• Who: Pirates (5-10) vs. Reds (7-8)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 16
• When: 1:40 p.m.
• Where: Great American Ball Park
• Weather: 54°, cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-1, 5.19 ERA) vs. RHP Hunter Greene (1-1, 1.31 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 865/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Reds

► FOLLOW ALONG

• And that's a sweep. A total of 23 straight retired. Reds 4, Pirates 0

• End of eighth inning: Steer flies out and Candelario is retired 5-3. 

• Lux lines out to Endy at first. Lost the bat on that one. One out. 

• Caleb Ferguson gets the eighth. 

• Davis pops out in foul territory. That ends the top of the eighth quickly. 

• Cheng lines out to left. 

• IKF grounds out 4-3. 

• Ian Gibaut gets the eighth for Cincy. Greene allowed two hits and a walk while striking out eight over seven scoreless innings. 

• End of seventh inning: De La Cruz goes down swinging. 

• Espinal pops out to Cheng in shallow left. Two outs. 

• Friedl retired U3.

• Ryan Borucki enters. 

• Frazier flies out to left. Greene completes seven scoreless, retiring 17 straight Pirates batters. 

• Canario sends one to deep right, but Fraley has enough room to make the catch on the warning track. 

• Endy grounds out 6-3 to begin the seventh. 

• End of sixth inning: Quality inning of work there by Lawrence. Strikes out two, including Wynns, to finish off a clean frame. 

• Marte retired 5-3. 

• Lawrence enters and strikes out Fraley to begin his outing. 

• Cruz strikes out looking at a fastball low in the zone and on the outer third. Ends the top of the sixth. That's 14 in a row set down by Greene. Pirates have registered two hits. Their last was IKF's triple in the second inning. 

• Mlodzinski's final line: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K. Threw 45 of 73 pitches for strikes. Threw first-pitch strikes to 12 of the 20 batters he faced. 

• Greene gets Reynolds swinging for his seventh strikeout of the day.

• Valdez retired U3. 

• Justin Lawrence warming in the bullpen. 

• End of fifth inning: Candelario flies out to left to strand the bases loaded.

• Steer pops out in the infield. Two outs. 

• Lux walks to load the bases. Three hits and two walks in this inning for the Reds. 

• RUN: De La Cruz singles to plate Friedl. Reds, 4-0

• Espinal singles to put runners on the corners for De La Cruz. That's it for Mlodzinski after 4 1/3 innings. Joey Wentz enters. 

• RUN: Marte scores on a fielder's choice. Thought Endy had a play at the plate there. Reds, 3-0

• Single to right for Wynns. Runners on the corners with nobody out. 

• Marte swipes second to move into scoring position. 

• Marte draws a leadoff walk. 

• Cheng strikes out for the second time and Davis pops out to second. That's 11 in a row retired by Greene.  

• IKF down looking.

• End of fourth inning: Fraley flies out to center to conclude a 1-2-3 inning for Mlodzinski. 

• Candelario down swinging. Four strikeouts for Mlodzinski. All have come against Elly and Candelario.

• Steer retired 6-3.

• Canario and Frazier both fly out to right to end the top of the fourth. Another 1-2-3 inning for Greene, who has now retired eight straight batters. 

• Endy retired 3-1 to begin the fourth. 

• End of third inning: Lux retired 6-3.

• Mlodzinski gets De La Cruz looking. Sweeper on the outer third. Two outs. 

• RUNS: Espinal plates two with a single to shallow center. Slider at the bottom of the plate. Reds, 2-0

• Friedl doubles down the right-field line. Canario delivers a strong throw home to hold the runner at third. Runners on second and third with one out. 

• Mlodzinski misses with a 3-2 slider and walks Wynns. 

• Marte flies out to shallow right. 

• Cruz down swinging to end the top of the third. 

• Reynolds lines out to left. 

• Valdez down looking for the second time. Fastball on the inner third. Gotta swing at this close pitches, especially with two strikes. 

• Mlodzinski sitting at 23 pitches through two. 

• End of second inning: Sliding catch in right by Canario robs Fraley. 

• Mlodzinski gets Candelario to swing through a 2-2 slider for the second out.

• Steer retired 5-3. Lux remains at second. One out. 

• Leadoff double for Lux. Gets past a diving Frazier in left. 

• Davis sends one toward right, but it doesn't have enough to get over the glove of a leaping Espinal. Runner at third with one out and the Pirates can't capitalize. 

• Cheng strikes out swinging. 

• After Frazier grounds out, IKF credited with a one-out triple to right. Fraley tried to slide and trap it, but it got past him. 

• End of first inning: Espinal is retired 5-3 and then Mlodzinski gets De La Cruz swinging with a 2-2 changeup on the lower third. A 12-pitch first for Mlodzinski. 

• Friedl flies out to foul territory in left. Frazier makes the catch near the wall. 

• Canario lines out to De La Cruz to end the inning. Golden opportunity wasted from the get-go. 

• Stolen base for Cruz. Runners on second and third with two outs.

• Cruz walks and Endy follows with a flyout to right. Reynolds to third on the latter.

• One-out double to center for Reynolds. Didn't miss that 1-1 fastball down the middle. 

• Quick first out. Valdez punched out looking. Three straight heaters at 99-plus mph.

• First pitch: Pirates vs. Reds, 1:42 p.m., Hunter Greene to Enmanuel Valdez, 59 degrees, cloudy

• Oneil Cruz returns to Derek Shelton's lineup: 

1. Enmanuel Valdez, 2B
2. Bryan Reynolds, DH
3. Oneil Cruz, CF
4. Endy Rodriguez, 1B
5. Alexander Canario, RF
6. Adam Frazier, LF
7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, 3B
8. Tsung-Che Cheng, SS
9. Henry Davis, C

• Terry Francona's lineup for the series finale: 

1. TJ Friedl, CF
2. Santiago Espinal, 2B
3. Elly De La Cruz, SS
4. Gavin Lux, LF
5. Spencer Steer, DH
6. Jeimer Candelario, 1B
7. Jake Fraley, RF
8. Noelvi Marte, 3B
9. Austin Wynns, C