Eugenio Su\u00e1rez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning that rallied the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Trying to protect a one-run lead, Gregory Soto (4-2) let the first two Reds batters reach safely in the ninth before getting Sal Stewart to ground into a double play. Soto then walked JJ Bleday in front of Su\u00e1rez, who drove a 2-2 sinker below the strike zone 344 feet the other way to right field.<\/p>\n
Chase Petty retired the side in order in the ninth for his first major league save.<\/p>\n
Su\u00e1rez’s homer came after Esmerlyn Vald\u00e9z put Pittsburgh ahead 7-6 with a pinch-hit homer off Caleb Ferguson (1-0) in the eighth. <\/p>\n
The Reds led three times and trailed twice. They were in front 2-0 and 6-4 before going up for good in the ninth. The Pirates went on top 4-2 in the fourth.<\/p>\n
Stewart produced Cincinnati’s first two runs. After a 36-minute rain delay, he sent a fastball from Jared Jones 372 feet over the right-field wall in the first inning for his team-leading 15th homer. In the third, Stewart drove in Jose Trevino with a two-out single that pushed third baseman Nick Gonzales to the edge of the infield ahead of an errant throw to first.<\/p>\n
Brandon Lowe gave the Pirates a 3-2 lead in the third with a three-run homer.<\/p>\n
Endy Rodr\u00edguez doubled in the fourth and scored on Jared Triolo’s two-out single for a 4-2 lead.<\/p>\n
Edwin Arroyo hit an RBI double for the Reds in the fifth and scored on Lowe’s fielding error at second base with two outs, tying it 4-all.<\/p>\n
Jones went 4 2\/3 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) and four hits.<\/p>\n
Trevino put Cincinnati back ahead 6-4 by sneaking a two-run single through the right side in the sixth.<\/p>\n
Reds ace Chase Burns was pulled after giving up a leadoff double to Triolo in the seventh. Triolo scored on Lowe’s sacrifice fly. <\/p>\n
Burns was charged with five runs and nine hits in six-plus innings. He struck out 10.<\/p>\n
Ryan O’Hearn tied it 6-all with a two-out RBI single off Sam Moll later in the seventh.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Pirates RHP Mitch Keller (5-5, 4.89 ERA) starts the series finale Sunday against RHP Brady Singer (3-6, 4.81).<\/p>\n