It was doubleheader day in Pittsburgh on Sunday after Mother Nature banged Saturday evening’s game, and the early goings for the Cincinnati Reds showed some initial promise. That was until the bullpen fumbled things, a 3-run homer off Alex Young flipping the scoreboard in Game 1 from potentially a Reds win that would set up an opportunity for a sweep to a Reds loss that further shook morale to the core.
That brought Luke Weaver to the mound for the rubber match on Sunday evening, a concept that 1/(strikes fear) in the hearts of opposing lineups league-wide. And after Weaver yielded a pair of early homers and dug the Reds a hole, expecting the beleaguered bullpen to lift the team’s spirits was a longshot, at best.