Cincinnati 11, Pittsburgh 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 16, 2011
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature:
50°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Wolf, 1B -
Derryl Cousins, 2B -
Jim Joyce, 3B -
Ron Kulpa
Attendance:
26418
By SportsDirect Inc.
Ramon Hernandez hit a grand slam and Drew Stubbs added a two-run blast during a seven-run fifth inning as the Cincinnati Reds pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-2, on Saturday.
Joey Votto added three hits, an RBI, two runs and a stolen base and Jonny Gomes homered twice for the Reds, who saw their offense bounce back after totaling three runs in two straight losses.
The game was knotted at 2-2 when Cincinnati went to work against James McDonald (0-1) in the fifth. Miguel Cairo led off and reached on an error and Votto followed with a single and a stolen base. Jay Bruce was intentionally walked to load the bases with one out before Juan Francisco snapped the tie, knocking a single into right to push a run across.
Hernandez followed and took a 1-1 offering from McDonald over the wall in left to stretch it to 7-2. That ended McDonald’s day but not the rally, as Stubbs followed a single by Mike Leake with his third homer off Mike Crotta. McDonald was charged with seven runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Leake (2-0) was the beneficiary of all that support and ended up going six innings while allowing two runs on four hits and striking out six.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
6 |
0 |
7 |
.200 |
15 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
| Cincinnati
|
15 |
4 |
31 |
.385 |
12 |
6 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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