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06/27 19:18 CDT Eugenio Surez hits 3-run homer in 9th as Reds rally for 9-7
win over Pirates
Eugenio Surez hits 3-run homer in 9th as Reds rally for 9-7 win over Pirates
By WES CROSBY
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- Eugenio Surez 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.
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 Surez, who drove a 2-2
sinker below the strike zone 344 feet the other way to right field.
Chase Petty retired the side in order in the ninth for his first major league
save.
Surez's homer came after Esmerlyn Valdz put Pittsburgh ahead 7-6 with a
pinch-hit homer off Caleb Ferguson (1-0) in the eighth.
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.
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.
Brandon Lowe gave the Pirates a 3-2 lead in the third with a three-run homer.
Endy Rodrguez doubled in the fourth and scored on Jared Triolo's two-out
single for a 4-2 lead.
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.
Jones went 4 2/3 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) and four hits.
Trevino put Cincinnati back ahead 6-4 by sneaking a two-run single through the
right side in the sixth.
Reds ace Chase Burns was pulled after giving up a leadoff double to Triolo in
the seventh. Triolo scored on Lowe's sacrifice fly.
Burns was charged with five runs and nine hits in six-plus innings. He struck
out 10.
Ryan O'Hearn tied it 6-all with a two-out RBI single off Sam Moll later in the
seventh.
Up next
Pirates RHP Mitch Keller (5-5, 4.89 ERA) starts the series finale Sunday
against RHP Brady Singer (3-6, 4.81).
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