Reds 7 Pirates 1
Rookie Rhett Lowder continued to impress with five scoreless innings.
Elly collected three hits, doubled, homered and drove in four runs.
The Reds stand 76-80 with six games remaining.
Reds take the series, having outscored Pirates 15-4 in the series. A Billy Cook 9th inning homer broke up the shutout bid. They stopped a streak of four consecutive series lost to the Pirates.
Elly: 3 H, 2B (35), HR (25), 4 RBI, 2 R, nice backhanded stop at SS. HR 434-feet pulled down right field line. Now 25 HR, 74 RBI, 65 SB, 69 BB, 104 R….at age 22.
France: HR (13), BB
Marte: 2 H, R
Benson: H, R, SB
Espinal: 0 for 3, 3 for last 28
Lowder: 5 IN, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 87 pitches, ERA 1.40. All five hits for singles. 0 HR in 5 ML starts.
Bullpen: 4 IN, 1 R......Farmer, Wilson, Zulueta, Bueznitz (HR)
How they scored:
3rd Stephenson RBI 1B, 1-0 Reds
3rd France 2-R HR, 3-0 Reds
4th Elly 3-R HR, 6-0 Reds
6th Elly RBI 1B, 7-0
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