PITTSBURGH -- Cincinnati Reds rookie Jesse Winker
arrived at PNC Park less than an hour before the first pitch on Tuesday
night, fresh off the plane from Triple-A and ready for an extended stay
in the majors.
The 23-year-old certainly looked at ease in the big time. Winker sent a shot to the seats in right-center field for his first career home run and would have had another if not for a spectacular catch by Pittsburgh left fielder Starling Marte as the Reds pushed around the Pirates in a 9-1 rout.
"I kept it simple," Winker said. "I didn't really have time to think about anything other than I knew (Jameson) Taillon was pitching. I had some ABs against him last year in Triple-A. I remembered what he threw against me. I knew he had a big curveball and then I kind of went from there."
Winker took one of those looping curveballs from the struggling Taillon (6-5) and sent it well over the fence in the fourth to give the Reds a 6-1 lead. Winker nearly added another in the fifth, only to have Marte reach into the first row and pull it back into play for an out.
"I was kind of shocked that he caught it and brought it back," Winker said. "I was kind of hoping there'd be a Reds fan in there or something."
Billy Hamilton went 2 for 4 with a triple and a three-run homer before exiting after the seventh with a left ankle issue. Eugenio Suarez added his 17th home run as the last-place Reds beat the Pirates yet again.
Cincinnati is 7-1 against the Pirates this season and 36-62 versus everyone else. Homer Bailey (3-5) allowed one run in six innings, striking out three and walking two to snap a three-start losing streak.
"He kind of got on top of his game," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "All of a sudden he looked like vintage Homer more so than a guy trying to find his way."
Taillon gave up eight runs on 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings and is 1/3 with a 12.18 ERA since the All-Star break.
"It's tough," said Taillon, who missed five weeks earlier in the year to be treated for testicular cancer. "It's the toughest thing I've experienced in my career. You say baseball's just a game, but this is our livelihood and struggling like that at this level is pretty miserable."
Pittsburgh stayed relatively quiet at the trade deadline Monday, sending reliever Tony Watson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for prospects and getting right-hander Joaquin Benoit from Philadelphia.
General manager Neal Huntington said he wanted to give his core group a chance to make a run, and the Pirates pointed to an eight-game homestand against Cincinnati, San Diego and Detroit -- all of whom entered Tuesday at least 10 games under .500 -- as a chance to make inroads in an NL Central race that is starting to get away from them.
The pivotal stretch started with Pittsburgh dropping six games back of the first-place Chicago Cubs after losing for the seventh time in 10 games.
Cincinnati pounded out 14 hits against Taillon and three relievers. Hamilton led off the game with a triple to right-center and scored on Joey Votto's fielder's choice. The Pirates tied it in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Josh Bell, but Hamilton was just getting started.
Jose Peraza doubled with one out in the second and scored on Tucker Barnhart's single. Bailey laid down a sacrifice bunt, but Taillon tried to go to second to start a double play. The throw was late and both runners were safe. Hamilton followed by sending Taillon's pitch a few rows deep for his second home run this season against Pittsburgh to make it 5-1.
That was more than enough for Bailey. The four hits and six baserunners he allowed were both season lows.
MONEY MATTERS
Philadelphia is sending Pittsburgh $2,359,726 in four equal biweekly payments starting Aug. 15, covering most of the $2,540,983 remaining on the 40-year-old Benoit's $7.5 million salary. The Pirates pay $181,257, which is a prorated share of the $535,000 major league minimum.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: Placed OF Scott Schebler on the 10-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain. Called up OF Phillip Ervin from Triple-A Louisville.
Pirates: RF Gregory Polanco (hamstring) went through a full workout, from running the bases to doing outfield drills and seeing high-velocity pitches in the batting cage, as he nears a return from the disabled list. Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said it's conceivable Polanco could be available Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Reds: Robert Stephenson (0-4, 7.86 ERA) makes his third start since joining the rotation last month. Stephenson is 0-2 with a 7.45 ERA as a starter.
Pirates: Trevor Williams (4-4, 4.53) is 3-2 with a 4.00 ERA in his last 14 starts.
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The 23-year-old certainly looked at ease in the big time. Winker sent a shot to the seats in right-center field for his first career home run and would have had another if not for a spectacular catch by Pittsburgh left fielder Starling Marte as the Reds pushed around the Pirates in a 9-1 rout.
"I kept it simple," Winker said. "I didn't really have time to think about anything other than I knew (Jameson) Taillon was pitching. I had some ABs against him last year in Triple-A. I remembered what he threw against me. I knew he had a big curveball and then I kind of went from there."
Winker took one of those looping curveballs from the struggling Taillon (6-5) and sent it well over the fence in the fourth to give the Reds a 6-1 lead. Winker nearly added another in the fifth, only to have Marte reach into the first row and pull it back into play for an out.
"I was kind of shocked that he caught it and brought it back," Winker said. "I was kind of hoping there'd be a Reds fan in there or something."
Billy Hamilton went 2 for 4 with a triple and a three-run homer before exiting after the seventh with a left ankle issue. Eugenio Suarez added his 17th home run as the last-place Reds beat the Pirates yet again.
Cincinnati is 7-1 against the Pirates this season and 36-62 versus everyone else. Homer Bailey (3-5) allowed one run in six innings, striking out three and walking two to snap a three-start losing streak.
"He kind of got on top of his game," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "All of a sudden he looked like vintage Homer more so than a guy trying to find his way."
Taillon gave up eight runs on 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings and is 1/3 with a 12.18 ERA since the All-Star break.
"It's tough," said Taillon, who missed five weeks earlier in the year to be treated for testicular cancer. "It's the toughest thing I've experienced in my career. You say baseball's just a game, but this is our livelihood and struggling like that at this level is pretty miserable."
Pittsburgh stayed relatively quiet at the trade deadline Monday, sending reliever Tony Watson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for prospects and getting right-hander Joaquin Benoit from Philadelphia.
General manager Neal Huntington said he wanted to give his core group a chance to make a run, and the Pirates pointed to an eight-game homestand against Cincinnati, San Diego and Detroit -- all of whom entered Tuesday at least 10 games under .500 -- as a chance to make inroads in an NL Central race that is starting to get away from them.
The pivotal stretch started with Pittsburgh dropping six games back of the first-place Chicago Cubs after losing for the seventh time in 10 games.
Cincinnati pounded out 14 hits against Taillon and three relievers. Hamilton led off the game with a triple to right-center and scored on Joey Votto's fielder's choice. The Pirates tied it in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Josh Bell, but Hamilton was just getting started.
Jose Peraza doubled with one out in the second and scored on Tucker Barnhart's single. Bailey laid down a sacrifice bunt, but Taillon tried to go to second to start a double play. The throw was late and both runners were safe. Hamilton followed by sending Taillon's pitch a few rows deep for his second home run this season against Pittsburgh to make it 5-1.
That was more than enough for Bailey. The four hits and six baserunners he allowed were both season lows.
MONEY MATTERS
Philadelphia is sending Pittsburgh $2,359,726 in four equal biweekly payments starting Aug. 15, covering most of the $2,540,983 remaining on the 40-year-old Benoit's $7.5 million salary. The Pirates pay $181,257, which is a prorated share of the $535,000 major league minimum.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: Placed OF Scott Schebler on the 10-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain. Called up OF Phillip Ervin from Triple-A Louisville.
Pirates: RF Gregory Polanco (hamstring) went through a full workout, from running the bases to doing outfield drills and seeing high-velocity pitches in the batting cage, as he nears a return from the disabled list. Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said it's conceivable Polanco could be available Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Reds: Robert Stephenson (0-4, 7.86 ERA) makes his third start since joining the rotation last month. Stephenson is 0-2 with a 7.45 ERA as a starter.
Pirates: Trevor Williams (4-4, 4.53) is 3-2 with a 4.00 ERA in his last 14 starts.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cincinnati - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jameson Taillon pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Hamilton tripled to right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Winker walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Votto grounded into fielder's choice to second, Hamilton scored, Winker out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| Duvall grounded into fielder's choice to third, Votto out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| Gennett grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Marte hit by pitch. | 1 | 0 |
| Frazier lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Marte stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| McCutchen reached on infield single to shortstop, Marte to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Bell singled to right, Marte scored, McCutchen to second. | 1 | 1 |
| McCutchen caught stealing third, pitcher to second, Bell to second on runner's fielder's choice. | 1 | 1 |
| Freese walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaso flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jameson Taillon pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Suárez struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Peraza doubled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Barnhart singled to center, Peraza scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Bailey sacrificed into fielder's choice to pitcher, Barnhart to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Hamilton homered to right (363 feet), Barnhart and Bailey scored. | 5 | 1 |
| Winker grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Votto grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Cervelli grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Mercer flied out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| Taillon struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jameson Taillon pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Duvall doubled to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Gennett singled to left, Duvall to third, Gennett to second advancing on throw. | 5 | 1 |
| Suárez hit sacrifice fly to center, Duvall scored. | 6 | 1 |
| Peraza singled to shallow center, Gennett to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Barnhart grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, Peraza out at second. | 6 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Marte lined out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| Frazier doubled to deep right center. | 6 | 1 |
| McCutchen struck out looking. | 6 | 1 |
| Bell walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Freese lined out to right. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jameson Taillon pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Bailey struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| Hamilton struck out looking. | 6 | 1 |
| Winker homered to center (421 feet). | 7 | 1 |
| Votto singled to center. | 7 | 1 |
| Duvall singled to center, Votto to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Gennett doubled to right, Votto scored, Duvall to third. | 8 | 1 |
| Schugel relieved Taillon. | 8 | 1 |
| Suárez walked. | 8 | 1 |
| Peraza grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Suárez out at second. | 8 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Jaso grounded out to first. | 8 | 1 |
| Cervelli lined out to center. | 8 | 1 |
| Mercer struck out looking. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Schugel pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Barnhart walked. | 8 | 1 |
| Bailey sacrificed to catcher, Barnhart to second. | 8 | 1 |
| Hamilton grounded out to shortstop, Barnhart to third. | 8 | 1 |
| Winker flied out to left. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Luplow hit for Schugel. | 8 | 1 |
| Luplow flied out to right. | 8 | 1 |
| Marte grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 1 |
| Frazier singled to left. | 8 | 1 |
| McCutchen grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Schugel pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| 8 | 1 | |
| Marte in center field. | 8 | 1 |
| Luplow in left field. | 8 | 1 |
| LeBlanc relieved Schugel. | 8 | 1 |
| Votto grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 1 |
| Duvall struck out looking. | 8 | 1 |
| Gennett hit by pitch. | 8 | 1 |
| Suárez struck out swinging. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Bell grounded out to second. | 8 | 1 |
| Freese grounded out to pitcher. | 8 | 1 |
| Jaso lined out to center. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Wade LeBlanc pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Peraza struck out looking. | 8 | 1 |
| Barnhart popped out to first. | 8 | 1 |
| Kivlehan hit for Bailey. | 8 | 1 |
| Kivlehan struck out looking. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Blake Wood pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Wood relieved Bailey. | 8 | 1 |
| Cervelli grounded out to third. | 8 | 1 |
| Mercer doubled to deep right center. | 8 | 1 |
| Luplow flied out to center. | 8 | 1 |
| Marte grounded out to pitcher. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Wade LeBlanc pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Alcántara hit for Hamilton. | 8 | 1 |
| Alcántara popped out to second. | 8 | 1 |
| Winker safe at first on error by shortstop Mercer. | 8 | 1 |
| Votto singled to right, Winker to second. | 8 | 1 |
| Duvall flied out to left. | 8 | 1 |
| Gennett grounded into fielder's choice to third, Votto out at second. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Drew Storen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Alcántara in center field. | 8 | 1 |
| Storen relieved Wood. | 8 | 1 |
| Frazier singled to right center. | 8 | 1 |
| Osuna hit for LeBlanc. | 8 | 1 |
| Osuna grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Frazier out at second. | 8 | 1 |
| Bell grounded out to second. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jhan Marinez pitching for Pittsburgh | CIN | PIT |
| Osuna at first base. | 8 | 1 |
| Moroff at third base. | 8 | 1 |
| Mariñez relieved LeBlanc. | 8 | 1 |
| Suárez homered to right (373 feet). | 9 | 1 |
| Peraza reached on infield single to shortstop. | 9 | 1 |
| Barnhart flied out to right. | 9 | 1 |
| Turner hit for Storen. | 9 | 1 |
| Turner flied out to center. | 9 | 1 |
| Alcántara flied out to center. | 9 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Shackelford pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | PIT |
| Shackelford relieved Storen. | 9 | 1 |
| Moroff singled to left. | 9 | 1 |
| Jaso struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| Cervelli struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| Mercer flied out to center. | 9 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Hamilton CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .254 | .305 | .344 |
b-Alcántara PH-CF
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .190 | .263 |
| Winker RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .250 | .400 | .500 |
| Votto 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .304 | .427 | .578 |
| Duvall LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .267 | .319 | .529 |
| Gennett 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .305 | .355 | .570 |
| Suárez 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | .258 | .358 | .457 |
| Peraza SS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .258 | .288 | .331 |
| Barnhart C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .261 | .322 | .376 |
| Bailey P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .222 | .222 | .333 |
a-Kivlehan PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .205 | .288 | .393 |
Wood P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Storen P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-Turner PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .171 | .222 | .244 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 39 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 166 | |||
| a-struck out looking for H Bailey in the 7th b-popped out to second for B Hamilton in the 8th c-flied out to center for D Storen in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Peraza (7, Taillon); Duvall (30, Taillon); Gennett (14, Taillon) 3B: Hamilton (8, Taillon) HR: Hamilton (3, 2nd inning off Taillon 2 on, 1 Out); Winker (1, 4th inning off Taillon 0 on, 2 Out); Suárez (17, 9th inning off Mariñez 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Votto (72), Barnhart (21), Hamilton 3 (29), Suárez 2 (53), Winker (5), Gennett (60) S: Bailey 2 SF: Suárez 2-out RBI: Winker, Gennett GIDP: Barnhart Reds RISP: 5-12 (Barnhart 1-2, Gennett 2-3, Winker 0-1, Duvall 0-1, Hamilton 1-2, Peraza 1-2, Votto 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Peraza-Gennett-Votto). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Attendance | 22,403 (58.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:00 |
| Weather | 81 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 4 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Adam Hamari, First Base - Bill Miller, Second Base - Todd Tichenor, Third Base - Nic Lentz |
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