Ellie De La Cruz hit a long homer and had three RBIs, Spencer Steer drove in three runs and the Cincinnati Reds routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-5 on Monday night.
The Reds are now 37-41, 8.5 games back of the Brewers, tied for third place with the Pirates place in the NL Central.
The Reds and Pirates will play game two of the series tonight at 7:10pm and wrap the series with a 12:35 day game on Wednesday at GABP.
Pregame begins this evening at 6:40pm on Real Country 95.1 WTCW.
The Pirates will send right-hander Mitch Keller to the mound to face Reds right-hander Hunter Greene.
The Reds will begin a 7 game road trip against the Cardinals and Yankees starting on Thursday.
You can listen to all Reds baseball action on Real Country 95.1 WTCW.