 6.1 innings.
Santillan 1.0
Challenge: Francona challenged his first call of the season, failing to overturn an out call on Candelario’s 8th inning groundout.
How they scored:
3rd Espinal 2-R 1B, 2-0 Reds
5th: Friedl FC scored Marte, 3-0 Reds, Elly RBI 1B, 4-0 Reds.
Hunter’s ML rank entering the game among pitchers w/ at least 29 starts since 2024: 2.58 ERA (2nd), .177 batting average (1st), .558 OPS (1st), .288 SLG (1st) 0.97 WHIP (4th).