A severe lack of offense on the Pirates’ part that dampened a decent performance by Trevor Cahill, combined with Duane Underwood, Jr.’s wheels coming off at exactly the wrong time, equaled the Reds taking the rubber match at PNC Park this afternoon 5-1 in ten innings.
One would think that a 1-1 game in regulation would mean a pitcher’s duel. Um, no. Cahill was okay—he went five and a third with three hits, a strikeout, and no walks, with his only earned run being a Mike Moustakas solo shot in the top of the second inning. The Reds’ Sonny Gray went four and two-thirds innings with seven hits, an earned run, two walks, and five Ks.