The Cincinnati Reds couldn’t manage much of an offensive showing to support call-up Tyler Mahle, falling 5-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday at Great American Ball Park. Here are the main storylines.
The Reds made a late push. After top Cincinnati reliever Raisel Iglesias gave up two runs in the top of the ninth to put a comeback further out of reach, the Reds offense made things interesting in the bottom of the inning. Patrick Kivlehan scored a one-out, pinch-hit single and then moved up on a groundout.
Zack Cozart then reached on a two-out error on a ball hit to short.