{"id":230623,"date":"2026-06-29T01:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230623\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T01:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:32:10","slug":"ryan-ohearn-homers-twice-helps-pirates-avoid-sweep-with-9-4-win-over-reds-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230623\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan O’Hearn homers twice, helps Pirates avoid sweep with 9-4 win over Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Ryan O\u2019Hearn homered twice in a game for the third time in the majors and drove in four runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> avoid a series sweep with a 9-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hearn put Pittsburgh in front 5-4 in the fifth inning with a 421-foot drive to right off Brady Singer<\/a> (3-7). <\/p>\n

After 65-minute rain delay with one out in the bottom of the eighth, Pierce Johnson<\/a> walked Bryan Reynolds<\/a> and Nick Gonzales<\/a> before O’Hearn hit a three-run shot to make it 8-4. Esmerlyn Valdez<\/a> followed O’Hearn by homering for a third straight game.<\/p>\n

Mitch Keller<\/a> (6-5) went six innings for the Pirates, allowing four runs \u2014 three earned \u2014 and five hits with four strikeouts and a walk.<\/p>\n

X-rays were inconclusive on Eugenio Suarez<\/a>\u2019s left hand after he was hit by a pitch from Keller in the sixth inning and forced to leave the game. Manager Terry Francona said Su\u00e1rez will have a CT scan on Monday after traveling with the team to Milwaukee for the start of a four-game series against the Brewers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Singer gave up five runs and nine hits with six strikeouts in 4 1\/3 innings for the Reds.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh scored four runs before recording an out in the second inning. Gonzales and O\u2019Hearn started with a pair of singles before Vald\u00e9z made it 1-0 on a ground-rule double. Tyler Callihan<\/a> then sent a sinker 412 feet to right for a three-run homer.<\/p>\n

Elly De La Cruz<\/a> reached safely on a fielding error by Pirates second baseman Brandon Lowe<\/a> to begin the fourth. A double by Sal Stewart<\/a> put two runners in scoring position. JJ Bleday<\/a> took advantage with a two-run single that dropped into right field and cut the deficit to 4-2.<\/p>\n

Tyler Stephenson<\/a> lined an RBI double past a diving Callihan in left field and scored on Edwin Arroyo<\/a>\u2019s single down the line in right, tying it at 4 in the fifth.<\/p>\n

The Pirates twice failed to score with the bases loaded and no outs. Konnor Griffin<\/a> grounded into a force out, Lowe struck out and Reynolds grounded to third in the fourth. In the seventh, Henry Davis<\/a> popped up to short and Griffin hit into a double play.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Reds: LHP Nick Lodolo (2-2, 5.59 ERA) will take the mound Monday for the first of a four-game set in Milwaukee against Brewers LHP Robert Gasser (1-3, 4.50 ERA).<\/p>\n

Pirates: RHP Braxton Ashcraft (7-3, 3.07 ERA) will start the first of a four-game series in Philadelphia on Monday against Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (3-4, 5.58 ERA).<\/p>\n

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AP MLB<\/a>: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Ryan O\u2019Hearn homered twice in a game for the third time in the majors and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[99764,34879,55049,29827,99767,81276,14708,41988,63627,63505,76920,14709,11199,17150,57211,99765,73,75,74,10997,41208,70943,60407,99766],"class_list":["post-230623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-brady-singer","tag-brandon-lowe","tag-bryan-reynolds","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-edwin-arroyo","tag-elly-de-la-cruz","tag-esmerlyn-valdez","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-event_recap","tag-henry-davis","tag-jj-bleday","tag-konnor-griffin","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mitch-keller","tag-nick-gonzales","tag-pierce-johnson","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-ryan-ohearn","tag-sal-stewart","tag-tyler-callihan","tag-tyler-stephenson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}