Pittsburgh 8, at Cincinnati 3

CINCINNATI (Interstat) — Oneil Cruz launched two home runs and drove in three, and rookie starter Bubba Chandler delivered four and one-third hitless innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a two-game skid with an 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park. The Pirates, who were shut out a day earlier, erupted for five runs in the second inning and never looked back, improving to 2-3. The Reds fell to 3-2. The most important sequence of the game came in the bottom of the fifth inning, with Pittsburgh holding a 6-1 lead. Chandler, making… Read more...