Trevor Bauer lit into his teammates in the dugout after a poor defensive fifth inning. Joey Votto spoke up in the sixth inning, trying to inspire his teammates as they were down to their last six outs.
There’s no question the Cincinnati Reds feel the urgency of playing well against the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates, but they simply didn’t play well enough in a 4-3 loss at PNC Park in Game 2 of Friday’s doubleheader. The Reds batted second in Game 2 because it was a make-up game from a postponement in Cincinnati last month when a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19.