PIRATES BULLPEN FAILS IN SEASON OPENER

CINCINNATI 5, PITTSBURGH 3

WHEN: 4:10 PM ET, Thursday, March 28, 2019

WHERE: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

TEMPERATURE: 70° 

UMPIRES: Home - Joe West, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Will Little

ATTENDANCE: 44049

Derek Dietrich's pinch-hit three-run homer in his first at-bat with Cincinnati helped the Reds open the season Thursday with a 5-3 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.

Jose Peraza was 2-for-4 with a solo homer, and Jose Iglesias hit two doubles, drove in a run and scored another for the Reds.

Jung Ho Kang hit a two-run single, and Corey Dickerson hit a solo homer for Pittsburgh.

Reds starter Luis Castillo, leaning heavily on an effective changeup, pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up one run and two hits, with three walks and eight strikeouts. Zach Duke (1-0) pitched two-thirds of an inning.

David Hernandez walked Pablo Reyes to load the bases with two outs in the ninth but got Dickerson to ground out on a 12-pitch at-bat for the save.

Pittsburgh starter Jameson Taillon (0-1) lasted six-plus innings. He allowed four runs and six hits, with two walks and four strikeouts.

The Pirates were without center fielder Starling Marte, who was a late scratch because of a migraine, and right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall, who has been diagnosed with a broken right index finger.

In the Cincinnati second, Peraza singled to left with one out. An out later, he scored on Iglesias' double off the wall in left for a 1-0 Reds lead.

Pittsburgh took a 2-1 lead in the sixth with a two-out rally.

Josh Bell singled to right. It was only the Pirates' second hit, but it came on Castillo's 91st pitch, and he was lifted for Jared Hughes.

Francisco Cervelli singled to left, moving Bell to second. Kang followed with a hit to left, scoring Bell. When the throw went to second, Cervelli also raced home to make it 2-1.

Peraza led off the seventh with a homer to left for a 2-2 tie.

Tucker Barnhart followed with a walk and moved to third on Iglesias' double down the line in left. That chased Taillon. Dietrich, pinch-hitting, greeted reliever

Richard Rodriguez with a homer to right-center to give Cincinnati a 5-2 lead.

Dickerson cut that to 5-3 with a leadoff homer to right in the eighth.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

STARTING PITCHERS

PITTSBURGH		CINCINNATI
JAMESON TAILLON	PLAYER	LUIS CASTILLO
Loss	W/L	No Decision
6.0	IP	5.2
4	Strikeouts	8
6	Hits	2
6.00	ERA	1.59

HITTING

PITTSBURGH		CINCINNATI
JUNG HO KANG	PLAYER	JOSE IGLESIAS
1	Hits	2
2	RBI	1
0	HR	0
1	TB	4
.333	Avg	.667

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	HITS	HR	TB	AVG	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	ERRORS
Pittsburgh	5	1	8	.161	14	11	3	7	0	1
Cincinnati	7	2	16	.226	10	8	5	3	0	0

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	5	1
Cincinnati	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	-	5	7	0

PITTSBURGH

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Adam Frazier	2B	4	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000
Melky Cabrera	RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Pablo Reyes	RF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Corey Dickerson	LF	4	1	1	1	1	1	5	.250
Josh Bell	1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.250
Francisco Cervelli	C	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Jung Ho Kang	3B	3	0	1	2	1	2	0	.333
JB Shuck	CF	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.000
Erik Gonzalez	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250
Jameson Taillon	SP	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Richard Rodriguez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Nick Burdi	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Colin Moran	PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Kevin Newman	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		31	3	5	3	7	11	14
Batting
HR - Corey Dickerson (1)
TB - Corey Dickerson 4, Josh Bell, Francisco Cervelli, Jung Ho Kang, Erik Gonzalez
RBI - Corey Dickerson (1), Jung Ho Kang 2 (2)
2-Out RBI - Jung Ho Kang 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Corey Dickerson 3 (3), Erik Gonzalez (1)
S - Jameson Taillon (1)
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
E - Josh Bell (1)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Jameson Taillon (L 0-1)	6.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	6.00
Richard Rodriguez	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	9.00
Nick Burdi	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
WP - Richard Rodriguez
Pitches-Strikes - Jameson Taillon 83-60, Richard Rodriguez 18-11, Nick Burdi 14-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jameson Taillon 7-1, Richard Rodriguez 0-1, Nick Burdi 0-0
Batters Faced - Jameson Taillon 26, Richard Rodriguez 5, Nick Burdi 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Richard Rodriguez 2-2

Cincinnati

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Jesse Winker	LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Michael Lorenzen	PR-CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Joey Votto	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250
Yasiel Puig	RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000
Eugenio Suarez	3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000
Scott Schebler	CF-LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Jose Peraza	2B	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	.500
Tucker Barnhart	C	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	.333
Jose Iglesias	SS	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	.667
Luis Castillo	SP	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Jared Hughes	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Zach Duke	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Derek Dietrich	PH	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	1.000
Raisel Iglesias	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Amir Garrett	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
David Hernandez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		31	5	7	5	3	8	10
Batting
2B - Joey Votto (1), Jose Iglesias 2 (2)
HR - Jose Peraza (1), Derek Dietrich (1)
TB - Joey Votto 2, Jose Peraza 5, Tucker Barnhart, Jose Iglesias 4, Derek Dietrich 4
RBI - Jose Peraza (1), Jose Iglesias (1), Derek Dietrich 3 (3)
2-Out RBI - Jose Iglesias (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eugenio Suarez 2 (2), Luis Castillo (1)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
CS - Eugenio Suarez (1, 2nd by Taillon/Cervelli)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Luis Castillo	5.2	2	1	1	3	8	0	1.59
Jared Hughes (BS 1)	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	13.50
Zach Duke (W 1-0)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Raisel Iglesias (H 1)	1.1	1	1	1	2	1	1	6.75
Amir Garrett (H 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
David Hernandez (SV 1)	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Luis Castillo 91-54, Jared Hughes 16-9, Zach Duke 6-4, Raisel Iglesias 34-18, Amir Garrett 4-3, David Hernandez 16-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luis Castillo 5-2, Jared Hughes 1-0, Zach Duke 1-1, Raisel Iglesias 1-1, Amir Garrett 0-0, David Hernandez 1-0
Batters Faced - Luis Castillo 22, Jared Hughes 5, Zach Duke 2, Raisel Iglesias 7, Amir Garrett 1, David Hernandez 2
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jared Hughes 1-1, Amir Garrett 2-0, David Hernandez 2-0