The Cincinnati Reds didn’t get the best out of Graham Ashcraft on Friday evening against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but the big righty grinded through 5.0 IP of 2 ER ball to keep them in a game they, at one point, tied up at 2-2.
Alas, a late 2-out error by Jose Barrero that allowed a third Pirate run and a subsequent insurance run in the Bottom of the 7th off Ian Gibaut gave Pittsburgh all the offense they would need on a day the Cincinnati bats mostly fell silent once again.
Nick Senzel sliced an RBI-single into RF, which was cool.