Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 29, 2013
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature:
71°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Winters, 1B -
Lazaro Diaz, 2B -
Mark Wegner, 3B -
Tim Timmons
Attendance:
40142
By SportsDirect Inc.
Pirates 4, Reds 2: Jordy Mercer and Garrett Jones each homered while Brandon Cumpton tossed five shutout innings as Pittsburgh concluded the regular season with its first three-game road sweep of Cincinnati in 10 years.
Mercer led off the second with an inside-the-park homer and came within a double of hitting for the cycle for Pittsburgh, which will host Tuesday's National League Wild Card game against the Reds after finishing the regular season 94-68.
Cincinnati posted a 90-72 record after scoring a total of eight runs during its season-ending five-game losing streak. The Reds cut into the Pirates’ 4-0 lead on Corky Miller’s two-run double in the eighth, but Jeanmar Gomez induced Neftali Soto to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Josh Harrison put the Pirates ahead 3-0 in the fourth with an RBI single off Greg Reynolds (1-3), who yielded three runs over five frames in his fifth start of the season. Both teams rested several starters after Pittsburgh clinched the NL's top wild-card spot with Saturday’s 8-3 victory.
Cumpton (2-1) allowed two hits and two relievers bridged the gap to Kyle Farnsworth, who worked around a leadoff single in the ninth for his second save. Harrison and Jose Tabata had two hits apiece for Pittsburgh, which has blasted a total of 20 home runs over its last 11 games.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Pirates recorded their first three-game series sweep at Cincinnati since March 31-April 2, 2003. … Reds RH Johnny Cueto will start against LH Francisco Liriano on Tuesday when Pittsburgh plays its first home playoff game since Game 5 of the 1992 NL Championship Series. … Reds 2B Brandon Phillips was held out with a bruised left shin, but is expected to be available for the wild card game.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
11 |
2 |
19 |
.324 |
13 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Cincinnati
|
6 |
0 |
9 |
.200 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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