PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Interstat) — Noelvi Marte hit a two-run pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night at PNC Park.

Marte’s homer, his fourth of the season, scored Sal Stewart and broke a 4-4 tie. The Reds had taken a 4-0 lead in the second inning on run-scoring singles by Spencer Steer and Tyler Stephenson and sacrifice flies from Blake Dunn and Elly De La Cruz.

The Pirates answered with single runs in the first and fifth innings and two in the sixth. Konnor Griffin, Marcell Ozuna and Esmerlyn Valdez each homered for Pittsburgh.

Brock Burke (3-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Caleb Ferguson earned his first save with a scoreless ninth. Mason Montgomery (2-3) took the loss.

Andrew Abbott struck out six in 5 1/3 innings for Cincinnati. Paul Skenes struck out seven in five innings for Pittsburgh but allowed four runs.

Attendance was 25,186. Time of game was 2:58. Cincinnati improved to 38-42, Pittsburgh fell to 41-41.