Oneil Cruz homered twice and Ryan O’Hearn hit a three-run shot as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Tuesday night.
Sal Stewart and Elly De La Cruz hit consecutive homers off Barco to trim the Pirates’ lead to 6-3 in the eighth.
Pittsburgh manager Don Kelly was ejected in the eighth for arguing with plate umpire Jordan Baker.
The Reds are now 3-2 on the young season.
Game three and the rubber match for the Reds and Pirates at GABP will be Wednesday afternoon at 12:40pm.
Pregame begins at 12:10pm today and you can catch all the action of Reds baseball this season on Real Country 95.1 WTCW.
The Reds are off Thursday before the first road series of the season as they play 3 games this weekend at the Texas Rangers starting on Friday.