Ryan O’Hearn powers Pirates past Reds 9‑4

PITTSBURGH (Interstat) — Ryan O’Hearn homered twice and drove in four runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.

O’Hearn went 3 for 5 with a two-run homer in the eighth inning that broke open a tie game. Esmerlyn Valdez added three hits including a homer and two RBIs, and Tyler Callihan hit a three-run homer in the second inning as Pittsburgh piled up 11 hits.

Mitch Keller (6-5) earned the win, allowing three earned runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts. Brady Singer (3-7) took the loss for Cincinnati.

The Reds scored twice in the fourth and twice in the fifth to tie the game at 4-4, but Pittsburgh answered with a run in the fifth and four in the eighth. Tyler Stephenson had two hits and an RBI for Cincinnati, which collected eight hits.

The Pirates improved to 42-42, while the Reds fell to 39-43. Attendance was 24,203 and the game lasted 2 hours, 58 minutes.