PIRATES BEAT REDS 7-5, COMPLETE FIRST SWEEP AGAINST CINCINNATI SINCE 1969

PITTSBURGH 7, CINCINNATI 5

WHEN: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, April 7, 2019
WHERE: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TEMPERATURE: 72°
UMPIRES: Home - Jeff Kellogg, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - James Hoye, 3B - Mark Ripperger
ATTENDANCE: 14750

Pittsburgh's Josh Bell won an impromptu home run derby with a 474-foot solo blast and added an RBI double Sunday as the Pirates topped the visiting Cincinnati Reds 7-5 for a sweep of a four-game series.

There were five homers and a benches-clearing incident with five ejections in the game.

Bell was 2-for-3 with a walk and has two homers and three doubles in the past two days. His homer Sunday, in the fourth, sailed over the batter's eye in center and was the fourth longest in PNC Park history. Adam Frazier also homered for Pittsburgh, and Melky Cabrera was 3 for 4 with two RBIs.

Derek Dietrich (twice) and Scott Schebler homered for the Reds, who have lost eight straight.

Pittsburgh starter Chris Archer (1-0) lasted six innings, allowing three runs and five hits, with seven strikeouts and two walks. Richard Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth for his first career save.

Cincinnati starter Anthony DeSclafani (0-1) gave up six runs and seven hits over 4 1/3 innings, with five strikeouts and one walk.

Frazier homered to right on DeSclafani's first pitch for a 1-0 Pirates' lead.

Dietrich answered in the second with a two-run homer to right to give the Reds a 2-1 lead. Dietrich irked the Pirates when he paused at home and watched his 436-foot blast, which bounced into the Allegheny River.

Pittsburgh tied it in the second on Erik Gonzalez's RBI double.

Schebler homered, another shot to right, in the third for a 3-2 Cincinnati lead.

Dietrich led off the fourth, and Archer threw a pitch behind him, prompting the benches and bullpens to empty. Reds manager David Bell, right fielder Yasiel Puig and reliever Amir Garrett, and Pittsburgh relievers Keona Kela and Felipe Vazquez were ejected.

Bell's big blast came with one out in the fourth for a 3-3 tie. Cabrera doubled and scored on Jason Martin's single for a 4-3 Pirates' lead.

Pittsburgh added three more in the fifth on Bell's RBI double and Cabrera's two-RBI single.

Dietrich's second homer, in the eighth, a two-run shot that also bounced into the river after Matt Kemp singled, made it 7-5.

TRAINER’S ROOM

PIRATES: RF Gregory Polanco (left shoulder surgery) and RHP Dovydas Neverauskas (left oblique strain) began his rehab assignments with Class A Bradenton. Neverauskas pitched a scoreless inning of relief with one strikeout. Polanco went 0 for 2 with two walks.

UP NEXT

REDS: RHP Luis Castillo (0-1, 1.42 ERA) will start a three-game homestand against Miami on Tuesday. They will be the only three games in Cincinnati for the Reds between April 4 and April 22, a span of 16 games.

PIRATES: RHP Jameson Taillon (0-1, 3.46) will make his third start of 2019 against the Chicago Cubs on Monday.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

STARTING PITCHERS

Cincinnati		Pittsburgh
Anthony DeSclafani	Player	Chris Archer
Loss	W/L	Win
4.1	IP	6.0
5	Strikeouts	7
7	Hits	5
12.46	ERA	4.50

HITTING

Cincinnati		Pittsburgh
Derek Dietrich	Player	Melky Cabrera
2	Hits	3
4	RBI	2
2	HR	0
8	TB	4
.500	Avg	.750

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	HITS	HR	TB	AVG	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	ERRORS
Cincinnati	7	3	16	.206	9	10	5	2	1	0
Pittsburgh	12	2	24	.353	12	9	7	3	0	2

SCORING SUMMARY

INNING				CIN	PIT
Pirates		1st	Frazier homered to right (423 feet).	0	1
Reds		2nd	Dietrich homered to right (436 feet), Suárez scored.	2	1
Pirates		2nd	González doubled to deep right, Cabrera scored, González thrown out at third.	2	2
Reds		3rd	Schebler homered to right (403 feet).	3	2
Pirates		4th	Bell homered to center (474 feet).	3	3
Pirates		4th	Martin singled to right, Cabrera scored, Martin to second.	3	4
Pirates		5th	Bell doubled to deep right, Frazier scored, Cervelli to third.	3	5
Pirates		5th	Cabrera singled to center, Cervelli scored and Bell scored.	3	7
Reds		8th	Dietrich homered to right (418 feet), Kemp scored.	5	7

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	7	0
Pittsburgh	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	-	7	12	2

CINCINNATI

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Jesse Winker	LF-RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.042
Yasiel Puig	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133
Matt Kemp	LF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.091
Scott Schebler	CF	4	1	2	1	0	2	1	.138
Eugenio Suarez	3B	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	.192
Derek Dietrich	1B	4	2	2	4	0	2	0	.278
Jose Peraza	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200
Tucker Barnhart	C	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.273
Robert Stephenson	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Wandy Peralta	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kyle Farmer	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100
Jose Iglesias	SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.250
Anthony DeSclafani	SP	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000
David Hernandez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Curt Casali	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Joey Votto	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
Totals		34	5	7	5	2	10	9
Batting
HR - Scott Schebler (1), Derek Dietrich 2 (3)
TB - Matt Kemp, Scott Schebler 5, Derek Dietrich 8, Jose Peraza, Tucker Barnhart
RBI - Scott Schebler (2), Derek Dietrich 4 (8)
2-Out RBI - Scott Schebler (1), Derek Dietrich 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Anthony DeSclafani 2 (2)
GIDP - Jose Iglesias (1)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
CS - Yasiel Puig (1, 2nd by Archer/Cervelli)
SB - Jose Peraza (1, 2nd off Archer/Cervelli)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Yasiel Puig (Gonzalez at 3rd)
PO - Wandy Peralta (Frazier at 1st)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Anthony DeSclafani (L 0-1)	4.1	7	6	6	1	5	2	6.75
David Hernandez	1.1	4	1	1	2	1	0	7.36
Robert Stephenson	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.69
Wandy Peralta	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
HBP - Adam Frazier (by DeSclafani)
IBB - Erik Gonzalez (by DeSclafani), Erik Gonzalez (by Hernandez), Josh Bell (by Hernandez)
Pitches-Strikes - Anthony DeSclafani 65-41, David Hernandez 26-17, Robert Stephenson 18-12, Wandy Peralta 14-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Anthony DeSclafani 3-1, David Hernandez 0-1, Robert Stephenson 0-1, Wandy Peralta 1-0
Batters Faced - Anthony DeSclafani 21, David Hernandez 10, Robert Stephenson 4, Wandy Peralta 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - David Hernandez 2-2, Robert Stephenson 2-0

Pittsburgh

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Adam Frazier	2B	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.333
Starling Marte	CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.219
Francisco Cervelli	C	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.250
Josh Bell	1B	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	.310
Jung Ho Kang	3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.154
Melky Cabrera	RF	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	.391
JB Shuck	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214
Jason Martin	LF	4	0	2	1	0	1	1	.500
Erik Gonzalez	SS	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	.167
Chris Archer	SP	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000
Nick Kingham	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Colin Moran	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Richard Rodriguez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		34	7	12	7	3	9	12
Batting
2B - Josh Bell (3), Melky Cabrera (2), Jason Martin (1), Erik Gonzalez (1)
3B - Starling Marte (1)
HR - Adam Frazier (1), Josh Bell (2)
TB - Adam Frazier 5, Starling Marte 3, Francisco Cervelli, Josh Bell 6, Melky Cabrera 4, Jason Martin 3, Erik Gonzalez 2
RBI - Adam Frazier (3), Josh Bell 2 (8), Melky Cabrera 2 (3), Jason Martin (1), Erik Gonzalez (2)
2-Out RBI - Melky Cabrera 2 (2), Jason Martin (1), Erik Gonzalez (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jung Ho Kang (2), Chris Archer 3 (3)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
CS - Adam Frazier (1, 2nd by Peralta/Casali)
PO - Adam Frazier (1st by Peralta)
Fielding
E - Erik Gonzalez (2), Chris Archer (1)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Chris Archer (W 1-0)	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	2	2.45
Nick Kingham	2.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	4.15
Richard Rodriguez (SV 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75
IBB - Jose Iglesias (by Archer)
Pitches-Strikes - Chris Archer 100-62, Nick Kingham 27-20, Richard Rodriguez 15-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Archer 5-3, Nick Kingham 1-2, Richard Rodriguez 2-1
Batters Faced - Chris Archer 25, Nick Kingham 8, Richard Rodriguez 3