Reds comeback falls short in a 6-5 loss in Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored six runs against Wade Miley before the Cincinnati Reds got on the board. Cincinnati would score five unanswered runs, but it wasn’t enough to pull off the comeback to begin the series against the last place Pirates.

Cincinnati Reds (75-70)

5 11 2 Pittsburgh Pirates (53-91)

6 10 0 W: Peters (1-2) L: Miley (12-6) SV: Stratton (5) The Offense

Cincinnati went quietly in the top of the 1st. But after the Pirates grabbed a 3-0 lead, the Reds got singles in the 2nd inning from Eugenio Suárez and Delino DeShields to put together their own threat, but Tucker Barnhart would fly out to end the threat and strand both runners.

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