PITTSBURGH
-- The showdown between a pair of promising 23-year-olds with
electric, if erratic, stuff never materialized. Pittsburgh's Tyler Glasnow couldn't find the strike zone on Monday night. Neither, really, could Cincinnati's Brandon Finnegan.
Instead, Michael Lorenzen -- not too far removed from being a prospect himself -- came in settled things down for the surprising Reds. The starter turned semi-reluctant reliever took over for a shaky Finnegan in the third inning and escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam unscathed to help propel Cincinnati to a 7-1 victory.
Lorenzen (1-0), retired all nine batters he faced as the Reds improved to 5-2.
"Stay ready so you don't have to get ready," Lorenzen said. "Mentally I'm always ready. I love stuff like that. I went out there and had fun and picked up Finny."
Cincinnati's bullpen -- a serious issue last season on a team that lost 94 games -- didn't allow a baserunner while ending Pittsburgh's three-game winning streak. Cody Reed followed Lorenzen with two perfect innings and Wandy Peralta struck out two in the ninth.
"They were just good," Cincinnati manager Bryan Price said. "(Catcher) Tucker (Barnhart) was putting down good fingers and they were executing the plan. It started with Lorenzen. He just started hitting spots. Everything was in play."
Lorenzen started 21 games as a rookie in 2015 before going to the bullpen last season. He remains there for now, but he hopes not forever.
"I will be back in the rotation one day," Lorenzen said. "When that time comes, I will capitalize on that opportunity and I will take advantage of it and I'll run with it and never look back."
Eugenio Suarez and Scooter Gennett hit solo home runs for the Reds. Billy Hamilton had two of Cincinnati's eight hits and added a pair of stolen bases as the Reds took advantage of a sloppy 2017 debut by Glasnow.
Still, Lorenzen found himself entering with the bases packed in the third while trying to protect a four-run lead. A fly ball, a fielder's choice and a strikeout later he was darting to the dugout, later joking he wanted to finish the rest of the game.
"I knew it was going to happen," Lorenzen said. "I knew I was going to go out there and get out of it."
WILD NIGHT
The 6-foot-8 Glasnow earned a call up last summer after dominating at Triple-A but struggled in seven appearances, losing his only two decisions and walking 13 in 23 1/3 innings. He spent the offseason trying to refine his stuff and become more adept at holding runners on base. He didn't take a step forward in either department in his fifth career start in the majors, failing to make it out of the second inning as he battled control issues.
Glasnow walked five -- including four straight in the first -- and left after throwing just 35 of his 64 pitches for strikes.
"I don't know," Glasnow said. "Just didn't feel it today. Felt good early on, got a little long toward the end and things started to fall apart a little bit. Just got to forget about this one and go to the next one."
Hamilton led off the first with a single then stole second and moved to third on a pop fly. Four consecutive walks followed, all of them on 3-2 counts. By the time Barnhart grounded out to first, the Reds were up 3-0. Things got no better for Glasnow in the second. Hamilton and Jose Peraza singled with one out, moved up a base on a double steal and scored on a two-run single by Adam Duvall .
Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle made a rare non-pitching change visit to the mound to try to settle Glasnow down but it didn't work. He left to a smattering of boos after his fifth and final walk.
"He tried to counterpunch, but it was just a hard night," Hurdle said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: SS Zach Cozart was scratched an hour before first pitch due to a sore wrist. Jose Peraza filled in.
Pirates: Gave 2B Josh Harrison the day off after he was hit in the left calf by a pitch late in Sunday's 10-inning victory over Atlanta.
UP NEXT
Reds: Rookie Davis makes the second start of his career. The 23-year-old lasted just three innings in his major league debut last week against Philadelphia.
Pirates: Jameson Taillon makes his second start of the season. The 25-year-old pitched seven shutout innings last week against Boston.
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Cincinnati Reds
Instead, Michael Lorenzen -- not too far removed from being a prospect himself -- came in settled things down for the surprising Reds. The starter turned semi-reluctant reliever took over for a shaky Finnegan in the third inning and escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam unscathed to help propel Cincinnati to a 7-1 victory.
Lorenzen (1-0), retired all nine batters he faced as the Reds improved to 5-2.
"Stay ready so you don't have to get ready," Lorenzen said. "Mentally I'm always ready. I love stuff like that. I went out there and had fun and picked up Finny."
Cincinnati's bullpen -- a serious issue last season on a team that lost 94 games -- didn't allow a baserunner while ending Pittsburgh's three-game winning streak. Cody Reed followed Lorenzen with two perfect innings and Wandy Peralta struck out two in the ninth.
"They were just good," Cincinnati manager Bryan Price said. "(Catcher) Tucker (Barnhart) was putting down good fingers and they were executing the plan. It started with Lorenzen. He just started hitting spots. Everything was in play."
Lorenzen started 21 games as a rookie in 2015 before going to the bullpen last season. He remains there for now, but he hopes not forever.
"I will be back in the rotation one day," Lorenzen said. "When that time comes, I will capitalize on that opportunity and I will take advantage of it and I'll run with it and never look back."
Eugenio Suarez and Scooter Gennett hit solo home runs for the Reds. Billy Hamilton had two of Cincinnati's eight hits and added a pair of stolen bases as the Reds took advantage of a sloppy 2017 debut by Glasnow.
Still, Lorenzen found himself entering with the bases packed in the third while trying to protect a four-run lead. A fly ball, a fielder's choice and a strikeout later he was darting to the dugout, later joking he wanted to finish the rest of the game.
"I knew it was going to happen," Lorenzen said. "I knew I was going to go out there and get out of it."
WILD NIGHT
The 6-foot-8 Glasnow earned a call up last summer after dominating at Triple-A but struggled in seven appearances, losing his only two decisions and walking 13 in 23 1/3 innings. He spent the offseason trying to refine his stuff and become more adept at holding runners on base. He didn't take a step forward in either department in his fifth career start in the majors, failing to make it out of the second inning as he battled control issues.
Glasnow walked five -- including four straight in the first -- and left after throwing just 35 of his 64 pitches for strikes.
"I don't know," Glasnow said. "Just didn't feel it today. Felt good early on, got a little long toward the end and things started to fall apart a little bit. Just got to forget about this one and go to the next one."
Hamilton led off the first with a single then stole second and moved to third on a pop fly. Four consecutive walks followed, all of them on 3-2 counts. By the time Barnhart grounded out to first, the Reds were up 3-0. Things got no better for Glasnow in the second. Hamilton and Jose Peraza singled with one out, moved up a base on a double steal and scored on a two-run single by Adam Duvall .
Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle made a rare non-pitching change visit to the mound to try to settle Glasnow down but it didn't work. He left to a smattering of boos after his fifth and final walk.
"He tried to counterpunch, but it was just a hard night," Hurdle said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: SS Zach Cozart was scratched an hour before first pitch due to a sore wrist. Jose Peraza filled in.
Pirates: Gave 2B Josh Harrison the day off after he was hit in the left calf by a pitch late in Sunday's 10-inning victory over Atlanta.
UP NEXT
Reds: Rookie Davis makes the second start of his career. The 23-year-old lasted just three innings in his major league debut last week against Philadelphia.
Pirates: Jameson Taillon makes his second start of the season. The 25-year-old pitched seven shutout innings last week against Boston.
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7:05PM,EDT,April 10,2017
PNC Park, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
PNC Park, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cincinnati - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Tyler Glasnow pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Hamilton singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Peraza popped out to second, Hamilton to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Votto walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Duvall walked, Votto to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Suárez walked, Hamilton scored, Votto to third, Duvall to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Schebler walked, Votto scored, Duvall to third, Suárez to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Gennett grounded into fielder's choice to second, Duvall scored, Schebler out at second, Suárez to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Barnhart grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Brandon Finnegan pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Mercer walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Marte singled to center, Mercer to second. | 3 | 0 |
| McCutchen flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Polanco struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Freese struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Glasnow pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Finnegan lined out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Hamilton singled to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Peraza singled to center, Hamilton to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Votto struck out swinging, Hamilton stole third, Peraza stole second. | 3 | 0 |
| Duvall singled to left center, Hamilton and Peraza scored. | 5 | 0 |
| Duvall stole second, Duvall safe at third on throwing error by catcher Cervelli. | 5 | 0 |
| Suárez walked. | 5 | 0 |
| LeBlanc relieved Glasnow. | 5 | 0 |
| Suárez stole second. | 5 | 0 |
| Schebler popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Wade LeBlanc pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Gennett safe at first on error by second baseman Frazier. | 5 | 0 |
| Barnhart flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Finnegan sacrificed to pitcher, Gennett to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Hamilton grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Brandon Finnegan pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| McCutchen singled to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Polanco singled to right, McCutchen to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Freese walked, McCutchen to third, Polanco to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Cervelli walked, McCutchen scored, Polanco to third, Freese to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Lorenzen relieved Finnegan. | 5 | 1 |
| Bell flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Frazier grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Polanco out at home, Freese to third, Cervelli to second. | 5 | 1 |
| LeBlanc struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Wade LeBlanc pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Peraza grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 1 |
| Votto grounded out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Duvall grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Mercer struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Marte struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| McCutchen flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Wade LeBlanc pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Suárez homered to left (407 feet). | 6 | 1 |
| Schebler grounded out to first. | 6 | 1 |
| Gennett grounded out to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Barnhart lined out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Polanco grounded out to first. | 6 | 1 |
| Freese grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 1 |
| Cervelli grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Wade LeBlanc pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Lorenzen grounded out to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Hamilton flied out to left. | 6 | 1 |
| Peraza flied out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Cody Reed pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Reed relieved Lorenzen. | 6 | 1 |
| Bell grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 1 |
| Frazier lined out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| LeBlanc grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Wade LeBlanc pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Votto flied out to left. | 6 | 1 |
| Duvall flied out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| Suárez flied out to right. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Cody Reed pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Mercer grounded out to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Marte struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| McCutchen grounded out to third. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Bastardo pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Bastardo relieved LeBlanc. | 6 | 1 |
| Jaso in right field. | 6 | 1 |
| Schebler fouled out to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Gennett homered to right (397 feet). | 7 | 1 |
| Barnhart lined out to left. | 7 | 1 |
| Reed struck out looking. | 7 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Cody Reed pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Polanco struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Freese struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Cervelli struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Bastardo pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Hamilton singled to left center. | 7 | 1 |
| Peraza singled to left, Hamilton to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Votto grounded out to first, Hamilton to third, Peraza to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Duvall lined out to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Suárez walked. | 7 | 1 |
| Kivlehan hit for Schebler. | 7 | 1 |
| Kivlehan struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Wandy Peralta pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Kivlehan in right field. | 7 | 1 |
| Peralta relieved Reed. | 7 | 1 |
| Bell struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Frazier grounded out to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Jaso struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Cincinnati Reds
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .346 | .357 | .462 |
| Peraza SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .259 | .286 | .259 |
| Votto 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .192 | .250 | .500 |
| Duvall LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .333 | .379 | .630 |
| Suárez 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 26 | .350 | .500 | .750 |
| Schebler RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .211 | .375 | .579 |
a-Kivlehan PH-RF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
| Gennett 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .133 | .188 | .533 |
| Barnhart C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .333 | .313 |
| Finnegan P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Lorenzen P
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 |
Reed P
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Peralta P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 167 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for S Schebler in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: Suárez (2, 5th inning off LeBlanc 0 on, 0 Out); Gennett (2, 8th inning off Bastardo 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Suárez 2 (4), Schebler (5), Gennett 2 (5), Duvall 2 (6) S: Finnegan 2-out RBI: Duvall 2 Reds RISP: 1-10 (Barnhart 0-1, Gennett 0-1, Duvall 1-2, Kivlehan 0-1, Schebler 0-1, Hamilton 0-1, Peraza 0-1, Votto 0-2) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Hamilton 2 (4, 2nd base off Glasnow/Cervelli, 3rd base off Glasnow/Cervelli); Peraza (2, 2nd base off Glasnow/Cervelli); Duvall (1, 2nd base off Glasnow/Cervelli); Suárez (1, 2nd base off LeBlanc/Cervelli) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Attendance | 28,264 (73.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:05 |
| Weather | 75 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 15 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - D.J. Reyburn, First Base - Mike DiMuro, Second Base - Tripp Gibson, Third Base - Brian Gorman |
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