• Who: Pirates (5-9) vs. Reds (6-8) • What: MLB regular season, Game 15 • When: 6:40 p.m. • Where: Great American Ball Park • Weather: 56°, sunny • Pitchers: LHP AndrewHeaney (0-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. LHP AndrewAbbott (0-0, 0.00 ERA) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio: Pirates Radio Network • Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV • Satellite: SiriusXM 865/861 • Boxscore: MLB.com • Medianotes: Pirates | Reds
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's game. Endy flies out to center. Reds 5, Pirates 2
• Canario retired 5-3.
• Pham pops out in foul territory. One out.
• Emilio Pagan in for the save.
• End of eighth inning: Marte retired 3-1.
• Candelario retired 6-3.
• Steer flies out to center.
• Mayza still out there for the eighth.
• Well, quick top of the eighth. Reynolds strikes out, Hayes lines out to center and Cutch flies out to center.
• End of seventh inning: De La Cruz grounds into a fielder's choice.
• Friedl strikes out swinging and Dunn reaches on a HBP. Bases are loaded again for De La Cruz.
• Mayza enters.
• RUN: Trevino grounds into what should have been a 6-4-3 double play. Valdez drops a perfectly thrown ball from IKF and a run scores. Scored a fielder's choice and an error on Valdez. RBI for Trevino. Still just one out. Reds, 5-2
• Espinal flies out to right. Marte to third on the play. One out.
• Tim Mayza warming up in the bullpen.
• Nicolas walks Lux. Two on with nobody out for Espinal.
• Leadoff single for Marte.
• Reds have scored nine runs through the first two games of this series. Six of them have scored on home runs. Candelario's two-run shot last night and Elly's slam tonight. Other three have scored on a two-run error and a double play.
• Nicolas enters. Final line on Heaney: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K. Two HBPs prior to the slam by De La Cruz really hurt him, but settled down to keep his team within reach. Threw 56 of 89 pitches for strikes.
• IKF pops out to Espinal. Missed opportunity to get at least one more there. Time to stretch.
• KyleNicolas is warming up in the Pirates bullpen.
• Tony Santillan enters to face IKF with a runner on third.
• Davis retired 4-3. Valdez advances to third. Two outs.
• RUN: Valdez sends an RBI double into the gap in right-center field. Canario hustles his way home from first. Reds, 4-2
• Endy strikes out on three pitches.
• Leadoff walk to Canario. He's reached three times tonight. Homer and two walks.
• End of sixth inning: Hayes catches a liner off the bat of Candelario. A 1-2-3 sixth for Heaney.
• Steer goes down swinging. Fastball up in the zone. Two outs.
• De La Cruz retired 5-3 to begin the home half of the sixth.
• Espinal makes a running catch in foul territory to retire Pham and end the inning.
• Cutch reaches on a two-out infield single. Phenomenal diving stop up the middle by De La Cruz, though. Throw to first wasn't handled on a hop by Candelario.
• Hayes down looking. Fastball that catches the outer edge of the zone. Gotta protect there with two strikes.
• Reynolds fouls off back-to-back fastballs up in the zone before swinging through another up and out of the zone. One out.
• Ian Gibaut now pitching for Cincinnati.
• End of fifth inning: Trevino grounds out to short and Friedl follows with a one-out single. Dunn then grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.
• IKF lines out to right to end the top of the fifth.
• Davis pops out to De La Cruz in shallow left.
• Valdez lines out to a leaping Elly at short. One out.
• Endy walks.
• HOME RUN: Canario sends one out to right-center for his first homer as a member of the Pirates. Fastball on the outer edge of the zone from Abbott. Reds, 4-1
• End of fourth inning: Hayes fields a grounder off the bat of Espinal, tags third and delivers a strong throw to first for the inning-ending double play.
• Second walk of the inning allows Lux to reach. Heaney struggling with command over these last two innings.
• Marte pops out to Endy in foul territory. One out.
• Leadoff walk to Candelario.
• Pham down looking. Pirates strand Reynolds after the leadoff single.
• Cutch flies out to deep center.
• Hayes down swinging for the first out.
• Reynolds singles to left-center for the Pirates' first hit.
• End of third inning: Heaney strikes out Steer.
• Just like Falter last night, free bases -- in this case, two HBPs -- hurt Heaney.
• GRAND SLAM: De La Cruz unloads the bases by sending a 3-2 fastball up and just out of the zone out over the left-field fence. First home run Heaney has allowed this season. Reds, 4-0
ELLY DE LA CRUZ GRAND SLAM ON HIS BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT?
• Heaney gets Dunn, too. This time with a 91 mph fastball. Loads the bases for De La Cruz.
• Friedl hit by a 76 mph curveball.
• Trevino grounds out 5-3. Espinal stays at second. Two outs.
• Espinal doubles on a sharp line drive to center. First hit of the game for either side.
• Heaney comes back from being behind 3-1 to punch out Lux. Got him looking with a fastball on the outer third. One away.
• IKF lines out to a diving Marte at third. Robs him of the game's first hit. That ends the top of the third.
• Davis pops out in foul territory in his first big-league at-bat of the season.
• Valdez strikes out on a fastball up and out of the zone.
• Heaney now up to three strikeouts. He's generated whiffs to get all three of them. He's sitting at 29 pitches -- 22 strikes -- through two innings.
• End of second inning: Marte flies out to left.
• Candelario strikes out on another curveball. Two outs.
• Steer is retired 5-3 to begin the bottom of the second. Heaney doing a nice job of changing speeds with his curveball, which he's turned to quite often.
• Endy's rung up on a fastball that appeared down and out of the zone. That ends the top of the second.
• Pirates get the first baserunner of the night. Canario battles back from being behind 0-2 to draw a two-out walk.
• Pham grounds out to De La Cruz at short.
• Cutch retired 5-3 to begin the second.
• End of first inning: Big time battle there between Heaney and De La Cruz. The latter fouled off four pitches in a row before swinging through a 74 mph curveball for strike three.
• Heaney's first strikeout victim of the night is Dunn. Fastball up in the zone gets him swinging.
• Friedl grounds out 5-3 to begin the home half.
• Hayes flies out to right, too, to end the top of the first.
• Reynolds flies out to right. Two outs.
• IKF swings through a 1-2 changeup well out of the zone.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Reds, 6:41 p.m., AndrewAbbott to IsiahKiner-Falefa, 57 degrees, sunny.
• Now three straight games that OneilCruz has missed with that finger injury. Shelton did say today that Cruz hit in the cage and is "trending in a positive way."
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
1. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS 2. Bryan Reynolds, DH 3. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 4. Andrew McCutchen, RF 5. Tommy Pham, LF 6. Alexander Canario, CF 7. Endy Rodriguez, 1B 8. Enmanuel Valdez, 2B 9. Henry Davis, C
• Terry Francona’s starting nine:
1. TJ Friedl, CF 2. Blake Dunn, RF 3. Elly De La Cruz, SS 4. Spencer Steer, DH 5. Jeimer Candelario, 1B 6. Noelvi Marte, 3B 7. Gavin Lux, LF 8. Santiago Espinal, 2B 9. Jose Trevino, C
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José Negron
5:26 am - 04.12.2025CincinnatiFinal: Reds 5, Pirates 2
• Who: Pirates (5-9) vs. Reds (6-8)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 15
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: Great American Ball Park
• Weather: 56°, sunny
• Pitchers: LHP Andrew Heaney (0-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. LHP Andrew Abbott (0-0, 0.00 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
• That's game. Endy flies out to center. Reds 5, Pirates 2
• Canario retired 5-3.
• Pham pops out in foul territory. One out.
• Emilio Pagan in for the save.
• End of eighth inning: Marte retired 3-1.
• Candelario retired 6-3.
• Steer flies out to center.
• Mayza still out there for the eighth.
• Well, quick top of the eighth. Reynolds strikes out, Hayes lines out to center and Cutch flies out to center.
• End of seventh inning: De La Cruz grounds into a fielder's choice.
• Friedl strikes out swinging and Dunn reaches on a HBP. Bases are loaded again for De La Cruz.
• Mayza enters.
• RUN: Trevino grounds into what should have been a 6-4-3 double play. Valdez drops a perfectly thrown ball from IKF and a run scores. Scored a fielder's choice and an error on Valdez. RBI for Trevino. Still just one out. Reds, 5-2
• Espinal flies out to right. Marte to third on the play. One out.
• Tim Mayza warming up in the bullpen.
• Nicolas walks Lux. Two on with nobody out for Espinal.
• Leadoff single for Marte.
• Reds have scored nine runs through the first two games of this series. Six of them have scored on home runs. Candelario's two-run shot last night and Elly's slam tonight. Other three have scored on a two-run error and a double play.
• Nicolas enters. Final line on Heaney: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K. Two HBPs prior to the slam by De La Cruz really hurt him, but settled down to keep his team within reach. Threw 56 of 89 pitches for strikes.
• IKF pops out to Espinal. Missed opportunity to get at least one more there. Time to stretch.
• Kyle Nicolas is warming up in the Pirates bullpen.
• Tony Santillan enters to face IKF with a runner on third.
• Davis retired 4-3. Valdez advances to third. Two outs.
• RUN: Valdez sends an RBI double into the gap in right-center field. Canario hustles his way home from first. Reds, 4-2
• Endy strikes out on three pitches.
• Leadoff walk to Canario. He's reached three times tonight. Homer and two walks.
• End of sixth inning: Hayes catches a liner off the bat of Candelario. A 1-2-3 sixth for Heaney.
• Steer goes down swinging. Fastball up in the zone. Two outs.
• De La Cruz retired 5-3 to begin the home half of the sixth.
• Espinal makes a running catch in foul territory to retire Pham and end the inning.
• Cutch reaches on a two-out infield single. Phenomenal diving stop up the middle by De La Cruz, though. Throw to first wasn't handled on a hop by Candelario.
• Hayes down looking. Fastball that catches the outer edge of the zone. Gotta protect there with two strikes.
• Reynolds fouls off back-to-back fastballs up in the zone before swinging through another up and out of the zone. One out.
• Ian Gibaut now pitching for Cincinnati.
• End of fifth inning: Trevino grounds out to short and Friedl follows with a one-out single. Dunn then grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.
• IKF lines out to right to end the top of the fifth.
• Davis pops out to De La Cruz in shallow left.
• Valdez lines out to a leaping Elly at short. One out.
• Endy walks.
• HOME RUN: Canario sends one out to right-center for his first homer as a member of the Pirates. Fastball on the outer edge of the zone from Abbott. Reds, 4-1
• End of fourth inning: Hayes fields a grounder off the bat of Espinal, tags third and delivers a strong throw to first for the inning-ending double play.
• Second walk of the inning allows Lux to reach. Heaney struggling with command over these last two innings.
• Marte pops out to Endy in foul territory. One out.
• Leadoff walk to Candelario.
• Pham down looking. Pirates strand Reynolds after the leadoff single.
• Cutch flies out to deep center.
• Hayes down swinging for the first out.
• Reynolds singles to left-center for the Pirates' first hit.
• End of third inning: Heaney strikes out Steer.
• Just like Falter last night, free bases -- in this case, two HBPs -- hurt Heaney.
• GRAND SLAM: De La Cruz unloads the bases by sending a 3-2 fastball up and just out of the zone out over the left-field fence. First home run Heaney has allowed this season. Reds, 4-0
• Heaney gets Dunn, too. This time with a 91 mph fastball. Loads the bases for De La Cruz.
• Friedl hit by a 76 mph curveball.
• Trevino grounds out 5-3. Espinal stays at second. Two outs.
• Espinal doubles on a sharp line drive to center. First hit of the game for either side.
• Heaney comes back from being behind 3-1 to punch out Lux. Got him looking with a fastball on the outer third. One away.
• IKF lines out to a diving Marte at third. Robs him of the game's first hit. That ends the top of the third.
• Davis pops out in foul territory in his first big-league at-bat of the season.
• Valdez strikes out on a fastball up and out of the zone.
• Heaney now up to three strikeouts. He's generated whiffs to get all three of them. He's sitting at 29 pitches -- 22 strikes -- through two innings.
• End of second inning: Marte flies out to left.
• Candelario strikes out on another curveball. Two outs.
• Steer is retired 5-3 to begin the bottom of the second. Heaney doing a nice job of changing speeds with his curveball, which he's turned to quite often.
• Endy's rung up on a fastball that appeared down and out of the zone. That ends the top of the second.
• Pirates get the first baserunner of the night. Canario battles back from being behind 0-2 to draw a two-out walk.
• Pham grounds out to De La Cruz at short.
• Cutch retired 5-3 to begin the second.
• End of first inning: Big time battle there between Heaney and De La Cruz. The latter fouled off four pitches in a row before swinging through a 74 mph curveball for strike three.
• Heaney's first strikeout victim of the night is Dunn. Fastball up in the zone gets him swinging.
• Friedl grounds out 5-3 to begin the home half.
• Hayes flies out to right, too, to end the top of the first.
• Reynolds flies out to right. Two outs.
• IKF swings through a 1-2 changeup well out of the zone.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Reds, 6:41 p.m., Andrew Abbott to Isiah Kiner-Falefa, 57 degrees, sunny.
• Now three straight games that Oneil Cruz has missed with that finger injury. Shelton did say today that Cruz hit in the cage and is "trending in a positive way."
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
1. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
2. Bryan Reynolds, DH
3. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
4. Andrew McCutchen, RF
5. Tommy Pham, LF
6. Alexander Canario, CF
7. Endy Rodriguez, 1B
8. Enmanuel Valdez, 2B
9. Henry Davis, C
• Terry Francona’s starting nine:
1. TJ Friedl, CF
2. Blake Dunn, RF
3. Elly De La Cruz, SS
4. Spencer Steer, DH
5. Jeimer Candelario, 1B
6. Noelvi Marte, 3B
7. Gavin Lux, LF
8. Santiago Espinal, 2B
9. Jose Trevino, C
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