Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, May 31, 2013
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
86°
Umpires:
Home -
James Hoye, 1B -
John Hirschbeck, 2B -
Bob Davidson, 3B -
Jim Reynolds
Attendance:
35730
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Reds 6, Pirates 0: Johnny Cueto allowed one hit in eight innings while Jay Bruce and Brandon Phillips hit solo home runs in the 1,000th game played at Pittsburgh's PNC Park.
Cueto (3-0) yielded Brandon Inge's short fly ball into left-center field for a single with one out in the fifth inning. Cueto improved to 13-4 against the Pirates - 8-2 at PNC Park - while striking out six and walking one.
Cueto walked Neil Walker and hit Andrew McCutchen with a pitch with one out in the first inning and retired the next 12 batters prior to Inge snapping an 0-for-15 slide. Cueto retired the final 10 batters he faced before Sam LeCure pitched a perfect ninth to complete the one-hitter.
Pittsburgh's Wandy Rodriguez (6-3), who had won his last four starts, yielded two runs and five hits in seven innings. Mike Zagurski allowed a run on a wild pitch and an RBI single to Derrick Robinson in the eighth to make it 4-0 before Zagurski and Bryan Morris issued back-to-back, bases-loaded walks in the ninth.
Bruce, who was 2-for-32 with 16 strikeouts against Rodriguez entering the game, crushed a 2-0 pitch into the first row of seats in right-center for his eighth home run to give the Reds a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning. Phillips lined a 2-1 pitch into the first row in left field - his ninth - to lead off the sixth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Pirates are 488-512 at PNC Park. Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 8-2 on April 9, 2001, in the stadium's first game. ... The Reds have recorded a shutout in four straight road series for the first time since 1968. ... Pirates 3B Pedro Alvarez missed his second straight game after having his wisdom teeth removed.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Cincinnati |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Jay Bruce
| Player |
Brandon Inge |
|
2 |
Hits |
1 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
5 |
TB |
1 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.333 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cincinnati
|
8 |
2 |
15 |
.235 |
23 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
| Pittsburgh
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
.037 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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